Our Man in Europe/davedelaroix/Basement tapes, No. 5: THE DEATH PETALS:
...The above named "GOTH-metal" band (music ensemble) who, during the publication of "Our Man in Europe" have been a constant "presence" during my EURO travels, now come FOR-FRONT; a brief History? -they are from DONCASTER (an English-Northern-small town of minimal significance?) ASTER, incidentally, denotes the town's ROMAN origin. DON (Don!) is the NORMAN legacy/think William the Conquer er, AD: 1066!, and also the name of the local eccentric Bishop, SAINT DON, who self- bestowed "Saint-hood" and then went to live in the local Turnip fields IN THE NUDE/still to be recognized as SAINT-TURNIP-DON by the Vatican?
Anyways, THE DEATH PETALS herald from such Historical/mystic lineage.... Thing about them!? -they keep showin' UP! And (GOTH-metal?) Ya got it! -they are UNIFORMED in Denim, wasting-black leather jackets, stud-belts and pointed boots! They ARE: "The Death Petals!", 1970's TIME-CAPSULE/3-CHORD Scoundrels...who will "knock-up" your teen-age daughter/steal loose change off the dresser/get by on Alcohol and Lentil Soup! OH! -one of them (the Bassist?) has a cellphone: an umbilical?...
XMAS 2013, they arrive in a battered "Carra-vette" (WINNEBAGO-thingy) at the HOTEL DAVE (35 euro per nite/big screen TV) in Piacenza, Italy, 3.a.m.,/bang on the HOTEL DAVE - picture - window, and I am awake: "Bienvenutte, RAGAZZI!"
They (The Death Petals) quickly survey the HOTEL DAVE then pillage ALL food, victuals, BOOZE, etc., steal a couple of my USA ball-caps, take showers, BELCH, then sit around smoking Mary-Jane.
(It's only Rock and Roll)
...I understand. They are ON TOUR (They're ALWAYS on Tour).In Winter-Canada, they almost died of exposure in their Tour Bus! - Dem Alberta ball-cap, red-necks didn't lend a hand (no secret for International-experienced, hitch-hikers?)
In NEW YORK, they (The Death Petals) almost died of shock! The JFK-Airport- BARNEY-FIFES (now called"Homeland-Security") wouldn't ADMIT-dem into the"Land of the FREE and the HOME, supposedly, of the BRAVE"? and, by all accounts, in several other "free" nations they were beaten up by the local Cops, jealous boyfriends, ISRAEL didn't wanna know and the ARAB community has - I believe - issued an INTIFADA on "The Death Petals"!? -And why?... Because "Sunny-Suicide", the drummer, figured out that if you hold the COCOA-COLA LOGO into a mirror? -it almost looks like Arabic, which almost spells, NO ALLAH, NO MOHAMED....or, in FARSI? -NO MONEY, NOT FRICKIN' FUNNY!
People? I DO NOT KNOW: You decide? You want Coke in your Rum and Coke? -be mah guest!!!
Anyhow? THE DEATH PETALS (Sammy, Rodrigo, Ahmed and Sunny-Suicide?) are, internationally, possibly, the most FAMOUS guests the HOTEL DAVE (35 euro per nite/big screen TV) has ever had?
Folks? There's more to tell. But THEY (The Death Petals), having just been kicked out of Milano are, apparently headin' SOUTH to Napoli. It's XMAS. They have some Christmas gig:
"WOTS DA GIG, BOYS!?"
"DAVE? We jammin' - hush-hush! Some God-dad's Bambino's 21st! in Naples!"
"Cammorah?"
"Ya think we're STUPID!?"
"WOT!?"
"KRA-MONA!!!"
....When I get more info., re.The Dead Petals (alive or dead), I will pass it on...:)
c2013/davedelacroix/lordborgo/piacenza/italia...:)
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