Tito & Tarantula Live At Rockpalast CD

The Rockpalast performance of June 21, 1998 at the Loreley is a significant example of the first international phase of success. It was Tito & Tarantula's third concert in Germany and it shows that their musical reputation did not crumble to dust in broad daylight at all. In the following years, Tito & Tarantula released albums in changing formations and touring regularly on our continent as well. The included bonus concert recorded in 2002 in Sarajevo certainly is one of the more unusual gigs in a musician's life. Originally intended to be a club show, the band attracted a far larger crowd than expected. The concert had to be moved to the streets and made a virtue of necessity, transforming it into a spontaneous open air show. The Rockpalast performance from fall 2008, recorded at the Harmonie, Bonn, is documenting Tito & Tarantula no less unforgettable and in their probably most natural habitat: In atmospheric dim lights the hot and muggy climate is practically palpable. The band is playing a hot blooded set with songs of their, at that time current album titled 'Back Into The Darkness' (containing the track 'Machete' which film friend Robert Rodriguez would again enjoy). In 'After Dark' parts of the audience come and dance on the stage, being part of an early established tradition as Tito explains: 'I do remember a show we did in Hollywood, in the early days of Tito and Tarantula. This young woman came up on stage and began to dance as we played 'After Dark'. She proceeded to take her clothes of, and by the time we were done she was completely naked! It was pretty wild and the crowd went crazy. Later we found out she was celebrating her birthday and wanted it to be special. Today audience members have either been invited by me or just volunteered on their own to express their inner 'Santanico Pandemonium', if you will. It's the fun part of our show, because we get to break down that invisible wall between performer and audience.'

1. Intro 2. In My Car 3. End Of Everything 4. Motorcycle Girl 5. Strange Face 6. Clumsy Beautiful World 7. Monsters 8. Dust And Ashes 9. La Flor De Mal 10. Murder 11. Machete 12. After Dark 13. Angry Cockroaches 14. Come Out Clean 15. La Bamba 16. Killing Just For Fun 17. Smiling Karen 18. Jupiter 19. Back To The House 20. Slippin' ; Slidin' 21. Sweet Cycle 22. She Chain 23. After Dark 24. Ivy 25. Strange Face 26. Intro 27. In My Car 28. End Of Everything 29. Motorcycle Girl 30. Strange Face 31. Clumsy Beautiful World 32. Monsters 33. Dust And Ashes 34. La Flor De Mal 35. Murder 36. Machete 37. After Dark 38. Angry Cockroaches 39. Come Out Clean 40. La Bamba 41. Interview Rockpalast 42. After Dark 43. Forever Forgotten ; Unforgiven 44. Killing Just For Fun 45. Smiling Karen 46. Jupiter 47. Back To The House 48. Slippin' ; Slidin' 49. Sweet Cycle 50. She Chain 51. After Dark 52. Ivy 53. Strange Face 54. Crime ; Shame 55. It's My Mistake 56. Hey Hey Hey Whada U Say 57. Strange Face 58. Goodbye Sadie 59. Clumsy Beautiful World 60. In Between 61. Smiling Karen 62. German Fr?ulein 63. Effortless 64. Back To The House 65. You're The One I Love 66. Torn To Pieces 67. Crack In The World 68. After Dark 69. Dead Person 70. Missed Your Eyes 71. Angry Cockroaches