July 30th, 2010 by cgerber
Last night was interesting to say the least. We had access to the venue here in Montana so we get setup late and did sound checks into the night. Close to us almost being done, my amp blew a fuse. No big deal right? Wrong. We went to Wal Mart (cause that’s where you go in these parts) and bought some fuses, took them back to the venue and blew some more. I called my amp people and they said it sounds like a blown tube. I’m not 100% I can find replacement tubes here in Billings, but I’m about to find out. Otherwise, it’s going to be a headache. My amp has never failed me, and technically it didn’t, the tubes did, but still it makes me uneasy.
Other than the whole amp issue which I hope to solve before the show, everything else looks ready to go. It’s going to be a really good show tonight. A lot of people seem to be excited about it, and of course we will deliver something. Maybe an amp on fire and sprinklers going off, but something.
I’m a bit tired, we finished up at like 4AM something this morning. I’m hoping 2012 isn’t still sleeping cause I need to get crackin on this.
Chad Gerber
July 29th, 2010 by cgerber
Played Mario world Wii last night with Xia Ma. We sucked it up. I’m glad we stopped. I needed to clear my head on all this Arizona final concert CRAP. Nobodies heard anything on if there’s a show now, and booking people are trying to figure out what to do. I don’t want to talk about it lol.
Lucky for us we get to head to the venue tonight to get setup, do sound checks, and whatever else we want. Rarely do venues allow this, so we’re happy. I’m not sure when this all goes down, but probably late.
I’m going to go to a pawnshop today I think. I have an amp I don’t want anymore, so I’m going to try and get rid of it. I’m sure they’ll give me like $30 for it, but whatever lol.
Rapid City is Sunday in case you didn’t get that memo. Then Santa Fe on Tuesday. Oh yeah… we’re playing Santa Fe New Mexico Tuesday, so you better be there! I don’t know if I’ve ever been to Santa Fe or not… I’m assuming I have since I toured across NM before.. but I don’t know.
I’m going to work out and get to the pawn shops. See you tomorrow night Billings!
Chad
July 27th, 2010 by cgerber
I don’t feel like writing anything today. I have a lot on my mind and it’s taking up blog time in there. I think I’m just stressed out about Haiti details and album details. Both of which are approaching really fast.
Having a few days off has been great. Relaxing. The Montana show approaches quickly, and the Rapid City show still seems a little iffy since they’re switching stuff around. Of course we’ll still do our thing, I just hope it all goes well. I know the Montana show will. That one is going to be crazy I think.
Sorry this is so short. Take the extra time to go make yourself a sand which and ponder life.
Chad Gerber
July 26th, 2010 by cgerber
Today so far has been a day of “tour issues”. I’ve gotten wind of a venue change and date for Rapid City. I guess we’re now playing Romans Lounge (100 St. Joseph St. Rapid City, SD 57701) on August 1st. I don’t know what time or if this is all ages, but if you live in the area, just come out it will all be fine :) I hope. THEN, it was brought to my attention that our show in Tucson Arizona has ZERO online promotion from the city/venue. If they don’t want to promote a show at their venue, that’s fine, but I personally don’t even know if we’re REALLY playing there since we’re not even listed on the calendar. I mean, booking showed us the conformation email, but I haven’t seen anything since then. Not really stuff I want to know about while out in the middle of nowhere lol. We’re also trying to line up a show in NM if possible, but it’s pretty last minute. Oh the road.
Went to a movie last night. Saw Inception. My brain feels heavy now. Incredible movie.
Today me and Ben (touring keyboard player) are going to pawnshops. Yep. Really.
Chad Gerber
July 25th, 2010 by cgerber
I feel weird. Got to bed this morning at 6AM after playing Casper Wyoming. Though a small town, they have a lot of heart.
Once back on the road it wasn’t pretty. I’m still saddened by what happened. I ran over a raccoon. I came over this hill in the middle of the night and there was a family of raccoons feasting on the dead rotting carcass of another dead animal. I did my best to avoid all of them without flipping the vehicle, but one ran into my lane and I nailed it. 2012 and our keyboard playing tried to convince me I hit the father, the baby and Mom lived, and he was abusive and mean anyway… but it didn’t help. It was awful…. probably taking it so hard because my childhood stuffed animal was a raccoon I named Roberto. So sad.
Well the tour has been going great thus far! Best part is all the cool people we meet along the way. Most annoying part is all the friends who keep calling because they see we’re on tour lol. Not sure why friends see the need to “catch up” whenever I’m on the road or in the studio. It’s nice though. I have some pretty amazing friends.
My mouth tastes nasty. Last thing I had to drink was a rock star, so I need to find some water. Next few days we have off…ish, so that will be fun or something.
Chad Gerber
July 24th, 2010 by cgerber
Last night was awesome. We played Boulder Colorado in the theater at the college to an insane crowd that knew how to rock. A little moshing, jumping, cell phone lights, screaming, insulting, and pure rocking… it was a great show. Probably one of the cooler venues too since it was an old wester styled type theater. It felt like rock n roll in the 1800s or something lol. And of course Colorado being beautiful Colorado, I saw 2 raccoons outside roaming around after the show. I tried to take a picture of them, but the light wouldn’t let me. I kind of want a pet raccoon now. They walk really weird.
We were all up late last night doing computer work, watching movies, and eating. Didn’t get to bed till really late, but now I’m up for some reason. Kind of annoying.
We head to Casper Wyoming today. I don’t know much about this show so my expectations aren’t all that high. I’m sure it’s going to rock and all that, but we’ve never played Casper before, so who knows.
People are filling up the RSVP list for the Billings Montana show. They’re finding the email and info on the facebook and myspace pages. I think that’s going to be a crazy show too.
I need to figure out if I’m getting up or going to go back to sleep. This is annoying. I don’t even have cartoons to watch. Back to sleep then.
Chad Gerber
July 23rd, 2010 by cgerber
Made it into Denver last night after a very long drive from Utah. Hung out, Ben took his keyboards and computers out and fixed some software stuff or something. It was pretty chill. Nice to relax and get a shower in too lol.
In a few minutes we’re going to do a web video interview for a Faceless International documentary. Or at least that’s what I think it is haha. Really hoping internet connections and background noise is at a minimum while we do this. If not oh well. We’ve got to be at the theater at 3:30, then it’s another night of TSD craziness. Can’t wait!
Tomorrow we’re in Casper Wyoming, so if you’re there, can’t wait to meet up with you. I think we might get into town early and do some stuff. Not really sure what “stuff”, but I’m sure we’ll figure something out.
Man that shower had some serious water pressure. Almost took my face off.
I don’t know what the weather is like here in Denver yet cause I just woke up and haven’t looked outside. I’m hoping for dark and stormy.
Alright, I need to get some other stuff done before this interview. Don’t forget you can hit us up on our facebook page, twitter, and myspace! Or anywhere really… I think it all funnels back to us.
Later
Chad Gerber
July 22nd, 2010 by cgerber
I just woke up and my mouth feels like cotton. Not sure why.
Last night was a lot of fun. We played Logan Utah and met some really cool people. We even chilled with a band called Tracing Yesterday who went around town hanging up Faceless International posters with us. Logan is a cool little town. I’m hoping we can come back and play again sometime.
2012 is still in bed. We’ll head out here in a little bit for Denver. I need to decide if we want to take the scenic long route, or the boring short route. Decision decisions.
After the show last night we roamed around town with Jessica from Divulge Records trying to find something that was open so we could eat lol. We ended up at some burrito place. I ordered a breakfast burrito but I’m pretty sure it was purely potatoes in a tortilla. It was a little weird. I think the burrito gave me really weird dreams last night. I dreamt that military took over LA and wouldn’t let me home lol. Then they started quoting me my xbox live purchases or something… it was really odd.
I’m a bit tired of the heat. Right before we left LA it had been hot for a few days straight after being a nice 75-80 all summer. Now as we travel, it just keeps getting hotter it seems. We need to tour Canada.
I should get up and get my things packed so we can head out. If you came to the show last night we had fun!
Chad Gerber
July 21st, 2010 by cgerber
I made the brilliant mistake of going for a sprinting workout yesterday while here in Utah. It was 100 Degrees but I didn’t seem to realize that. So I jog to a local track and start sprinting. I almost vomited and for the rest of the day I was incredibly dizzy lol. I guess it’s bad to go sprinting in high heat.
Everyone is starting to wake up. I need to get ready for Logan tonight. We head out in a little bit cause we need to pic up some gear before we head up. I think we’re meeting up with some other bands we’re playing with to hang up posters on slavery around town. I’ve never been to Logan so for all I know hanging up posters might take 3 minutes lol.
I’m so tired right now.
Went to a BBQ yesterday. That was fun. Although I sat next to this really old fountain/pond that that smelled like butt. All the little dogs at the BBQ were drinking out of it then breathing on people. It was kind of funny. Overall it was pretty chill day…. kind of had to be since if I moved anywhere to quick I almost fell over lol.
I need to get moving. See you in Logan!
Chad Gerber
