Autor: Peter Podbrežnik
Noch vor Kurzem wurde darüber nur gewitzelt, doch jetzt wird es immer wahrscheinlicher, dass das Nebenprojekt von vier namhaften Musikern (Pete Trewavas (Marillion), Chris Maitland (Porcupine Tree), John Mitchell (Arena, The Urbane) und John Beck (It Bites)) namens Kino zur neu aufgelegten Prog/Pop-Rock-Band It Bites wird.
Der geplante Kino-Auftritt beim Festival des britischen Magazins Classic Rock Society im Dezember wurde abgesagt, weil er durch niemand Geringeren als den ersten offiziellen It-Bites-Auftritt nach der Wiedervereinigung ersetzt wurde. Ebenfalls abgesagt wurde der Kino-Auftritt am 2. Dezember 2006 im Oakwood Centre in Rotherham. An seiner Stelle spielen die neu formierten It Bites ihre zweite Show in Großbritannien. Ticketpreis und Location bleiben dieselben. Als Support sind Touchstone mit dabei.
It Bites waren schon etliche Jahre von der Musikszene verschwunden, und ihr Comeback war schon eine ganze Weile in Planung. Die neue It-Bites-Besetzung sieht so aus: Bob Dalton am Schlagzeug, John Beck an den Keyboards, Dick Nolan am Bass und als neues Mitglied John Mitchell an Gitarre und Gesang, aktuell Gitarrist des Jahres des britischen Magazins Classic Rock Society.
John Mitchell hat in ihrem Forum entschieden alle Spekulationen zurückgewiesen, das bedeute das Aus für Kino. Auf die Frage, was er mit all den Bands vorhat, in denen er gerade mitmischt bzw. deren Mitglied er ist (Arena, The Urbane, John Wetton Band, Kino, Frost und It Bites), und wie er die einzelnen Projekte einordnet, antwortete er Folgendes:
Well Arena are on some form of hiatus at the moment whilst Clive is busy with his Operatic project.
The Urbane has always been as and when i can fit it in, and is more of a ‚hobby‘.
John Wetton doesnt tour all that much at the moment and now he and Geoff are busy with Asia and will be a lot of next year.
Kino as i stated before WILL be doing another album in the not too distant future, but Pete T is busy with Marillion at the moment and will be for quite some time. Kino is very much down to schedules permitting.
Frost and It Bites are the only two things which are currently in the throws of activity. Like all things i do, i am EXTREMELY fond and proud of both Frost and It Bites and I am very fortunate indeed to be involved in two brilliant bands. Funnily enough the IB guys are totally blown away by the FROST album (BD & JB both think it is the freshest thing they have heard in yonks) and you just ask Jem…JB and the music of It Bites was one of his biggest influences growing up (much like myself).
Like i have always said, all i do is music and if we plan far enough ahead then there is easily time enough for more than one thing!
After all, its not like any of the things i am involved in are like U2 and are touring for 3 months at a time. I just like to keep busy and do different interesting things, which i am very fortunate to be able to do.
The only problem is that people will probably be sick of the sight of me by the end of it all! 🙂
Btw…re the Kino show…. IB were offered a very cool tour by the original IB promoter and had to fit into a very, very small window of opportunity. Unfortunately that window fell right on top of our Kino date, but we didnt want to lose the whole IB tour.
We did what we thought was the best thing to do under the circumstances and i apologise to anyone who has been inconvenienced or let down. And sorry to Martin Hudson for making his life unecessarily awkward! Sorry Mart!
The Kino show IS being rescheduled as we speak, you have my word! Watch this space over the next couple of days.
John xxx
