Friday, March 15, 2013

On The Road with Jesus is Angry: Part 13

One of the Full Wave Rectifier Laboratories tour machines (Bedford) along with a friend, in Berlin, Germany, a while back. Unfortunately, a couple of years later, Black Betty got stolen and badly damaged in the process. Her owner has still not managed to repair her. Yet another major setback for the music.

Touring party in Ljubljana, Slovenia, outside Menza Pri Koritu, the venue that hosted Noisefest 2010. From left to right and front to back, Tywi Hywell, Cathode Sireny (Tinnitus Jukebox), Billy Harris (Billy Crystal Meth Jr.), Beddie Bedford (FWRL Tour Machine). Jesus Himself is shooting the photo.

A few years back, somewhere in Poland, parked overnight at a truckstop to catch some sleep inside the tour machine.

Ljubljana, Slovenia, once again, this time doing some repairs and maintenance on the tour machine. Pulling off a tour requires a lot more than just playing music. As a matter of fact, music is only a very small part of it. Music is what you do before and after the tour. But during the tour, you need to really know your stuff in various fields completely unrelated to music, to survive on the road. By that point, the music should be permanently etched in your brain, so you don't need to think about it. It should just flow naturally.