We got up and got some coffe and headed off to XM Sirius Radio for an interview.
Not knowing much about the station or the location we were kind of blown away. In the middel of Manhatten, across the road from Rockefeller center we had to go through heavy securety, and get som elevating help almost 40 storys up!
Finally arriving in their ”lobby” we were sorounded by pictures and signatures (all over the walls!) of bands from Snow Patrol, Kayne West and Miley Cyrus (Not kidding!)... Well anyway, some huge acts! We did a 20 min interview for the program Nordic Rocks, and got to sign the wall... a weird and awsome expereinse!
After the interview it was time for get in at the club that was hosting our last show in NY for now. The club was called Fontanas, a cool basement club on Lower East side.
We had some time left before The gig so we went to Guitar Center to try and solve the backline situation and get Simon the fuzz pedal he had drooled over since we came to NY. Simon was happy and sad comeing out of the store. He got his Big Muff, but had to settle for an old POD (!!) for the night, as we did not have time to get a rented amp back to the store the next day.
Then it was time for the gig.
We played with five other european band, mostly from England.
It felt somewhat like playing in London with the crowd and everything.
The gig went fine and we stayed a while to chat, and you know what? The Pod saved the day!! The Deluxe Reverb Ruben played went dead on the second band! But our POD, the knight in red shining armor came to the rescue, and got them through the gig. We had to leave before the last band played, since we were getting up for an EARLY flight the next day. Hopefully they did fine without our little knight, if not we are sorry guys! Well home in Harlem we packed our stuff and went to bed for a couple of hours of sleep before heading for Austin, Texas and SXSW!
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