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Tour report + photos

Day 1 Budapest:

This was our second time on the road with our young friends Devastated. The first day was Budapest and we were pretty screwed, because Andrej was working in Koper untill 14h. So we were in hurry from the start. Most of us were already in Ljubljana and ready to go. The trip to Budapest was OK and we came there in time just before everything started. I was really looking forward to play that night because there were another tree bands playing. But most of all I was excited to see Rivers Run Dry with the new line up. Well it turned out that there were another two bands who jumped in as a last minute show. It was a long night so I'll sum it up as short as I can; Tyrell’s Owl were the first band who played. It was a kind of neocrust really similar to Ekkaia but not that good. Than Devastated played....holly shit! New songs are outrageous, this kids know how to play and they are more metal then ever! Than Icaros played and they were also some kind of neocrust. Than Rivers Run Dry played and it was really cool. Some new songs have a lot of potential; think of Catharsis mixed with some progressive sludge stuff. We played. Than Sick Time from France played. They were nice but I already O.D. on distortion so I just check a few songs. Than You Suck! Played. They are from Italy and they played fast HC and I wasn't impressed.

The place where the gig was, was a old fabric which it was turned in a huge rehearsal room, so the bad part was that the promoter had to pay for each our the gig was going on. They organized also a vegan buffet and they served some delicious snacks.

When the night was over we packed everything and we also took some equipment from the RRD guys. Our van was packed just with our gear and it was really hard to find space for their stuff, but that wasn't all we were supposed to take with us also Laci, Elliott and a friend of them. It was a funny ride.

Ride to Budapest

3/4 of Devastated

Rivers Run Dry, Laci wearing a Melete rip off shirt.

Shootgun!

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Backstage+vegan buffe

Day 2 Timisoara

The next morning we chilled a bit and went for a walk. Laci was our tourist guide, hehe. The trip to Timisoara was one of the short ones. So we took it easy and everything went smooth. We had the address of Ionut in Timisoara and me and Jaka knew how the neighborhood look like because we slept there with Melete. Ionut and his friend Negru(or something like that, I know that his name means “the black one”) served us some food and than we left for the DIY Atelier. DIY Atelier is a rad place where the crew is doing shows. It is a small rehearsal room/infoshop. Again I was excited because Livia Sura played with us. Be sure to check Livia Sura they are amazing, think of some experimental BM with a anarchist stance. It was Sunday so there weren't that many people. Still it was fun to play and we had fun dancing on the Devastated set!

We didn't have much highways on our trip.

The boys playing Chi Fa Meno!

Prunes made the difference, we didn't loose the voice!

Livia Sura

Day 3 Bukaresta

The ride to Bukaresta was one of the longest. We spent more than 8 hours in the van. We got lost a couple of times. GPS didn't work properly. It was hot and we were exhausted. The place where we played was Underworld and we already played there with HHB. Again I was excited because this time we were sharing stage with Void Forger. Another promising bend from Romunia. They played first and everyone was surprised how good they were. They were also really nice folks. Devastated nailed it again! When we played the crowd went ape shit! This was the best gig we ever played so far. After the gig we went to a place that was a semi squat. That means that some buildings were squatted and for some they were paying rent. They had a anarchist library, a small bar a nice garden, some ateliers, That part of the night was super nice. We were sitting around the fire and were smoking blunt after blunt after blunt,....haha. No, seriously it was a nice night, lots of rad folks, nice talks, good cheep wine.

Bwahahah

No GPS=Old School!

Short brake somewhere along the road.

Nice road.

Stadler you faild us.

We sold shitloads of stuff at teh gig.

Void Forger!

Awesome party.

Yummy

That dude was rolling splifs all the night. Rispekt!

EXPLAIN THIS! A crippled piegon in a cage. I was mind blown when I saw it!

Day 4 Varna

We were supposed to play in Istambul, but it got canceled, so we decided to go in Bulgaria and go swimming in the Black sea. We choose Varna! The GPS wasn't working so we improvised with an old map and our instinct. Our road took as to a crazy border crossing. First we went on a raft...yes it was a raft not a ferry. It looked scary! The trip was long but it worth it! It was a nice sunny day and and the water was cold. We were the only one who went swimming and the folks there were looking at us like we were nuts. Well I think it is not common to see 9 dudes with long hair and dreads jumping in the water and screaming, hahah. So we were having fun on the beach and then two dudes came close to us and start staring at us. We said hello, they said hello and ask if we are a band. We said yes, and they asked us if we wanna play in a rock bar. Honestly we were super skeptical about it, but then they took as to the bar and it was really professional. Well you can't decline a last minute gig, so we played. It was fun. People showed up. We even got a few free beers. And everything was recorded and streamed on-line. After the gig me and Alen went on the mission to find a spot on the beach where we can set a fire and cook food, and also where we can sleep. That night was really nice. 9 crusties around a fire, making food, drinking warm beer, the sound of the waves caressing the sand beach. A true post apocalyptic scenario. Ha!

Wat di fak?

I like to sing songs about Dado and his sexual life.

Fuck yeah! It was cold but it felt super nice after the long ride.

Thrasher!

Bulgarian čevapi

Post-apocaliptic crust pik-nik. Even Kenshiro would be proud.

There was a lot of sand in our food.

Sleeping on the beach.

The dawn!

Wild dogs approaching.

Day 5 Sofia

We woke up early and left for Sofia. We had another long ride in front of us. I was pretty psyched so visit Sofia, for the first time and we were also sharing stage with UHL a french anarchist BM bend. The venue where we played was really professional. Mitko was doing the show for us. They brought lots of delicious food, but the best thing ware the chocolate balls, insanely yummy! We went for a walk to see the town center. The night was long, six bands played. We were playing last which is usually a bummer because everyone leaves. I this case the kids stayed and they went nuts on our set. After the gig we went at Mitko's place with the french dudes. Some of us went to slip and some went for a walk.

Wild horse.

Our world!

UHL!!

Circle pit on our set. Probably the first time that a circle pit hapened while we were playing

Day 6 Skopje

The ride to Skopje wasn't a long one so we went to see more stuff in the city center. Mitko and his girlfriend took us to the Asian part of town. We went for a Turkish coffee and some of us did some shopping. We even got our van clamped, but it was no drama since it costs only 5€ to un-clamp the van. After that little accident we drove to Skopje. This was our first border crossing out of EU. We got ATA carnet so we weren't afraid but I was stressed out as usual. The border crossing was ok, no major problems. Skopje is one of my favorite cities in the Balkans, so I was excited to be back in Skopje and hang out with the dudes from FPO! Vasko took us to the super marker because me and Jaka wanted to buy vegan cheese. We did so and each of us got 7,5 kg of vegan cheese! Vegan pizza to the next level for a few months, FTW. The gig started early it was in La Kaňa, in the Asian part of town. The gig was ok. After that we went for a walk, we so the huge statue of Alexander the Great. The city hall is spending shit loads of money on state buildings, but the citizens are living in poverty. It got a decent impact on us seeing all these money spent on worthless buildings.

Coffee time with Mittko and his GF.

yummy!

No problem! Only 5€ pfff

Good buisness.

After the Bulgarian-Makedonian borde.

Vasko helping us out with picking up the right vegan cheese.

The good part of touring...

...and the bad part of touring.

Skopje crew!

Tr00 musicians!

Day 7 Zrenjanin

Another long trip plus the border, but everything went smooth. Zrenjanin has a rad crew of folks. I was there with Gods and Queens and everyone was excited to see me. It felt a bit weird but I was happy to hang out with really great folks who are giving everything for the scene even when they don't have much. After two years I met again Luka from Kikinda. He is running a distro and providing punk records for the scene. He is also working at Cimos on a CNC machine. He is doing a job for two and his paycheck is circa 200€. Here in Koper you are probably payed twice much more. His stories made me feel really bad and it just made me realized that my life isn't shitty at all. We share stage with Spark from Hungary. They are super nice dudes! I met them two years ago when they played in Pivka and Ljubljana. They play fast HC and somehow they remind me of Comadre. Devastated killed it again! We were in Srbija so we got drunk with rakija. Dujc, Dado, Fofo and Marko were out all the night and went to sleep around 8AM.

Chillin'

WTF??

Eating čevapi.

Play hard...

...pose harder!

Day 8 Sarajevo

Fucking hell of a ride! 7 hours of crazy roads. I've lost my nerves on the border crossing. The customers didn't know how to do the ATA carnet on both sides. Finally we came to Sarejevo. There was the full moon rising above the mountains and the minarets on horizons were so epic. Sarajevo is my favorite city in the Balkans, so I was excited again...you see I get easily excited. Tarik did the show for us. He is one of my dearest friends so I was happy to see him again. He is running a noise label called Mrtvaja! We came late and there was a misunderstanding....the show was supposed to start at 21h but we were told that is ok if it starts at 22h, so some of us went to eat something. The owner was pretty pissed because everything started late. Tarik was doing the show with another friend and because he both were busy doing other thing I helped them with the doors. When Devastated played there were lots of young kids, but when we played everyone went home, because the trams stopped running at 23h. Any way we were already exhausted so we sucked. After the gig we went to party in a pub where hipsters were handing out. I got totally drunk so I danced the whole night. Haha. Everyone was fucked, except for Jaka who is sXe and he drove the van to Visoko where Tarik lives and where we were sleeping.

Soooo wasted!

A short stop on our way to Sarajevo.

We've been in the van the whole day and these are some moments of insanity.

Eating the all mighty Krompiruša!

Outside the pub.

Day 9 the way home

Visoko is the place in Bosnia where you can see the Bosnian pyramids! We went back to Sarajevo and did some tourist stuff like buying gifts, eating burek and čevapi. The way home was a huge pain in the ass, because the police was on strike there was a never ending line to cross the border. It took us 4 hours to enter croatia. Then everithing went smooth and we were back home, back to our boring lives,....