Record Release Party...

Vini, vidi, vinci. We drank the wine, watched some videos and though about Leonardo da. The stage was set, a grey Monday evening, sleepy eyes and a few (quite a few) friends. The mighty frog machine was greased (thanks to the Eisbein) and ready to rock. Or roll. Even pop a little.

After once again breaking our backs carrying too many amps and drums we arrived at the Magnet and did one of the loudest soundchecks I've ever heard (and I've been at a few ones, believe me). The sound tech made sure no one had any hearing left afterwards... So we had to talk to each other for a while while reading the lips. Fine thing. Especially if you're eating. Or drinking. Or drunk :o)

The Magnet club was quite packed even before the first band started shortly after 8 pm. Loud drones made sure everyone was also deaf before we went onstage, so no one could notice the wrong notes we played anyway. Grounded first and Zone of Equality later turned up to eleven and then Poolstar prepared the crowd for a good night of frog'n roll. By the way, thanks again to all of them for sharing this night with us. You rocked guys!

Unusually nervous this time around (at least I was), we hit the stage and gave a pretty punky rendition of "Throwing Up The Breakfast" to start. I think it was Cecil B. DeMille who once said that a good movie should start with an earthquake and then just go on upwards. That's what we went for on Monday. And we got it.

Launching into "Lately" and "Blue Ice" only proved too well that our 4th frog Jorge did a very nice job re-learning the songs. Our second guitar player for special occasions such as this packed out his Les Paul and lent me a hand terrorizing your poor ears :o)

But the, well, how could I say this... the funniest part in the gig was playing our Britney cover "Toxic", where some, er... female attendants decided it was time to throw lingerie onstage. String tangas and bras flying through the air was a view we will not forget so easily (hey, did I already tell you how we loved it?). :o) Diana, Patricia, Ainhoa, Claudia and the rest: you rocked!

The gig was a really cool chance to meet a lot of new froggy people who had already bought the CD but never seen us live before. And to deafen them, of course. We lost our hearing somewhere between "Million Miles" and "Titanium", but that didn't stop us from breaking the sound barrier with "While You Can" and then finishing the encore with a froggy rendition of the Foo Fighters' "All My Life". That was fun, man, I can tell you.

Then the real party started in the VIP zone. Depravation, girls, booze and food, what more can we ask for? Oh, yeah, a pair of new ears if possible.