Finally done with all the show photos… There were too many bands to remember the names of and divide into sets when I was going through everything, so I grouped everything by date… I’m sure one day I will divide them up by band and put them in my “Bands” category on my flickr account, but till then everything is in the Fare Thee Well Winter Tour 08/09 Category…
Furthermore, I didn’t shoot photos at all the shows of the tour. Unfortunately in Dixon, IL on Jan 2 some idiots in some really shitty As I Lay Dying’esque rip off band shoved some kid half their size into the band I was currently taking photos of. He tripped over the monitor and slammed into me, sending my camera/flash in the air. The venue and promoters were really cool and took up a collection to try and reimburse me for my loss. I will always remember and appreciate that. As for the too cool know-it-all members of the shitty metalcore band and their overly tanned pretty boy friend… Let’s just hope you never play a show near me or any of my friends again… Word is out.
Overall the tour was a ton of fun. Check out Crossed Off and Widower from Wisconsin, Barricade from PA, and Made For War from Colorado… All super legit doods who we met while on tour who were also on tour. We met and stayed with a lot of great kids, and it was so sick to see other areas of the mid-west hardcore scene. From playing in a Tae Kwon Do studio to a little lodge with only a fire place for heat in a state park of some sorts, we were all over and had so much fun. Big ups to anyone who helped us out and bought merch, gave us a show, gave us food, or a place to crash, it’s people like you who keep underground music scenes alive, and people like us on the road love you.
Stay safe America, I’m sure I’ll be out again with another band in no time.
Here’s a few favorites.
Hangouts and Bangouts will be sorted and uploaded later. I promise.
