On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders (Revisited)”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the metalcore band, Volumes, while on tour with Of Mice & Men, Woe Is Me, Texas In July, and Capture The Crown, back in 2013. Volumes is currently supporting their newest single, Sidewinder.
VIDEO INFO: Film Date - February 12, 2013 Location - Bottom Lounge in Chicago, IL
VIDEO SUMMARY: 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Driver's Area 02:19 Middle of the Van 03:29 Back of the Van/Bunks
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Hey guys, this is Rod from Volumes.
Hi, I'm Nick from Volumes.
I'm Dave, I just drive.
This is Driver Dave, and this is an episode of Digital Tour Bus.
Welcome.
We're going to give you a little look around of what Volumes tours in.
This specific vehicle has been part of the family for about a year almost.
We used to have the same vehicle, but it got disposed of.
But we've been touring in this specific type of van since we even started touring.
We had one tour bus that was awesome, but this is what we use to get out to the fans and do what we got to do.
Come on in.
So yeah, this is the passenger seat.
We got the jacuzzi right here.
Check out the jacuzzi, the little ones.
We haven't got it cleaned lately, but we're waiting on the pole guy.
This is usually where a co-pilot will sit and operate the music.
These are my special gloves for driving, by the way.
Those are your special gloves for driving.
We like to call this portion of the van the Foster Farms portion of the van.
They have my stinky show shorts on them, because if you go watch a Foster Farms commercial,
they'll be cruising around, driving the country.
They'll just have anything on the dashboard.
You hungry?
Go watch a Foster Farms commercial.
This is the AC adapter that plugs in the chargers.
We've got the stereo.
We've got the TPS.
We've got these things.
And then this is our door.
It doesn't open from out here.
It doesn't open, so you've got to open it from the inside.
And welcome to the mansion.
And then we have these two benches.
Welcome to luxury.
Yeah, rock and roll, ************!
Word, I'm a dumbass. I'm a loser.
Wait, wait.
If you're still hungry, we've got more.
Yeah, we've got these benches that don't go in.
Bumpy ride.
Lots of trash.
We also have this portable Xbox.
I got it from a friend named Neo Anderson.
And I poked it up really good, really well.
This giant steel box, and you just take that off.
That's the tissue.
You just take this thing, and you've got an Xbox and a TV.
And you've got a towel to wipe the sweat off.
All the intense gaming.
Be cool.
If you come around the back lounge...
We have this special type to open it.
Wait, wait, wait. We have special weather stripping.
It's called orange duct tape.
Works very good. It's amazing.
Yeah, it keeps the snow out of it.
We've got these bunk beds slash trash beds.
Someone will dive in here and sleep.
Nick, why don't you come next to me?
And then someone will dive up here and sleep.
And then I just read my book, you know?
Get educated real quick.
Okay, I'm good to go.
Come out a little smarter.
We've got our closet.
Keeps all the closet items.
Yeah, closet shit.
We literally travel in this thing every day.
I'm sure this is the biggest bus you've ever seen.
To get to the showroom.
Wait, this is our tow hitch.
This is what drives around our gear.
I wish we had our trailer here
so I could show you how amazing it is.
To be honest with you, we're ******* blessed.
I'm not going to lie to you.
We're blessed to have a vehicle
to tour the country in,
to play our music and reach our fans.
We're lucky that we have this.
We're lucky to have ******* anything.
Hey, guys.
We try to clean it all the time,
but it's hard to maintain seven people
in a ******* small vehicle.
We're in there all the time.
It's just hard to keep it clean.
That's the truth.
This is what we use
to do what we wanted to do in 2008.
Write music and tour
and reach people and connect.
That's what we do.
That's what we're here for.
We appreciate you guys checking in
on Digital Tour Bus.
Check in next episode
where Slayer shows you their 19 tour buses
and their hot dog stands.
Thank you so much.
We love boobies.
Boobies.