19.04.2002 Berlin, JWD

Set-list: Intro - Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - What Goes On - Babylon - Instrumental 5 - Hollywood Cell - My Own Universe / Red Light Diamond (Epilogue) - Evolution - Sacred Feelings - The Silent Screaming - Ahead Of Our Time - Keep On Going My Way - Avaryne - For Ever - Ain´t No Cure - What´s Shining Through - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone -- Nobody Needs You -- Land Of Lightning - Signs -- Diana.

Guest report from Beatrice S.:
With the Intro to "Red Light Diamond" something overflows, something mysterious, kind of mystic, and then this strong force which fills the place, when they fully started out with "Red Light Diamond".
In spite of this strong beginning, singer Jensen P. stands up a bit apathetically, if something looks bored to him. One could already feel the energy of guitarist Hartmut Kreckel and also drummer Florian Dufour-Feronce. During "Burn, Learn & Turn" one notices a certain restlessness of the singer, in his gestures, in his voice, as if he always wanted to get rid of aggressions against whoever...
As well with "Mrs. Gentle", a more quiet, deep-coming out song, the gestures and the vocal volume were turned up just too much. Absolutely mismatching with a song like this. With "Return To the Sky", one felt clenched power, a strong guitar and drums and tight bass by Stefan Weihe. In "Damnation", subdued light on stage, which gives the song a certain atmosphere. Again a strong guitar solo from Hartmut during "Between the Wheels". One feels his passion and his dedication to the guitar.
An awkward incident, when the singer wanted to announce the next song and forgot the title of the song. The drummer had to help out with the announcement of "What Goes On". After "Babylon" the instrumental followed, which supplied the proof of wildly striking hearts and furious pulses. Florian plays drum marathon, Stefanīs bass is pumping, and the guitar slides straight through the place and hits in the middle of one's breast. Since guitarist Hartmut Kreckel attempted to announce the next song, singer Jensen P. cuts him off, very unsporting. Quiet sounds coming up with "Hollywood Cell" and "My Own Universe", which found a perfect ending with the "Epilogue" of "Red Light Diamond". Songs, anyone likes to just lean back and give thoughts a free run.
"Evolution", "Sacred Feelings" and "Silent Sreaming" followed. Switching into "Ahead Of Our Time", one received a free rastaman interlude from the frontman. A bit out of place really. Yellowhouse is supposed to be a Rockband.
"Avaryne" followed, a very exotic song, loaded by emotions, and the charcteristic voice of the singer gave the right expression to the song. But his presentation didn't fit at all. Beautiful, if dinner tastes well, but nevertheless, it should also look a bit pleasing.
Classic sounds from Yellowhouse in "For Ever" and "Ain't No Cure", followed by "What's Shining Through". A song, one can gladly be carried away, especially during the fantastic drum solo, those pushing drums, constantly building up the rhythm, and when the bass comes in, one feels like formally nailed on by the rhythm. Afterwards "Kill Your Dreams", a very spirited song. As already happened previously, the singer forgot the title of "Nobody Needs You", once again he had a problem finding his cue. The regular set should be finished, but the audience demanded encores. "Land Of Lightning" followed, a quiet, sensible song with a bit of an exotic impact.
Afterwards the singer said "Goodbye" to the audience, although previously he announced three more songs, as if his mind was elsewhere. There still followed "Signs" and with "Diana" they reved up one more time and finished their mammoth's program of more than two hours, which didn't lose attractivity and quality during the whole show.
A fantastic scene altogether. The longing, that the band is feeling inside within doing their music, inspires for own longings, if one has not realized until this moment.

 

04.03.2002 Berlin, Knaack (Emergenza Festival)

Set-list: Intro - Return To The Sky - Kill Your Dreams - Babylon - Avaryne - Signs..

Guest report from Manuela Anthoniette:
"Emergenza Rockfestival (a band contest), March 04/2002, Knaack Club, Berlin. The first time I went to this event and it will be the last time, as long as regulations will not be changed. 9.30p.m, time for Yellowhouse to perform. They were announced as "Emergenza veterans...", nevertheless, it is striking, that the band wants to carry away their audience in spite of these disastrous regulations year after year again. They did a fantastic performance, powerful voices, sense of breathtaking rhythms and lyrics, in which each of us should recognize a piece of one's life. And the audience acted accordingly in spending deserving applause. Moments, where people just were able to loose up and let them forget about the missionary work, they had to do... Applause became contained, the closer it got to the end of the show, and lots of the people probably realized, why they came to this event in the first place. That was, to vote for THAT band, they were hired of. What seemed to inspire them moments ago, was suddenly completely forgotten. Nevertheless, some should ask themselves, if it makes sense to bother to perform at all. Just can go on stage, using this 25 minutes to have a nice drink along with these people, they hired to vote. Nothing could go wrong anymore. Is there a solution for this behaviour? The only solution probably would be an anonymous casting of votes. Honestly speaking, it is sad, that something like this is necessary to do, because this solution doesnīt help the people to strengthen their self-confidence. But the only way to show fairness and appreciate the efforts of the bands. Knaack Club was not necessarily responsible for what happened, moreless the general regulations of Emergenza need to be condemned. Well, even though it must not be very comfortable for the singer of a band, to perform in Knaack Club, having an oversized post in front of his eyes, not knowing, how to reach his audience. In any case, 'nough respect to Yellowhouse, who did not keep back in offering a perfect show, and lots of respect as well to the people, who showed enough self-confidence and stood for their honest opinion. ..."

Florian: "...sadly we didnīt get to play one of my favourites "Nobody Needs You", due to the curfue... "

Hartmut: "...at least we did "Avaryne"... all in all an expensive affair! "

Stefan: "...good sound and heavy prized tickets... "

 

01.12.2001 Kleinmachnow, affenclub

Set-list (114 min.) : Intro - Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - What Goes On - Keep On Going My Way - My Own Universe / Red Light Diamond (Epilogue) -- Evolution - Sacred Feelings - The Silent Screaming - Ahead Of Our Time - Babylon - For Ever - Ain´t No Cure - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through - Nobody Needs You -- Signs -- Diana.

Hartmut: "...quite boring type of place outside Berlin. We did "Red Light Diamond (Epilogue)" for the very first time, over five years after I wrote it!"

Florian: "... good gig, people a bit cold. "

Stefan: "Nice club to play, although the promotion is bad. Nice people... "

 

19.10.2001 Berlin, JWD

Set-list: Intro - Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Between The Wheels - What Goes On - Keep On Going My Way - Hollwood Cell (unplugged) - My Own Universe (unplugged) / Land Of Lightning (unplugged) -- Evolution - Sacred Feelings - The Silent Screaming - Ahead Of Our Time - For Ever - Ain´t No Cure - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through.

Hartmut: "The nicest venue in Berlin... great sound, lights & people, people... And we did a unplugged version live-debut of "My Own Universe"!"

Stefan: "... fantastic sound, nice people, helpful and good vibes."

 

12.10.2001 Berlin, Razzle Dazzle

Set-list: Intro - Red Light Diamond - Ahead Of Our Time - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - What Goes On -Nobody Needs You - Kill Your Dreams - Evolution.

Hartmut: " First gig with our new bass-player Stefan Weihe. I keep refering to this event as the "porno show", for the flyer showed a semi-naked woman... Needless to say that the bands involved had nothing to do with this... and the P.A. man should have got another job to say at least..."

Stefan: "... I was like leaving the stage at one point for the sound was terrible!"

 

29.09.2001 Strausberg, Club Tonne

Set-list: Intro - Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - Keep On Going My Way - Evolution - For Ever - Ain´t No Cure - Kill YOur Dreams - What´s Shining Through.

Hartmut: "We all came down to Strausberg, one year after the last time. Nick Behr deputied on bass. Luckily it wasnīt rock īn īroll mercenaries, as I had expected."

 

08.09.2001 Hamburg, Marqueé

Set-list: Intro - Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Hollwood Cell (unplugged) - Another Day (unplugged) - Keep On Going My Way (unplugged) - What Goes On - Sacred Feelings - The Silent Screaming - Babylon - Ahead Of Our Time - For Ever - Kill Your Dreams - Ain´t No Cure - Now You´re Gone - Between The Wheels - What´s Shining Through - - Nobody Needs You - Signs - Diana.

Hartmut: "Very interesting place, located in the heart of St. Pauli... no comment... and it rained agein... oh, by the way, I was born in Hamburg and never played there before, well everything is a circle, I believe. Live debut of "What Goes On". Pretty good gig and sound. And after the gig it rained even more...! Hey, Hamburg is good! We´ll be back..."

 

28.07.2001 Arendsee, birlokal zum alten gustaf

Set-list: Intro - Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - Diana - Hollwood Cell (unplugged) - Another Day (unplugged) - Keep On Going My Way (unplugged) - - Evolution - Sacred Feelings - The Silent Screaming - Nobody Needs You - Babylon - Ahead Of Our Time - For Ever - Ain´t No Cure - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through.

It rained again... and again, over and over again; it seems like a curse! Therefore the Gig was delayed for about one hour. Live debut of "Nobody Needs You". Average gig. Great sound, courtesy of the new crew (Kai & Markus).

 

29 & 30.06.2001 Raben, Burg Rabenstein

Set list: Intro - Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - Evolution - Sacred Feelings - The Silent Screaming - Babylon - Ahead Of Our Time - For Ever - Ain´t No Cure - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through.

(29.06.01) Warm-up gig for the next day. Live debut of "Babylon"... after more than 3 years.

(30.06.01) What an odysee... rain, rain, rain... and the sceduled Open Air Gig was relocated to the main hall of the knights castle...

 

16.06.2001 Berlin, Volkspark Mariendorf

Great gig! Yellowhouse went down best of all 4 bands! Jensen P. did a great frontmann-job, the rhythm-section of bassist Matze Pfund and drummer Florian Dufour-Feronce was absolutely tight and Hartmut Kreckel showed, what he could do with his guitar... Great audience reaction for Yellowhouse, standing ovations!!! In contrast to all this: security and catering was a pain the a*** for Yellowhouse!

The 45 min. set consisted of: Intro - Red Light Diamond - Sacred Feelings - The Silent Screaming - Between The Wheels - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Keep On Going My Way - Ahead Of Our Time - For Ever - Kill Your Dreams - What´s Shining Through .

Jensen P.: "...what a stage... what sort of sound and lights and last, but not least:  we were good...! Some of the crew were so poor... but who cares..."

Hartmut: "Yes, yes..."

01.06.2001 Oschersleben-Krottorf, Sportplatz

Set-List: Intro - Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - Evolution - Sacred Feelings - The Silent Screaming - Ahead Of Our Time - For Ever - Ain´t No Cure - Kill Your Dreams.

Hartmut: "The soundcrew was a pain in the a***... so they were fired after the gig. The sound was obnoxious, I felt sorry for the audience and was relieved, when the gig was over! We did three encores, as some people came in late from far away just to see us: "What´s Shining Through" "Now You´re Gone" und "Diana". And a big "Now you´re gone, I feel so free..." to the soundcrew!"

Florian: "Catastrophe, disaster... oh"

Jensen: "... and those constant feedbacks *weren´t* the soundman´s fault! Sex & drugs & alcohol is all his body needs!"

24.05.2001 Wustrow, Cafe Klecks

A quite bizarre place at the former east-west german boarder, better sound than the previous day... Intro - Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn &Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels -  Hollwood Cell (unplugged) - Another Day (unplugged) - Keep On Going My Way (unplugged) - - Evolution - Sacred Feelings - The Silent Screaming - Ahead Of Our Time - For Ever - Ain´t No Cure - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through (incl.: Band Presentation - Drum Solo & Sing-a-long)  - -  Signs - Land Of Lightning - Diana.

Florian: "Quiet audience at the beginning... near the end they became accesible... we did our best and it showed!"

Hartmut: "Very good gig... and some poor person stole a Yellowhouse CD!"

Jensen: ":.. someone stole a YH-CD (how poor!). After a few hours of sleep, we were treated to a royal breakfast at Matze´s girlfriends place and then back to big B.".

23.05.2001 Wittingen, Rock Cafe

What a gig... a record in the History of Yellowhouse: 9 songs encores. Great audience... wildest, extatic crowd reaction. Some interesting anectodes: it took three attempts to start the Yellowhouse-classic "For Ever", as a guitar-cable crapped; after the second attempt, Singer Jensen P. offered to undress himself, but nobody took the gamble... as Hartmut Kreckel played the intro-riff to "Now You´re Gone" ("...here is a song for my Ex-Girlfriend..."), it had to be discontinued, as the fuse of Matze Pfund´s Bassamp crapped as well. The crowd sang "What´s Shining Through" over and over... only to be interrupted by *Yellowhouse rocks, Yellowhouse rocks"-chants, which made sure that the encores kept coming on.

Set-List: Intro - Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels -  Hollwood Cell (unplugged) - Another Day (unplugged) - Keep On Going My Way (unplugged) - - Evolution - Sacred Feelings - The Silent Screaming - Ahead Of Our Time - For Ever - Ain´t No Cure - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through (incl.: Band Presentation - Drum Solo & Sing-a-long)  - -  Signs - Land Of Lightning - Diana - -. As the band had played everything rehearsed by then, songs had to be repeated...: Ahead Of Out Time - Between The Wheels - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - - The Silent Screaming - Kill Your Dreams - - Ain´t No Cure - What´s Shining Through. After 175min. music, Yellowhouse headed to a party some 10km away from the gig.

Jensen: "Despite the fact, hat I had to sleep alone in the tent again, we had lot´s of fun: ...and now we know, why Hartmut uses a guitar-strap... no, no it´s a secret!!!"

Florian: "That´s what I call a audience, and after the show the party is on... give me another encore please!"

Hartmut: "Well be back..."


Yellowhouse... the day after the Wittingen-Gig.

18.05.2001 Berlin, Columbia Fritz

A good promo  gig for Yellowhouse! Superb, Yellowhouse went down very well, and people saw that Yellowhouse - contrary to other bands...are able to play! The 27min. set consisted of: Intro- Red Light Diamond - Between The Wheels - Kill Your Dreams - Hollywood Cell (unplugged) - Ahead Of Our Time - Return To The Sky.  

Jensen P.: "...I remembered the backstage-area from former times... the sound was very good (thanks to stage- & pa-mixer!). Great gig!"

05.05.2001 Karow, JZA14

The resceduled gig with the Live-Recording one year afterwards... and the Live-Recording didn´t work out, because of technical problems in the sund company´s area. This sucks!

Set-list: Intro - Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels -  Hollwood Cell (unplugged) - Another Day (unplugged) - Keep On Going My Way (unplugged) - Evolution - Sacred Feelings - The Silent Screaming - Ahead Of Our Time - For Ever - Ain´t No Cure - Kill Your Dreams .

Florian: "Shame the live-recording didn´t work out, good gig it was."

03.05.2001 Berlin, Miles Club

Set-List: Intro - Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Hollwood Cell (unplugged) - Keep On Going My Way (unplugged) - Sacred Feelings - Between The Wheels -Ahead Of Our Time - For Ever - Ain´t No Cure - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through -- Diana. 

Hartmut: "A berlin (hometown?) gig. I´ll go to bed..."

Florian: "The least audience attendance. Yellowhouse played their a***s off anyway, as it should be!"

30.04. & 01.05.2001 Salzwedel, Park des Friedens

Two days in Salzwedel, with Fotosession by the lokal newspaper. The promotor was a flake - promotionwise... next. Performance was pretty good, sound was pretty average.
Set-List (30.04.): Intro - Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn &Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - Hollywood Cell (unplugged) - Another Day (unplugged) - Keep On Going My Way (unplugged) - Evolution - Sacred Feelings - The Silent Screaming - Ahead Of Our Time - For Ever - Ain´t No Cure - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through (incl.: Band Presentation - Drum Solo & Sing-a-long) - - Signs - Land Of Lightning - Diana.

Set-List (01.05.): Intro - Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn &Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - Keep On Going My Way - Evolution - Sacred Feelings - The Silent Screaming - Ahead Of Our Time - For Ever - Ain´t No Cure - Kill Your Dreams.

27.04.01 Berlin, Klub Renner

Most probably, this gig has to be regarded as a turistical activity for Yellowhouse: playing a youth club in the suburb of Berlin. Yellowhouse was the only band out of four, that managed to get a crowd reaction out of the very young audience, that remained completetly silent during the whole evening: some dudes were even headbanging along the rhythm of the songs and demanding a encore.

The 45 Min. set was : Intro- Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Keep On Going My Way - Between The Wheels - Ahead Of Our Time - Ain´t No Cure - Kill Your Dreams - What´s Shining Through .
 
Florian: "I felt like a teenager again..."
Matze: "We went down best of all bands, we got the best crowd reaction... !"
Hartmut: "... yes we did, but that wasn´t too much... we came and saw this place, and we were mesmerized..."
 

20.04.01 Berlin, J.W.D.

"Superb : Yellowhouse returns !", that´s how the Yellowhouse show at the JWD was billed out. And that´s the way it was: Yellowhouse performed a very tight set, that lasted 110 minutes. The set-list of this first (plugged) gig of Yellowhouse (Mark 7) was: Intro - Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - Hollywood Cell (unplugged) - Another Day (unplugged) - Keep On Going My Way (unplugged) - - Evolution - Sacred Feelings - The Silent Screaming - Ahead Of Our Time - For Ever - Ain´t No Cure - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through (incl.: Band Presentation - Drum Solo & Sing-a-long) - - Signs - Land Of Lightning - Diana.

The debut of "Signs" and "Sacred Feelings" and the reintroduction of "Ahead Of Our Time" went down very well too. The vibes during "Hollywood Cell" were electric...

Tina (Promotor): "... the best Yellowhouse line-up!"

 
Hartmut: "... it was quite a challenge for me to return with a complete new line up of Yellowhouse to the JDW. This club has a lot of technical know-how, what the production is concerned, that a lot of berlin clubs could learn from. The gig went quite well, and it proved that this Yellowhouse (Mark 7) is the band that Yellowhouse (Mark 2) should have become.
 
Matze Pfund: "My first (plugged) gig with Yellowhouse! And the JWD was the best place for this: great sound and overall very good circumstances. We went pretty well and the audience got more and more into it, especially in the second set. After three encores we left the stage at 0.30am, quite tired. I had a great time and I am very happy to be in Yellowhouse!"

Florian: "This club is just great... sound was superb, lightshow and fog machines did their best to satisfy the band. And if the band is happy, it will reflect on the performance and it will spill over to the audience. And I´m sure it did. Great gig."
 
After the gig the band went to the Black & White Club in Oschersleben and performed a 30min. showcase while sunrise: Intro- Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Ahead Of Our Time - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - Diana.

03.03.01 Berlin, Rickenbaker´s Inn (Unplugged Gig for German Rock e.V.)

This was the first ever unplugged gig in the history of Yellowhouse and also the debut of new bass-player Mathias "Matze" Pfund. In addition to this, it was the first time that Yellowhouse performed their new song "The Silent Screaming". The set consisted of : Evolution -  Mrs. Gentle - The Silent Screaming - Land Of Lightning - Keep On Going My Way - Ain´t No Cure - Another Day - Hollywood Cell -- Evolution (Encore).      

01.02.2001 Berlin, Knaack

The return of Yellowhouse to the Emergenza-Festival (europe´s biggest band contest) this year could not have been better. The band played a hell of a set, that consisted of: Red Light Diamond - Between The Wheels - Kill Your Dreams - Ain´t No Cure - Return To The Sky - Damnation. They walked the stage, the audience was waiting, Jensen P. said something like "How are you doing? Alright?". Yes it was alright and they opened up with "Red Light Diamond", the way that any Yellowhouse show should start. It was "Ain´t No Cure", that had the audience to their feet. Blistering guitar solos and riffs from Hartmut Kreckel, fine bass-playing from Nick Behr, a great show, singing and frontmanship from Jensen P. and Florian Dufour-Feronce, who played the drums like no tomorrow did win the audience over to gain 72 votes and therefore qualify for the second leg of the Emergenza contest, to be performed in May in Berlin´s prestigious Columbia Fritz.
Hartmut Kreckel: "...to be very honest, I was very nervous before the gig, having had in mind the bad experince of the previous year, when we didn´t make it. In other words: Yellowhouse had some dues to pay and I was completely aware of this! And we did it, we went through a metamorphosis and it proved: Yellowhouse rocks again-better than ever!".

01.12.2000 Berlin, deziBel Pub & Stage (Record Release Party)

The band having rehearsed "Red Light Diamond" and "Between The Wheels" got ready for the "What´s Shining Through" Record Release Party at deziBel.
Being only the 3rd gig in this Yellowhouse line-up (Mark 6 that is), it sounded pretty tight and the audience were behind the band from the opening riff of "Red Light Diamond" onwards... to the last chord of "Diana". And the chemistry within the band seemed to be very good indeed. New bass-player Nick Behr kept shining with his melodic bass licks in "Ain´t No Cure (for a messed up youth)" and Florian Dufour-Feronce´s drum solo during "What´s Shining Through" simply took the roof off. Jensen P. kept it going through the whole show, always keeping the line with the crowd. And Hartmut Kreckel seemed to be enjoying the gig a lot, his intro to "For Ever": "...once this was our song, now it became your song!" could not have expressed more sincerity. He played the guitar solo in "For Ever" note for note as on the recorded version on "Living In The Light". For those who were not there, that was a good chance to come taste the band! The set was the following: Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - Evolution - Keep On Going My Way - Another Day - Ain´t No Cure - For Ever - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through -- Return To The Sky - Diana.

Nick: "What a difference a week (and a different location) made! After quite a relaxed trip (the VW-bus belonging the band of our drummer´s brother - hey, thanks folks!), equally relaxed setup and an extensive soundcheck, the only thing left to do was waiting for the audience. Even though the "deziBel Pub&Stage" is not too large a location, it felt rather good to stand on the small stage. Especially because of the great audience we had that evening. The "deziBel" was filled with people, and most of them seemed to have enjoyed our performance from the beginning on. Our singer Jensen, after having been that disappointed the week before, grew beyond his limits, and all of us seemed to have a hell of good time up there. The audience shed applause on every song, so that we played a full setlist with the "da capo" songs without even registering the time flying by. After the gig, we had quite a lot of "work" writing our autographs on the "Yellowhouse"-CDs we sold, which was accounting satisfactorily for the motto of the gig: "Record Release Party"... At this point again a great "Thanks!" to all the folks that made this gig such a great experience for us! Hope to see YOU again when playing in Berlin!"

Hartmut: "...one of the best Yellowhouse gigs ever, I believe..."

24.11.2000 Berlin, Cafe Kalle (Steglitzer Rock Festival)

The set was: Evolution - Silver Shadow - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Keep On Going My Way - Mrs. Gentle - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - Ain´t No Cure - What´s Shining Through - Diana.
Nick: "...the gig in Steglitz was all in all a rather unpleasant experience. After a quick soundcheck leaving us not much more than semi-content, there was absolutely nothing to do but wait for the two hours until the beginning of the concert. We already felt a little bit uneasy when we realised the first band coming out of the death-metal corner, basically pumping quite a lot of db of rather mono-accordic power-chord lines into the crowd. The audience reacted to this stimuli with wild (or sometimes rather weird) metal-style dancing and enforced the band with a respectable amount of applause after
each song. Therefore, we relaxed a little and tried to enjoy the performance. Unsurprisingly, the scenery was not too motivating. The doormen and ticket-vendors tried their best to add some different spice to the atmosphere with "Hartmut! Hartmut!" cheers, "Hartmut, wir lieben Dich [we love You]!" - posters and specially designed "Hartmut K" business - cards for the after - gig occupation with the female fans... But in the and we were nothing but glad to have the whole affair finished and vanished away from Steglitz into the late Berlin night. In contrast to what the poor audience-response might suggest, we had the intention of not having performed too catastrophically, which we felt to be confirmed when watching the video-recording of the gig. Of course, the band that played afterwards was also a death-metal band, so that evening it was just the wrong place and the wrong time to come along with our music..."


20.11.2000 Berlin, Flöz

On a monday night in Flöz, what can you expect? Just a warm-up for the real things to come... So did Yellowhouse (Mark 6: Nick Behr, Florian Dufour-Feronce, Jensen P. & Hartmut Kreckel). The set was: Evolution - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Keep On Going My Way - Another Day - Ain´t No Cure - For Ever - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through.
Nick Behr: "This gig was the first that I played with "Yellowhouse". If You have ever been to the Flöz before, you will probably know the usual Monday night jam session scenery. Therefore we did not quite expect a head-start. The musicians grew a little impatient looking forward to get on the stage themselves, but we played our complete setlist, and even quite agreeably so. After the gig, the musicians of course delighted us with a load of "trick of the trade" kind of "hints" and "well-meant criticism", but also expressed some compliments on our performance. Therefore, I think we could be rather content with this gig."

14.10.2000 Greifswald, Donnerwetter

Set list: Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - Land Of Lightning (unplugged)- Hollywood Cell (unplugged) - Evolution - Keep On Going My Way - Another Day - Ain´t No Cure - For Ever - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through -- Diana.

Florian: "The Gig was resceduled at the last minute to the venue Donnerwetter. Very small place, sound was quite good and pretty much crowded. As the previous day, we played two complete sets and during the second set, we broke the ice with the people in Greifswald."


Hartmut: "Yellowhouse was a thunderstorm @ the thunderstorm (in German Donnerwetter)... during  "Evolution" in the second set an old lady, who lived in the neighbourhood came in and complained about the "loud music" (adding "if you could refer to this as music..."). That person was indeed penetrating my nerves- I was in near the climax (of the guitar solo in "Evolution"- I should add) and after we finished the song, I told her to talk (or complain) to the promotor. Luckily I didn´t see her again..."

13.10.2000 Stralsund, Keules Zille Stuben

Set list: Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - Land Of Lightning (unplugged) - Hollywood Cell (unplugged) - Evolution - Keep On Going My Way - Another Day - Ain´t No Cure - For Ever - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through -- Diana.

Florian: "We arrived just in time in Stralsund, set up the backline and rocked. Quite mixed crowd and quite receptive. Two women told me, that we were the best band (out of 8, that performed in that circuit event on that night).  Two groupies of considerable age gained interest in Jensen and myself (while Hartmut and Toralf wisely cleared away)... they were just a *bit* too old! We performed the whole set two times and ended at 1.30 Uhr with "What´s Shining Through", incl. Drum Solo played with my hands and "Red Light Diamond"."

Hartmut: "Sadly we couldn´t do another encore after "Red Light Diamond" as we had them going hot (& wet)... Almost couln´t sleep that night, as the promotor put us in a 4-bed room and Jensen´s snoring was almost as loud as Yellowhouse live..."

30.09.2000 Straußberg, Club Tonne

The live debut of the new Yellowhouse drummer Florian Dufour-Feronce. Florian: "Just as we come to Strausberg, we were told that the Pudhys (very popular east-germany band) played a free concert on that very night just a few blocks away from Club Tonne. We knew that this could mean a problem, set up and  soundchecked. The gig was supposed to start at 9pm and at 10pm there was one single person there... so we decided to cancel and started to pack it in. And then people started to come in, one by one and the place filled up. Hartmut went to the people asking "do you want us to play?"... "YES..." A quick word with the promotor and we played on. After two encores: "Diana" done at incredible speed (>200bpm - even faster than on the "Living In The Light"-Demo) and "Return To The Sky" for the second time, we were exhausted. We´ll be back next year."

The set consisted of: Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - Evolution - Keep On Going My Way - Ain´t No Cure - Another Day - For Ever - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through – Diana.

25.04.2000 Berlin, Studentenclub "Die Börse"

The same procedure as last year: good food, mega lights and sound (with lots of delay on the vocals): Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - Land Of Lightning (unplugged)- Hollywood Cell (unplugged) - Evolution - Keep On Going My Way - Another Day - Ain´t No Cure - For Ever - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through -- Diana. This gig marked the debut of Toralf´s new stage-outfit.

31.03.2000 Berlin, Haus der Jugend Köpenick

A very bizarre place in Köpenick, a traditional youth club, with a very mediocre sound. Yellowhouse played a 45 min. set, that consisted of: Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Evolution - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - Keep On Going My Way - Another Day - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through.

This gig marked the live debut of the new song "Another Day", which had just been laid down a couple of days before @ Masterix Studios. Reports (rumours) of the band being unhappy after checking out the girls and therefore ending up in a strip-bar, seem to be totally unfounded.

25.02.2000 Berlin, Café Kalle

Yellowhouse rocked that place in south Berlin, performing a very tight 75 set, that consisted of Red Light Diamond - Silver Shadow - Burn, Learn & Turn - Mrs. Gentle - Return To The Sky - Damnation - Between The Wheels - Evolution - Keep On Going My Way - Ain´t No Cure - For Ever - Kill Your Dreams - Now You´re Gone - What´s Shining Through.
This was a co-headling thing, together with "The Camelots", and Yellowhouse´s set went down quite well, though it was not very crowded. There were no aftershow Parties, as the band was scheduled to start the next morning to be in the Studio to record their CD (see News section).

02.02.2000 Berlin, Knaack

Yellowhouse´s performance at the Emergenza band contest was accompanied by some serius challenges: first of all singer Jensen P. fell seriously ill two days before the gig, and in spite of having been plagued by 39° body temperature, he even made it to give very professional performance. Secondly, Hartmut´s beloved red guitar crapped during the second song of the night "Between The Wheels", which led to some interruption before moving into the third song of the night "Evolution". The 25 min. set consisted of: Return To The Sky-Between The Wheels-Evolution-Damnation-Keep On Going My Way-What´s Shining Through. But the was no way to get through a audience comprised mainly of Ska and Punk people in order to acquire enough votes for the second round. It was a very mediocre night for Yellowhouse, a gig that will not be remembered. And someone nicked the soundboard tape from that gig!!! Afterwards the band started to celebrate Detlev Bruckhoff´s birthday.

21.01.2000 Berlin, dezibel Pub & Stage

A very tight performance, Yellowhouse performed a set that listed 100 min. The set list was the same as in Junction Bar 14.12.99, with "Return To The Sky" done twice (once in the set and once as a first encore, preceding "Diana", that was the second encore). "What´s Shining Through" was extented up to 10 min. with Jensen P. working with the audience, getting a hot response during the sing-a-long with Yellowhouse part. Reportedly that song was written about teenage sex and it always seems to get the girls getting uptight. The band´s performance of "Ain´t No Cure (for a messed up youth)" left the audience sufficiently breathless enough, before really rocking along to the grooves of "Kill Your Dreams" and "Now You´re Gone". The show had to end at the midnight hour, and Yellowhouse will be back soon.

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updated: 27.06.2002