In this episode we talk about how we wrote the album and dive deeper into the recording process of what we deemed the most stressful recording session we've ever had.
In this episode, an ambulance has to be called to one of our hometown gigs and we embark on what is still to date our most stressful and intense recording session ever.
In this episode, Allura plays 3 more shows in Redondo Beach and Long Beach. We do our first photoshoot with our new lineup and we find out about Warped Tour 2008
Last episode, Sean quits AllurA. In this episode, someone else quits! We deal with the fallout from that, regroup and play our first show with a new line up.
This episode we get used to life at home, post-Warped Tour, we play a ton of shows around Los Angeles and, at the end, someone tells AJ they're quitting the band...
These are all the stories that we could not place in chronological order. Unfortunately for Mitch, almost all the stories ended up being about him and AJ barely makes it through because he's crying laughing the whole time...
Enjoy!
In this episode, it's all about the Los Angeles Warped Tour date and the final date of Warped Tour 2007. One of our favorite bands does a surprise set and AJ gets to play with Pennywise
As the tour returns to California, we have to figure out what we're doing with our U-Haul situation and we get to play "secret" off day show opening up for Pepper in Chico, CA
This week we're finishing up last episode's cliffhanger.
Our tour van breaks down and we get stranded in Pendleton, OR. We miss one show and have to figure out how to finish our tour in a different vehicle. We link back up with Warped Tour at the Oregon date and we get talked into helping another merch guy in a way that none of us are very proud of...
In this episode, we get a break from Warped Tour. Mitch flies home for his brother's wedding and the rest of the band goes to Niagara Falls.
We go through our memories of the Bonner Springs, KS and Nampa, ID dates and then something happens that threatens the remainder of the tour...
In this episode, Mitch gets too excited to drive through New York City, Josh works up the courage to talk to Killswitch Engage, there's more partying with Pepper and they ask us to play a show with them on an off day.
This episode starts off in Milwaukee, buzzes through a couple of less than memorable stops and finishes up with our very own Sean Grant proving to be an absolute shark in a tour-wide poker tournament
In this episode we have our best merch day of the tour in Detroit, MI and we finally get a day off in Minneapolis, MN and we spend it at the Mall of America
In this week's episode, we play our biggest crowd of the entire tour in Charlotte, NC. Mitch has a run-in with the law and someone tries to get AJ in trouble.
This week is all about Florida.
In this episode, we're not allowed to use swear words in Orlando, there are A LOT of heated "arguments" including one between Chris and our roadie Sam and we have another brush with death, this time in the form of a tornado
In this episode, the Houston date gets rained out and moved indoors to an arena the next day and in Atlanta Josh almost kills us.
In this episode, we play our first show in Arizona... where it's fuckin' hot. We play our first show in New Mexico where Mitch and Chris get to sing "Bro Hymn" on stage with Pennywise. And we play our first show in Texas where we all get tattooed.
In this episode, we drive east for the Salt Lake City and Denver dates on Warped Tour 2007 and along the way, we almost die in Las Vegas
Listen to our memories of our third day on Warped Tour 2007 in Mountain View, CA.
We have our best set yet,
Chris yells at A.J. at the merch booth, and when the band goes home for the 4th of July, A.J. almost gets in a fight with 4 dudes.
Listen to our memories of our second day on Warped Tour 2007 including AJ’s first time on a tour bus, and our very first time at a Warped Tour BBQ.