Within Destruction - TOUR TIPS (Top 5) Ep. 1063

What's up, this is Howard from Within Destruction and today I'm gonna give you my five tour tips. Number one, bring more underwear than you will ever anticipate. I don't care if you bring like one pair of pants, that's fine, like you can re-wear that every single day and you'll be fine. However, if you're re-wearing five pairs of underwear for a whole month, it's gonna get real disgusting, it's gonna affect your mood, you're gonna hate it. So yeah, every day you're on stage, you're sweating, you're loading in, you're loading out, you're sweating, you're gonna sweat those out. So just bring as many as you can, that would be my first tip. I mean the same thing goes with socks. I cannot tell you how bad our feet smell because we did not bring enough socks. Yeah, underwear and socks. Number two, and I think this is a pretty common thing for touring bands, but for non-touring bands, you'll know that getting a shower around here is pretty tough. So what I recommend and what kind of everyone is doing is Planet Fitness. If you're in the States, you could get a black membership card, I think those are like $24 per month. However, if you're not from the States like us, we kind of just roll in with the free trial. It's nice, we go in, we do a workout, and then we shower. And that's kind of like a really nice consistent thing that you can have, just being able to be clean and kind of keep hygiene in mind because you're sitting in a car for the majority of the time, you're playing hot and sweaty shows, you're just dirty. So definitely Planet Fitness showers is a must-have. Number three, always stock up on snacks. So this can be anything, this can be chips, this could be protein bars, protein drinks, anything, because you never know when you'll actually be able to sit down and have an actual meal. We love to go to Denny's, we love to go to Perkins, we love to go to IHOP, but sometimes those options just aren't options. So instead of starving there all day, make sure you always have a stock of something in the car just to keep you sane and just so that you're not, you know, passing out from, I don't know, low blood sugar or something like that. Number four, try to make friends with everyone on the package. I know this could be hard, especially if you're touring with like four or five different bands. However, I really do recommend that you try to go out of your way to, you know, get to know people a little bit more just so it feels like you're going through this as a group. You know, like touring can be hard, sometimes you do play terrible shows, sometimes things do go wrong. However, if you're friends with everyone on the package, you know, everyone's kind of got your back and you got theirs. So definitely recommend, try to get to know everyone, try to be on good terms with anyone, try not to get on anyone's bad side because trust me, touring with someone that you don't want to be touring with is the worst thing ever. It just kills the whole vibe. So try to be good. Everybody love everybody. So number five, and this might be hard for bands. However, I would really try to consolidate your gear. I know a lot of bands require cabs and amps and, you know, full size kits or anything like that. But trust me, the less that you have, the more space you'll have for everything else. Like for example, you'd be able to bring more merch or you'd be able to have, you know, more personal things. You'd be able to have more space for people. It's just better if you're able to consolidate your gear, if you can. We're not rocking with the trailer and that's only because we don't have anything for our gear. So it makes driving around way easier. You can park places easier. You can get places faster, which is nice. You spend less on gas, I think, as well. So definitely try as much as you can to consolidate what you can. I get that sometimes, yeah, you do need these things, but just be mindful that the least stuff you have, the easier it is going to be on everyone. So yeah, those are my five tour tips.