Sumo Cyco – TOUR PRANKS

In this Tour Pranks segment, the punk/metal band, Sumo Cyco, shares a prank from the road. You can read their story, after the break.

My all time favorite tour prank is definitely messing with band members when they’re sleeping. We have tons of embarrassing selfies with our sleeping band mates. Once you get the money shot, text them the photo for when they wake-up, or better yet, set it as their screen saver on their phone. We have also loved to make sharpie art on our sleeping bandmate’s faces. The best thing is trying to keep a straight face while they wake up and walk around without a clue.

One specific time I drew some whiskers on my guitar player’s face while he was asleep on the bus. He had no idea until he walked off the bus in front of the headlining act and all his bodyguards. They all burst out laughing and I knew I was the target for next sharpie assault. I couldn’t sleep until everyone else went to bed for weeks.

Another great memory I have of tour pranks was when I was opening for Britney Spears when I was 16. Britney has some crazy fans I tell you!Many times we would be given letters from fans in hopes that we would pass them to Britney herself. One time this suave muscular guy left us a rose and a letter for Britney by our bus. We couldn’t help but find his picture of him naked with a rose in his mouth so amazing that we stuck it up on the ceiling of our band member’s bunk to find when he woke up. Hello there!

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