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yes, the germans have been there!
3days in great town seattle (too bad, we couldnt make portland), and one
night at the funhouse! everything is been said. we enjoyed it very much. 3
great bands. special thanks to satans pilgrims, the reason for us to go. pity,
doors closed at 2h. that was new to us. anyway, it was worth every f*****
meter we reclined.
hope to see you guys again somewhere.
thanks brian for the pics and clips. hope for more!!!
marco
--- In , "spskins" <superchimp9@h...> wrote:
>
> On behalf of Satan's Pilgrims, all I have to say to all of SG101 is
> thank you. We couldn't believe the reception and how f*ckin' fun that
> weekend was. We were even more blown away to find out there were more
> of you there than we knew about, after the fact. To tell you the
> truth, the list was a great asset to us while we were preparing for
> this. Knowing that people were traveling to see us put us in the
> mindset that this was a big deal and that we needed to deliver the
> goods as best we could. I hope that we still would have put on an ok
> performance if I hadn't joined, been reading the posts, and conveying
> to the rest of the guys that "man, there are people flying here to see
> you play". I think it made them all kind of perk up and go "wow, ok,
> let's get to work." I've been joking since I got back that we felt
> like Sally Field -"you really DO like us", which is a dumb joke, but
> does have a ring of truth to it.
> It was excellent meeting Brian and Shari, Ran, TFJ, Dano, Eric,
> (Nebulas), Eric H (Surf in Seattle?), and especially the lovely
> Kristena and her man Rudy. Kristena has been a great combination of
> cheerleader and den mother to us through myspace and got us hooked up
> with our old pals the Ghastly Ones again, along with lots of other
> newer surf/instrumental bands that we would have probably never heard
> of otherwise. Thanks to all of you plus Dick Messick and Rick Selby,
> who I don't think I got to meet
? Did the Germans ever show?
> I also want to point out that we did not bring the Hammond organ,
> because we just didn't have room, but we did have the Leslie Speaker.
> The organ Dave used was a Farfisa and TFJ was on the money with his
> assessment of the kit I borrowed for the weekend. OK, on to the Q & A.
>
> 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
> about the shows?
>
> We can't imagine anyone having more fun than we did; it was a real
> gasser of a weekend. You know, you can only hope for things to go
> well and that people will show up after 5 years, so we tried not to
> get our hopes up too high. But we couldn't imagine it being any better
> in every way, especially in Portland. Having fans that appreciate the
> music travel long distances to see us combined with our old local fans
> dancing and screaming was really overwhelmingly fantastic for us.
>
> 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like? Was it
> hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was this
> the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
>
> Other than the day and a half of recording we did last year for
> Plymouth Rock (four songs), this was the first time we had played
> together in five years. It was definitely the first time we had played
> the old songs and some of the songs we did, like Grave Up and Ragtop
> we hadn't done in over 6 or 7 yrs, when Bobby stopped playing live.
> We managed to practice four times before the shows. The other guys
> got together 2 times before that, but their Showmans were in the shop
> getting tuned up, so they used a mix of practice amps (a twin, an
> Orange, and an Ampeg), which made a strange sound together. My first
> practice was the first with return of the Showmans and they seemed
> very happy to have them back. The first practice was LOUD!!!!! Dave's
> reverb tank was making all kinds of noise until we realized it was the
> sound pressure from his speakers. Once we moved the tank, it was
> fine. It was pretty rough, we didn't "instantly click" but we weren't
> too discouraged. By the third practice I thought it was beginning to
> sound like us again and a lot more balanced.
>
> 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
>
> "Just a flesh wound". My hands were soft after 5 years of not playing
> at all and I mashed my knuckle on the rim of the snare-it looked a lot
> worse than it was. Besides, what's a Satan's Pilgrims show without
> any blood? We got new red belts for the Portland show because, as
> Scott put it, "we needed a touch of red" to add to our stage wear that
> night. After the show I couldn't help saying to him "I got your touch
> of red right here."
>
> 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
>
> We always got better crowd response when we flubbed around a
> bit-probably because we start laughing and then start playing around
> with the tunes, giving it a looser, more informal feel. The shows
> where we were totally practiced and tight often equaled a colder
> audience that looked bored. I think these recent shows obviously fit
> into the first category, which is fine with us. We felt, all in all,
> that it wasn't too shabby for being five years older, slower, and not
> having played together for so long.
>
> 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
> capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
>
> We still had some old capes, but they were worn and a little stinky
> too, even after repeated washings, so we got new ones a couple of
> weeks before hand. John's Showman head that he used to play through
> got stolen about a year after we stopped playing, so he used the Dual
> Showman head that Robert usually used and Robert used a Bassman head
> that we had lying around and a reverb tank that we borrowed from our
> buddy, Sean Fong (thanks Sean). That worked out for the best, because
> the reverb stopped working in the Dual anyway.
>
> 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting new
> material out?
>
> Yes, but I will have to go to Portland to record, or wherever we can
> all be in the same room. We've kind of scrapped the long distance
> idea, although we think the long distance rehearsing and writing we
> did worked pretty well. I'm also obsessed with releasing or
> re-recording an album that we did with a pianist named Thomas
> Lauderdale. He is in a group called Pink Martini and we recorded 10
> songs with him around '96 or so. It was never released because he
> didn't like the sound of his piano and claims the original tapes have
> been lost. I still have a cassette copy and would love to release it,
> though it was never mixed and Thomas paid for the recording, so he has
> control over it. It's all covers and the piano + surf band thing
> worked out really well (think Dave Meyers' Moment of Truth with
> Liberace on piano). It's truly over the top. I think the only way to
> finish it is to re-record it, which would be a big undertaking, but
> would be worth it.
> If not, we fooled around with some new song ideas at our practices, so
> a release of new original material is definitely possible as well.
>
> 7.) Did you do Surfin' Bird? And if so what is it like being one of
> America's top vocalists?
>
> No, we didn't do Surfin' Bird. I only sing in European TV, never in
> the USA. No, really, we got so many requests for it in Europe (even
> though we'd never played it before) that we started playing it as an
> encore over there. We might have done it a couple of times here in the
> US right before we stopped in 2000, but not too often. To be honest, I
> think we forgot about that, we were in pure instrumental mindset
> (except for Shit Sandwich and Que Honda, of course).
>
> Thanks again and we hope to have something for you in 2006, either a
> record, some shows, or maybe both! We'll see.
> -Ted Pilgrim
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...> wrote:
> > Ted,
> >
> > If you don't mind getting put on the spot, can I ask you:
> >
> > 1) Did you guys have as much fun as we did? How did you guys feel
> > about the shows?
> >
> > 2) What was your practice sessions leading up to the gigs like? Was it
> > hard to get back in the groove or did you instantly click? Was this
> > the first time you guys had played together in 5 years?
> >
> > 3) Is your hand/whatever you cut okay?
> >
> > 4) How did you and the guys assess your own performances?
> >
> > 5) Did you guys still have all your guitars, amps, gear, outfits,
> > capes? Or did anyone have to make some emergency purchases?
> >
> > 6) Are you guys still planning on recording remotely and putting new
> > material out?
> >
> > Feel free to decline to answer any/all of the above. ;-)
> >
> > In any event, please accept our thanks once again for the great shows.
> >
> > BN
