23 May 18
NEWS-ARCHIVE
EASTSIDE BOYS (GER)
The Eastside Boys are pulling the plug later in the year after a quarter century. But before we shed a few tears together to say goodbye, here is the last BTF festival check of all time.
You're breaking up at the end of the year and coming back here on the farewell round. What connects you with the Back To Future?
The BTF is like a school reunion, only without the idiots. We have known the festival since the early noughties. The whole thing has a very familiar character, in addition to the usual suspects, you also run into one or two acquaintances who you would probably lose sight of without this festival. Add to that the line up, you can tell that it is organized by music lovers. You can also experience exotic or classic items that you wouldn't otherwise have on your bill. I don't know how many bands I saw here for the first time.
For what reasons can we expect you to continue to come to Back To Future as guests in the future?
As I said – class reunions and interesting bands. In addition, once a year there is a threesome and a thousand people shouting “Viva Lokalmatador”.
You know the festival and can probably tell those who don't know what we mean by punk rock wellness. Please do that.
You have an incredible bonus with the forest pool next door. If the weather cooperates, which it usually does, then you can have a relaxing day with lots of friends before the bands and then you can go to the Konzi freshly cleaned - so wellness for the body.
The bands are usually quite melodic, which speaks for the good taste of the organizers - so wellness for the ears. (I hope I earned myself a few extra beer tokens with this sentence.)
In my experience, the whole thing always goes quite smoothly. No mass processing, lots of friends, no idiots – wellness for the soul.
And there are no hours of queuing for food and drinks. So it happens that you can often be tempted to have one or two rounds of liqueur - (not quite so) wellness for the liver.
What have you missed at every festival so far?
A always free toilet and foot massage.
What won't you miss at a festival, concert or tour in the future?
Packing, hauling, waiting. But that's just part of it and you often get the opportunity to chat with other bands or organizers. So no, I'll probably miss the packing, lugging, waiting too.
19 May 18
THE HILLBILLY MOON EXPLOSION
...are coming to Back To Future for the first time this year to preach rock 'n' roll to us. Accordingly, you should read through what the Swiss have to say in advance:
It's your Back To Future premiere. What do you already know about the festival and what do you expect?
We know it's one of the bigger punk festivals. We don't have any special expectations right now, but we're looking forward to coming to you.
Would you please introduce yourself to our audience so they know what to expect?
We are a band that plays this crazy and completely new style of music. Maybe you've heard about it before. It's called Rock 'n' Roll! Keep an eye on it, it's going to take off soon, believe me. Hahaha
Our festival slogan is Punk Rock Wellness. What do you imagine by that?
Hmm punk rock, but without comfortable sleeping options. Although I still hope so for our accommodation.
What's really annoying about a festival and what makes it so special?
What's really stressful is when no one can tell you where something is or who to ask instead. Instead, the audience is usually great; we think festival audiences are great.
You are from Zurich. Why should you travel to Zurich?
If you want to get to know fabulous women who will make you want to stay and settle down. No joke, that's exactly what happened to three of us.
15 May 18
DAY LINEUP AND DAY TICKETS
The wait is over, your patience should not be strained any further! In almost exactly 58 days, Back To Future opens its doors to three days of punk rock wellness for ears, eyes and the rest of the body and that is the daily schedule including information about the day tickets. Please spread the good news like crazy and run the place down for us. We are prepared and excited as hell.
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14 May 18
PIPES AND PINTS - HIGH-ENERGY FOLK-PUNKROCK
The people of Prague will come and definitely heat us up. Here you can read what they have to say in our review:
Which other Eastern European band could you imagine at Back To Future?
There are definitely quite a few. Dezert of the Day, JustWar.official or The Agony immediately come to mind. Check out this or the link, Vojta has created a Lite on Spotify.
To what extent are you already familiar with Back To Future?
So far I've only heard positive things. The festival itself is supposed to be fantastic and also have good bands that not everyone knows. Plus the atmosphere of a real punk rock festival
What can people expect from you?
Pipes and Pints is a loud, punk-infused rock 'n' roll band with a Celtic twist - we have bagpipes and an Irish singer. On stage it's melodic Celt-Punk that releases great songs with a lot of energy that we're still singing long after we've left the stage!
Please finish the sentence: Playing music is...
... the only thing we know. This is not a weekend hobby, but our life and our passion. See you in the pit!
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10 May 18
BONECRUSHER - THROUGH MARK AND LEG
You have already had concerts with us in the region, but you are not yet familiar with our festival. Have you heard of it before? Indeed. Namely, that the mail should go off properly with you. We are happy!
What do you expect from a festival? Good people, good food, good beer and lots of fun. Plus a lot of fantastic bands.
Do you like to play festivals all over the place? Yes, very much. It's great to meet people at festivals or just to watch the audience. Well, of course, being on stage is fun.
What is it like to be on stage? It's difficult to describe, but it is extremely important to me and one of the things that make life worth living. Also seeing that everyone is having a good time together.
You record new songs. How sure is it that you will come with a new LP? That's 100! Rest assured, we're hot to come and we're going to torch something.
08 May 18
KNOCHENFABRIK - WHO CAN CAN
The people of Cologne are simply a guarantee for great reduced tennis. The phrase has been spit out and spat out, but it's simply true: less is more. In their short active time in the mid to late nineties they hit one ace after another over the net and that was it, they were in Olympus. From there Achim got us in the mood for their concert with us. Here we go, our first festival check for 2018:
Just finish the sentence: Punk rock wellness is...
... for me, after a good breakfast and a long drive, halfway to hitting the snare when leaving, when my colleagues are in a good mood, and just barely finding the hotel at night, tired and happy.
What do you think makes a festival a festival?
I'm a fan of open-air floors on the second day. When you smell it, you're in for a good time.
If you could wish for something, what could the organizers do for you?
Nothing. Just do it like BTF. The bands I would like to see are dead or have broken up anyway.
What have you missed at every festival so far?
Also nothing. At festivals you usually have what you want in the short term: friends, bands, beer, maybe a little sun... Luckily, that's usually enough.
There hasn't been a new album for 20 years, but it's as popular as it was back then. To what extent did you do everything right?
No idea. Right or wrong doesn't matter either. At least I had no idea for a long time that anyone even heard that anymore. In any case, I'm really looking forward to Back To Future, and I'm sure Hasan and Claus are too! Until then and many Jrööß uss Kölle!
28 Apr 18
MINI-FEST COMPLETE: LORD JAMES WILL PLAY
Look, the gentleman himself called LORD JAMES opens the mini-festival with THE ADICTS, FUNERAL DRESS, THE LILLINGTONS, DIRT BOX DISCO, THE JOLLARS and RAY ROCKET from TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET!
Don't forget, buying a ticket in advance is cheaper...
22 Apr 18
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17 Apr 18
INFORMATION ABOUT SATURDAY
Yes, the online presale ends tomorrow, but don't worry: there will also be a box office and this is how the evening will go:
- 7:00 p.m. - ADMISSION
- 9:00-9:30 p.m. - THE HEAD-X
- 9:50 p.m. - 10:35 p.m. - WESTERN SETTINGS
- 10:55-11:40 p.m. - CHANNEL 3
- 00:00-01:00 - NOTHINGTON
So come around and get in the mood for this.
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