'Demon' DieTrich Thrall circa. October 2007
The Worst, The Best (And [thr]All the Rest)
The Best, the worst, and the general fucking awards for the Fall 2007 'Deja Vu' MARAZENE / Mushroomhead / Psyclon 9 tour.
Well it's official. The tour is over and I just wanted to thank everyone for the support that was shown by old and new friends along the way. Soo much fun and what better way to recap than an official 'Best of tour' Amazingness.
Hold onto your hats ;))
Best of MARAZENE/Shroom Fall Tour
Best Show:
Tie:
1) Orono, ME
1) Fort Worth, TX
You might get a different answer from someone else but those two are my favorite for completely different reasons. So many good ones this time around. No particular order:
Madison, WI
Jacksonville, NC (again)
Allentown, PA (again)
Chicago (Mokena, IL) of course.
Peabody's with DOPE.
Best Post Show:
For different reasons and in no particular order...
St. Petersburg, FL
Fort Worth, TX
Allentown, PA
;))
Poopy Show:
The Pit in Jacksonville, FL. Very odd to have gone from the top to the bottom in 24 hours. Jax, NC to Jax, FL = A world apart.
MOST Shows played on tour by ANY band on Deja Vu Fall tour package:
MARAZENE. 34 shows in 37 days.
MOST Shows played on tour in a row by ANY band on Deja Vu Fall tour package:
MARAZENE. 20 shows in a row. From Nashville, TN on October 16th to Cleveland, OH on November 4th we fucking threw down EVERY fucking night. Fuck yeah ;)) K Sleeeeepy now Zzzzzzz...
Coolest Pre-Show Moment:
The SkumF***er freaks in Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck chanting 'MAR-A-ZENE' before we went on stage. They fuck near gave Chicago a run for their money ;))
Coolest Moment during ANY given Show:
SkumF***erz in the pits chanting along during SkumF***erz and moshing during SeeThe and MachiNAtion...
Best Mosh Pit:
Nov. 4th @ Peabody's. Crazy/Cool
Thing I personally said the Most:
Either 'What in the FUCK are you Doing?' (usually to a member of I Decay or Dragonfire) or 'What the fuck is going on?' (usually to whoever just happened to be standing there when I walked in a room... AND in my best Whey-lin influenced accent =O
Best Beer:
Orono, ME --- Black & Blue (Guinness mixed with Blueberry Ale) Uhm... like Holy Shit that's a good fucking beer =p
Runner up: Pumpkin Ale at The Social in Orlando, FL. Fucking right ;))
Most resilient and Best Beer finder:
Dawn! Psyclon 9 merch girl and fellow lover of the Guinness. That's hot <3
MOST Beers drunk by ANY member of ANY band or crew member on entire tour package:
'Demon' DieTrich Thrall. About 350. Give or take a few ;)) Actually... you could probably give a few... =O
Most Assists:
Jack (AKA Pig Benis) for coming through and letting me use his bass cab for the tour after we found out Kris was sick.
Best Embellisher:
Jimmy running sound for us for the last week. Such a retarded difference. Kudos.
Biggest Thanks for coming through:
Dan 'Little Dan' Fox for obvious reasons. Just kept getting better from show to show.
Biggest Fucking Tour Saver:
Pat (Shroom monitor pro). Fort Worth, TX Uhm ya thx or we'd be some f***ered SkumF***z =O
Runner Up: Jen in Indy for making sure the Thrall smelled Downy fresh and not Poopy Mess after My Worst Crap Moment...
Worst Crap Moment:
Smashing a beer bottle in my suitcase by accident in Baton Rouge, LA. My clothes were already pretty ripe from not laundering for a few days and the glass shards just made everything that much more cuddly for our fourteen hour drive to Indianapolis. So a Big Negative Yaaaaaaay to the Physics involved in that little Anti-Thrall MachiNation =((
Most Disappointing Moment:
Realizing we were going to miss the sold out Columbus, OH Al Rosa Vila show =(((
Most Anticipated yet Disappointing City to perform in (for myself):
2nd tour in a row = New York City. I get so excited to visit the Big Apple and the turnouts have been a bit flat.
Most Unique Moment on the Tour:
Fort Worth, TX: I am in the Rockyards backstage bathroom minding my own business taking a piss. Psyclon 9 has taken the stage and started their set and I am picturing Nero and co. on stage. All of a sudden the door is like kicked open and Philip armed with bass guitar and P9 set in progress rushes over to the sink by me. He begins the dry hurls and I wisely and smoothly grab my beer which is sitting on the sink and move it over to the toilet so it is safely out of the way of any kind of infiltration by foreign stomach bile danger. Philip purges a few times and is mindful to aim using the skills of a seasoned touring veteran and even issues an apology to me saying he's sorry for disrupting my pee. I calmly reply that he has no reason to apologize and that he is welcome to barf next to me at anytime and at anyplace and that I have his back cuz that's what touring bassists do for each other ;)) Philip and I exchange hugs and he runs back out to finish the P9 set renewed and reinvigorated... =))
Most Drunken Moment (Me):
Seminole, FL After the show we drove to grab a hotel room and Nikk is like 'Yo D go work your magic'. So I hop out drunk as a fucking skunk and walk around the corner, take a piss and walk back to the van. Nikk's like 'Did you get a room?' and I was like 'O yeah' so I turn around and walk a few steps and kinda walk around for a bit and then I was like 'Waitaminute where am I...' and I go back to the van and Nikk's like 'Did you get the room' And I was like 'O yeah.......' =O
Most Drunken Moment (Nikk):
The Skummy Bear raised all kinds of hell in Fort Worth, TX and I'm only so happy I wasn't around for the madness (lmao) I knew what to expect the next day though. I was at a hotel room with friends and suggested they come back for a quick bite and a shower. I gave everyone the heads up ON Nikk that he was probably no longer the lovable cuddly Nikk that they may have previously encountered but more like a Black Bear out out in the forest swatting at berries in a tree, operating on pure instinct. Sure enough and right on cue, Nikk walks (I think the word is 'saunter' lol) into the hotel room not saying a word to anyone and heads to the bathroom. Not a glance exchanged to anyone. He disappears for about 10 minutes then walks (saunters) out of the room again not saying a word (LOL) You would've had to've been there.... ;))
Best Suprise:
Meeting a certain someone in Cleveland on Nov. 4th. like woah ;))
Most relentless Ball Buster:
That one girl in Waterloo, IA Like how dare you (lol) =P
Worst (non)Suprise:
Three classless motherfuckers from my hometown of Minneapolis. Who woulda thought??
Club with the Most Penis's Drawn on their Dressing Room walls:
Webster Theater in Hartford, CT... uhm like wtf?? A Shrine To Dick... I kid you not... Special thanks to one Rick Thomas (AKA sTiTch) for putting his favorite merry band of SkumF***erz in the Green Penis Room =O
Best overall club owner and believer in the SkumF***er Nation:
Chris 'SkumF***er' Zitterbart --- Peabody's
Best dressing room:
Mokena, IL @ Pearl Room and Streeter's in Traverse City, MI Frank knows hospitality and damn knows how to paint a Green Room... well... GREEN...
Runner Up: Streeter's in Traverse City, MI was a pleasant and comfortable suprise ;))
Worst Dressing room:
Aww Jacksonville, NC I think. The monsoon that hit earlier in the day probably didn't help. But a KILLER show nonethefuckingless.
Most sleepy moment:
Huntington, WV after like driving for 20 some hours back and forth in Indiana with this vehicle and then that vehicle... *bleh*
Most beautiful scenery:
Coastal Maine <333
Most scariest scenery:
The four nuclear reactors we drove by in like an hour on our way to Huntington, WV
Most Desired Scariest Scenery:
A Mooooooose in Maine like charging our tour vehicle!!! Fuck yeah bring it Mooooose RAAWWRR!!!
Official Tour Asshole:
Assholes come in all shapes and sizes. Assholes emerge from all points and destinations and there never seems to be an end to the lengths of general assholiness one can attain with seemingly minimal effort. You know an asshole when you see them. It's almost like you can sniff them out. Just follow your nose as they say. And nothing could've said asshole any more clearly than when 'Brix', our merch and lone crew member for our tour thought it was a good idea to just up and walk off without saying a word before my hometown of Minneapolis show. But not to under asshole-sell himself. This asshole gained even more shit crumbs on his putrid little pucker by thinking it was a good idea to show up in Madison and pretend (as most assholes always do) that they had done nothing wrong. In a long line of assholes I could name and line up around the corner, Brix, please enjoy your moment in the sun. This Asshole Award is especially for you.
And so there you have it (lol)...
On the road this weekend in Sandusky, Detroit, Milwaukee, and a little hometown fun in Chicago before a week long nap ;)))))
XoXoX
~D
