Turbid North – TOUR TIPS

This set of Tour Tips comes from the Ft. Worth, TX doom band, Turbid North! They have some good advice to give to all of you future tourers. Check out the tips after the break.

1. Learn to love pizza for dinner 5 out of 7 nights a week. Stay away from “trucker coffee” or refer to tip #2. Learn to live with sleeping in the van if necessary, because just because someone offers you and your band mates a place to stay in a nice neighborhood, doesn’t mean the place isn’t covered in animal piss and feces. (Brian McCoy, vocals)
2. Get over any apprehensions you may have about public restrooms. You’re going to use the worst shitters of your life, it’s inevitable. But it’s not all bad. When you’re taking ‘the long one’ in a two-man’r without a stall door and fans and the other bands keep walking in on you, it can be a great ice-breaker to make friends. (Alex Rydlinski, guitars)
3. Stock the van with proper tunage.  A 13 hour drive of solid Manowar albums can really make it go by fast and it’s also great for collecting new badass musical ideas.  (Nick Forkel, guitars)
4. It’s all about the performance, 9 out of 10 women agree. Everything else can take a backseat, the party is much better after you’ve killed on stage. Also, always and I repeat always wrap it up young gun. (Jono Garrett, drums)
5. Grow out your hair to your shoulders. Not only is it the most virile haircut a person can don without using feathers, it also allows for excellent on stage air flow during times of need – useful when trying dealing with the consistent beer/pizza diet of most touring musicians impolitely negotiating its way through hardened digestive systems in the form of flatulence. (Chris O’Toole, bass)

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