Stephen's Tour Diary
The latest from on the highways of America, courtesy of Anberlin vocalist Stephen Christian - what a dude. Even if he's an arrogant know-nothing American hockey fan!!! We kid.
From The Van:
"Chicago, what an amazing show, sold out House of Blues. Then the next night in Milwaukee was the best show on tour thus far! Right now we're riding in the van; I'm hungry and could go for anything. We would even stop at Tim Horton's for a chili/doughnut combo. On our way to Grand Rapids - the Intersection is always a good time. I know this is not a rant page, but I just want to tell everyone that it is so important to buy merch from bands. Sure, we get a couple bucks from the club, but that only pays gas to the next show. Merch on the other hands actually allows us to eat. So sneak into the show if you have no money but buy merch! Okay, so sneaking in may get you in trouble but...well okay, so get a job and pay for the show and merch. On that note, Tampa Bay beat Calgary! The Stanley Cup is ours, and we don't even have ice! Take that, Canada! See you soon!"
- Stephen
Kudos to Mr. Christian for keeping to his word. Next time Anberlin hits Ottawa, I expect all y'all locals to be there in full force to buy their merch table into the ground.
Hawk Nelson, from southern Ontario somewhere, have been picked up by Tooth and Nail Records on the strength of their eight-song album from last year(so-so at best, to be honest); their upcoming label debut is called Letters To The President, and if I said expect Simple Plan-type material, would I be far wrong? We'll soon find out.
I saw this band from Boston, The Explosion, opening up for Strike Anywhere a year and a bit ago, and they were really fun, and then the other day I'm reading this magazine at Chapters, killing time with a couple buddies, and the Explosion are on VIRGIN RECORDS? How 'bout that.
Some corrections regarding The Lost Dogs: Mike Knott is not actually a member of the band; he did a cameo with them here and there following the untimely death of founding member Gene Eugene a few years back, but the lineup as it stands nowadays is as follows: Terry Scott Taylor(Daniel Amos, Swirling Eddies), Mike Roe(77s) and Derry Daugherty(The Choir), along with guest drummer Steve Hindalong, also of the choir, and a renowned producer to boot. So there you go.
That's all the news that's fit to print as of right now. Actually, no, I have things to do, so that's all the news you're gonna get. New material going up this week - hopefully.
Posted by mike at June 8, 2004 04:34 PM