Chapter eleven - Tortharry goes out into world (episode two)
Translation:
- Image one: Keep the cheese, we want beer!!!
- Image two: Keep the wine, we want beer!!!
- Image three: The driver! He is sober and look what he is doing.
And now for the narration.
Chapter 11 - TORTHARRY GOES OUT INTO THE WORLD (episode two)
On their way to Portugal, Tortharry made a sidetrip to Geneva to play on some underground party in some Ghetto right in the middle of the city, surrounded by all the banks. A particular contrast indeed. The proud Swiss hosts boasted about leaving for the guys a whole barrel of beer, yet they did know whom they are dealing with. Shortly after Tortharry ended their show for about 50 local fans, the guys had to find the organizer and “convince” him to replenish their free beer supply, as said barrel turned out to be utterly insufficient. By the way, back then the price of one small beer there was, adjusted to Czech Crowns, approx 60 CZK – an insane amount!
Portugal turned out to be great! Tortharry looked forward to their show. Dan made several interviews for the local fan zines, and then the show was on.
Imagine that you travel all over Europe is a small car and then, the moment and the very reason of such an odyssey is finally at hand. The tension was growing; the intro began and about 1000 local fans were anxiously awaiting the Tortharry show to kick off. To their great surprise (and not only theirs), after maybe one minute of stagetime, the drummer Juan disappeared from the stage! What happened was that Juan unfortunately positioned his drum throne and during one fast passage he lost his balance and fell behind the drumriser, which was about 1.5 m high. Having however a solid constitution, in about 15 seconds, Juan was back on the stage and the show could continue.
Even greater surprise awaited Tortharry after the show, when they realized that the gig organizer is gone and the money with him. Dan however wasted no time and called the local police, and with their help the organizer was found the next day. He then finally paid Tortharry their agreed fee, thanks to which our guys had the finances on a journey home. There even was something left to buy more beer, which made the trip far more bearable. Although, not so much for Juan, whose butt hurt from his fall and on top of that he had to listen to the rest of the band making fun of his disappearing act.
The year is 1997.