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SONG LYRICS
And here are some songs in the Realaudio format:
- Princes On The Run (2')
- October Moon (3')
- Dependence (3')
- Strangers (4')
- Time Out (4')
- The Diggers Song (2'), RA2.0
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Invitations are welcome. Click Here ! OUR GIGS ARE FOR FREE ! Just tell us where and when your party takes place. But it must be in Northern Germany or Southern Denmark unless you do not pay the flight.
Tour Dates
Independence Tour 1996/97
1996
29.11. Husum, Hinter der Neustadt 30.11. Husum, Hinter der Neustadt 06.12. Kiel, Hempel's Magazine Birthday Party 20.12. Hamburg-Blankenese, Warburg Villa 21.12. Flensburg, Twedter Feld1997
19.01. Bad Oldesloe, Musikerzentrum 02.03. Elmshorn, Mexico Party 29.03. Lübeck, Offener Kanal FM 98,8 19.04. Pinneberg / Borstel-Hohenrade, Steffi's Birthday Party 20.04. Westerrönfeld, Ingo's cellar 10.05. Flensburg, Junkerholweg, Burkhard's party 18.08. Falkenstein Beach1998
08.04.? Kiel, Aral Tankstelle Schwedenkai Säule 3 Open Air 08.04.? Kiel, Iltisstrasse, Julia's living-room 31.05. Albersdorf, Super-Pfingstparty (camping site, afternoon twice, early morning once) 04.07. Kiel, Gneisenaustraße, Vry's birthday Party 11.07. Hamburg, Voli-house, Peer's move-out party 25.07. Ülsbyholz, "Party Ohne Anlaß" (party without cause) 15.08. Berlin, Kurfürstendamm street gig 29.08. Laboe, Schlappi's bithday party Kiel, westside Kupfermühle (near Segeberg), Katja's birthday party (two gigs early morning) 19.09. Kiel, Okko's party (early morning) 31.10. Copenhagen, Denmark, Ballerup engineer school 29.12. Laboe, Schlappi's move-in party1999
10.03. Satrup, P.A.'s
Albersdorf, Super Pfingstparty
Kiel, Kieler Woche
Kiel, Offener Kanal TV / Kieler Woche Radio
Eddie's garden party
2001
16.11. Bad Oldesloe, Ini-Haus 24.11. Laboe, SchlappiNews
CD Dependence out!
22 tracks, including some solo stuff homeburnt limited edition. Released Christmas 1999.
Together with the Drangdüwels
The Ini-Haus gig in 2001 was one of the greatest real-stage appearances of the P.O.R. ever. Nice place to play. We supported the Drangdüwels, a new band from Reinfeld. They play "Plattdütsch Dorfrock" (village rock in regional dialect) with Shanty traditionals and Pogues sound. The second gig in 2001 at Schlappi's only lasted for 3 songs because his old neighbors couldn't sleep. Now we never meant to play sleep-in music. So we had to stop.
First Television Appearance
The P.O.R. finally made it. After a superb steet gig on the crowded Kieler Woche, we decided to visit the Kieler Woche Radio Show FM 93.9 which was simulcasting on TV. People phoned in for music requests. So we dropped by. Our request: One of our own songs. They let us in. So "Bring'Em All In" was live on-the-air ten minutes before the station shut down at 1.30am. And while the DJ had some technical problems, we sang "We Shall Not Be Moved". Feeling like reaching the climax of our tremendous success, we spent the rest of the night with some grill sausages on Falkenstein beach.Albersdorf 99
Did we play? Did we not? The photo of Vry and Thomas Vollstedt proves: We were busy with
serious things like connecting people with each other via the direct link interface cable
(the mighty "croco claims").
In every case we played the day after the party on the Vollstedts' yard.
Havin Fun with the Cable Drum (left side of the Vry-photo a bit down) and featuring
our new brass section. They joined us because we're even better than football!
(Aug 1999)
16 gigs in 98
It was a difficult year. Vry was abroad most of the time. Mexico and Copenhagen, Denmark. He only spent 4 months in Kiel. And I was in different places, too: Hamburg, Berlin, .... So we met in all these places and played there. The result: 3 big cities are on the 98 gig list. Sounds good. (December 98)The Berlin gig
Looking back on this year, Berlin was a highlight. Okko and Vry travelled there for one weekend, together in one car with Inken (she is together with me since the gig on my own party) and Tanja, a girl-friend of Inken. We played just under the famous "Gedächtniskirche". There is a big spot where street performers can show their talent and so we did. It was very crowded on this Saturday evening. Evereybody was going out. So how could we play loud enough? We decided to remove the battery from my car and use my small Fender sidekick 10 watts- amp for both- vocals and bass. But we had to build an adaptor to fix 2 inputs on only one plug. Surprise: it worked- using some old cables which Vry had once forgotten in my car! It was not that easy to make the people listen, so we played our set about two or three times. The girls already became impatient. But after all about 40 or 50 people stopped. A group of punks even started to collect money for us though we didn't ask them to. (December 98)Touring Again !
The first gigs are done and won in 1998.
Especially Albersdorf was great fun, though Vry had stomach and a lot of study work to do.
It was a great success though at first it looked like it would be a bit difficult with
a very tough audience. In the end we stayed there over night with a lot of nice things
happening. We played the set almost three times. (June 98)
Ulica is new in the repertoire. This Ukrainian traditional used to be played by the Berlin based Apparatschik, who have unfortunaltely seperated. We found the lyrics on a page of the Odessa-Net! (June 98)
Gas Station Gig first one in 98
Nobody asked for but we played. Right at gas pipe number 3. It was a hot summer evening and Okkos sister Frauke was with us. We promoted her to a sound engineer, cos she had to carry the cell phone that transmitted parts of our gig directly to a barbecue party in Hamburg and to other places. One of the more unusual gigs in our band history. (April 98)
Creativity break lasted for one year
After Peer-Axel's 8 week USA trip, there was only little time. At least we did one more gig, a very spontaneous beach party and bathing session with some music on a hot summer night at beautiful Falkenstein beach close to Kiel.Vry then went to Guatemala. From October to March he was in Mexico, working at the Volkswagen factory. (April 98)
The Princes On The Run Radio Show
Live music, recorded music and a band interviewing themselves.
It was on Offener Kanal Lübeck FM 98,8 on March 29th, 1997 / 20.05 - 22.00 local time. And it was funny in a way playin live to the audience out there. The sound quality was not the best but it was a bit difficult for Peer-Axel to mix and play at the same time. A special studio guest appeared, Arne, a friend of Okko, who accompanied Peer-Axel to Chris Cacavas' Chain Of Roses on his harp.
Hope it was not for the last time. The radio show also included
tracks of the old bands. Okko sang "Light Of The Moon", with Vry playing the piano, this was
an old Strawberry Alarmclock track. All in all a good third of the show was live music in
front of the studio mike. This is what radio is all about or should be, right?
So what comes next? We suggest you to invite us to your radio station. Would you pay the flight? (March 97)
The Princes are...
from right to left (the picture is taken in Okko's second-last living, eating, sleeping and anything-else-room in Kiel city. Eckernförder Str, also often used as a rehersal room in late 96 / early 97):
- Christian Vry (accordion, piano, vocals)
- Okko Meiburg (bass, double-bass, vocals)
- Peer-Axel Kroeske (accoustic guitar, harp and main vocals)
Link to Christian Vry's Homepage
The Princes play
some kind of songwriter orientated urban neo folk rock. Any other band around with this particular sound description? The songs influenced are by the Counting Crows, Billy Bragg, Chris Cacavas, Chumbawamba and Marillion.
The playlist:
Princes On The Run (P.O.R.)
Dependence (P.O.R.)
October Moon (Pat Johnson)
Time Out (P.O.R.)
Unable To Speak (P.O.R.)
Strangers (Peacock Palace)
Bring'Em All In (Mike Scott)
Ulica (Ukrainian traditional)
Three Hours To Go (P.O.R.)
The P.O.R. songs are written by Peer-Axel
The A-Capella Repertoire
- The Diggers' Song (17th century English traditional)
- We Shall Not Be Moved (Gospel)
Former Bands
Strawberry Alarmclocks (Christian, Okko), 7.Stock, Spoon Full Of sprits, The Last Supper Club, Thuule (Okko), Samstag der 14., Roquefort, Midnight Breeze (Peer-Axel)Questions? Corrections? Ideas? Comments?
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