A Moment In Time With Kraftwerk in Montreal 1981 - April 07, 2022

This is a photo of The Essentials before a show at the hip Studio One club in Montreal's downtown core in June 1981.

(l-r) Rick, Mick & Vava

A month later, I was at the sold out Kraftwerk show at the Théâtre St-Denis and 'après show' the band went to the Studio to party.

I was already there with my friends having drinks when they walked in.  Our guitar player and lead singer Mick had painted a large promo poster of the band and it was still up on the wall near the dance floor.

After grabbing drinks at the bar, Kraftwerk sat down on a bench below. As I walked over and introduced myself, I told them The Essentials was a band I was in and the poster was from a recent show at the club. 

They all turned around to look up and Ralf Hutter said, "Good!  Don't stop doing your music! Stay with it!"

That was a tremendously beautiful moment for me and still is! 

Then they got up to dance! 

Have a look at this cool site:

Endless Kraftwerk

Photo: Vava Vol 1980s Archives