Chiodos/Silverstein tour diary, part four (by Shane Told)
Wow the third blog already so that means the tour is half over! I'm
kinda bummed about that because it feels like it just started. It always
happens on these tours; the last week everyone starts hanging out all the
time and really bro-ing down and then next thing you know its time to go
home.
It's Halloween and we are in quite possibly the best city for it, New
Orleans. Apparently they have the world's scariest haunted house here, and
someone has actually died attending it. I think we gotta hit that up after
the show! If you haven't been to this city, it has a lot of personality and
definitely a bit of a spooky vibe. I can't imagine the characters that are
going to come out on Bourbon Street tonight.
We just came through Texas where the shows were amazing... Well, San
Antonio was anyways. In Dallas, about 3/4 of the way through the set the
entire PA just stopped working. We had no power whatsoever. It's funny
because this has never happened before in the 1000+ shows we've played, many
of them in the sketchiest venues ever, and this time it happened at House of
Blues! I had no idea what to do, and it was completely out so I couldn't
even talk to the crowd over the mic. So I decided to grab an acoustic, tell
everyone to be super quiet and play a couple songs while they fix the sound
problems. It was beautiful, I couldn't believe how quiet it got in that
place. You could hear a pin drop. So I sang a Saves the Day song. After
finishing it and still having no power, I had no idea what to play. So I
randomly busted out a song I haven't played in probably at least 10 years...
Basket Case by Green Day! Everyone sang along and it was awesome. The
power came back on right at the end and the energy did as well. Afterwards
I felt bad that the kids had to miss a few songs and sit through that break,
but most people seemed more excited about it! One kid put it best, when he
said: "If things like that never happened, no one would have anything to
talk about, that's what stories are made of". I found that to be very
profound.
As we've been criss-crossing the west and south and we've been seeing
friends from all over... But in Tulsa, OK the other night we got to hangout
with our best friends in the world, Bayside. We have experienced so many
ups and downs with those guys, it is so amazing to see them doing so well.
They truly are our brothers. So what did we do? Challenged them to a game
of NHL hockey for Xbox. You'd think our Canadian hockey blood would let us
beat them, but Bayside is from the north, and they handed our asses to us.
If you haven't checked out their new record "Shudder", make sure you do, its
by far my favorite Bayside record.
This wouldn't be my blog if I didn't talk about Las Vegas. Those of you
who know me, know I frequently get the gambling bug. I decided to take it
easy and not have my usual night of high stakes poker, tequila shots and
blackjack. My sister lives in Vegas so we hung out and played some slots
and drank some BL's (bud lights). And I won $500 on a slot machine! Pretty
damn awesome. Afterwards we went over to the Hard Rock for the Escape the
Fate CD release party, and those dudes were surprisingly chill. I thought
being in their hometown, new record and everything we'd see some Motley Crue
type of shit, but apparently those dudes can mellow out with the best of
them.
It's been another awesome week. Next week I'll let you know about what
kind of craziness we'll get into here in New Orleans on Halloween, Florida
(always a good time), and the start of the East Coast dates (not stoked for
the cold again!)
Oh yeah, don't forget if you are 18, get out and vote! No excuse! It's
an important one this time!
Peace and Love,
Shane
kinda bummed about that because it feels like it just started. It always
happens on these tours; the last week everyone starts hanging out all the
time and really bro-ing down and then next thing you know its time to go
home.
It's Halloween and we are in quite possibly the best city for it, New
Orleans. Apparently they have the world's scariest haunted house here, and
someone has actually died attending it. I think we gotta hit that up after
the show! If you haven't been to this city, it has a lot of personality and
definitely a bit of a spooky vibe. I can't imagine the characters that are
going to come out on Bourbon Street tonight.
We just came through Texas where the shows were amazing... Well, San
Antonio was anyways. In Dallas, about 3/4 of the way through the set the
entire PA just stopped working. We had no power whatsoever. It's funny
because this has never happened before in the 1000+ shows we've played, many
of them in the sketchiest venues ever, and this time it happened at House of
Blues! I had no idea what to do, and it was completely out so I couldn't
even talk to the crowd over the mic. So I decided to grab an acoustic, tell
everyone to be super quiet and play a couple songs while they fix the sound
problems. It was beautiful, I couldn't believe how quiet it got in that
place. You could hear a pin drop. So I sang a Saves the Day song. After
finishing it and still having no power, I had no idea what to play. So I
randomly busted out a song I haven't played in probably at least 10 years...
Basket Case by Green Day! Everyone sang along and it was awesome. The
power came back on right at the end and the energy did as well. Afterwards
I felt bad that the kids had to miss a few songs and sit through that break,
but most people seemed more excited about it! One kid put it best, when he
said: "If things like that never happened, no one would have anything to
talk about, that's what stories are made of". I found that to be very
profound.
As we've been criss-crossing the west and south and we've been seeing
friends from all over... But in Tulsa, OK the other night we got to hangout
with our best friends in the world, Bayside. We have experienced so many
ups and downs with those guys, it is so amazing to see them doing so well.
They truly are our brothers. So what did we do? Challenged them to a game
of NHL hockey for Xbox. You'd think our Canadian hockey blood would let us
beat them, but Bayside is from the north, and they handed our asses to us.
If you haven't checked out their new record "Shudder", make sure you do, its
by far my favorite Bayside record.
This wouldn't be my blog if I didn't talk about Las Vegas. Those of you
who know me, know I frequently get the gambling bug. I decided to take it
easy and not have my usual night of high stakes poker, tequila shots and
blackjack. My sister lives in Vegas so we hung out and played some slots
and drank some BL's (bud lights). And I won $500 on a slot machine! Pretty
damn awesome. Afterwards we went over to the Hard Rock for the Escape the
Fate CD release party, and those dudes were surprisingly chill. I thought
being in their hometown, new record and everything we'd see some Motley Crue
type of shit, but apparently those dudes can mellow out with the best of
them.
It's been another awesome week. Next week I'll let you know about what
kind of craziness we'll get into here in New Orleans on Halloween, Florida
(always a good time), and the start of the East Coast dates (not stoked for
the cold again!)
Oh yeah, don't forget if you are 18, get out and vote! No excuse! It's
an important one this time!
Peace and Love,
Shane
Our pals in Bayside and us enjoy a fun loving NHL 08 tournament on Xbox
Our guitar techs Kevin and Paul-Marc are serious about Texan beer
Paul-Marc celebrates that Wal-mart in Oklahoma has his favorite
t-shirts.
Craig from Chiodos showing us the secrets to his fine figure.
Billy tries to chow down on some vegan ice cream without getting it in
his mustache.
Texas edition.... So you know it's good!
Looking bummed out at the Grassy Knoll in Dallas, TX.
Dallas, TX the Grassy Knoll and street where Kennedy was shot.
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