…rollin’ over Germany day two – Assrocket on Abbey Road Vol. 1
..after yesterday’s good start of the first FACE THE JUGEND tour in BOCHUM, today I am taking it slowly. When I opened the window after I had woken up, there was no fresh air coming in. It´s still hot in Germany and the cold shower only helps for a little moment. DOC DANGER of TURBOJUGEND BOCHUM served some breakfast and after a little conversation I had to get to the next stop.
ASSROCKET ON ABBEY ROAD VOL. 1 was the name of today’s party. Organised by TURBOJUGEND RHEINGAU in a small village called Gemmerich in the middle of nowhere in beautiful Rhineland-Palatinate. I was driving along the Rhine on my way from Bochum and saw castles on nearly every hill. Sadly I didn’t have any time for a break, but if you ever come to Germany, this is a must-see!
I arrived in the afternoon at the party and the first Jugendliche where already sitting in the garden with some cold drinks. It was 37 degrees so no one really wore their Kutte. Everybody was happy about some shades of the trees and the childrens’ swimming pool.
The first highlight was the guided tour through the BEATLES museum. Yes you heard right. They do have a BEATLES museum in this tiny village. It was created by the father of TJ RHEINGAU member WILDSAU who invited me to the party. Here is a man who grew up with the BEATLES and all the stories he told during the tour were his own stories. He told us about the first time he heard a BEATLES song, how he got infected with the Beatles virus and all the special moments of a fan’s life. Maybe the BEATLES didn´t create something as powerful as the TURBOJUGEND but I think they also did a good job.
After that it was time for barbecue and President GRAF VON HÖLLENBERG himself was the man at the grill. Thanks go out also to his wife HERZOGIN VON DRACHENSTEIN for serving me some delicious vegetarian stuff.
In the evening there were two live bands playing. First X-WIX the band of WILDSAU. They played powerful Punk and also some TURBONEGRO covers. Some lyrics were in German, some in English, but always loud. After that it was CHRISTMAS‘ turn, but before the gig we did a few group pictures.
CHRISTMAS is a TURBOJUGEND band from St. Wedel, Germany founded in 2010. For all of you, who never heard of them before, they call their music “satanic rock” and their new record “Lose Your Illusion” was released in May.
At this point I have to remind you that we are in a small German village with less than 600 residents, so it’s not the best place for loud music. But the funny thing was some of the neighbours would come around. Some only to take a picture quickly, some to stay for a while and listen to sound the villagers have not heard before.
MAX MÖTHERFUCKER the front man of CHRISTMAS does his best to give the audience a good show on this “stage”. At the end I think everybody was satisfied and had a good party.
Meanwhile in the garden…
There is no party without a prize draw and so HERZOGIN VON DRACHENSTEIN drew the winners. Congratulation you lucky sailors.
We took the sticker-pictures during the day while having a lot of fun. Also, today was the first time that someone didn´t want to join the project. I respect this, because there was a good reason they told me. But at this point I’d also like to give the following statement:
“FACE THE JUGEND is not a commercial project. If you took a look to the COST LIST, you would have seen how much money I spent on this even before it started. For me, it´s a matter of the heart to give something back to the TURBOJUGEND. I´m a member of TURBOJUGEND ST. PAULI and no business clown, who tries to catch some attention, by using all of your faces. For me it´s important that you like the project and we all have some fun together. So please let me know if you have any comments or ideas for the project, so that we can create it together and don´t talk shit behind my back. Thanks for your attention and support”
Finally there is one special thing that happened at night: JOHN EVANGELIUM, president of TURBOJUGEND WORMS did his “Seepferdchen”. Under the supervision of a strict jury he completed all of his lessons and finally got his diploma. Good job John.
For me the night ends here. It was a long day and I have to sleep a little. The party goes on till 3:30 a.m. and GRAF VON HÖLLENBERG promised, there will be a Vol. 2 next year. You better not miss this!
Ahoi! from Hamburg
Miroslav aka Sir Polariot
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