The Brasil tour went by in a rush! Constant travelling, meeting a lot of old and new friends and most of the time playing late at night made the last two weeks a very intense but incredible experience. And like in the countries before we feel like we spent more time here than we actually did.
During the last couple of days we got the chance to play with and get to know some really cool bands and artists that you definetely should check out. Amongst them are Rooftops from Russia, Chris Snellgrove from Canada, Better Leave Town from Brasil or Overseas from Costa Rica. The latter experienced the worst nightmare that could happen to a touring band...after their gig in Porto Alegre they were just about to leave as a guy with a gun popped up at the driver's window of their car, forced them to get out and stole the car along with all their instruments, merchandise and personal belongings. They were left with pretty much nothing but the clothes they were wearing. I guess at that point most bands would have called it a day...but these four guys didn't! They moved on and missed only one of the four other shows in Brasil which was pretty impressive and inspiring.
The show in Florianopolis took place in the Taleysin Rock Bar, a cave-like place with a cool tiny stage in a corner. It turned out to be a really cool show with an enthusiastic crowd that was willing to party throughout the whole night! Floripa is actually an island with a lot of beautiful beaches. So the next day we really wanted to get a taste of that. Of course we did not get up before noon and of course by the time we arrived at the beach the weather turned and it started to rain...we finally realised that winter in Brasil actually exists...
Later the same day we played in Blumenau, home of the biggest Oktoberfest out of Germany - and home of our friend Luis from Nunca Inverno who booked our last tour in Brasil. It turned out to be a really cool night with lots of familiar faces, beers and cheers. Unfortunately we weren't able to spend more time in Blumenau because we had to drive back to Curitiba straight after the show. We were all kinda passed out in the back of our two cars and did not even realised that we had to stop and exchange a flat tire somewhere on the road. By the time we got to Curitiba the sun had set already a couple of hours ago. So the day was spent resting and getting ready for the first edition of the Prejudizo Fest later that night which was scheduled at 92 Grados. This place was probably the coolest venue we came by in Brasil! For over 20 years it is run by the same guy. He built all the interior pretty much from scratch and puts an unbelievable amount of energy into it and already hosted bands like Fugazi at 92 Grados!
The show ended really late and we only could close our eyes quickly becore all the bands hopped on a big bus back to Sao Paolo for our last show in Brasil where we were supporting Title Fight! It turned out to be complet change to the shows before. The venue was huge, so was the stage and for a change we really had to stick to a schedule. The show turned out to be an amazing experience for us! Although we already played around 6pm there were already a lot of people at the venue. And they took a lot of interest into our show - we even managed to get the first stagedives of the night!
The Title Fight show was insane! People went totally crazy and made this an unforgettable night. But eventually it came to an end and it was time to say goodbye to our friends from Under Bad Eyes and to Xao who stayed with us throughout the whole Brasil trip. We want to say a huge thank you to all these guys, to Rosanne and Wellington who made their home our home, to Luis and the BNU Punx and to everyone else that helped us out or came to our shows! We hope to see you all very soon! Überlove/Überyou
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