A new album equals a new tour, right ? So the Clawz are back, playing festivals troughout Europe. The first concert I was able to visit is Waldrock. Situated in the north of Holland, more specifically in "Fryslan", it was about 2 hours driving from my place.
I was really excited coz it's been awhile since I saw the guys... On the other hand: this is the first Clawfinger concert I see without Tommy, the other half of the "Equipe Belgique". He is on vacation with his girlfriend so this will be a little bit weird.
It was already late when I left for Burgum so I had to be carefull not to be too late. But traffic was no problem so I arrived about 20 minutes before the Clawz were scheduled. And then... there it was... it sneaks into the story as it always does at the wrong time: CONCERT SECURITY!! I walked to the ticket booth where they also handed out the backstage passes and stuff. I state my name, show 'em my passport, try to explain that I'm on the Clawfinger guestlist... but no luck. All the guy did was looking at me like a cow that saw a train for the first time. Then he started looking into his papers, calling people on his intercom. In the meantime I hear the first notes of "Rosegrove" in the back. SHIT !! THEY STARTED !
My situation was getting better: I turned around and I saw about 10 angry 80's rockers looking at me with an expression that said: We also wanna get in... TODAY ! To cut a long story short: the guy ended up giving me a stamp so I could get in for free. No backstage pass, no guestlist, no nothing... Security is such a nice thing !
Oh well, at least I got in. So off to the stage 'coz they were playing their third song already. It was kinda funny to see the reactions on stage when the Clawz recognized me in the crowd. Damn it was great to hear those sounds again. It was a very good concert and the crowd was very responsive towards the Clawz.
After the concert I had to wait to get a pass from someone in the ClawOrganisation. But that wasn't a problem: they gave me an artist pass
So finally I was able to meet the guys. They were a bit tired 'coz they celebrated the Midsummernight the day before. Zak's voice was completely fucked up. He sounded like the Marlon Brando in the Godfather. He was constantly grabbing his throat when he heard the guy from Sepultura scream, hehe. He couldn't take it anymore.
It was also cool to see a part of the ClawFamily again: The Wolfmeister was present with his girlfriend, Maike was there and all the way from Denmark: Susie and Stinne Marie ! We had a few beers and lotsa fun. The girls went completely crazy when Peter "Ugly Muthafucka" Steele from Type O Negative walked by. What is it with this guy ? It's probably the size of his salami that gets 'em all insane in the brain. I guess Playgirl was a good career move for this guy. Maybe I should suggest this to Zak... who knows ??