After the final show on the Tracer European tour we had three days off in Berlin, Germany.
The first night saw us drinking an obscene amount of alcohol in a rad little place called The Franken Bar.
Being the end of the tour, things got loose rather quickly – there may have been various stages of nudity in some parts. I do recall getting my shirt off to try on a Franken Bar staff shirt at one point.
Somewhere in the early hours I was chatting (read: drunkenly slurring) to the table of girls next to ours. They were speaking English so at least we had that connection.
Soon I got chatting to one of the guys on the table, and he tells me he’s American. Cools.
He asked what we were doing there in Berlin and I told him about Tracer and how the tour was over and we were on a night out to celebrate.
He mentioned he played in a band and they also had an off day today and maybe we should all come to their show the next night?
Cools. I’m all about new music.
I get him to write the name of the band and the venue on a coaster.
He writes: “Monster Magnet – Huxleys”
Well blow me down, I had just drunkenly stumbled upon Phil Caivano (rhythm guitar) of Monster Magnet!
Waisting no time I introduced the Tracer boys and he puts all of us on the door for their show the next night with complimentary after party passes.
I mentioned that I was a photographer and how bummed I was that Monster Magnet had recently cancelled their “Dopes To Infinity” tour of Australia as I was meant to be shooting it.
He then offered me a photo pass as they were doing the exact same tour right there in Germany! Super sweet!
The next night we caught their show, I shot these photos and we went backstage and had a few beers with the band, making sure they left with a copy of “Spaces In Between”.
Monster Magnet were amazing, the show was great!!! Every track from “Dopes…” was played plus a bunch of other crowd favourites including “Space Lord” which certainly brought the largest crowd response.
Germany is a rad place, Berlin is an incredible city and this is only one story from a bunch that happened over those three nights.
