1996 - Propagandhi in the Alps (From the left: Chris, John, Jord. The boy in the middle is their legendary babysitter Regal who just posted some amazing pictures from back in the old days on his Facebook.)

That day we knew we made it. We were not in Germany anymore. We were on our way to Italy and we had good friends waiting for us. They let us sleep at their houses for a couple of days when we had to cancel two shows in Italy. We were on the road for three weeks already and there were three more weeks to go. The next big, big highlight was playing Amsterdam with "...But Alive" and drinking with our friends from Hamburg again. That was like 7 or 8 days later. We were back in the bus and after the show with "Skin of Tears" in Wangen everyone was sick. Chris was throwing up already when they got on stage to play the first show in Italy that night. The boys did the gig, we had some shady sleeping quarters and everyone was close to following Hannah's example. But in the morning we decided to call in sick. It was early April, the sun was out, we were in Italy, Chris was getting sicker by the minute and people offered us a place to stay for a few nights.

We walked around this italian smalltown for two days and those were two of the most relaxing days of my life, I think. Three or four nights later we were in Schopfheim, Sunny's homebase. Back in Germany. That was the night when the boys finally got to see the first cd-copies of "less Talk, More Rock". We did the release-party at this cheesy chinese restaurant and it took Jord forever to take the cd out of the tray and discover "that photo"....

More: Derek Riel's Propagandhi Pictures - European Tour 1996