HallmarkSweptWinger
Joined: Jul 27, 2006
Posts: 1284
Berlinesia, Germanifornia
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Posted on Jun 01 2014 04:20 PM
Yeaaah!
Had a very nice evening yesterday. First met with a strange italian guy here.
Then I moved to meet the Messer Chups. They played at the Bassy Cowboy Club which is one of the nicest live clubs here in town. When I arrived the club was full packed and it was hard to get inside.
A loooooooot of people there! The set of the Messer Chups was very good. A lot of own songs mixed with some cool covers which work good with the wilder and wilder going audience. The cover songs are played and arranged damned good by Oleg. Always with an own flavor by Oleg, so even the most cover songs sound like Messer Chups originals.
Oleg is a really surf guitar player which means, he knows how to get the sound out off his fantastic sounding Jazzmaster. He varies the reverb on his tank sometimes. So on some songs which are played really hard and fast you can hear every played string and pick by Oleg. What can I say? Oleg is going better and better on guitar! He simply goes with a 3 meter cable into his 1965 reverb tank and also with a short cable into a Fender amp. That`s it! This evening he played the Twin Reverb from the club.
Wonderful cool Zombierella on Fender Mustang bass is also good as a bass player should be in a surf band. She plays downstrokes the most time! And she is playing them very fast. But it looks just cool and she is not stressed! I am always impressed how to play bass with this nice fingernails! (Boys this is a special kind of art!)
Boris on drums is always fun for the audience. Boris also knows about Surf like not many other drummers. He is soooo fast sometimes! One of the best surf drummers nowadays!
I did a few videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbRF3QOKsmM
more soon.
— Twang cheers!
Ralf Kilauea
www.kilaueas.de
https://kilaueas.bandcamp.com/album/touch-my-alien
Last edited: Jun 01, 2014 16:21:53
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19309
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jun 01 2014 04:27 PM
Watch out for that Italian guy Ralf! Thanks for the video! Oleg always has amazing tone.
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bjoish
Joined: Jul 06, 2010
Posts: 596
Stockholm
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Posted on Jun 02 2014 02:54 AM
Thanks for the report !!
Messer Chups are really a great band.
Would like to see them some day 
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surferjoemusic
Joined: Jan 01, 2008
Posts: 2106
Livorno
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Posted on Jun 02 2014 03:12 AM
I am glad to hear that was a great concert!!! I slept on the way back home, I could have not stayed. Yes Oleg looks in good shape as usual!
— Lorenzo "Surfer Joe" Valdambrini
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Frelonvert
Joined: Sep 21, 2009
Posts: 275
Toulouse
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Posted on Jun 02 2014 03:51 AM
They will play the 8th of june in my town ! can't wait to see them.
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Badger
Joined: Nov 16, 2013
Posts: 4536
Wisconsin
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Posted on Jun 02 2014 03:39 PM
That was really cool Ralf! Nice to see a crowd into it.
I see the club mentions "before 1969" in their motto. Were they a pretty going outfit back in the day? Clubbing on that side of the wire was not exactly something I could do at that time; lots of guys with live ammo & bad attitudes.
The vids are cool, though - that drummer is kickass too!
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pscates
Joined: Oct 26, 2013
Posts: 45
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Posted on Jun 02 2014 04:33 PM
I just discovered them, listening to the North Sea Surf Radio feed. "Hula Tikula"(?) pops up often in the feed and that's such a great song. Been watching a lot of their stuff on YouTube. Very good!
So many good modern bands out there I'm slowly beginning to know. Very inspiring. The deeper I get into this music, the more I love it. Acts like this play a big part in that.
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crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Jun 02 2014 05:15 PM
pscates wrote:
I just discovered them, listening to the North Sea Surf Radio feed. "Hula Tikula"(?) pops up often in the feed and that's such a great song. Been watching a lot of their stuff on YouTube. Very good!
So many good modern bands out there I'm slowly beginning to know. Very inspiring. The deeper I get into this music, the more I love it. Acts like this play a big part in that.
Here's a nice photo-shoot of the band from last year: Flickr
Thanks for the video Ralf, very good indeedy!
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25620
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jun 03 2014 12:31 AM
Thanks Ralph,
that helps a little.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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HallmarkSweptWinger
Joined: Jul 27, 2006
Posts: 1284
Berlinesia, Germanifornia
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Posted on Jun 03 2014 10:19 AM
One more.
Here is their version of "Ghost Hop" from The Surfmen.
This is very clever played by Oleg. He added a few chords with his typical Oleg style. Coool!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft3QGalKZC0&feature=youtu.be
— Twang cheers!
Ralf Kilauea
www.kilaueas.de
https://kilaueas.bandcamp.com/album/touch-my-alien
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HallmarkSweptWinger
Joined: Jul 27, 2006
Posts: 1284
Berlinesia, Germanifornia
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Posted on Jun 04 2014 05:29 AM
…AND here is PADRE PIZZICATO!!!
One of the coolest new original Messer Chups songs!
What a surfy splashy sound!!! I felt totally wet just by hearing it in front of the stage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyibe69QlrE&feature=youtu.be
Surf Music at it`s best!
— Twang cheers!
Ralf Kilauea
www.kilaueas.de
https://kilaueas.bandcamp.com/album/touch-my-alien
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HallmarkSweptWinger
Joined: Jul 27, 2006
Posts: 1284
Berlinesia, Germanifornia
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Posted on Jun 04 2014 05:38 AM
AAaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!
"Back to the bermuda triangle"
WHAT a perect surf song is this???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQPPct8hP0M
The little "out of limits" theme is wonderful integrated in this real masterpiece of surf music.
Unfortunately I have no live video to this song. But I remember this song when they played it live at a gig last year. I was totally blown away especially by THIS song! Live it had 200% more surf power. This power is not capable in a youtube video unfortunately.
OOOooooooooohhhhh!!! I love surf music!!!
Are there others who had same thoughts especially about this song?
…little bit out off topic I know…
— Twang cheers!
Ralf Kilauea
www.kilaueas.de
https://kilaueas.bandcamp.com/album/touch-my-alien
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25620
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jun 04 2014 09:02 AM
Thanks again Ralf.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Jun 04 2014 09:56 AM
Back to the Bermuda Triangle appeared on both Bermuda 66 (2010)and Surf Riders from The Swamp Lagoon (2011) the later sounding slightly muddy. Due to their habit of re-issuing, re-doing, re-mixing, re-mastering there could be another two versions of the song out there. In my opinion the first take of a new Messer Chups track usually sounds best and I'd say it's the case with the Bermuda 66 version, either way it's a great tune.
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bjoish
Joined: Jul 06, 2010
Posts: 596
Stockholm
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Posted on Jun 05 2014 05:21 AM
'Bermuda 66' is my favorite Messer Chups album.
The style, the sound, its just awesome !!!
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ludobag
Joined: Jun 05, 2010
Posts: 620
at south of
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Posted on Jun 06 2014 09:25 AM
find
back to triangle bermuda live
with better sound
b t t b
Last edited: Jun 06, 2014 09:35:46
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JohnnyA
Joined: Apr 25, 2011
Posts: 52
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Posted on Jun 06 2014 09:39 AM
I'm in love with the bass player!!! 
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shivers13
Joined: Jul 29, 2009
Posts: 2605
Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Jun 06 2014 09:43 AM
Bummed they couldn't make it to the SG101 Convention! Was looking forward to seeing them.
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25620
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jun 06 2014 10:36 AM
Lets cross our fingers for next year.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Jun 06 2014 11:04 AM
bigtikidude wrote:
Lets cross our fingers for next year.
Now I'm starting to think allsorts of reasons why they coulldn't make it !
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