We write the year 1997. Two Metal heads meet in Wacken, the sanctuary
of Metal. Nothing unusual you think. But in these days the headstone was
laid for a long and very creative teamwork. But it took one year until Mischa
had the courage to ask Marco, if he would like to play guitar in his band
called Endoras.
Together with Paddy Hofmann (Drums) they formed the first line-up of Endoras.
But fate didn't want us to find other musicians. No one spent a long time
in our band room in Suhr.
And so the storm clouds were rising near. The constant changing of musicians,
private problems of every band member and last but not least loosing their
band room, not only took a lot of power from them, they also were loosing
the passion of playing music.
A fucking bad concert in Zetzwil (only 20 persons were there) was hardly
the death blow for Endoras, hardly…
Paddy left the band and so the main core broke apart. For a long, long time
Mischa and Marco didn’t know how and if the band could exist without
Paddy. They would not accept another drummer except him, so they decided
to write songs together and record them with a (god damned…) drum
computer and Cubase. These songs were too good to throw away Marco and Mischa
thought. All they wanted was a demo.
But the thorns of lost stuck so deep in Mischa's heart, that he hardly wasn’t
able to work creative. And so the storm broke out over Endoras. Only Marco's
friendship and his belief in Mischa gave him the strength and the power
to hold on. Without Marco this had been the end of Endoras.
And so the years of disquisition followed. Will Marco and Mischa be strong
enough to keep the flame of Endoras burning? Will they be able to reform
a band with the spirit of old days?
Seven years were flowing into the land, when in autumn 2005 Mischa's phone
was ringing.
I know it sounds like a fairytale but it really was Paddy, who was calling.
After some small talk and a great (and fucked up) reunion there were no
doubts the spirit of older day did not only exist, it was stronger than
ever. I think I don’t have to allude, Marco was also really, really
happy about Paddy's return.
The only thing they now had to find was a band room and a Bass- and Keyboard
– player.
But their “quest for a band room” became harder than first thought.
It seems only mistrust rules the world. And again a phone call from Paddy
released them from their burden. He told Marco and Mischa about a band called
Standby from Wettingen. They offered them a deal: Endoras could share the
room with Standby, if they would like to. Sure they wanted. So they organized
a meeting with the band leader and guitar player of Standby, Michel Müller.
After a few moments talking they decide to accept the deal.
The problems grew somewhere else…
Michel, who collected a lot of live experience with a different bands, recently
with Standby, was very unhappy with the motivation, the objectives and the
musical orientation of his baby Standby. Deep in his heart, Michel has always
been a Metal head and when he first listened to the songs of Endoras (the
demo Marco and Mischa recorded on Cubase) he lend himself to play bass axe,
all this for the good of Endoras, what a luck.
Now the band was hardly complete, hardly.
For Mischa it became more and more difficult to sing, play guitar and play
keyboard. So Endoras needed a nice keyboarder, who’s not only a good
player, but also a cool person with a lot of humour: But where is such a
man to find?
Ok, we are living in the 21. Century and so they tried to find someone with
an advert at the internet. And so they were waiting and waiting…
After a few months without any answers of musicians Mischa got an e–mail
from a keyboarder called Andreas Niederer. He seemed to be a really nice
guy and his MP3's blew my head away. This was the sound Endoras needed.
And so Endoras met Andi for the first time in the band room in Wettingen
and it didn’t take them a long time to find together and they were
sure they want to walk the musical way together. And so Andy completed the
mighty clan of Endoras.
It seems fate wanted to apologize for all the fucking hard years. All the
stones from the past were sweep away, the shadows give way to the dawn of
a new day, that looks to become wonderful, full of warmth, friendship, hope
and confidence.
So ride on, Knights of Endoras, wherever the road may lead you to, but always
remember my words: Only together you are able to change the world, love
and friendship may forever be with you,
The Storyteller