The Assembly Line – CRAZY TOUR STORIES

This crazy story from the road was written by the pop rock band, The Assembly Line. You can check out the band’s story, after the break.

Thor: There was this one time in Connecticut when we played a show that was just full of young girls, 16 and under. They were just going crazy. I was surprised their parents allowed them to go out dressed the way they were. So many boobs and butts. Woo! Daddy like. Let’s just say someone in our band that was young and full of hormones took some of them to our tour van and got the ol’ Jolly Roger – if you know what I mean. The van smelled like burnt bologna on a hot summer’s day.

Just kidding… We like to stay pretty low key leading up to a show. With tons of driving, there’s a lot of watching pavement and trying to occupy ourselves in a jam packed vehicle. We like to stay really well rested and get focused to put all our energy into the set.

We do get the occasional tale of course of when we get to hang out with folks outside of shows. It’s awesome when we get the opportunity to meet bigger artists and watch from backstage, and see how our favorite bands get ready, and pick their brains about how they do what they do. Like the time when we opened for Yellowcard at the 9:30 Club in DC, watching their intensity from backstage was inspiring. It comes from playing countless number of shows and really identifying how to get the crowd on your side right from that first note. So, I guess that isn’t a really crazy tour story. But for me, in a way it’s CRAZY that we’ve had so many chances to play with amazing artists at some incredible venues.

Josh: There were a couple times in the early stages where things like this happened. But one show in particular sticks out in my mind. It was a show in Long Island, when we first started playing together in 2010, and most of our draw was a just few dozen friends that would come out to see us at NYC venues. We knew that a majority of them wouldn’t make the trip out to Long Island, and we ended up selling only a handful of tickets.

When we got to the venue, we found out there was a minimum amount of tickets we needed to sell in order to play the show. A bogus rule, in my mind. But I’m sure there was just a miscommunication because that’s definitely something a venue would tell you upfront.

Anyway, we were 5 tickets short of the minimum and we had to shell out $60 just to play the show. We had already made the trip out there, spent money on gas, tolls, and van rental. So we bit the bullet and paid up. Needless to say, we were pretty aggravated… But we shook it off, played a great show, met some awesome people, and made the most out of the trip.

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