Look out for coming details of their new record.
In the mean time, let's dive right in...
1. What's the right length for a tour?
There are a lot of factors that go into answering this question. What is the makeup of your band and their priorities? Do they have families or jobs to attend to?
Do they play in other bands and will they lose money in the long run if you're on the road too long? Do you have a band account where you take your earnings from playing clubs and invest into an account where you can afford gas, food and lodging while on the road?
Is the tour a strong enough package to get people in another city to come see you on aTuesday night? All of these kinds of questions need to be carefully considered and discussed as a group.
2. I've heard some great stories about strange ways of eating on the road. What's your trick to keeping your belly full while out there?
I don't really eat a lot. It doesn't take much food to keep me going. In the past I used to drink pretty heavily and I guess there wasn't a lot of room for food.
I've had to recently make some changes for health related reasons so I can't drink at the moment so next time I'm on the road I'm looking for fresh fruit or grilled chicken. Fuck fast food and truck stop junk.
That shit will take years off of your lifespan.
I don't really eat a lot. It doesn't take much food to keep me going. In the past I used to drink pretty heavily and I guess there wasn't a lot of room for food.
I've had to recently make some changes for health related reasons so I can't drink at the moment so next time I'm on the road I'm looking for fresh fruit or grilled chicken. Fuck fast food and truck stop junk.
That shit will take years off of your lifespan.
3. Tell me about the best club you've played? The worst? Names can be left out, or in...whichever.
My favorite club to perform at is Reggie's in Chicago. The staff is great to the bands and the audience sings along to the band's songs, they are totally metal and they even have exotic wildlife like centipedes in the green room that you normally wouldn't see in Texas.
Nice big stage, you can order anything off the menu to eat (most clubs only have frozen pizza... if anything) and the fridge in the greenroom is stocked with beer and bottled water so they are very hospitable.
The worst venue I played was The Kraken in Seattle. I worked hard to put together a lineup with a Seattle band I like called Midnight Idols and the sound guy either wasn't there or wasn't keeping track of time and the opening bands went way over their time slot and the Midnight Idols got fucked out of playing and it was beyond my control, though I did personally apologize to them and the sound was shit, the stage was shit, the pay was shit and the turnout wasn't worth the commute.
I'd never play there again.
My favorite club to perform at is Reggie's in Chicago. The staff is great to the bands and the audience sings along to the band's songs, they are totally metal and they even have exotic wildlife like centipedes in the green room that you normally wouldn't see in Texas.
Nice big stage, you can order anything off the menu to eat (most clubs only have frozen pizza... if anything) and the fridge in the greenroom is stocked with beer and bottled water so they are very hospitable.
The worst venue I played was The Kraken in Seattle. I worked hard to put together a lineup with a Seattle band I like called Midnight Idols and the sound guy either wasn't there or wasn't keeping track of time and the opening bands went way over their time slot and the Midnight Idols got fucked out of playing and it was beyond my control, though I did personally apologize to them and the sound was shit, the stage was shit, the pay was shit and the turnout wasn't worth the commute.
I'd never play there again.
4. Whenever I get behind the wheel of a car for a long drive, I always play a Mitch Hedberg comedy album. What's your routine?
It depends on which band I'm traveling with. Witches Mark used to jam 80's and early 90's West coast gangsta rap just to be goofy.
The IGNITOR guys usually play metal and I tend to sleep a lot in the backseat while they drive.
It depends on which band I'm traveling with. Witches Mark used to jam 80's and early 90's West coast gangsta rap just to be goofy.
The IGNITOR guys usually play metal and I tend to sleep a lot in the backseat while they drive.
5. How do you settle band fights while in the backseat of the van?
Tough question and mostly depends on the individual personalities involved. I've been in the awkward situation of asking certain band members to apologize to each other and bro down and makeup for the greater good of the band and it didn't happen hence a lineup change here and there.
Tough question and mostly depends on the individual personalities involved. I've been in the awkward situation of asking certain band members to apologize to each other and bro down and makeup for the greater good of the band and it didn't happen hence a lineup change here and there.
6. Tell us about the best response you've gotten outside of your home town.
Definitely the Project Pabst festival in Portland, Oregon was an exceptional crowd. People were crowd surfing and going crazy in the pit and making a lot of noise. That's always the kind of reaction you're looking for as a musician going out on stage anywhere.
I saw a lot of familiar faces in the audience and the hospitality was great with bottles of red wine and meat and cheese trays. Plus we shared the stage with one of my favorite American heavy metal bands Skelator and a three camera video crew to document everything so I'll always remember that night and crowd very fondly.
Definitely the Project Pabst festival in Portland, Oregon was an exceptional crowd. People were crowd surfing and going crazy in the pit and making a lot of noise. That's always the kind of reaction you're looking for as a musician going out on stage anywhere.
I saw a lot of familiar faces in the audience and the hospitality was great with bottles of red wine and meat and cheese trays. Plus we shared the stage with one of my favorite American heavy metal bands Skelator and a three camera video crew to document everything so I'll always remember that night and crowd very fondly.
7. Have you ever played in St. Louis?
Not yet but I will!
Not yet but I will!
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