I am on the "Music as a Weapon Tour" Disturbed - Killswitch Engage - Lacuna Coil - Chimaira. I am guitar teching for Chimaira on this tour. I feel like I have done nothing on this tour but sit around and wait. Last night was the first show in what can only be descibed as the most BLAH town I have ever visited.. Waterloo IA. We got a total of about 45 seconds to prep for a concert in front of just over 4,000 people. Because I am a true profesional (may I remind you that I was guitar tech of the year 2006), the show went off without a hitch. I am going to make a constant effort to go with the band to meet and greets and other opportunitys to meet as many mutants as possible that attend this event. So far so good. A lot of people are wearing dragon riders (big baggy pants with chains, zippers, straps, etc). There are a fair amount of people rocking disturbed tattoos and David Dramen style lip piercings. My efforts to stay sober have already been beaten down by the overwhelming peer pressure put forward by Matt DeVries (guitar player in chimaira) and the boys in Killswitch Engage. I mean come on... these killswitch guys are hometown legends. My back up plan to learn moderation has also flown out the window. My third back up plan to only consume beer and avoid liquor has also not gone so well. Last night was full of various vodka cocktails and shots. Bus call was pretty early so not many "at the venue" shananigans were pursued. But we did however do a late night walmart stop which was quite entertaining. James Lamarca (bass player chimaira) and I both convinced the walmart manager that we had injured ourselves earlier in the evening and were in need of motorized carts. I carted around that walmart for which felt like hours and was having much fun. It definitely filled the void left by the lack of go karts on heavy metal tours. Other patrons at the walmart and the employees were not very impressed. I bought a $1 brick of reese's peanut butter cups and some batman briefs. I returned to the bus. Slipped into my nice new briefs and called it a night.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Day 1 - Music as a Weapon - Waterloo IA
I am on the "Music as a Weapon Tour" Disturbed - Killswitch Engage - Lacuna Coil - Chimaira. I am guitar teching for Chimaira on this tour. I feel like I have done nothing on this tour but sit around and wait. Last night was the first show in what can only be descibed as the most BLAH town I have ever visited.. Waterloo IA. We got a total of about 45 seconds to prep for a concert in front of just over 4,000 people. Because I am a true profesional (may I remind you that I was guitar tech of the year 2006), the show went off without a hitch. I am going to make a constant effort to go with the band to meet and greets and other opportunitys to meet as many mutants as possible that attend this event. So far so good. A lot of people are wearing dragon riders (big baggy pants with chains, zippers, straps, etc). There are a fair amount of people rocking disturbed tattoos and David Dramen style lip piercings. My efforts to stay sober have already been beaten down by the overwhelming peer pressure put forward by Matt DeVries (guitar player in chimaira) and the boys in Killswitch Engage. I mean come on... these killswitch guys are hometown legends. My back up plan to learn moderation has also flown out the window. My third back up plan to only consume beer and avoid liquor has also not gone so well. Last night was full of various vodka cocktails and shots. Bus call was pretty early so not many "at the venue" shananigans were pursued. But we did however do a late night walmart stop which was quite entertaining. James Lamarca (bass player chimaira) and I both convinced the walmart manager that we had injured ourselves earlier in the evening and were in need of motorized carts. I carted around that walmart for which felt like hours and was having much fun. It definitely filled the void left by the lack of go karts on heavy metal tours. Other patrons at the walmart and the employees were not very impressed. I bought a $1 brick of reese's peanut butter cups and some batman briefs. I returned to the bus. Slipped into my nice new briefs and called it a night.
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