It's a hard road, but according to Keep Of Kalessin's Obsidian C, it's made harder when you are treated badly by the headlining act.
The Norwegian black metal band are currently on the bill for the remaining shows of a substantial North American tour with Sepultura, but things seem not to be running too smoothly.
Obsidian C let rip on his
on-line tour blog, not mincing his words he reported:
"Yesterday [May 21] we played in Rochester, NY and man, the bullshit just continues on this tour."
"All support bands only got five channels altogether, which means that all we could get sound on in the PA-system was drums and one vocal."
"This is totally bullsh-t from Sepultura because when you're on a package tour like this and playing such small clubs, where some nights it's only 150-200 people, you should share the mixing console with the other bands so they are able to do a proper show!"
"We had to play our show with guitars and bass only on stage and we didn't have backing vocals. Because of this all bands had to crank the amplifiers on stage so loud that when Belphegor got on stage, they only managed to play half a song before the amplifier overheated from being cranked so hard all night. The audience wasn’t happy about it."
"The support bands and their crew are really starting to get tired of being treated like sh-t from the headliner. Also, while they get 3-4 meals every day we get nothing. Today we didn't even get water!!"
However, when things go wrong, they tend to go VERY wrong, and they did in Louisville a couple of nights later [May 23] when the band to abandon their show only halfway into their set opener due to problems with their sound:
"Problem was that I was shocked of how bad it sounded on stage. In fact it was so bad that it was impossible to play!"
"This is the fist time we had this kind of problem because normally Keep Of Kalessin can play under any circumstance. But while we were playing the crew actually kept on re-patching stuff and turning knobs they didn't know what was for. This means that all instruments on stage kept going in and out and it was total fucking chaos!!"
"I told the audience that we were sorry, but it was impossible for us to work under those conditions. Our fans of course understand that this is not our fault, but we heard comments about us being 'rock stars' and high headed because we cancelled this show."
"One of the security guys told Vyl to 'get your a-s home, cut your f--king hair and get a job'. Now, that shows the professionalism at the venue, if you ask me! F--king redneck retard".
The remaining tour dates are with Sepultura, Nevermore, Hate, Keep Of Kalessin, Neuraxis and Bonded By Blood:
05/26 - Winnipeg, MB - The Zoo
05/27 - Regina, SK - The Exchange
05/28 - Calgary, AB - Dickens
05/29 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room
05/31 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theater
Thanks for the report to RockAAA.com.
