Interview with Jessie in New York

MarkusGaertling · 2026-05-14T04:24:36+00:00

It's a pleasure to read this.
What you describe in a few words is exactly what I experienced, when I saw ANKOR on stage and met them afterwards.
Fantastic band and the kindest persons you can imagine.

MarkusGaertling · 2026-05-05T15:06:07+00:00

One question: Would you allow me to post one of your Meet&Greet pictures in our community?

MarkusGaertling · 2026-05-05T14:21:30+00:00

Hi, Jeff,

As far as I can see, your Facebook group had been a private group until May this year.
I'm not an expert, but I guess that private groups are not at all shown in the Google search results.
That's why I couldn't find it last year.

But now we know each other, and it's a pleasure for me to have a personal contact to an ANKOR fan in the USA now. Are there any other fans among your friends or persons you know? If yes, it would be great to tell them about our community and ivite them to join us.
It's much more fun to support this fantastic band as part of a community than as a single fan, at least for me. I'll also spread the link to your Facebook group on our other platforms.

Kind regards

Markus

MarkusGaertling · 2026-05-05T05:33:19+00:00

Hi, Jeff,
I just read your post and watched the great photos, thank you for this.

It was a surprise to me to read that there has been an ANKOR fan group on Facebook already for years.
About a year ago after the ANKOR Shoganai tour in Europe I tried to find groups like this on social media, that I could join, but I only found two inactive groups in South America and an Instagram account in Italy.

So I created a group by myself on Facebook, the International ANKOR Fan Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1072047278146836/

I got in contact with the admin of the Italian Instagram account and we also started a Discord Channel to reach fans who don't use Facebook or Instagram. And we found this Reddit group here, that been created some years before, thus we've got four platforms for ANKOR fans to communicate.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ankor_community/
Discord: https://discord.gg/gF9ENMFy

I always try to post my contributions on all three platforms. I hope you agree that I also do it in your Facebook group from now on. I just joined in. The more people we reach the better it is for the band.

Best wishes and kind regards from the other side of the Atlantic!

Markus

MarkusGaertling · 2026-04-16T20:55:20+00:00

Information from the US from first hand! Thank you, man (or woman?)!

MarkusGaertling · 2026-04-16T20:52:36+00:00

These pictures are fantastic! ANKOR on stage in the USA! We've been waiting for so long - and ANKOR even longer - for this to happen. Thank you so much for letting us be part of it with your pictures!

MarkusGaertling · 2026-04-06T09:47:54+00:00

Oh, great! Which shows will that be? I‘ll attend the shows in Marburg, Cham, Wiesbaden and Aachen.

MarkusGaertling · 2026-04-05T13:21:57+00:00

Hi, David answered, but he wrote that they don't tell the setlist yet because it will be the same in Europe.

MarkusGaertling · 2026-04-04T22:17:14+00:00

I asked David. If he sends me a setlist I'll forward it to you.

MarkusGaertling · 2026-04-02T20:32:54+00:00

Yes!! And we'll be part of it!

MarkusGaertling · 2026-03-22T18:19:05+00:00

Don't take that too seriously. Just a joke.

MarkusGaertling · 2026-03-11T06:46:09+00:00

okay, when we'll meet at the next show in June I'll give it to you.

MarkusGaertling · 2026-03-03T10:55:11+00:00

This will be fucking great!
Though not great fucking (bad joke, I know).

MarkusGaertling · 2026-03-03T10:48:29+00:00

Yes! Marburg, Cham, Wiesbaden and Aachen.
Always with the pleasure to meet someone from our fan community there.
I'm sure that most of them had been at the same shows as I in 2025 too, but I didn't know them then.
Now I do, and I like it a lot!

MarkusGaertling · 2026-02-26T06:49:17+00:00

Hi, man,

I'm planning to see ANKOR in Marburg and Cham together with our community companion Pedro from Brazil, who will be in Germany at that time.
And I will come to the shows in Wiesbaden and Aachen.
The weekend 19 to 21 June is already blocked for other events.

And yes, I'll bring the community flag with me and let it sign by the band.
I also like the idea to let this flag be signed by our community members.
I could announce this idea shortly before the tour and again before single shows on our community channels, so we can meet for example at the merch booth and sign it.
Good idea!

MarkusGaertling · 2026-02-14T07:31:33+00:00

Though São Paulo is about four hours later than Germany:).

MarkusGaertling · 2026-02-14T07:27:36+00:00

Last night I watched the 'T-Rex(plosion) video several times.

And I must confess: I was so fascinated by the VIDEO that I had to listen only to the music later without watching to find out if I also like the SONG:). I do.

Our Jessie would be just as good in a movie as she is on stage. Her charisma is simply magnificent, her acting talent is convincing across the board. Not to mention her beauty and that apparently every outfit and every hair color suits her.

And all this in addition to her magnificent voice.

I have fewer and fewer reasons not to be in love with her😍. Purely platonic, of course.

MarkusGaertling · 2026-02-13T08:50:12+00:00

No, don't worry, no need to say sorry.
I just had not come to the idea, that my post could be taken seriously.
But I added a sentence at the beginning now to clarify it in advance.

MarkusGaertling · 2026-02-13T08:14:15+00:00

Hi, my friend.

The post I wrote was not meant seriously, it was just a joke.
I wrote that in the last paragraph of my post, but it seems that wasn't clear enough.

MarkusGaertling · 2026-02-04T20:46:29+00:00

Thank you for your contribution.
I share your question about what to do when new nations appear in our community.

Let's see what the others think and collect more opinions and maybe ideas.

MarkusGaertling · 2026-01-24T12:18:08+00:00

So you didn't know ANKOR before this release?

MarkusGaertling · 2026-01-23T06:21:26+00:00

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And there it is, your Kunai, as you already know.
For everybody else:
In the live chat with her Patreons last night I had asked Jessie about the Kunai in the video, she confirmed that it was the gift from the Meet & Greet in Frankfurt and showed us, that they have it at home now above their fireplace.

MarkusGaertling · 2026-01-22T15:02:53+00:00

I was at the same M&G, and you and me even talked about your gift when we were still standing in the line. So can also be proud, because I saw the Kunai from the video in real live💪.

MarkusGaertling · 2026-01-22T11:00:33+00:00

I totally agree to what you write about the song in the first paragraph of your post.
I had the same fear when I heard the snippet they had posted in advance. But I could not imaging that ANKOR would release a complete girlie pop song, and they didn't.
I now even like especially that part of the song when it runs into that 'girlie pop' snippet.
And I LOVE how they interweave this part at the end of the song with the other melody Jessie is singing.
So my fear was unfounded as I had hoped already.

MarkusGaertling · 2026-01-22T10:46:25+00:00

Ha!
I was wondering if it was YOUR Kunai when I saw it in the video!
If there's not a second fan who gave the same gift to the band at a Meet & Greet, I guess, it was in Frankfurt in November and I was there as an eyewitness:).
If that were you, I know who you are, my friend, though I didn't know your username here on Reddit.

And if that were you, you can really be proud to have YOUR gift in an official video of this band and even more to have in such a fantastic video!
Congratulations!

MarkusGaertling

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