Severed Ties tour diary pt. 2
Righto.... here is the last part of our epic adventure with Amity, A Secret Death, House vs Hurricane and Christopher James Dusting esquire.
Day 11
So we headed back to work for a few days after the Canberra show which was absolutely shithouse, especially with the stories filtering through of Joey spewing in nightclubs, Joel copying Ahren's tattoos and ASD sacrificing kangaroos in the desert on the days off. Nonetheless, it was finally time to leave again come Thursday. We set a new record time for driving to Adelaide, getting there in 14 hours with no major mishaps.... like hitting one of the hundreds of kangaroos we saw though Cotter did collect a rabbit and Lou hit a bird (which left a nice Jacob Bannon-esque wing spray on our bumper.) Once we arrived in Adelaide, we met up with JIGGZY FROM THRUSH for food then headed to a bbq at Gonz's house, were the other bands were hanging with beer, backyard cricket, sausgaes and rotting citrus fruits. Did i mention it was 14 degrees in Sydney and fucking 38 in Adelaide? Fucking hell. Anyway, we hit the show and watched the Vampirates get things off to a cracker, that band rules. We played and i didn't rate it, my ankle was trying to commit suicide. House were massive as expected, ASD got love from The Rivalry pit crew then Amity went bananas with about 82356983 stage dives. Seriously, they have more stage dives per show than Terror. We hit up Syke afterwards which was pretty shoddy then bailed to Footy's to sleep.
Day 12
Drive to Melbourne for the over age show at the Evelyn. Bazza The Robot drove the whole way (kudos) then Lou and i went to a Greek feast with Jarrod and some of our Melbourne mates, like Jarule the Nose and Cam the Fingerer (plus KYS' very own viking, Craig the Bez.) After eating enough to spew on stage we played and went ok (i didnt hurl onstage) then hit the beer garden and hung out with all the dudes. Every band got a good response tonight and Amity was pretty silly again. After that we all went to Bang and things get really hazy. There was lots of rum in my hand and i know Jacob and Dusting had a 3/4 way with the Evelyn bar staff in a spa at 7am. Was i supposed to not say that? I slept in Dez's driveway and Calligraphy Dick tried to fuck Jervis. Awkward!
Day 13
Seriously fucking hungover and shit today, everyone was vague as all hell. We played and it was ok, unfortunately missed Confession playing Frenzal covers due to the tour photo which will be the gayest photo of all time thanks to, of course, Jacob. The other bands were good but everyone was very subdued today, due to the hangovers and end of the tour (sad face.) Tom and Jake interviewed Lou and i for a BGO podcast which was pretty funny, i hope the cooking segment makes it. More hangs then it was goodbye time. Minge definitely cried like a little girl, it was pretty embarassing. Rat Boner hit the road and got back to Sydney sometime around 5am.... then got up a few hours later to go to work. Fuck.
Thanks to every person who came to a show, Cam and the people who organised it and of course the other bands who are all rulers. We will announce our next tour pretty soon and should have news about our album then as well.
Eat shit!
