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Eksit was a notorious pop center on Eendrachtstraat 89a in Rotterdam in the period 1970-1981. In 1970, it started as Exit, the Rotterdam response to Paradiso, a hippie tent where a lot off tripping, blowing, waterpipe smoking and drinking tea occurred.

Around 1974 the name changed to Eksit, and also the image. The special thing about the Eksit youth center was, I think, the candy store that was there, Cor Vaandrager and the chess club with the great name 'De Gedekte Dame' (sounds in dutch a bit like the fertilised chess queen) and the fact that they were only interested in rock 'n roll of course ... Peter Graute had a big international network and was also the owner of a near by record label, ''Backstreet Records''. The record store worked like a magnet on audiences and performing bands in Eksit, and vice versa, Graute used and abused his contacts by attaching performances in Eksit to it, a case of one hand washing the other ... nice anyway. Eventually closed and demolished as a result of the many fighting and stuff. The sequel in room Arena on the Kruiskade was not a success.

At a certain point a performance by our great friend Freddie Fingers Lee was scheduled in the Eksit in Rotterdam (December 17, 1981). The supporting act was a local band with the name "Gene Servane and his Tennesee Ducktails" The Rocking Rebels Eindhoven went there with a good sized group. We met Peet Schenk, and Piglet (Kees Dekker) and Roel. For anyone who doesn't know him, Roel was the Teddyboy doorwhore of Jailhouse Place and played bass in the Wild Cats. Anyway ... we had of course not taken into account that it was Razor's (Long Roel Hazelhof) birthday .... but when that became known, we still thought we should do something for him so we asked him what he wanted as birthday present ..... He thought a few secs and said resolutely, "Those Punks out of here!"

Well, THAT was not against deaf ears .... FIVE minutes later: The joint was empty! no bloody punker left in tha house. ELVIS is dead ?? you too suckers...simple I would say, but yeah...what was the case ... there was a big punk bar around the corner!
The Rotterdammers already started to spread rumours; they will come back, watch out! ... they won't be alone, maybe a hundred of them there.
Hmmmm ... maybe we better go outside, you can't be dammmn sure ...
Well, there was a large open place opposite the Eksit where a building had been demolished, with a lot of demolition waste left behind: shelves, beams, iron pipes, etc., etc. So we dived into that "gunbox" and came back armed to the teeth.

Rocking Rebels Fredy Fingers Lee in Eksit

And that was not for nothing because a little later arrived about 60 to 80 punks! Instead to abide , or asking questions, we immediately went full on the attack, BAMM with 25 to 30 on those punks! Yiii-harrrr!

Bobby: 'One got a typhus-blast from Jaguar in the head ... Oooww... I am a girl !! she moaned. Jaguar: yeah yeah ... then you better look like a girl, idot!!
The nice thing about masses is that IF they flee, it is just like a herd of antelopes! In PANIC they ran over each other! and then they get beaten one more time, but much harder!

And so it happened! Very cozy! ha Okay, we helped Freddie Fingers Lee and band to the Belgian border, with his ragged Band-bus, and then back to Rotterdam, to go crazy .. or actually Schiedam at Red Cora's place. She had a stove there where the fire went up a meter high, so we were not cold. Frans had the least cold by the way because he crawled besides Cora.

Brie: We then had a Jailhouse newspaper where all our experiences were recorded as a comic strip. The Punks and Turks were not really loved. Ha ha .. That night I was honestly more worried tabout my petticoats and if my hair was right than the fight of the boys ha ha ...

Frans: 'The next day, rapidly to Katendrecht, to tatoo Johan V. "Rocking Rebels" in caps on his back, at Tattoo Ramon, and then back again, towards Eindhoven, on a quiet Sunday afternoon. Well, that "quiet" was about to change for a while.... We popped 130-140 (that's KM/hour = 90 miles), where we were allowed 70, over the highway, overtaking left and right, bare butts out the window, and Bert was sitting next to me, with a bayonet, doing his nails!

AND I had an Opel Rekord, of which they had already taken the papers, a week before, in Eindhoven, as suddenly a police Porsche, came passing by ... (it never rains, it pours hey Twan? Ha). They turned out to be chasing us for a few miles, with a LEAKY rear tire, so they were already heavilywired. I steared my Opel towards the hard shoulder and told the boys; "Just sit thight, nothing to worry...." I took my drivers license and remaing car documents, got out and asked in similar way they always do: driver's license and car documents, gentlemen? One copper went mad, and shouted: "WHAT, driving and car documents??? ALL OUT, and HANDS on the car roof !!" I say, very quietly: Whats tha matter? The bundle of nerves immediatly pulled his gun and loaded. I say: boys; we better get out (oops). Okay, we all went to the station in Hendrik-Idiot-Ambacht, and all explained, (That joke costed us nearly 1000 guilders afterwards, but who pays the piper calls the tune). Well, Johan V was, last in giving a statement while we were siting behind a window, facing him drinking coffee.

PLAN: "Guys; if HE takes a sip of that coffee, WE all at once pull our best mongol's face." And so it happened .. Johan chuckled and sniggerd, and sprayed the typing P.C. Plod under the coffee, but ALSO our statement, so that again caused an hour delay! I got the Opel, without car documents back, because they didn't want us to stay a MINUTE longer in their village anymore .. Poor rashers! haha

AND I was back in time, to keep the door, at ''the Kers'' in Oerle .. Janus also happy again! ADVENTUUUURE! "

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