GBH - Reviews - Norway, Friday April 12th, 2002

Country	Date	City	Venue
	Friday April 12th, 2002	Stavenger	Folken

This was of course GBH's first gig in Scandinavia in at least five years ! Needless to say there were plenty of people who were very happy at the prospect of the band playing there once more. Here are some links and observations with some photos to come .. ..

For a Scandinavian language review see: http://www.spot.no/31404.html

From Heinz 'Beanz' Hauger:

FINALLY IT'S FRIDAY AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE GBH LIVE IN OUR HOMETOWN OF STAVANGER.

IT ALL STARTS WHEN I HAVE TO GUIDE GBH DOWNTOWN TO A RESTURANT SO THEY CAN GRAB A BIT TO EAT.AFTER THE MEAL I HAD SOME PHOTOS FROM A GIG AT THE '100 CLUB' FOR THEM TO LOOK AT AND I GOT THEM TO SIGN MY CITY BABY ALBUM.. I ALSO GOT A COPY OF THE UPCOMING "HA HA" ALBUM FROM COLIN.I HAVE ALREADY PLAYED IT SEVRAL TIMES AND IT REALLY GOOD STUFF.SO BUY IT!!!!

AND THEN THE TIME HAS COME.THERE WAS 2 BANDS,HAGGIS AND ORDRENEKT PLAYING WARM-UP FOR GBH AND THEY REALLY MANAGED TO GET THE CROWD IN THE RIGHT MOOD. THERE WERE ATLEAST 250+ PEOPLE AT THE WENUE THIS EWENING AND I THINK THEY GOT WHAT THEY CAME FOR.

GBH PLAYED A GOOD COLLECTION OF OLD AND NEW SONGS.THEY WERE ON STAGE FOR 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES AT LEAST.... THE CROWD REALLY WENT CRAZY WHEN GBH STARTED PLAYING .. SINGING ALONG,STAGE-DIVING AND POGOING...

THIS IS REALLY AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT AND THE BAND LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD A H*** OF A GOOD TIME. THIS WAS THE FIRST DAY OF A 2 DAY PUNKROCK FESTIVAL AND IT COULDN'T HAVE HAD A BETTER START.

THE NEXT DAY WE HOOKED UP WITH GBH AND THE COCNEY REJECTS,WHO PLAYED LATER THAT EWENING.WE WATCED A FOOTBALL GAME AND DRANK BEER AND THE BANDS WERE REALLY COOL ABOUT IT AND TALKED TO THE FANS WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE THERE.

THANKS TO BOTH BANDS FOR BEING THERE AND GIVING US GOOD TIME.. HOPE 2 SEE YOU IN BLACKPOOL LATER IN THIS SUMMER.

nb: The '100 Club' was a legendary London venue in the 1980's