We had another round of van problems in yesterday, moments after leaving the loving arms of our friends in Greensboro NC. One tow truck, our last shred of sanity and a few sun-baked hours later in the middle of nowhere (yet I somehow still managed to walk down the highway and come back with some Red Foxx party records, a Thin Lizzy 8track and a pair of antlers) the result was a guy hacking off our (5 day old) catalytic converter, welding a straight random pipe in its place and telling us "if you run straight for it you MIGHT make it another 1000 miles on this." We were only a few hours from Va Beach but it was rolling the dice either way (wherever it died, we would be leaving it for good and having to get all our shit home) so we took a vote on playing/not playing the rest of the shows and ended up driving all the way back from VA to TO (not recommended), belching smoke, and it did indeed die right in my driveway in Toronto.
It's not even about good or bad luck, we're just some dummies who bought the wrong van. It is possessed by playful, malevolent goblins. You fix one thing, something else falls apart. We're scrapping it or giving it to a homeless guy. So our apologies about having to miss Va Beach, DC, Brooklyn and Kingston. We have to reassess our west coast plans, or any out of town shows, until we have a line on another vehicle that isn't an epic gaylord. I am pulling for a 1987 Chevy Suburban myself.
Thanks to everyone that came out to this tour. Every night was killer. Thanks to Converge for bringing us out and Trap Them for being amazing and looking out for us. Van shit aside, it was probably the best tour we've done yet, and we got to see all our fave people and bands, and friends new and old everywhere we went. Like I said, stay tuned about west coast and other plans, as it stands we got no wheels. But the Chicago and LA shows with All Pigs Must Die in a few weeks are still on. I'll post all that momentarily, as well as more info on our Coliseum split LP, the upcoming Fight Amp split, and more news. And big ups to Nate Newton. You're a trooper, hope you're back in action and feeling better, brother.
Thanks everybody.
PS. Listen to Kim Phuc.
8 comments:
oh, le Major Boo!!!!! I'll be sending good thoughts to Nate. Best of luck to the BL kids with the other tour dates.
- Rain
Sucks man. We were all bummed as shit last night when we got that email from you. Glad you dudes are safe. Hit us up next time you guys are near by and you've got a show and a place to crash. -Andrew/Moutheater
Thanks buddy. Trap Them sends their love. We were SO fucking close. We seriously got as far as my driveway in Toronto so we would have died in the PA hills if we hadn't come home. We'll have to try, try again, probably on the way down for The Fest in October. Thanks for understanding, your band rules and I was looking forward to it. So don't break up before October!
Hey Chris, i met you in St Louis and took some photos of your set, if you give me an email address i'd be happy to send them your way.
Hey Chris, we met in St Louis and i took some photos of your set, a few turned out and if you wanna post an email address i'll get them sent your way.
Just one thing: has the Trap Them guy still the "Fulci lives" sticker on his guitar?
Yeah, he totally still has the Fulci Lives sticker going on. We nerded out the whole tour. A lot of good shirts were repped too.
Michael - much appreciated. Hit me up at crossfire13 at yahoo. Thanks a lot.
bummer news. hopefully you can head out west soon. if you ever need a floor to sleep on and vegan food to eat in the northern colorado area, let me know.
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