Dale's whistling man on stage- Check This Out!

Jashobeam · Post by **Jashobeam** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:15 pm

Hey all,

I was curious about the photo of the man on stage playing a whistle that Dale posted. I found their website, the bands name is "Subway To Sally". The guy's name is Eric Fish, who is playing on stage. The site is in German (go to the right for English), but it says he plays the flute, bagpipes, whistle, oboe and several others I could not make out.

They look like a cross between Metallica meets River Dance! The reason I posted this on a seperate post other than dales, is I was wondering what he is playing in one of the videos they have posted. Go to their website:

http://www.subwaytosally.de/

And go to "Downloads" at the top of the page. Once there, click on the second video down, to the right "Liebeszauber". In the begining, and throughout the video, Eric plays what looks like some type of low whistle, but doesn't really sound like one. Is this a whistle, or maybe an oboe?

Jashobeam

moxy · Post by **moxy** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:29 pm

Ah, sorry I duplicated your post in a way!... So what do you think of their music?

That instrument sounds like an oboe to me, but looks much longer than an oboe would, no?

sage · Post by **sage** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:56 pm

Edited to remove completly incorrect response.

BEC · Post by **BEC** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:33 pm

I looked at their site yesterday.....

It's a shawm - a medieval/renaissance ancestor to today's oboe - and like the oboe is a double reed instrument.

I noted one of the other band members in a photo I found yesterday (not their official site) was playing a hurdy-gurdy. Seems these folks really like to mix in their early music metaphors.

oleorezinator · Post by **oleorezinator** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:53 pm

BEC wrote:I looked at their site yesterday.....

It's a shawm - a medieval/renaissance ancestor to today's oboe - and like the oboe is a double reed instrument.

I noted one of the other band members in a photo I found yesterday (not their official site) was playing a hurdy-gurdy. Seems these folks really like to mix in their early music metaphors.

if you look at it carefully there's a windcap, inside is a reed. it could be a highland pipe chanter with a windcap or it is a rauschfife which is a wind capped shawm. if you like this ckeck out these maniacs:http://www.corvuscorax.de/

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:56 pm

I listened to there song "Where's Lucky" and it was awsome I am definatly buying the CD.

Bretton · Post by **Bretton** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:48 pm

There's something Spinal Tap-ish about them...

Interesting.

The fiddle player is cute.

franfriel · Post by **franfriel** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:31 pm

Strangely compelling music! I'm one of those Heinz 57 Americans and I could feel my German and Celtic genes stirring and mingling in an unholy alliance.

Thanks for sharing.

Fran

AaronMalcomb · Post by **AaronMalcomb** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:58 pm

They sound like a cross between Bauhaus and Dexy's Midnight Runners. Maybe it's just the camera angle but those GHBs look huge on that Eric Fish guy. He could really be playing a high G whistle in that pic but he's so small it looks like an alto G.

Cheers,
Aaron

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 1:27 am

Interesting sound, but not as Industrial as Rammstein.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:12 am

....Rammstein. Are those folks still around? Or did they meet with an untimely inferno?

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 4:22 am

Joseph E. Smith wrote:....Rammstein. Are those folks still around? Or did they meet with an untimely inferno?

They're still cookin'... their new album is apparently due out on the 27th of this month

Ro3b · Post by **Ro3b** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 10:04 am

Really? Dude, you just made my day. I love those guys.

That pic of Mr. Fish that Dale posted looks disturbingly like a paunchier version of me. I'm going to stick it on my fridge as a warning.

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 5:21 pm

I can't stand metal but I did like the song that I found on the Subway to Sally site (Where is Lucky on their first album) what I wonder is it seems their first album was more punk influenced like the Pouges but then they went all metaly and stuff.

Brigitte · Post by **Brigitte** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 5:38 pm

AaronMalcomb wrote:They sound like a cross between Bauhaus and Dexy's Midnight Runners. Maybe it's just the camera angle but those GHBs look huge on that Eric Fish guy.
Cheers,
Aaron

We saw him live a couple of months ago and he is not a tall guy. He is a multi instrumentalist as someone already has mentioned and has a side project doing Crosby, Stills&Nash kind of stuff. GOOD voice reminds me a lot of Rio Reiser in the early 80s. He was guesting along with Colin at the 1000st gig of Fiddler's Green down in the south of Germany in a castle. Henkersbraut who is a C&F member has a page for Subway to Sally in English which is here
http://www.destinationsally.com/

I would call their music a mixture of underground gothic folk rock, their clothes really complement the music style and most of the folks listening to it. They have some really brialliant texts with lots of of "jungian pictures painted". Herzblut actually is an album we really like a lot.

Brigitte