On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders (Revisited)”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the indie pop band, Echosmith, while on Warped Tour 2013 with Architects, Billy Talent, The Black Dahlia Murder, Silverstein, We Came As Romans, and many more. Echosmith is currently supporting their newest self-titled album.
VIDEO INFO: Film Date - July 3, 2013 Location - Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville, IN
VIDEO SUMMARY: 00:00 Introduction 00:28 Driver's Area 01:13 Lounge & Kitchen 05:49 Bedroom 08:14 Bathroom
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Hello!
Hey!
Come on in!
Hi, I'm Sydney.
I'm Jamie.
I'm Noah.
I'm Bram.
And we're EchoSmith and we are in Vans Warped Tour and this is our home for the next two
or three months.
Alright, so this is the front area.
This is obviously where the driver goes, which is actually our dad and uncle who share the
driving responsibility.
This is the best chair actually in the entire place.
Even out of the couches and the beds, this is the best place to go.
Yeah, it's nice.
We have a TV here too.
We have an Xbox somewhere that we have to keep on its side because otherwise it scratches
all the discs and we can't play forever again.
Especially since we move so much.
So I have a bunch of DVDs that usually fall on the driver while we're driving.
Lion King, Take 2, REM, Live.
We got a lot of these recently.
Hitch.
I don't think I've even seen that one.
Zealander is in there somewhere.
Good stuff.
So yeah, this is the front area and there's really nice air conditioning up here too so
a lot of the times when it's so hot we'll all crowd up here and try to cool off, but
whatever.
We got also, these are our Taco Bell gift cards.
Taco Bell gave us a whole bunch of gift cards to feed us.
Yeah, feed and eat is awesome.
Thank you Taco Bell.
That's what we've been eating all the time when we're on off days.
Good old Mexican pizza.
This is where we throw stuff away, like trash and other goods.
Oh and there's the Xbox.
The Xbox is over here.
Got some good video games in there.
These are our little party lights.
We had an interview in here for a few, I don't know, like two days ago.
So this, it's cool, when people walk in they're like, dang, this is so huge.
I think it's because they assume there's bunks back there, but there are no bunks.
These couches all turn into beds.
But when we're driving also, this little rug, it's as wide as this, which is crazy.
Little squeeze isn't it?
Yeah, this is the only bed that actually pulls out while we're driving.
That one doesn't do it.
So driving is, you have to cuddle real close when it's snowy drives through the night.
But they're really nice and they're actually comfortable.
And this turns into a bed also.
This little eating area slash hold everything that we don't know how to put.
Got our medicines.
Pepsides too.
Getting these away at work for free.
So every morning we spend the morning labeling them and letting people know our set times.
And passing them out to the line and stuff.
And this is the kitchen area, which is actually kind of cool.
There's a stove under here, under this little thing.
Too scared to use it though.
Yeah, it's a little scary.
Especially driving.
I don't think you're supposed to do that.
We have a junk drawer.
Even though we've only been in here for like two weeks so far.
Yeah, sunglasses.
We just put whatever we need.
Gum, that's essential.
And chapstick.
Working phones.
We have a cool hat.
This is a party hat.
They have the barbecue every night before our tour.
Someone gave it to Graham or something.
Put it on Graham's head.
Yep.
I don't know.
I don't know who.
Very interesting.
And we have lots of tour water.
The Monster.
This is weird to get used to.
But it's actually the best water I've ever had.
I like it.
Yeah.
Once you get used to it, you'll love it.
I'll miss it.
I'll miss it a lot.
But, so we have plenty of that.
There's a microwave.
Also we use it as storage when we're driving.
We put pillows in there that we can't fit on the ride.
Got some spices over here.
Two things.
Salt.
Everything spicy.
Everything you can need.
We have cereal.
Food is good.
Rice in a package.
Which we haven't actually used yet.
Because it kind of freaks me out.
But it's there.
It's supposed to work good.
I don't know.
Plenty of these water bottles that you just fill up at the little free station.
Which is pretty cool.
Coke Zero.
We have our shower number one.
We went to Buffalo Wild Wings last night and got a bunch of wipes for when we can't take showers.
Gotta stay clean.
So we have a Keurig coffee maker.
And then we have a Fruit Ninja.
Or not a Fruit Ninja.
It's called a Fruit Ninja.
Some sort of ninja that makes the best smoothies ever.
And they have little self-serving cups too.
Which is really easy for Warped Tour.
We just make it really fast in the morning.
Then take it around.
And it's perfect.
We have tons of frozen fruit too.
It's super, super loud too.
Yeah, it's insane.
It's not like a ninja.
It's really nice, but it's just really loud.
This is the whole front area.
And this is our fridge.
Okay, well before we go in there.
We had, I don't know what happened.
But the fridge broke.
So everything, almost everything in there went bad.
Like someone was pouring milk into their cereal and it was all lumpy.
It was all chunky, yeah.
I guess that's not supposed to happen.
So there's not much in here.
Besides some dressing.
Some hot wings.
So they have a couple of these.
These are kind of crazy.
These like coffee monsters.
And lots of PC.
They're kind of weird to get used to.
Lots of that.
Little baby ones.
Also tortillas.
And I don't know.
We had all the cheeses.
We had cheese and milk, but it's all gone now.
Really good cheese.
No cheese and milk for us.
We have.
These I got at Walmart.
I'm really stoked.
I want to get ice cream sandwiches.
But they're sugar free.
And they taste like nothing.
97% fat free also.
Yeah, so I didn't read the label.
I just thought it was $3.
So never do that.
Frozen chicken.
We have.
Oh, this is supposed to be a smoothie.
Well, this was my smoothie.
That I was supposed to make.
But I don't know what happened.
I don't know.
We'll show it later, yeah.
And frozen stuff.
Yeah, so this is the fridge.
And we'll come on back.
We have a shoe hang right here.
That when sometimes.
Because the RV is really bumpy sometimes.
Like we'll go over a tiny bump.
And it'll feel like the world is ending.
And this falls down.
All of it.
And so we have to put it all back up.
And you can keep coming in.
Shower.
Which is nice.
And we're hanging clothes on it.
Because we have to hand wash half the stuff.
Because you don't go to laundromats every day.
Yeah, we have.
It's also storage too.
So there's like a.
Oh, it's not now.
But there was a drum and stuff in there.
Which is nice.
And there's a bathroom in here.
I don't know.
Okay, and here's the master bedroom.
Very nice.
A real bed.
That we can definitely sleep in.
Yes, we all.
Especially when we're traveling.
This is like the bed you want to be in.
Sort of.
Actually, no.
Because it's actually the most bumpy back here.
I don't know.
I think it's kind of fun.
I mean like.
I don't know.
Sometimes we'll wake up in like mid-air.
Or like.
Which I think.
I don't know.
It feels sort of fun.
Because I know we're not going to die.
It feels like you're going to die.
But you're not.
So it's kind of like a roller coaster.
Yeah, and this is a pull out too.
So it like goes in and out.
The generator's off.
But.
So this goes like all the way to here.
So there's not a lot of room.
But it's cool.
You can't leave anything here.
Yeah, so it's nice.
And then we have drawers for all our clothes.
Another TV that we have an easy with actually.
And then we have a nice big closet.
With all of our clothes and shoes.
And a million pairs of Vans that we got in the beginning of the tour.
Which is pretty nice.
Yeah, which is great.
We all got hooked up.
And also when we go over bumps too.
But yeah, all this stuff falls out.
Everything falls off of the closet too.
So.
I mean.
This is a great RV.
It's very bumpy.
We're going to have to, you know.
Put things back up.
I keep.
These are little drawers that I keep my umbrellas in.
If you've seen our live show.
You know that I use this for one of our songs.
And.
Yeah.
So I have all sorts of colors up here.
And I don't know where my other ones are.
So that keeps my umbrellas.
And.
There's a lot of pillows.
This one's mine.
Yeah.
Everyone's pillows.
I don't know.
Yeah, it's pretty nice.
A little medicine cabinet set up.
And nice little lights.
To do my makeup.
I need to be able to see myself at least.
Word.
This is a carbon monoxide alarm.
What am I saying?
Carbon monoxide alarm.
That goes off every time we do spray on sunscreen.
So it goes off all the time.
So we finally learned that we just have to do it outside.
And another thing we had to do too.
Is this thing right here.
Some sort of vent.
That we had to duct tape.
Because it smelled like.
It smelled like a geyser.
It smelled like sulfur.
Yeah.
Which is the weirdest thing.
And I hate the way geysers smell.
I think anybody would hate that.
So.
It was a little bit of a bummer.
But it's taped up and looks a little ghetto now.
Yeah, that's taped up so it doesn't smell bad.
Yeah, I don't actually know why it does that.
But I didn't take care of it.
Somebody else did.
Alright, so this is the bathroom.
Which is nice.
And coat hanger.
Toilet.
Sink.
It's really nice actually.
To have our own place to go to the bathroom.
Instead of having to use.
Because sometimes we only have quarter potties here.
Which is.
You know.
Okay in the morning.
But later it's not so great.
Yeah.
This works out nice.
And then here's the inside of the shower.
There's some stuff that fell down.
Everything falls down here.
So.
But it's nice.
I mean you have to take the military style shower.
Where you turn it on and off.
You know.
So put shampoo in.
Put water on.
Turn it off.
And put soap on.
Yeah.
But it's great to have a shower too.
Yeah.
Because most of the.
A lot of people don't have showers here.
They can't do it because there's too many people on their bus.
I was talking to someone who has like 11 people on their bus.
And they all.
There's one shower a day that goes on.
So they basically shower once every 11 days.
Which is crazy.
That's nice.
Yeah.
I don't remember who it was.
I don't know.
But I don't think they'd want me to stay in here anyways.
I don't know.
Anyway.
So this is.
This is our home.
This is our nice little home.
That is actually pretty cool.
I like it.
I can't even imagine living in a real home anymore.
But.
I'm okay with it.
There you go.