Monday 7th December 2009 off home

Flying home. We all left on different flights leaving Pete in Frankfurt sound asleep suppose he needs it.
Monk flew back to LA via San Fransisco and got stuck there, Hog, Kid, Scruff, Shahen and me flew back to Heathrow and Sid the Manager took us all home (Except shahen who dissapeared into London).

We averaged 3.5 hours sleep per night for the last week + whatever time you slept on the bus (in my case zero) We are absolutely shot!
I can't remeber being so tired but we had great fun.

Sunday 6th December 2009 frankfurt

Breakfast was a pain as we walked into the restaurant for it there was not a seat to be had & everyone was pissed off with us for the noise we made so what we did was make more noise. Rain rain & More rain.
We were supposed to leave on time but the blitherers Kid Hoggy Monkey were late for breakies & Mutti was being a wingy git ahh it was all good once we dragged our arses out & into the van. Off we go in the van & the bar was open once again!

Nice venue Nice staff, Good Sound system. Soundcheck was easy & everyone happy.
The show was the best of the tour & the crowd were reserved until halfway through the show then the Adicts let them have it giving them some new songs & some old. Monkey was on form tonight (about time) Pete played his heart out & Kid Rocked in time for a change. Shahen kept falling over which was funny & Scruff had to blow it by mentioning through a microphone Hendrix and getting me to do some Barking, Pete wasn't imprssed but we thought it was funny as fuck!
They Played Calling Calling in the Encore which delighted many fans as they never play it, it's agreat track and the first time I have seen it done live. They have also being playing youth with scruff singing it, again a brilliant song.
it was great night & a great way to finish the Life goes on 2009 leg of the tour
We are all Knackered & could sleep for a week but the saga will carry on. Because the Adicts will be back next year giving it all they got & bringing you all more & more & more.

Saturday 5th December 2009 Stuttgart

Rough is how we all feel. Breakfast was another experience Stuffy nonses frowning upon rock n rollers well fuck me.

we don’t exactly dress for breakfast & Mutti wearing a bathing suite doesn’t go down too well either. He was complaining all fucking day, Pete Upset him & he stormed off having a girly tantrum. Whe asked later what was it about he actually admitted Pete was right giving Pete more ammo to taunt him, but Pete didn’t, getting worried about Pete Now its not like Pete to be quiet.
Only half of us got up for the breakfast & off we went to Stutgart
A Rich City with a certain attitude slightly different to the rest of Germany. Nothing new I suppose we have seen it all.

The lepers did a good gig & we did The Biz as usual Throwing in a couple of goodies to thwart each other from getting stale even Kid got to sing May Whitehouse.

Friday 4th December 2009 Leipzig

Pissing down all day long, Everyone has a cold. Pete is struggling with muliple ailments & is up top asleep, unusual for him, saying that he has been no problem on this stint of gigs he is usually fired up & having a go at everyone, He is mellow & doing what he needs to do.
Scruff was complaining again about the sound, little does he realize is it is his job to communicate with the monitor mixer for his mix, but saying that he & Shahen have been working on this shite doggy track in the hotel called Hendrix, it’s a dance techno load of shite & they are obsessed with it, it's actually quite funny, they sampled Mutti into it too!

?…Scruff went into one & has never stopped rattling on about his new dog which is a sausage dog named Hendrix. We all think he has Mel’s Syndrome. Good Ol’ Mel. Bless his heart.

Arriving at the gig-hotel just a 5 minute walk away, we are all on the same floor for the first time, that spells trouble for anyone else who is on that floor & it was.
Soundcheck was a breeze & the catering was lovely. We played table football & had the room to accommodate plenty of people.
We bumped into a bunch of fans who are staying in the same hotel as us they were really excited.
The cute lepers played a great gig & sounded great.
Hoggy and me sorted out the stage in good time & were good to go ahead of schedule which made less stress to make any mistakes.
The Adicts hit the stage to a full house & they loved it, There’s not much the Adicts can do wrong on stage when they are on fire like this. The end of the night went smooth too, we had time to enjoy the disco a bit & hang out with some old friends & fans. We had to say Goodbye to the Cute Leppers as this was their last gig with us on the tour. You can guarantee we will be playing together again in the Future. We Loved them.
Back at the hotel Scruff & Shahen went into their little world with Mutti tonight recording his voice for what reasons we do not know. The rest of us had a good drink & made a lot of noise.
The fans who stayed in the hotel were a bunch of nice house wives & were hammered. It was an enjoyable evening.

Thursday 3rd December 2009 Berlin

It was nice to get to a show early & set up. Outside the venue was a Christmas fair & the scenery was nice all families enjoying the event.
I had to rush off to the local Music store & get a special cable for Pete’s wireless hoping they had it & to my surprise they did. So I was happy.
The Cute Leppers are joining up with us on the tour tonight, they are a good band & have a good future ahead of them. We were in for a treat. When we got to the venue they were already soundchecking & we just enjoyed listening to them.
All was hectic as usual getting set up, things don’t wanna work & Kid moaning like a old woman, it seems to be his thing these days moan moan fucking moan, he claims he can’t sleep in the van. But every time I look over he is asleep. Maybe if he went to bed to sleep instead of drinking all night long then he wouldn’t moan so much.
Berlin is a Big City & a beautiful one at that. Mutti Bastard tour manager is becoming a bit of a Bastard himself, maybe he needs sleep too. His comments are rather bland which does not go down well first thing in the morning with some of us.
The gig was spot on The Adicts ripped & put in a good shift. Shahen seems to be tired & makes a few bum notes, especially in places that really doesn’t need ‘em. Monkey tends to forget the words of the same songs each night, Mental blocks & Pete he sometimes just flies off into another song trying to keep everyone on their toes
Good gig by everyone. great crowd. Driving back to the hotel we went past the largest piece of surviving wall but Mutti didn't wanna stop for pics.

Tour routing

Mel

Hi Mel, we hope your feeling better mate

Love and Peace from all on the Adicts tour bus.

Any old excuse to dodge the tour mate!

xx

Wednesday 2nd December 2009 Tilberg 013

We walked back to the hotel after the gig





Hoggy can be pretty scary!



This morning there was a bit of a disagreement over a bar tab on room 322. eventually shahen agreed to pay the 320 euro bill.
The weather is worse than ever floods on the news things could get tricky. We had a good sleep in & decent breakfast it was a short drive to Tilberg & what a beautiful venue, Pete slept until 30 minutes before the adicts went on. During soundcheck something happened to the PA & we thought OH NOOO, but they fixed it. Our hotel was 3 minute walk for the venue.
Supporting us were old pals Funeral Dress who did a good performance.
The Gig was the best one of the tour for Adicts individual performances & they were very tight. So the Adicts are back in the groove & when there on it there's not a lot can match the energy of the show. The crowd were on form tonight. After the gig we loaded up & began walking back to hotel where it was bar after bar & then we bumped into a Geezer with a tuba coming out of a church band practice otherwise know as an excuse to touch up alter boys. He played a couple of disco songs hoggy & threatened to ram the Tuba up his arse if he didn’t play a stranglers song & there it was Peaches. Hoggy 10 points me 0.
It was a very stoned night that was had some. Shahen took a little walk to the grass shop where he scored some smoke. We eventually got kicked out of the last bar we were at. The bars here don't like you taking your own booze in. We were asked to leave politely, it was time for bed anyway & we had to be out of town by 8am, 7 hour drive to Berlin tomorrow.

Tuesday 1st December 2009 Dortmund FZW

Kid proving that he can hold a glass without dropping it

Breakfast was a treat best on tour up to date full on English with beans.
We left late & arrived at the perfect time for a quick shower & then sound check.
The gig itself was a good’n but Scruff didn’t think so he had a tantrum on Stage because he broke a string & his back up Guitar wasn’t tuned up. Well that was my fault I didn’t bother and Scruff hadn’t either. So I got loads of shit from Pete as is normal when anyone screws up in or around this band, if you screw up there is no where to hide! Unless you are Pete of course!
The Crowd were very laid back, well it was a Tuesday night & the weather was shit.
Kid had a slaver on that night his drumming was almost shite if it were not for the amounts of Jack he consumed, a fan commented saying he could remember when Kid was tight as fuck. Little do people realise that kid decided to break his toe on his left foot the night before being a idiot, I mean how many people do you know who sit on a chair & crushes their own toe, there was blood everywhere. After the gig we had a few in the bar & kid cheakily put all the drinks on Scruff & Shahens room. Kid spilled a whole tray of large Jack & cokes 6 on a tray, All over Monkey & Pete. & of course Kid blamed Pete for the mishap but as witnesses can vouch it was kids fault 100% but it was funny. As we all trundled off to bed Monkey had locked himself outside of the building & he has no idea how he got back in. I think Pete rescued him in the end. Pete’s health is bad, it’s a worry, he is in so much pain & tries to put a brave face on it. & he is a difficult to deal with.

Monday 30th December Aachen

We got up early dreading the drive from Paris to Aachen especially getting out of Paris fucking hell they drive like a bunch of sardines being devoured by dolphins, So we slept most of the way only stopping to have one last shit in france. The gig tonight will be fun We have TV Smith & Eddie & The Hot Rods on the bill with us.
After making good time we checked in to the hotel where we immediately hit the bar & kicked back. The soundcheck was quick & easy. It was a night to remember The Hot Rods were great Barry still has the voice & the band are awesome, They played a short set best of & it was nice just to have a decent support act for a change. I hope we do more gigs together. TV Smith did an acoustic set with Pescali on rhythm guitar & Monkeys drunken Twin on drum VOM from Die Toten Hosen. For an acoustic gig it was really loud.We played a reasonable set Pete was having a nightmare of an evening, I thought he was going to pass out after the fourth song, he stayed on his feet but had no idea where he was so as the band played a song Pete was playing something else it was quite Psycadelic at times. No one really noticed I don’t think. Once again the Adicts played songs that have never been heard making it interesting. The Crowd Loved it & the end of the show was a celebration. The venue we played in was an old war time bunker & it could house the whole population of Aachen at the time it was a maze of tunnels & weird rooms. At the end of the night Vom was blithered & he resembled Monkey in the same state it had to be seen to believe. Back at the Hotel we hit the bar with some members of the Rods & a good night was had by all.

Sun 29th November 2009 Paris

What a frikking shambles. Another sell out gig but the promoter needs to learn a bit about taking care of a band especially after the 9-hour drive. Asking for a bottle of water was like being in the foreign legion out in a desert full of frogs. So we didn’t sound check or line check we all fucked off to a restaurant where we were delighted to a feast of Mongolian Arab cuisine rounded of a Kebab on a plate. We had a choice of French wine or some other Shite we chose French of course. To Hoggy’s pleasure who is now a connoisseur of wine, so he should be he’s drunk enough.
It’s so fucking cold outside we are decked out in Russian garb all we need are some Klashnikov & we would fit in quite nicely around here.
This gig was a nightmare for the bastards as there was no access to the stage, so when the last support finished we had 20mins to setup and all the gear had to go through the crowd, fun! We got it done but the band went on late as a result, just a 1 hour set.
We only had one bottle of water each on the stage and it was bloody hot, we ran out quite quickly. Kid complained and so Pete changed the words to Chinese takeaway to “I want a bottle of water”, they then bought us some half drunk bottles they had found somewhere, not acceptable! The show was stopped till they finally brought some pint glasses of water with ice.
Later Kid stood on his drum stool (as he does) but fell of it straight into the drum kit, the snare went flying, the hihat went over (he was lucky it didn’t stab him) and the drum mics went all over the place. It was funny as fuck, Hog and I scrambled to get it all back together.
Inspite of all this I really enjoyed the show, great to be back with the guys.