Europe 1980. Pre-Schengen treaty. Borders. D-Mark & Francs ...
Living aside the frontier not really knowing what happens "on the other side". No newspaper, no fanzine, no local magazine I was aware of then shouting out loud "THE CLASH+THE CURE+KEVIN COYNE+ROXY MUSIC!!!" play a festival near you, just cross the damned border and enjoy your fav bands at time. Even UFO! Okay, they weren't no longer the "Prince Kajuku" space rockers i once loved.
If only one german source would have told me about that festival but there was none... but reading french magazines, especially the legendary "Rock & Folk" (enough Stuff for a very, very big fandom-post ...) was helpfull: they made me aware and asking friends, if they were interested. Sad truth: No one was - we were younger then and even loving the bands most of us with no money in our pockets. Not for a "commercial" festival while working organizing our first free festival at the so called "Hinterwald".
To the Püttlingen part of the scene, the punky-reggae-party section, younger folks, The Clash (they just released "London Calling") and The Cure (just transforming themselves with "Seven Seconds" into a more goth-style) were common sense, the Köllerbach-section, most of them elder Deadheads, needed "Sandinista" with the well beloved Mikey Dread to warm up with the Clash. Long story short: I couldn't find no one to come with me so I had to go alone there (only company: some Mescalin ..)
And so the Festival started ... Personal highlight definitly Kevin Coyne (no record of that found yet but a longer post still ahead) .. great sets by the Clash and The Cure, Roxy Music didn't show up ... and the day ended with a car suffering on a cylinder head gasket deep in the night ...
So this is what I found on the net ...
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