roboticempire Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 RoboticEmpire (Sat, Nov 26th 2011 @ 5:08pm) "I'm going to try and make this as short as I can. After all these years of touring in unsafe vans, and doing stupid things, I guess I was over due for this... We had a serious van accident in route from our show in Graz, Austria to Dresden, Germany, somewhere along the highway in the Czech. I was asleep in the back of the van, so I'm unsure of what exactly happened. All I know is I felt the van skidding out and we started to slide and roll over. Not sure exactly how many times the van flipped but it was more than enough. I started screaming for everyone to tell me they were OK. Gertjan check, Ben check, Sara check, and I didn't hear Jeff. Ben pulled me out through the windshield and I took off running, screaming for help with blood pouring down my face. I honestly though Jeff was dead. A car stopped and a slew of women started screaming at me and I was screaming at them. We were in the middle of no where and as I was running two things came to mind, I think Jeff is dead, and I hope I don't get shot like Artimus Pyle. A woman pulled me into her house and her husband and son ran to the van crash site. I found Gertjan, and he said everyone is OK. The family started talking to me via Google Translation telling me everyone is safe and that an ambulance is on the way. The ambulance comes takes us to a hospital, we get taken care of...sort of. The police arrive on the scene and inform us that we aren't leaving until the medical bills are paid in full. The were so kind enough to escort Sara and myself to an ATM machine to pay the entire lump of the bills in full on the spot. Even after we signed some strange papers saying we have 30 day with proof of citizenship, etc. What the fuck ever right? We asked where Gertjan was, and their response was...prison. 300 phone calls and around €3,000 later we are out of the damned Czech and safe in Germany. Long short, we are all somewhat OK. Jeff broke his collarbone, Ben got his hand jacked up, I am pretty alright, Gertjan is OK, as well as Sara. The van is destroyed. Booking these tours ourself really made me realize that we are 100% on our own. We had no one to call, no one to "rescue" us. I made 3 phone calls and the entire German punk scene came to our rescue. God damn thank you. Our new friends from Dresden Germany came to get us at the drop of a hat, no questions asked. Thank you. So here it is, we are 3 grown adult males in our 30's who play in a punk band. We are all stage hands at R5 Productions in Philly. That's what we do to enable us to be here in Europe doing this. Never in our lives have we needed help like we do now. If you want to help us, please go to http://www.godsandqueens.bandcamp.com and purchase a record for $1.99. If you ever laughed at one of my awful jokes, or spend hours talking with us after a show, and you would like to help, please do. I always though our band would have too much pride to ask for help, but I am pretty sure we all agree that this time we need it. If you would like to help in any form please do jamiegetz(at)gmail.com is the PayPal address if you are inclined to do so. We will also accept first class upgrades on US Air, Delta or Virgin. Thanks. Jamie." http://www.facebook.com/godsandqueens http://www.twitter.com/godsandqueens http://godsandqueens.bandcamp.com http://godsandqueens.wordpress.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recordhound1002 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Holy Shit Dude, Im gonna help with what i can man. Im sorry to hear this. Hope all is well, Get Better Keep your Chin Up. And Know Punk Always has your back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlovecolouredx Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 got an accident in the other country is really terrible thing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
controlthebleeding Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 i bought the ep to try and help out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticempire Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 Thanks dudes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teganandsara Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I got the two eps is there away I can get the 1st lp and kick a little money right to them. I would prefer a physical copy but I would buy a download to help them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vool Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Well, not a fan of them since I haven't listened to any of their stuff...but this sucks huge times! Nice to hear the band is ok though!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticempire Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 Their stuff is all available to stream on their bandcamp (listed above), cheap download there and physical copies of all it are available direct from us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticempire Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 A pretty good account from/interview with Jeff (GODS & QUEENS drummer) who broke his collarbone in the accident: http://www.avclub.com/philadelphia/articles/gods-and-queens-jeff-ziga,66128/ Less stream-of-conciousness than Jamie's ramblings and a pretty good-hearted perspective on the whole nightmare! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley43 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 IF you don't have a complete documentations you will in a great great trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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