There are bands that you wait for them to break up, and there are bands that you find it sad when they dissolve. The latter was the case on April 14, 2012, at the Bielefeld "JZ Kamp," during the announced last concert of Mr. Anderson. Originally, the farewell gig was supposed to take place at Falkendom, but it became clear very early in the presale that the club was too small, and the guys were lucky that Kamp had no program that Saturday. For the final gig, the formation from Extertal and Bielefeld also invited two of their friend bands to make the farewell party a real celebration. So off to Kamp, and in between, we also caught the two ladies J+J, alias Jana and Julia. When we arrived, it was already quite full in Kamp, and outside were the smokers. This could get crowded today, just like it did with Skindred in November. Back then, we could see the very short concert from the balcony, but now the Kamp balcony was "only for people with backstage passes," great. To kick things off, H.O.L.M. from Extertal played, with Mole on guitar. And the sound was terrible, at least in the back of the concert hall. But even my brief excursion to the middle of the hall couldn't impress me; their cover songs were played nicely, but they completely lacked fire during their 20 minutes of playtime. Let's see if the second band The Art Of Losing is better, and yes, they were better, but that didn't really take much. Although the sound didn't improve, a few songs went over quite well. I only caught the encores in the foyer when I was talking to the four guys who have the rehearsal room next to us. Do they even have a band name???? No idea, I just know that they drink more than they rehearse, and the empty beer crates are stacked in three piles up to the ceiling in their space. And alongside the four guys from Dörentrup, a certain Casper was also hanging around in Kamp, who comes from Extertal, like the bands present, more or less. And he was allowed on the balcony, tzzz…. But finally Mr. Anderson took the stage, and the party kicked off. Initially, the sound was terrible here too, but after the 3rd or 4th song, it was okay, although the sound could have had a bit more punch. In the nearly two hours of playtime, nothing was left out on and in front of the stage. In front of the stage, there was not only the usual pogo, but also the popular circle pits, wall of deaths, and the well-known Ärzte-unrockbar-sit-jump-pogo-dance, the latter was ruined because the seated audience jumped up too early. ;-) Regardless, there was a lot of energy in front of the stage, and on stage as well, the five guys, with their long-standing stage presence, came up with some choreographic elements that fit well with their melody-skate-core-punk. Top show, which was filmed by three professional cameras! I also spontaneously filmed two songs with my little old phone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7KIejvwajc. In between, various friends came on stage and played or sang along. The planned breaks for the band were spontaneously moved or completely canceled because everyone was in the mood to play and/or forgot about them. It was already great cinema, but I still missed the icing on the cake for the last gig, the cherry on top of the Black Forest cake, whatever that could have been. With a tear in my eye, the last Mr. Anderson gig ended precisely at midnight. Bye Bye Mr. Anderson, and let's wait and see what we will hear from the guys solo or in a new band.
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