On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the surf punk band, Beach Goons, while on tour with Wavves and Death Lens.
VIDEO INFO: Film Date - July 5, 2025 Location - Bottom Lounge in Chicago, IL
VIDEO SUMMARY: 00:00 Introduction 00:37 Skip Intro 00:48 Driver's Area 02:24 Middle of the Van 03:23 Kitchen 04:00 Bathroom 04:42 Back of the Van
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Can't be barbaric on tour.
You're gonna need these baby wipes.
Just back here snuggling, having a good time.
We got a little microwave here too that don't work,
but you know, it's nice to look at.
What's up y'all, this is Pablo from B-Schools
on tour with Waves and Death Lens.
We're here in Chicago, beautiful, the Windy City.
Here we are.
All right y'all, welcome to the driver's section.
I mean, I'm usually not up here all the time.
We got the homie Isaac and Yaid handling the business for us.
And he's our beautiful drummer.
What's up guys, my name is Franco.
What's good chief?
When we're up here, we got Yaid and Isaac driving.
They're manning the station.
Most of the time we listen to some Sugar Ray,
some Blink-182, sometimes some Corridos,
some Nathanael Cano, you know, some ---- back at home.
And Yaid and Isaac be manning the station,
holding it down, making sure we get to every spot
as safe as possible.
We got some Blaze Lemon.
Come on, you can't go wrong with these.
What else we got?
We got some Advil, we got some headaches,
a little tummy aches, some Pop-Tarts, you know,
when we can't find any food,
we gotta eat a little something.
The homies right here, Death Lens,
shout out to Death Lens, gave us the hat.
What else we got?
Some Zyrtec, allergies be kickin'.
There are times we have to drive really long,
like a couple hours, so we always have
this magic wand with us that keeps us really awake
and can forget the lighter combo.
It really keeps us awake.
Shout out to this.
Got some hoodies right here.
Hey, shout out to Junior Hacha, Sad Boys.
You already know what it is.
Vatos Tristes, eso mero.
The driver's right here, the boy Isaac,
manning the station, Yaid's handling all the gear.
Come through in a bit.
Welcome in, welcome in.
Welcome in to the Goon Station.
We got a little platform to help us up, you know,
make sure we don't fall and hurt ourselves.
We got a little TV right here in case we get a little bored,
wanna play some games, watch some movies.
Usually we're watching some BB Tricks, you know,
a little music video here and there.
Having a good time with this thing.
This is Franco's designated area right here.
He's usually the one, you know,
posting up most of the time right here.
Quick shout out to Waves, sick ass little boy.
That's right.
We got Danny's spot right here.
There's the stations right here.
We got a little cupboards, you know,
our little amenities.
We got our baby wipes, can't go wrong with baby wipes.
Can't be barbaric on tour.
You're gonna need these baby wipes.
It gets nasty out here.
We got some hats, shout out to RB Music.
Much love to RB.
We got a little iPad here.
This is where we keep track of ourselves, you know.
Now we enter the kitchen area.
We got a sink that do not work,
but, you know, it's nice to look at.
We got our crayons from BK.
Have it your way, can't go wrong.
Shout out BK, always keeping us right.
We got a little stove right here.
This works, this definitely works,
but we don't really cook, you know, always buying out.
Got a little fridge here, ain't much in here,
but a little Red Bull for the drives,
you know, sparkling water, two Cokes, nothing special.
We got a little microwave here too that don't work,
but, you know, it's nice to look at.
And now make way to the best thing in this whole van,
our bathroom.
Without this, we'd be stopping every hour to take a piss,
because we all be drinking
and we all want to take a little piss here and there.
This saves so much time.
We got some little snacks from around the road.
Semillas, the best of the best, come on.
We got a little shot glasses right here,
plastic shot glasses when we need them.
More Red Bulls, our Pop-Tarts that you saw earlier up front.
Come on, stay stocked up.
Some cheese mix, Cheez-Its.
And yeah.
All right, and now we head to the back where Paradise lives.
What's up? I'm Danny.
I play bass for Beach Goons.
We're here in the back right now.
So right now we have the back set up,
but we have three couches.
So when it's kind of the daytime,
we can all just kind of sit around,
hang out with each other.
We got a TV right here with a soundbar.
So with this, I hook up my Switch.
We have a PS3.
So we're just on YouTube watching movies,
playing video games back here.
When it gets towards the night
or if there's really long drives,
these push together and then this can lay back
all the way down and it can sleep three people.
So during the night, you know,
if Isaac or you're here doing like those long drives,
everybody in the back can just get back here
and get some sleep.
We're just back here snuggling, having a good time.
Back here, we connect the PS3, PS4 sometimes
when we get bored, you know.
Entertain ourselves for a little bit.
Got some classic games.
Come on, man.
Can't go wrong with Skate 2.
Modern Warfare 2.
Wee!
Modern Warfare 3.
And the best of the best, Tony Hawk's Project 8.
Come on, man.
We also got a couple games in there
that are downloaded.
Some Crash Bandicoot, some GTA.
Classic stuff, you know.
You guys wouldn't know about that, but.
And here's my personal section in the van.
I got all my hats.
You can't go on tour without all your hats, you know.
Shout out Cultura.
And shout out San Diego, Aton.
That's right.
Nothing else here but my beautiful pedal.
Some interfaces in case we wanna record
some music on the road.
We got the Switch dock.
And a little VHS camera that we carry around
whenever we're on tour just to, you know,
capture all the moments.
All the savory, sweet moments that we make.
And it's a mess in here.
As you can see, we got a little bug net, you know,
in case we wanna open the doors,
let a little fresh air in while we're sitting back here.
We hardly use it.
We never open the doors.
We usually have the AC on, but, you know,
at least it's there.
And a big shout out to the homie, Yair.
Got us this beautiful van.
Big shout out, RB Music.
Big shout out, Yair.
Big dog, making all the drives happen.
Getting us to every city as safe as possible.
Yeah.
Shout out to the boy, BG, for inviting me.
Yeah.
Much love.
Hey!
All right, thank y'all so much
for checking out the Beach Goons Van with us,
the Goonie Van.
You can check us out on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube.
Check us out on Instagram and Facebook at Beach Goons.
And we gotta get ready for the show.
Thank y'all so much.