Gearhead Records has been circulating this statement on Stockholm's "Demons":
At sometime between 4 and 8 AM on Wednesday March 3rd, the van rented for the "Demons" US tour was broken into in front of the Gearhead Office. We are heartbroken as nothing like this has ever happened before, but right now the most important thing is to get the following information out to as many people as possible. Below is a list of items that were stolen from the van. The list of guitars has been sent to all local music stores, and the CD list has been sent to Amoeba, Streetlight, etc. Please feel free to email this list around, the more people who know about this, the better chance we'll have of either hearing something about it, or actually retrieving some of the goods.
No word yet on how this will change their current tour plans.
Guitars missing.
#1 Hagström Partner SG-model, 1979. Red with the color scraped off
the back and half the Hagström logo gone from the head. Guitar case
black, covered with stickers and taped together with duct tape and
blue strap.
#2 Fender Squire Supersonic, sparkling blue, left handed model turned
right. Guitar case black with Sparks and Death Leisure stickers.
#3 Hagström Swede, Les Paul model, 1974. Mahogany brown with the neck
broken by the head. Crack visible. Finish scraped off the back. 1
Hagström pickup, 1 Gibson pickup. Worn brown guitar case with
Gearhead and band stickers.
#4 Epiphone Sheraton II, vintage sunburst, brand new. Guitar case
brown, with stickers.
#5 Gibson Bass, EB 3 model, brown with switch missing, tuner peg
loose. Guitar case black with stickers.
#6 Hondo II Bass, black with b/w Rocket From The Crypt sticker. EMG
pickups and Badass bridge. Fender Bass Case with dozens of stickers.
(This is Mike's bass from Half Life)
Other equipment:
#7 Bright yellow Boss distortion pedal with Gearhead sticker.
#8 White Boss tuner
#9 Black tuner
#10 Orange Boss distortion box
#11 Set of four bass strings
#12 Four black guitar chords
Other stolen property:
#13 Black CD case with Dragons and Hemingway sticker. Contained
mainly home burned CD's but also Zero Boys, Neil Young, Bukka White,
The Now Time Delegation etc.
#14 Digital video camera Panasonic NV DS-65 (purchased in Sweden a
few weeks ago)
#15 50 copies of 7" single "DEMONS: Electrocute" Ruff Nite Records
#16 DVD "Five Easy Pieces"
DVD " Dressed to Kill"
CD "Roky Erickson: Don't Knock the Rock"
CD "Dictators: Go Girl Crazy"
CD "Devil Dogs: Saturday Night Fever"
CD "Badlands: Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska"
CD "Roky Erickson: Acoustic"
CD "Brian Setzer Orchestra"
CD "New Bomb Turks: Information Highway Revisited"
CD "Rocket from the Crypt: Scream Dracula Scream"
#17 100 "DEMONS" cloth patches 5" x 2"
#18 250 "DEMONS" stickers 5 1/2" x 2"
#19 Addvision LCD 10 1/2 inch Screen
#20 30 copies of CD's "DEMONS SCome Burst!ng Out!" Gearhead Records (RPM013)
#21 25 copies of "DEMONS: Demonology" Gearhead Records RPM042
#22 CD case (red with yellow star) containing approximately 40 CD's
"Aerosmith: Live Bootleg"
"Creedence Clearwater Revival: CD 1-3 from the box set"
"Trojan: Reggae Sisters box set"
"Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska"
"Bruce Springsteen: Ghost of Tom Joad"
"Kiss: Rock and Roll Over"
"Kiss: CD1-2 from the box set"
"MC5: Back in the USA"
"MC5: High Time"
"VA: Jump, Jive and Harmonize"
"Tammy Wynette: Greatest Hits"
"Radio Birdman: Essential"
"Ramones: Leave Home"
plus over 20 more CD's
Additionally, the van was decked out with audio/ video equipment that
made touring easier for the band. It was all stolen and Mike and
Michelle are responsible for the costs per their contract with
Bandigo.
#23 Microsoft X-Box
#24 X-Box Games
SSX Tricky
Halo $50
Ghost Recon
Sega GT 2002
#25 Sony CDX-M730 FM/AM Compact Disc Player
#26 Coleman 400 Watt Power Inverter
Hopefully we can organize a benefit show to cover some of these
costs. If anyone has an creative ideas about where we can post the
list of stolen goods, or anything else that you do when things like
this happen, please contact Gearhead with that information sooner
than later. Mike: 510-535-2082 Michelle: 530-758-7967