You heard right folks!! The 16 legged freakshow that is Herr Fische are back. We have decided that it's about time we crawled out from the woodwork and return to the crazy world that is the music business. Now currently we have no firm plans other than playing a few shows here and there really soon. We may make some new music, we may not you'll just have to wait and see. We'll have more information regarding the tour soon.
Anyhoo, I suppose you'll probably be wondering what the hell happened to us. Well, a lot did happen and has happened since. Since we last toured (god knows when that was!) things have been pretty shit in the Herr Fische camp. During the last tour, we weren't really getting on too well and the cracks just opened wide. There was a lot of drinking and substance use between various members of the group which naturally led to infighting and it just got to a stage where we wouldn't and couldn't communicate with each other without management being present. This led to a few cancelled shows, something which we have never ever had to do before. As the infighting continued, management started to twist our words and play us off against one another, causing yet more grief and an eventual split between us. Due to a suspicious gagging order that was enforced upon us, we were unable to inform the press and other illuminati of this, hence our 'disappearance'. As a result, we all went our separate ways. I sank into a deep depression and was drinking so much that I hand no control over my actions. Apparently I was arrested on several occasions for fighting/breach of the peace and at one point I caused a crash. Luckily no-one was injured or killed. I have absolutely no recollection of this which scares me. I don't know when it was but somehow I ended up in rehab again. Some random person who I have been trying to track down paid all the fees and all the treatment. I have no idea who it is. Meanwhile, Kii Kii and Tom realised that management had screwed us out of millions and owned all the rights to the music that we created. This led to them challenging management at the High Court. Several gagging orders again prevented and news of this being made public. You'd think it was CIA shit going down the way all that happened. Anyhoo, the upshot of it was that Kii Kii and Tom won the battle and are in control of all the rights to Herr Fische and our music. 'Foetus' in the meantime continued to make music under his Little Bastard moniker, playing various clubs and underground gigs around the world. Helga and Suzzi returned to their native Germany where they set up their own music academy which helps young children and teenagers get into music instead of drugs and crime. It has been going really well for them and they were honoured by German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently for services to music. Get them!!! Brenda had a child a couple of months ago with her husband Dave. The sprog is called Dylan and is doing fine. Mr Unknown has remained just that, unknown. He won't tell us what he has been up to this last year or so.
So how did we all get back on the same page?? Well, Kii Kii was on a week's bender with her girlfriend Lou Lou and bumped into Foetus in Ibiza where he was playing some gig. They got chatting about old times and it kind of snowballed from there. Foetus contacted me via our parents as I was in rehab/psychiatry. He came to visit with mum and Tom who found out I was 'ill' They then managed to get hold of Sukki who of course told Helga. It all moved so quick but it was nice that even though we all hated each other's guts at one point for various reasons, we could put it all behind us for the sake of our ultimate friendships and for the sake of what I think is a fucking awesome band. We have all made a pact to NEVER EVER EVER let anything get in the way of the band and having a good time, hence we are no longer employing a management team.
Anyhoo enough of the boring back story, we will be back really soon with a new website and info on tour dates and future plans.
Thanks for being patient freaks
Chris 'Herr Fische' Fisher
(1/8th of Herr Fische)
