Engineers became unwittingly involved in a bit of a fracas in Germany this week. The band were due to play at a venue in Hamburg when singer Simon Phipps, who was filming a piece outside, was accosted by several men who were desperate to get their hands on the video tape he'd just recorded. The band's drummer Sweeny told NME.com: "Phipps ran into the venue while these lads threatened to kick fuck out of all of us unless they got the tape.
Fortunately we managed to calm them down and they got the tape and left. The police arrived and shut the street because [they believed] these fuckers had shot four people and we were the only people who had seen their faces."
The group were forced to cancel the gig in order to head to the local police station to give statements, and may have to return later this year if the case comes to trial. Which is all rather dramatic.