HOLY MOSES Bassist Checks Into Psychiatric Hospital

German thrashers HOLY MOSES have posted the following message on their official web site:

"Unfortunately, we have to let you know that our bass player Ozzy [Robert 'Ozzy' Frese] had to go into a psychiatric clinic unexpected. As soon as Ozzy is back on his feet, he will be back in the band again, but for now we don't have any idea when this will be.

"When we got the first impressions that this problem could appear, we asked Maurer (ex-WARPATH, TEMPLE OF THE ABSURD) if he could replace Ozzy, just in case. But unfortunately Mauer let us know just a couple of days ago that he couldn't the job on personal ground. He just couldn't combine being in the band with his regular job, which he recently accepted after a long period of being unemployed.

"Ozzy's situation went backwards so fast that finally last Tuesday he had to go into the clinic very urgently. A lot of friends offered us their help. We have been talking to more than 10 bass players, who all really would have liked to take over the job for the time being. But unfortunately due to gig obligations with their own bands, family reasons or just because of holiday absence, they just couldn't do it.

"Yesterday we got an offer from GAMMA RAY bass player and good friend Dirk, but he stated that even for a professional musician it's hardly impossible to learn the HOLY MOSES material within 24 hours. It's just too much and too complicated to do that within just a few hours.

"Our special thanks go to Nipps (SAXON),Dirk (GAMMA RAY),Andy Classen, Olly and Henning (RECKLESS TIDE),Christos (NIKKI PUPPET),Ferdi (AXEL RUDI PELL),Boris (NOISE FOREST) and all the guitar and bass players who were very willing to help us out. It feels good to know that we have so many musician friends

"Yesterday we had to make decisions what to do and we were talking to the promoters by phone. They told us that they would appreciate it very much, if we could show up anyhow, in spite of the fact we would use a computer-bass instead. As we only have one guitar player in the band, the bass-problem just had to be solved by using a computer.

"Since yesterday afternoon, we bought the equipment needed for the job and Michi our guitarist recorded all the bass parts in the computer system. Our drummer Asgard was responsible for programming the click tracks. They have been working the whole night through and eleven o'clock this morning they were finishing the programming of the last parts. Yet to do is bouncing all the tracks and get it in our laptop, which also has to be prepared for the job. Now we have to cross our fingers , pick up our crew in Hamburg first, than get our backline at our rehearsal room, load the tour bus, speed up another 500 km's direction Gera to go to Hell's Pleasure Open Air where will hit the stage around midnight!
"We didn't had a chance to rehearse with the computer and hope it all will turn out well as on Saturday we have to do the trick once again at Elsrock Festival in Holland / Rijssen.

"We did all we could just to avoid that we had to cancel the shows this weekend. For the upcoming shows we will definitely have a bass player found, who will be capable to learn our songs within two weeks. We will work with two bass players, just in case one has to perform with his own band while having a HOLY MOSES show.

"No show will be cancelled and we are looking forward to this very moment when Ozzy will be back in the band. Ozzy, we'll be waiting for you!

"Thanks a lot for all the fan mails that reached us and supported and made us pull through the solution with the bass-computer!

"Ozzy, please get well soon!!!"