MNEMIC: Live And Uncensored From The U.S.

MNEMIC guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie has posted the following tour report on the group's official web site:

"So we're back! I dont know how to put this, but the MESHUGGAH tour is unfortunately over.

"The last week or so has been nothing but fragments of memories merging into one big pile of imagery. If we rewind a bit, I remember St. Louis; we played a venue called Pops. A humongous place which could hold at least 2000 peeps, and the place was packed. It was MESHUGGAH, MNEMIC, and a dozen of local support acts. Both bands had the best time on the whole tour on that stage, at Pops. The crowd was into every band, and the moshpit looked like something I haven't seen in a long long time. Once again fists and elbows smashing into everybody and people stagediving and getting in trouble with the security, it was beautiful.

"Once our set was done, we were about to watch MESHUGGAH, as we did every night (this time from the balcony). Jens [Kidman, MESHUGGAH vocalist] came up to Tony [Jelencovich, MNEMIC/ex-TRANSPORT LEAGUE frontman] with his video cam, asked if he could film their show (he'd just taped our show). It wasn't long before I snatched the cam out of Tony's hands and ran down at the side of the stage to tape the whole thing — it was one of the best gigs I have seen with MESHUGGAH. Just like every other night, these non-humans were pouring their energetic soundwaves through the speakers, crushing the audience with extreme musical precision — simply jaw-dropping and mindblowing, I shit you not!

"Anyways, moving on, the day after we hit Virginia, but this time at one of the best venues in the country. The backstage had a jacuzzi, four individual showers, a big ass gaming room, with vending machines and pool tables, and a chef that kicked serious ass when it came to food and drinks — and we really needed that. The night was good, and I even managed to finally take some photos of MESHUGGAH which you can view right at my website.

"The day after we drove to N.Y. Poughkeepsie. A shitty day indeed, cold, rainy and depressive, just like back home in Denmark. Perfect day to end the tour.

"This band [MESHUGGAH] has nothing but inspired me since day one, and it has been a dream come true to tour with this fine act, great guys, great personalities, and great music.

"MNEMIC would like to thank Jens, Mårten [Hagström, guitar], Tomas [Haake, drums], Fredrik [Thordendal, guitar] and Dick, plus their crew, Mikey B (yeaaah booii),Larry, Fredrik and Brian Griffin for an awesome memory, which we will never forget! (And to all the Blabbermouth bashers, go listen to 'As I Died Trying Eating A Dozen Donuts'! In the famous words of MOLOTOV: MESHUGGAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

"At the end of the night, after we said a way-too-short farewell to everybody, we got picked up by our management, and had to drive for one hour, in which eventually became 5 hours, due to a few wrong turns. We even managed to drive by Sleepy Hollow — yes, it's a city, not just a darn movie.

"Since it was a five-hour drive, we got to the hotel at 4:45 in the morning, and at 5 I had to take a cab to LaGuardia Airport to leave for L.A...The other guys stayed in N.Y. for 2 days, and hooked up with our friends in FEAR FACTORY, SOILWORK and DARKANE. On a more important note, they met Devin Townsend, and chilled out with him and the rest of the guys. I unfortunately had to do business in L.A., so i didnt get to meet our great hero Devin....hopefully next time.

"After the two days of chillin out, I flew to Arizona where I hooked up with the rest of the guys, and from there we hooked up with Sharlee and ARCH ENEMY for the 'Doomsday Tour', had a great show, and went back to L.A. at the House of Blues. The place was PACKED and sold out! It was crazy, we did a good set, and everybody seemed to be enjoying them selves. Our dressing room was next to a private bar at the HoB, where we got to meet Brigitte Nielsen — she got surprised once our drunk asses started to speak Danish to her — she was cool, down to earth, tall and with big jugs... and part of Hollywood."

Check out MNEMIC's pictures from the road at this location.

MNEMIC's sophomore album, "The Audio Injected Soul", was released in September 2004 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Mechanical Spin Phenomena" was recorded at AntFarm Studios in Aarhus, Denmark with producer Tue Madsen.