When Bane recorded Give Blood, we packed a bunch of dudes into a 15 passenger van and drove down to DC. At the time, I was just barely 25 so it was touch and go on whether I could rent it or not. We finally secured the vehicle, rounded everyone in Worcester up, and made the drive.
Lets see if I can remember everyone who made the trip (if I forgot anyone, let me know).
AJ
Cushman
Spaulding
Jeremy
Lou
Beshaw
Hudson
Tre
Big Bob
Myself
People I forgot. Whoops.
Jim C
Seth
E. Mitch
Great ride. I drove the whole way as the rental place wouldn’t have it any other way. Down and back. We broke out late at night and didn’t arrive in DC until the very morning. It was still too early for backup vocals so we hit the local indoor pool.
Not everyone brought shorts. In fact, Lou only had white boxes. Now if you don’t know Lou (from Barrit and The Swarm and …), he’s really, really, really brown. Wet white boxers + brown dude = many unhappy parents. He was asked politely by the pool staff to leave.
Not everyone was down for swimming and in van football. We called them “No Fun.” Cough … Tre … Cough. Lots of shenanigans went down in that van. Lots.
So we rolled back to the studio and were getting ready for backups. Of course, lots of horse play going on in the booth. LOTS.
At one point, Brian Mcternan (I bet you were wondering how’d I work Battery into this, weren’t you?) had to scold us a few times. He even singled Lou out for being too rambunctious.
“Cut it out, dude.”
“Whatever, Brian McDickhead.”
“You know I can hear you, right?”
LOL. These are the times we’ll remember!
** txjames817 much like Texas Mike. Probably a lot different though.
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