IN ITALY
Rudi's 2006 Fuzztones consisted of former Bonniwell
Music Machine alumni, Lenny Svilar, Lana Loveland and
Rob Ampersand, as well as former Link Wray drummer Rob
Louwers - truly a Garage supergroup!
Preachers' Fyl Cuda, Sexy Drive's Cisvo and Fuzz fan Freddie join Lana and Rudi for a photo op. Illegitimate Spawn feature artists, Strange Flowers, opened all the Italian shows, including Pordenone, Massa Carerra, Rimini and Florence. IN GREECE Pics and interview by Konstandinos Dagas
After switching to the biggest booking agency in
Greece, DiDi Music, the Fuzztones made a triumphant
return to Rudi's fatherland.
Highlights were two nights in Athens, and one in Thessaloniki, and a radio interview with Konstandinos Dagas. Thank You! IN GERMANY
Although most of The Fuzztones were sick, the show
must go on, and the band insisted Lana recouperate
while they did the Dusseldorf show. The Fuzztones have
only performed twice before without their beloved
combo organ - once in 1990 at San Francisco's
Nightbreak club, and once at an unnanounced pre-tour
warm-up gig in 2005. Thankfully Lana rejoined the guys
for the remainder of shows in Stuttgart, Berlin and
Hamburg, where Rudi locked the band out of
the hotel, forcing them to explore the Reeperbahn
nightlife until dawn the following day (ain't life
tough?)...
The Fuzztones auditioned a 4 piece horn section at their soundcheck at the White Trash in Berlin, and brought them up for a two song encore of "She's Wicked" and "Ward 81." A preview of things to come! Hamburg Düsseldorf Pics by Karl Bomgartz Berlin |