TOMORROW... Gonna see the STRAY CATS!!!

['Flyin' Dutchman']

Right here in AMSTERDAM!! They're doing their Euro tour at this moment.
We're leaving in the afternoon already to do some pre-partying!!
Sorry for the O/T post, but I'm too excited,just wanted to let ya'll know!

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I'll try to take some pics with my digicam.

Here's a pic from the Paris show. Look at the flags on that bass drum... Haha!
Took it from www.briansetzer.com (http://www.briansetzer.com)

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[55olds88]

Damn,
And I bet they ain't playingt he UK in late August......

[straykatkustoms]

I had the chance to see them in '84 and I turned it down!! My butt is still sore from kicking myself. When they come back home to the states I plan on checking them out. Kan't wait for your report.........

Happy Trails,

Mick

[Django]

You SUCK! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[LIMEY]

Great hope you enjoy, i saw Chuck Berry last night & he's still got it & in a couple of weeks going to see Bo Diddley.
I think the Stray Cats are over here soon too but not sure of the dates.
This is the last time i saw them....

[A32Flathead]

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Damn,
And I bet they ain't playingt he UK in late August......


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Your right....

Stray Cats Tour Dates (http://www.briansetzer.com/tour_main.html)

Dave

[Dat Dirty Rat]

I'm glad they all put aside there differences and got back together to stir shit up again...But they only seem to tour over seas. When in the hell will they do something here,,,,again http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Dirty

[long island vic]

one of the advantages of living on long island is being able to drink wt those guys back when.also the album cover was taken at my friend kennys shop.wantagh auto rebuilders

[Byron Crump]

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one of the advantages of living on long island is being able to drink wt those guys back when.also the album cover was taken at my friend kennys shop.wantagh auto rebuilders

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Would that also mean you know Wade Faustman?

[Johnny Ace]

Dutchman,
We would be most grateful if you could manage to snap a few pics of Lee playing that "Cat Head " bass.....also, if you see a fag named Jason Burns who happens to be on tour with them, take away his hash! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Sailor]

I saw them in 1991(?) in Oslo, plus I got to see the Brian Setzers band a couple of years ago. Too bad they aare not coming up here on this tour.

Speaking of comebacks; I just saw The Pixies a week a go. I last saw them the summer 1989. But this years show is handsdown the best gig I have ever seen!

[Johnny Ace]

Sailor, glad you mentioned them!
We are making a HAMB group and going to see them in Houston in Oct.

[Nads]

You suck Maurice, I hate you.
Why the fuck aren't they touring in their home country? Assholes.

I saw the Stray Cats on their first tour in England, musta been '81 or so in Blackpool. They blew my punk rock mind.
Setzer came out with 2 chicks on his arm and immediately started insulting our podunk town.
It eventually broke down into a brawl between the Stray Cats road crew and some feisty teddy boys. It was an amazing experience.
I saw them in '84 again when I moved to the States.
I talked to Lee Rocker a few years ago and I brought up that Blackpool show and he actually remembered it, He told me that his road crew and the teds were arreseted that night and thrown together in the same police van.

Oh the memories.

[LIMEY]

Nads you said arreseted, hahaha.....gotcha http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Big A]

Somewhere around here I've got a Stray Cats ticket stub from 1984...

I was just checking out the tour dates... they're playing the Blue Ball Festival in Switzerland? What do you have to do to qualify for that?!

Sailor?! Where the hell have you been, man?? I did a retrospective of your art on a Friday art show a couple of months ago, since someone mentioned your name and Brush didn't know your work.

[26Tudor]

Brian Setzer and Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys) got together in a studio a few years ago, and did a rendition of "Little Deuce Coupe" that was absolutely electrifying, better than the original.
There's a mpeg clip of it somewhere on the 'net, I think it was something like surfdog.com ....

[Sailor]

Hey Big A. I have been busy making our flat in Oslo ready for sale, selling it and buying a thirties house back at the coast and so on. Plus I somehow needed a break from our little corner of the net, -but I have looked in on you guys every now and then all along. Did not get to see the retrospect you mention, though, but thanks for showing my work.
Come fall (we move to the new house in september), -I promise to try and be more regular on here.

[Steve]

the mp3 of it is here http://www.surfdog.com/sound_1/mom3-setzer.mp3 the songs on the mom3 compilation

[26Tudor]

Yep, that's the one, thanks, Steve

[voodoo]

Saw them here in Tampa in 78 or 79. I hope Slim Jim has gotten better.

[Cannibal]

Our clubmate Steve will be seeing them at Brixton this weekend Lucky prick..

[Thirtycoup]

i think i saw them in 87 on my 40th birthday in providence rhode island, god damn!!!! they rocked this town!!!! your in for an great show, have a good one man! mike

['Flyin' Dutchman']

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Dutchman,
We would be most grateful if you could manage to snap a few pics of Lee playing that "Cat Head " bass.....also, if you see a fag named Jason Burns who happens to be on tour with them, take away his hash! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Here's a few pics for ya!

It was a damn good show!! I was pretty drunk and don't remember every bit, but I do remember there were a lot of fuckin' morons on the first couple rows who looked like they had never been to a rock 'n roll show before! Some verbal assaults here and there. Lucky for them it stayed with that. It's always the same... Rock 'n roll is "IN" these days overhere and there's always the dorks who don't know anything about but steal away all the tickets to go to shows like this just to act cool even though they don't even know what they're actually watching.
They didn't even let me through to snap a few pics and when the crowd got too wild from the back they started moaning about being pushed around and stuff... At a certain moment is got pretty wild though and thanks to the wild bunch I managed to get to the front pretty far and took a few photos...
There was a big sign at the entrance which said that taking pics was prohibited. Well f*ck the sign!! I saw sooo many people taking pics, I was happy I didn't bring my cam back to the car!
We even had crazy tattooed freak "Fat Dennis" from Peter Pan Speed Rock" who stormed the stage at one time. That was too funny!
The 'half liter Heinekens' sure tasted good and it really was a "Rumble in Amsterdam"!!!

And oh yeah! Tommorrow we're gonna see Southern Culture On The Skids!
Yee haaw!!

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[Johnny Ace]

Dutchman...
Thanks once again...
Even if we can't go to Amsterdam, we can at least see our work in action......

[Donzie]

Ok, I'm gonna ask a favor here. Since they're only touring over there, if they come out with a live CD from their shows I would really appreciate a PM from someone and I'll get you the money to send me one.

[redpunk]

Damn, looks like it was a great show...

[Django]

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Ok, I'm gonna ask a favor here. Since they're only touring over there, if they come out with a live CD from their shows I would really appreciate a PM from someone and I'll get you the money to send me one.

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Goes for me too.

Cool pics!

[Steve]

they are recording the london show and it looks like you will be able to get it through www.surfdog.com (http://www.surfdog.com)

looks like there will be a DVD as well

[Nads]

Hey voodoo, impossible, they didn't even exist in '78-'79.
The Bloodless Pharoahs did, but I don't think they ever played down south.

[Adam F]

When I was in high school, the girl I was going out with's brother, was asked to join the Stray Kats. He declined, to stick to his job as an aprentice panel beater!!!

Adam F