CELTIC-FOLK-PUNK, one of the best websites in the world dedicated to said genres, just named our EP Poor Troubled Life #5 in the Best EPs of 2012 list! Thanks for including us among many other awesome bands! If you like “Poor Troubled Life”, just wait, “No Man’s War” is gonna knock your socks off! Also,…
Welcome to day 14 of the Midwest Missile tour! I woke up early today to catch the train from Palatine to Chicago. I had a great breakfast including waffles, strawberries, and coffee at Kathleen’s with her family and Laurie before taking off. Kathleen drove me to the station where I bought my ticket from a…
Today we’re heading to Indianapolis, Indiana after a couple days in St. Louis, MO. It was a nice break to have a couple days to check out St. Louis. We woke up bright and early at 7:30 a.m. to hit the road. We still see a lot of corn, but there is more civilization like…
I have to say that I did not know what to expect when I left on Thursday morning … Actually, I knew it would be a trip filled with absolute nonsense reflective of the times in my life where I was allowed to say the most ridiculous things merely because I was an adolescent nerd…
And the adventure continues! Driving into Kansas City, MO was mind blowing. The Missouri River made me think of the old days when the ferry boats were traveling up and down pumping steam and cowboys were playing poker (Maverick the movie with Mel Gibson). A gas station we stopped by had a huge chalkboard for…
Ok, now I have to say the feat we pulled off on Day Four was challenging. We had two shows in Lincoln, first one starting at 5 pm and we were eight hours away….go! We stayed the night in Boulder with Cami’s family who was very gracious for letting us crash there! That night my…
This tour has been quite an adventure! After an amazing show at the Piper Down Pub in Salt Lake City, Utah, we headed out to Denver, Colorado. We have made it to Day three of our Midwest Missile Tour and I haven’t killed all the guys yet J The past few days have been long…
After a good opening night in Vegas we all felt this was the true start. We had yet to play a show east of Nevada or Arizona and that all changed Friday night. Vincent took the wheel for a second day in a row and drove the almost 8 hours to Salt Lake City again. …
Here we are, our Midwest Missile Tour has begun! It has already been quite an adventure so far. Bryan and Vince woke up bright and early yesterday morning to pick up the tour van and trailer from Long Beach, CA and headed back to San Diego with tons of traffic no less. It took us…
The day has finally arrived!!! After months of planning we are all set to embark on our first ever NATIONAL TOUR, the 2012 Midwest Missile Tour, tomorrow (Thursday, August 2)! Keep in touch right here on Mayor Tom’s Speech as we blog from the road and share our adventures with you all. Also follow us…