i knew not much work of ignite ever since. to be honest i just knew their probably most popular song 'bleeding'. and i have seen them at least once in 2003 and probably another time on some festival. but then this black friday rsd 2014 knocked on my door, leaving me a note that 'our darkest days' would be available again on some nice colour vinyl. i didn't order immediately, don't really know why. it must have been this half assed attitude that acompanied me all the way when it was about getting some ignite vinyl.
when i went to the persistence tour in january this year in hamburg, ignite was on the billing and what should i say, their set was great. i mean, this night all of the bands had a good time but ignite was definitely sticking out to me. with hindsight i could have bought a copy at their merch table but after the show i had some trouble because i lost the slip of paper belonging to my stuff at the wardrobe. anyway, i ordered with per koro and now i have a copy at last.
the record in whole is a scorcher. i really love the political songs, such as 'know your history' and especially 'poverty for all'. it's about the failed october revolution of 1956 in hungary. i can relate because i was born in the gdr, the second german state which existed from 1949 to 1989 under a communist regime. so it feels like a piece about my very own history. comes on solid blue vinyl. can't really say how much have been made. 500 maybe? but that's just a guess. think fast! records. 2006/2014.
