Back in the fall of 2006, I got to roll with Bane along the west coast dates of their Dead Note tour. This was a full US tour to promote two new album releases. Strike Anywhere’s Dead FM LP and Bane’s The Note LP. Both pretty excellent albums. This tour also featured A Global Threat and This Is Hell. Quite the mix which always lead to interesting turn outs.

I met up with Bane in San Diego and rolled all the way up to Seattle. The Epicentre San Diego, the Knitting Room in LA, The Glasshouse in Pomona, The Attic in Santa Cruz, The Pound SF in San Francisco and finally El Corazon in Seattle.

The best show was probably at the Glasshouse. Kids were packed in tight, lots of great stage diving potential. Travis and I were having a friendly stage diving contest, which Travis won hands down. Just an excellent vibe and an excellent gig. The Santa Cruz gig involved Good Clean Fun and is a story unto itself.

Here’s the shirt that Bane was selling on the tour. Some kids LOVED it, other kids just scratched their heads. I sold lots of merch on this tour and afterwards, it seemed the only shirts unsold were all XLs. I guess no one wanted a GIANT yellow tee. Weird.

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