November 19, 2010 at 4:14pm
BONUS INTERVIEW >>>
A few days ago we posted an interview with Olympia band Broken Water, which the Volcano's Jason Baxter did with Jon Hanna and Abby Ingram as they finished up a recent tour.
Well, we held out a little. Here's the part you haven't read yet ...
WEEKLY VOLCANO: What was the best show you've played on tour and what's been the most disappointing?
HANNA: I'm going to leave Tijuana (out of the running), because that was just a whole different experience from any show I've ever played. I think the best show for me would be the one in LA, on Halloween. They totally decorated (downtown all-ages venue The Smell) and tons of people came out - apparently we have a lot of fans down there. The worst show we played was in Chico, California. I'm going to find Abby and let her tell you about this. ...
VOLCANO: Jon was just telling me about the worst night of tour, and he said it was Chico.
INGRAM: He said Chico? Yeah, that was pretty bad. It was early on, though, so it's fine - our spirits weren't broken yet. We played at like this sports bar, and it was just a weird scene. There were four people in there, and they were watching the game. The bathrooms were labeled "hotties" and "hosers," and there was a sign that said, "No dudes on the bar," and there were Slurpee shots. But it was still fun, in a weird way.
VOLCANO: Any road horror stories yet?
INGRAM: Probably not. It hasn't been too bad. It gets tense when people are in close quarters. Nothing's broken down. ... In San Francisco, we had to carry all of our equipment up three flights, because we couldn't leave it in the van.
In LA, we played at The Smell on Halloween. It was really cool, but the sound guy was really young. I think he was really stressed out, and he was by himself. He was having trouble getting our mics to work, and the crowd was being really impatient. This guy came on the stage and started talking to Kanako, and was like, "You guys should just play, people want you to play." And I said, "Well, I don't have a microphone, how do you want me to sing?" They were being jerks to the sound guy, but it was cool. Kanako sat down and told some stories about how she had first played The Smell ten years ago.
VOLCANO: When my band was on a West Coast tour recently, I drove over a pigeon and it was horrifying. How much road kill have you seen (or caused) driving up and down the I-5 on tour?
INGRAM: I don't think that we've hit anything - I haven't hit anything, and I haven't been notified if anyone else has. I think I saw a dead dog on the side of the road, on the way down the 5.
VOLCANO: That's pretty rough. Was that in California?
INGRAM: Yeah it was in California, but I don't remember where. I just remember thinking, "Oh my god, is that a dog?" It was this black, doggish-looking thing. Maybe it was a coyote.
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