Rather short notice and by chance, I received a call asking if I would be interested in organizing a concert with Mikey Erg. Wow, is it really the Mikey Erg who plays drums (or sometimes guitar) in amazing bands like the Dopamines, Ergs, Off With Their Heads, Star Fucking Hipsters, Unlovables, Dirt Bike Annie, Parasites, and tons of other great punk bands? Yes, exactly him! For some time now, this young man has also been performing solo, armed with just a guitar, celebrating his old-school, nerdy pop-punk as a one-man army. Now he’s coming to Osnabrück as well. Since I only had two weeks to put something together, I decided to host the concert in the rehearsal room of the "Sentiments", which is affectionately called "The Hell". This is located in an alternative space called Petersburg, right in the city center near the freight station. The brilliant garage punk band "Genital Hospital" from Toronto already played a fantastic gig there. So did the Hamburg thrash kings "Thrashing Pumpguns" along with their friends "Upper Crust", shaking the small room and driving the local punks wild. Now it’s a Monday evening in April. The local singer/songwriter "North Alone" kicked things off. He is the singer of the very good band "North About", which plays a truly great mix of Hot Water Music and the better parts of Gaslight Anthem. Solo, he is also successfully touring all over Germany, captivating more and more people with his raw, melancholic songs. Just like on this rainy Monday. A handful of people showed up and listened attentively. The good man built up from song to song and convinced everyone completely. A really very good gig in an intimate atmosphere. That’s how it should be! Then, right after, he plugged in the electric guitar and the lively little man from America got started. "Mikey Erg" unleashed a successful punk fireworks that repeatedly reminded me of Kepi Ghoulie (ex-Groovie Ghoulies, Chixdiggit) or even Jenz Bumper (ex-Jet Bumpers, ex-Dirtshakes, ex-Embryonics, ex-Vageenas), who over 12 years ago took the stage alone with a guitar and played Dead Boys' Sonic Reducer, convincing the audience present. Just like on this evening. It was really refreshing and funny. He also has a really vast repertoire of music and bands to draw from. Nothing could go wrong. Hi-energy power pop punk, I would say. Just (unfortunately) without a band. That would have been even more amazing. After about 30 minutes, the fun was over. The beer was finished, and both the audience and the two artists were satisfied. So it was a perfect evening.
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