After an issue that João Carvalho ranks as one of the best that come to the festival director would like to forget. Not when it comes to bands or to festival-goers, but the damage that the organization eventually had due to bad weather. Yes, it was August 2004, but it rained as if it were April, which ultimately affect revenue.
It was the year that brought the legendary ‘Motorhead’ back to Portugal, a concert that John Carvalho highlights not only for being one of the best of that year, but it shows again that Paredes de Coura contains pieces of history. As the ‘Stone Temple Pilots’, also the lead singer of ‘Motorhead’ has passed away, but there will always be people who will count that saw Lemmy in Paredes de Coura.
“Paredes de Coura is also this , history. Make pieces of history. I have had bands that have disappeared as we continue to bring bands that nobody knows yet. This year was marked by the same token, we brought the Motorhead, a band that had, and has a huge cult. “
” But 2004 is the year I have less desire speaking. It was a year with a fantastic program, but an issue that had some financial complications that because it rained a lot, and when it rains it gets complicated: if they do not sell tickets at the door, there are people who even have ticket but do not appear, and just do not consume the land, as is grass, is degraded, so … it rained in torrents to the point of having cars that left the festival direct to the beaters due to strong hail. It was this year that the festival ‘shook’ in terms of budget again “
In the end, there were three options:. End the festival, come up with a more modest edition or bet all and believe it could again go well
“we decided from 2005 with all the courage that characterized us:. ‘ok we are here with a huge loss, what we do? Let’s end the festival? We will have a weaker schedule? ? Or will everything forward ‘And we bet on the latter and is still one of the best issues “
” it was the year that brought a repeat of the ‘Queens of the Stone Age ‘,’ Foo Fighters’, ‘Arcade Fire’ – they gave a concert that left the sense of passage of a hurricane – ‘Vicent Gallo’, among many others. It was a spectacular edition with a luxury poster, which still proud. It was the festival statement editing. When everything had to go wrong, it went very well. We did not win money, I can say it, but we won a new soul. It was a year very, very important because we had a luxury poster without any sponsorship. Risk was up to. “
This was a turning point, he said. They decided to bet everything when he could have gone wrong and resulted. The following two issues are proof of a change of position which remains to this day, very caused by the event 2005. The organization decided they would not step on the stage of Paredes de Coura bands that do not make sense in the eyes of the creators, and soon the following two years the fruits of this bet we are seen.
” The year 2006 also had a fantastic programming. ‘The Cramps’ gave a great concert, ‘Bauhaus’ other. The ‘Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ also, incidentally, if we choose five striking bands of the festival they are among them, it was one of the greatest shows in the history of Paredes de Coura. ‘Broken Social Scene’, in turn, was not that concert we all expected, still love the band, but things on stage did not go so well … It was an issue that already was similar to what we wanted for the festival. It was precisely from 2005 we decided ‘OK, there’s bands that do not make sense, bands that we hear at home, who do not identify with our musical philosophy. “
“in 2005 we made a poster that is perhaps impossible to repeat, but soon also in 2006 and [in 2007 we again] surprised by the ‘New York Dolls’, a concert that was like watching history live. [In this issue we still] ‘Dinosaur Jr., another piece of history,’ Babyschambles’, which are a British music reference and ‘M.I.A.’, which was the revelation of this year. Then the large, brilliant, ‘Sonic Youth’, one of the ancient festival of dreams, a band that wanted to bring a long time and finally we got. “
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