Turmoil na vijf jaar weer terug
Muzieknieuws 08-11-2004 13:44
Philadelphia's hardcorelegende Turmoil is weer bijeen. Na een periode van bijna vijf jaar heeft de band de koppen weer bij elkaar gestoken.
In een officiële verklaring laat Turmoil weten:
"Some of you may be wondering why this is happening now, after almost 5 years. There are a few reasons. Ray Harkins from Abacus/Century Media Records contacted us a few months ago with the initial idea to release a complete discography due to the fact that Century Media wasn't planning on repressing any of the old Turmoil catalog. Ray being the Turmoil super fan that he is, did not want to see that happen and neither did we. The four of us (Jon Gula, Jon Hodges, Jeff Hydro, & Jon Pushnik) all agreed that this was a good idea. Plus, over the past few years, we have all remained friends and shared some stages together with our new bands, The Kiss of Death and The Deadly. We all agreed that this would be the perfect opportunity for us to get together again and maybe work on some new Turmoil songs. There are also some questions about the 'Turmoil is dead' comments that were written on the website in 2000, shortly after the Hellfest fiasco. We had gone through many problems in a short amount of time (members leaving the band, tour cancellations, label issues, etc.) and everyone was pretty much fed up with everything, including each other. Not to mention only getting to play 3 songs at 1 a.m. at our 'final show', you get the picture? Those words were written out of frustration. So you can take it or leave it, but this is going to happen."
Met een beetje geluk speelt Turmoil nog dit jaar in Europa. Sterker nog, op 29 december staat de band geboekt voor het Good Life Festival in België, waar onder meer ook Death Before Disco en Caliban spelen. Een dag erna, op 30 december, voor een show in de Goudvishal te Arnhem. Op 31 december speelt de groep op het Backstage Festival in München, Duitsland.
