The Hydromatics

"..The Motor City Of Detroit And Europe's Own Murder Capital Amsterdam Collide In The Lethal Combination That Is The Hydromatics A Hard-Rocking Trans-Atlantic Alliance Bringing Together Members Of The Rationals Sonics Rendezvous Band The Nitwitz The Hellacopters Loveslug And B.G.K..." Hellacopters Frontman Nick Royale And Tony Slug From Amsterdam's Nitwitz Had Planned On Doing A Side-Project Sometime Since 1996 And Record A Demo With Covers By Their All-Time Favourite Group The - At The Time - Criminally Underdocumented Sonic's Rendezvous Band.
The Hellacopters' Relentless Touring Schedule Put These Ambitions On Hold For Several Years But When Slug Put Scott Morgan In Touch With The 'Copters During Their US Tour One Thing Quickly Led To Another. In February 1999 The Three Got Together In Amsterdam Joined By Theo Brouwer On The Four Strings And Rehearsed For The Next Six Days Conjuring Up Enough Material For A Full Live Set And An Album Combining Sonic's Rendezvouz Band Repertoire With Originals. After Three Try-Out Gigs In Small Dutch Venues The Hydromatics Gelled Into A Tight Solid Riffing Unit And Were Ready To Record Their Debut Album "Parts Unknown". It's Release On The Swedish White Jazz Label Was Followed By A Month-Long European Tour Together With Zen Guerrilla And The Hellacopters As Headliners Nicke Double-Tasking Two Sets Every Night. Nicke Left The Band Shortly After This Tour And Was Replaced By By Detroit Powerhouse Andrew Frost Before The Hydro's Recorded A Second Album Titled "Powerglide". Another Extensive Gruelling Tour Followed Time Touring On Their Own Travelling "uncomfortably Numb" Sardined In A Van For 8 To 10 Hours A Day Yet Rocking The Hell Out Of Every Dive Between Stockholm And Sevilla And The Occasional Prestigious Festival Such As The Serie-Z And Roskilde. Two Days Before A Third Month Long Spartan Tour Was To Start Bassist Theo Decided To Go AWOL And Moved To Spain Making Chances Of A Succesful Tour Look Pretty Dim. In The Nick Of Time Monsieur Laurent Ciron Of Parisian Punque Veterans The Dogs Came To The Rescue Learning The Songs On The Train While Travelling To Holland The Following Day.
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