American Tour I 2004: Diary

American Tour I 2004
Diary

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`Thursday - March 4, 2004`

`6:30 hrs`	`Edoardo picked me up at my house.`

`8:00 hrs`	`Arrived at Milan Malpensa Airport and check-in.`

`10:00 hrs`	`Taking off - Eight hrs' flight.`

`12:00 hrs -NY time-`	`Arrived in New York.`

`17:00 hrs`	`Arrived in Tampa Florida - Temp: 29° C. - Rob Grohl met us at the airport.`

`17:30 hrs`	`Got into Rob's car and left the airport. Rob put on a CD. Fantastic place and fantastic cars around us. After getting lost in Tampa, arrived at the hotel. It was equipped with swimming-pool and hydromassage.`

`20:00 hrs`	`Dinner at Hooters fast-food, served by pretty waitresses in swimsuit, in the style of Pamela Anderson.`
`22:30 hrs`	`Feeling dead tired, we decided to go to sleep.`

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`Friday - March 5, 2004`

`7:00 hrs`	`Waking up and breakfast near a bookstore - coffee and orange bread - fantastic!`

`9:30 hrs`	`Visited the book store - thousands of low cost CDs and magazines.`

`11:00 hrs`	`Rob picked us up and the Austrian band Spearhead and took us to Ramada hotel. Here we met the boss Jack and a nice fatty called Fish. We made a deep acquaintance with the Austrian band. Very nice guys, especially the drummer.`

`14:00 hrs`	`Had dinner at Hooters. Were served roast beef sandwiches, spicy bucatini in chicken stock. Wow!`

`16:00 hrs`	`Edoardo and Fish drove to the airport to meet Tommy and "Bodycount Ice-T". When we realized we needed a US transformer to use our POD and the music bases, Rob brought us into contact with a group of three Puerto Rican guys. We saw them coming in a broken-down red van, as similar as the ones often seen in movies. They asked us what we needed and the money for it. Appearances can be deceptive as they soon came back with the change and the receipt.`

`17:00 hrs`	`Rob came to tell us it was impossible to have drums by the night. "Big problem!"`

`18:00 hrs`	`Tommy arrived at the airport.`
`19:00 hrs`	`One Jessie came to take us to the pre-party at Boomerz - Seminole, Fl. We liked the place, so crowded, buffet. Tommy was visibly tired and fell asleep on his armchair twenty minutes just before the performance.`
`23:00 hrs`	Went on the stage, a quick check, ready, go! We opened with "Mind Control" Intro. A technical problem occurred in the middle of the song: a guitar jack was inadvertently unplugged. We continued with "Net-Realm" Intro, nu progressive "Shiver Vision", "Nu Way", "Useless Fight". It was an uninterrupted 30 minutes' massacre. A very good performance, according to the audience and the other bands. People were visibly struck. We heard them say: "You were the best band listended to tonight". Fantastic! " Spearhead" played after us.

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