NEWS 2013               

30/11/2013 Last week we played another time in B52 in Eernegem, this time as The Thirsty Scums and with a very satisfying gig. Headliner was Noise Agents from the UK, which is a quite amazingly good band. We also played for the second time with my familyband Freddy & the D'oghz, our best gig ever :-). Also our punkbrothers from Tielt The Softenon Babies shared the scene this evening.
15/09/2013 The 13th edition of our own Rock@Schuiferskapelle was the best edition in number of drinx, so I presume also the best in number of people and the best qua sphere ! We performed for the first time with Freddy & the D'oghz, which is me, my son, my daughter and my son-in-law and we did what we had to do ! Locals The Heavenly Kings surprised and The Thirsty Scums played a very good gig. Mörehead played a professional Motörhead-act but most amazing where the girls of Nightwitches who played an unforgettable Black Sabbath-set !
02/09/2013 Very good idea, this open-air GreenOnRed-festival in Tielt ! It sounds unbelievable, but the last time we played in our hometown was in 2006 ! We performed a good Thirsty Scums-set on this cozy festival, I still suffered from a painful finger at my left hand, but we had a good and long afterparty as well on the festival as in a local pub. Next year GreenOnRed with The Dirty Scums on the bill ?
15/08/2013 After riding my bike 4 years without an accident, on 17/07 a girl and her car decided it was time for a change. I had injuries at my right shoulder and at my left hand, and especially this one was quite painful at our gig on 03/08 in the squatt Bakunin's Pogo Bar in Gent. Very nice place to play (and to drink a beer :-)) and despite my painful playing, we performed 2 good gigs with as well The Dirty Scums as with The ThirstyScums.
30/06/2013 Hey, this anniversary gig in Ninove tasted for more: good place to play, good pub, good audience, lots of friends, great !
14/06/2013 On 08/06 we had the chance to play at this special event that Hans organised to celibrate he had survived cancer 20 years ago. We played a very decent Thirsty Scums-set after which we all could attend the great gig of the amazing Black Tartan Clan. We would call it a very inspiring evening, thanx Hans.
30/05/2013 On 15/05 we played for the third year in a row in Chuckle's Pub in Meulebeke, which is always a good place to play. Although there isn't always that much people, we always amuse ourselves there. This time we played for the occasion of Michèle's birthday, the bartender's girl and as a prelude to St. George's Day that took place the week after. We played well and thanx again to Filmkesboer you can check some songs on YouTube. Although the fact that Meulebeke is close to our home, and that we were the only band playin' and that we played early, nevertheless it was again nearly 6 in the morning till we reached our bed.
16/05/2013 I had a bit of a cold last week which made me even miss a gig of the Kids in our hometown. But I preferred it like that and be prepared for the gig in Bonheiden with Funeral Dress with whom we would play for the 15th time together. It was a try-out with their new guitarplayer, Qrizz from Mise*en*Scene, a band with whom we played already 31 times together by the way. On Friday I visited the doc for a horse treatment in order to get a bit of a voice on Saturday. And with timeless stops to wet my throat we played a decent gig in this cozy pub full of punx. And Funeral Dress & their new guitarplayer ? Definitely ready to conquer the USA one more time ! Rotten Martin labeled these gigs as "real punk gig" and that's exactly what it was. On Sunday I had no voice at all and I needed to wet my throat every now and then with a beer. So I had a funny Mother's Day but the payback was a rather tough Monday morning.
22/04/2013 Great great great gig of the great Stiff Little Fingers in the 4AD in Diksmuide yesterday ! Great DJ too by the way: no one else than DJ Dirty Pik :-).
09/04/2013 We had longed for this première of our full tributeset to Punk in general, which we played last Saturday at the first edition of Mandelrock in Ingelmunster, and we must admit we were very satisfied after the gig. All those rehearsals had brought us finally somewhere !
13/01/2013 Yesterday we had a visit from Roy Wallace (Toxic Waste) who came to film and interview us at our rehearsal room. He's still working on his Bloody Bloody Belgium-project that should finalize this year. Of course the oldest Belgian punkband is a must in this documentary, as wel as a lot of the content of this site. We had a very long, good, and friendly chat that went much easier once the camera had stopped filming, haha.
11/01/2013 That gig at the end of last year in B52 in Eernegem really had a very good line-up. All bands were excellent: Sinners, Retired Punx, Definitivos, and then ourselves with as well The Dirty Scums as The Thirsty Scums. We were only asked the week before to perform also as The Thirsty Scums (our Tribute to Punk), so we didn't had the time to prepare this gig very well. No one however bothered when we finished playing at 2 in the morning. Stef of the B52 made a compilationvideo of the evening, watch it here. Of course, also almighty Filmkesboer did once again his contribution to the YouTube-community. And so we came at the end of our 30th Anniversary Year, the moment I write this we're older than 31 yearz and still greedy to play wherever you ask us !