Chinese New Year with Neds Atomic Dustbin
Posted in Roadie Stories on January 24th, 2006I saw on the tele this morning that preparations are under way for our Chinese community to celebrate their New Year. It brought to mind a tour I did around this time of year back in the early 1990’s. It was a short run with a British band by the name of Neds Atomic Dustbin.
They were quite a whacky bunch of dudes who seemed to take themselves far too seriously but overall they were alright. They are probably the only band I’ve ever seen with two bass players. That’s right folks…two!
This was what was known as a “Yo-Yo” tour. It went Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne & back to Sydney. For those outside Australia this means doing a gig, travelling North for about 1000k’s then going south for about 1800k’s then going back north for about 800k’s. Tops! Luckily time didn’t permit us to do the Brisbane gig & so they flew up we drove to Melbourne. Our lighting rigger had some stuff to take care of so he decided to fly down and meet us in Melbourne. My brother and I arrived in Melbourne at about 4am after an uneventful drive down. The plan was to arrive early, get a decent sleep, do the gig, then have another decent sleep before casually driving back to Sydney for the last gig. Sometimes things don’t go to plan but eh?
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