Two shows into the tour, things are going well. Lets break it down.
Washington DC @ The Electric Maid w/ Give :
We arrived around 5:00pm but the venue wasn't open yet (it never is) So we split down to a local grocery store to get snacks. Come back round at 6:00pm, load in and wait for the show to start. Early on things are looking grim, no kids, bands milling around, the usual on a small punk tour. Round 7:30pm kids start showing up and Give arrives. Not a big show but not a bad one either. Two locals bands open and then Give plays. I have heard the record but it really does them no justice. Live they slay, be sure to check them out. We played and it was a little rough being the first show an all but we played fairly well weirded some kids out and had a good time. Had to cut short a bit due to the cops showing up and saying things were too loud and we went pass curfew. End Of A Year, law breakers!! Thanks to Darrin for setting the show up and treating us well.
After the show we headed to a local pizza spot that served jumbo slices of vegan pizza. One of these things was the size of a small dominos pizza, unreal and really good. I forget the name so don't ask, just go to DC and figure it out. We then headed to philly and stayed with our boy Klint from Reign Supreme.
Danbury, CT @ Tuxedo Junction / Streets
Wake up early to watch a few episodes of East Bound And Down, shit is funny check it out and don't be uptight. Left and on the way out grabbed some Tofu sandwiches. So just as a little side note, we have our friend Benny filling in for us on this tour, he is lives in Richmond and knows where every good vegan spot in the world is, its amazing. More on Benny later as he is a very interesting person and I am sure we all will get into some wild shit with him.
So we head to Danbury in the tank that is our van (this thing is gonna kill us) So we arrive and again the venue not open, doors are at 6:00pm and it is 5:00pm. Around 6:15 the doors open, set times get pushed back and you guessed it, there is 8 bands on this show (two stages) Ugh, alright. The bands we are playing with tonight are suppose to be some bigger AP Magazine style, we will see how this goes, I'm not naming names. So 1st band plays on one stage as we are setting up, the we all go through the usual motions. Alight, game time, kids come to our side of the stage, we get up there tell em we are about to get weird and we play, much better than we did the previous night. Kids seemed into it and we get alot of compliments afterwards from the other bands and a few kids. Neat show. We pack up in record time, load in the van and split to our friend matts house to eat and play Call Of Duty. Later on a few hours later we head back to the club, get paid and go back to matts and chill. Nice show, oh wait I forgot, there was more kids at the DC show and we were paid by the promoter signing over his paycheck. Guess the AP Magazine world doesn't do well in CT, they should have asked 100 Demons to play. That would have been awesome.
We are now sitting in Matts house and Benny is making Pancakes and hashbrowns. We play tonight in Chalfont, PA with Tigers Jaw and a bunch of other bands, come out and hang out with us. We want to party with you!!
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
"We are leaving early in the morning"
Its the day before tour, we are sitting in Pats living room in Albany. We were suppose to leave for Richmond early in the morning but are still here waiting for the Van to get out of the shop. We have everything else good to go. Merch, Gear, and Fat Zach (merch monkey for the tour) First stop on the tour is Richmond to rehearse (pro attitude here) and Then tomorrow the first show is in DC at The Electric Maid. We are playing with Give, come out and check it out, great band that sounds like Swiz (great band most of you modern hardcore nerds have never heard of) More updates soon, here is a vid of Fat Zach and C Rice drinking moonshine (no joke)
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