It's been a little while since i've updated this, but we've been home now for almost two weeks. Currently we are getting ready to head over to Europe, more news on that in a couple of days.
This past tour was great, every show we played was a blast and had great turnouts which surprised us all a little. We have done a lot of damage since i last updated this so ill try and dig deep and try and remember all the nonsense that ensued.
Right after we left texas we headed are way up to Johnson City, TN. That show was really fun for us, we played there last time with Down to Nothing, Swamp Thing, and more. We had to quickly get out of their and drive 10 or 11 hours to play in Brooklyn for the Black N Blue Bowl. It felt great to be able to play that fest. Every year that happens and there are always bands we get excited about seeing and it was great to be one of the bands on that flyer. Some of the highlight were Crown of Thornz, Indecision, Earth Crisis and many more.
After the superbowl we worked our way down to east coast all the way to Florida. On the way we caught on a few shows with Naysayer, Bracewar, and Bad Seed. Those shows were really great. We played a basement show with those bands outside of Baltimore, and i have to say that that was the smallest basement ever and that place got torn apart. The day before we had a day off in baltimore but somehow one of our friends hooked us up to get us on a show with Stigma and wisdom in chains at a bar, us being huge AF fans we glady took him up on the offer. That show was a blast, it was a little weird because it was the normal bar crowd but it was cool to get on a show with stigma.
After those shows we worked our way down the coast and finally ended up in florida. Whenever we are down there we are always lucky to stay with our good friend Sam (BBB Records). We had a blast the last time we stayed at his house with foundation on the last summer tour and this time was just as great. We ate at the infamous "Sonnys BBQ" and everyone was in shock that i finished my meal (that never happens by the way).
The shows down there were fun and it was good to see some of our good friends down there. On our way back we stopped in Daytona beach and got all suited up for a day at the beach. Shaw thought the dolphin were sharks and a creepy creature crawled around his leg so he was out in no time.
We worked our way back up the east coast to finish off the last few days of the tour. The one that was really awsome for us was Atlanta. We were able to spend some time hanging with our boys in Foundation. We had an awsome BBQ at Hanks house, and jumped off his dock. It took me a good hour to do it because i am deathly afraid of heights (mind you the dock was like 20ft tall, not your normal dock) but eventually i maned up and did it with wildcat and it was a blast. The show was later on that day at this venue the Warehouse. It was are first time playing there and it was a good first impression. Kids went nuts and foundation killed it. Their new shit sounds like Buried Alive...so siked!
We left atlanta the next day after getting our back window smashed in, kind of a bum out but it didn't matter, we had a good time hanging with those dudes. We left for columbus and the show fell through but luckily we were able to hop on a show with our good friends in Cruel Hand. the show was the craziest venue and the fact that I'm a huge wrestling fan made it even crazier because we played in a wrestling wring. Im bummed i didn't take photographic evidence. We were hoping the ropes would be up but they weren't, still the weirdest stage we've ever played on. It seems like whenever we meet up with Cruel Hand its always the weirdest of shows.
This tour was a lot of fun for us, we had little van trouble and met a lot of great people, can't wait to get back on the road in the U.S. again. We will be leaving to head out for europe in a couple days. Check back for a post with more info on that, just waiting on the tour poster so i will be posting that up here as well. We will be touring over there with this band called The Setup, if you have yet to check them out please do they are an awsome band.
-FF Decontrol
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