01-03-2008 Emergenza Rüsselheim

Venue: Das Rind, Rüsselheim (Germany)
By: Nina Mende

  Yes, it’s Emergenza time again. There was another first round in Rüsselsheim/Germany
  I went to. This time there were eight bands playing, but only seven to vote
  for via hand sign. The last band was a winner of last year’s Emergenza,
  a band from Stuttgart/Germany.

  Let me tell you the lineup in the running order first before I forget it:

  Allthesame
  Susanne Heidrich and band
  Blood Barrier Reef
  Roadblock
  Memmen und Technik
  TA
  Surf Green

  And the special guest was:
  The Jerks

  The Rind in Rüsselsheim was quite full, but it was a Saturday night and
  the band Roadblock brought 100 fans!!! Yes, they really did. No wonder that
  they won the first place of the night, but they were good and deserved it. Let
  me start in the beginning though.

  The first band of the night was Allthesame, a young band playing hard core
  music combined with some metal elements. They hardly brought any friends or
  fans so they also got hardly any votes…

 
 
    Up next were Susanne Heidrich and band playing Latino pop. The female singer
  was dancing a lot reminding of Dirty Dancing. Accompanied by a saxophone they
  were trying the get the votes of the audience. Their music would have fit better
  into a jazz club, but they enjoyed their performance and that it all that counts.
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    The following, Blood Barrier Reef, was another young metal core and also local
  band screaming their lungs out on stage but not getting many people to dance
  nor vote for them although the venue was getting quite full at that time…
 
    But that was probably because of Roadblock, a local student rock band who seriously
  brought 100 fans and friends. They even got a bottle of Jack Daniels for that
  achievement which was also because of a bet and a promise of the Emergenza host.
  Roadblock got the dance floor more than just crowded and definitely had the
  audience on their side. With 119 votes they left as winners of the evening.
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    Memmen und Technik were three guys with a drummer as vocalist. Their music
  did not convince me but they convinced 44 people and therefore ended up on third
  place.
 
  TA, another young and local rock band, got the groove on with their Mando Diao-like
  sound, got the audience dance and move on the dance floor and received 56 votes.
  They were second of the night and deserved it.
 
    Last band to vote for was Surf Green, young and rocking. They used to be a
  Blink182 cover band but were also able to perform their own songs quite well.
  Three emo kids inspired by bands such as Blink182, AFI and some others. Really
  great and my favs of the night, and also the last of four bands who will enter
  the Emergenza semifinal.
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    Last band of the night were last year’s winners: The Jerks from Stuttgart.
  Three guys sounding like The Hives, The Vines and bands like that. They seemed
  quite professional on stage compared to the others and did a great job. A nice
  closing for the night. Now the next Emergenza show can come…
 
 
  For an overview of all Emergenza festival dates we visited, see the specialspage!Links:
  Allthesame Myspace
  Susanne Heidrich Official
  Bloodbarrier Myspace
  Roadblock Official
  TA Official
  The Jerk Myspace
  Emergenza website