Personally I was missing this wild energy and intensitiy of former gigs which absolutely is not possible with the current material. On the other side I do have some issues with the new album although it is live way better (thanks to Sandra's genious charism on stage). Overall that was undoubtful a really terrific concert and really making fun. My conclusion of this nearly 90 minutes lasting concert is a little bit torn. Also Dennis thought he would have to help the stage crew and suddenly started to put his drum set off the podest whereas Stude tried to slash his bass into the base drum. First the guys could really let off steam during "Plastic Mouth" before it really got started in front of the stage by the last two songs "Big In Japan" and "Lord Of The Boards".
Never mind! Towards the encore the band was again heavily turning up. Overall a quite funny idea to give the band some time to take a breath but it does not need to be like that. On the other hand the "fashion show" of bassist Stude roughly half-way of the concert which was not absolutely needful. On the one hand the camera team scurrying across the stage non-stop to capture the show with digital cameras. Nevertheless it was a really perfect show during which the atmosphere was continously great. Furthermore the new songs are way more quiet compared to crackers like "Gogan". The sound is extremely mainstream and significantly more supported by samples which were also used during the live show. Then the big block of songs of the current album followed of which I have to say, like many others too, that they are not so well done. Directly in front of the stage the first large pit opened and it was sang along loudly. Who came because of the older songs was getting his money's worth in the beginning with stunners like "You Can't Stop Me" and surprisingly "Open Your Eyes" already as fourth song made the atmosphere fly high immediately. He was responsible for additional guitar support and supported Sandra as background singer. New for live gigs with them was Mirco Hildmann that could only be seen at the background. Singer Sandra Nasic swirled just like at the early days across the stage, henning Rümenapp educed lots of cool riffs from his guitars, bassist Stefan "Stude" Ude was doing the stage hog just as drummer Dennis Poschwatta behind his drum set. But the opener was an older song: "Quietly" before already the first release of their current album "Oh What A Night" followed. That was first also shown by the stage setting: four screens with palms on them. 2009 the four from Göttingen reunited and the result, their current album "Bel Air" was forming the basis of this evening. Shortly afterwards the end was there and each of them tried to westle through with more or less success. To that time at the Ebertbad at Oberhausen in front of 150 they introduced their new CD "Walking On A Thin Line" and were on the climax of their carreer.
As you can see on my event list my very first concert was one of Guano Apes. Guano Apes Stahlwerk, Düsseldorf (Germany)
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