Hard Lessons make mad Euros.

By Johnny Loftus

Aug 28, 2006 at 1:03 pm

Audio By Carbonatix

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The Hard Lessons do Europe this September, hitting cities like Berlin, Hamburg, and Cologne with Motion City Soundtrack - one of the only decent reps of the current pop/punk/emo crop - and crafty viral marketers OK GO.

How will the Germans respond to Augie's Who Came First-era Pete Townshend beard? But more importantly, with these first German shows, massive arena concerts are the inevitable next step for the Hard Lessons. I mean, you can't play a gig in the Scorpions' home country and not let their rock rub off on you. Film the whole thing in watery VHS, and smell the three-quarter sleeve!

I propose that the Hard Lessons learn a Scorps cover for the trip. Even better, they could cover the slinking, classic title track to Accept's 1984 album Balls to the Wall, with a lead vocal by Miss Ko Ko Louise. Korin's always been cooler than Udo Dirkschneider, anyway.

Ich nehme milch und zucker in meinem tee!

JTL

The Hard Lessons, live at Lager House 7/14: