I was playing this tour around Iceland with my band Dr. Spock and other great acts but at the same me and my band member and keyboard player Tobbi were playing in a backing band for a music talent show on television. So we had to break away from the tour to perform on the TV show and then get back on the tour to not miss a gig date. We jump off the tour bus in Höfn which is on the East coast of Iceland and fly to Reykjavik. After the television performance we headed back to the airport and boarded this tiny plane to take us back to the tour which was now further east at Eskifjörður. We both had managed to get two beers each to bring with us on the flight. We soon discovered to our horrible discomfort that there was no toilet inside the plane. So after about 20 minutes in flight we both had to go real bad. It did not help that the air conditioning broke down so we had -20 below zero tempeture in this tiny aircraft. I have never been so cold in my entire life.

When we finally land in Eskifjörður my bladder is in such a bad state that I could not walk from the plane, I had to be carried to a safe spot to urinate. When we got to the venue our flight of horror soon left our minds after we had told other band members and crew who of course found our ordeal really funny.

Then it´s showtime and in the middle of our set I get the urge to grab the overhead microphone for my drum set to scream into it “Is everybody having a good time”. Well the electric shock I received from this stunt shot me about 2 meters backward from the drum kit, shaking uncontrollably and blacking out for a few seconds. When I came to our singer is standing over me asking what I am going to to, I stumble on my feet and get back on the drum set to finish the show. The doctor came afterwards to check if I was ok which I was. We later discovered that the christmas lights the venue had decorated the stage with was to blame. 

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