Hide your amps, drop your mics. Recently, popular Swiss black metal band (and equally popular lunch-time snack) Schammasch posted a call to their fans and the greater music scene at-large to help them by signing a petition against a proposed government regulation relating to music venues and noise restriction(s). Have a quick read here – So after tracking down the official proposal and running it through a potentially bunk online-translator, I parsed out the gist of the projected laws Schammasch was super angry about. On the surface, what I saw seemed like an implausable regulatory nightmare. And under the rind, … Continue reading The Government Is Coming To Take Away Your Gigs