This is a very unique bonus episode about the weirdest and craziest AllurA song ever wrote.
This week, listen to our memories of the 12 year journey the song took from when it was originally written to when it was finally released.
Enjoy Samhain Serenade
This week we're going back through the months leading up to Warped Tour 2008. But, this time instead of talking about shows we're talking about all the other tasks we had to complete. We're also going to talk more about that $9,000 credit card AJ had to take out AND we get one more giant roadblock to overcome before the tour starts.
In this episode, AllurA plays their final 5 gigs before leaving for Warped Tour 2008 including one at Hollywood Park where we have a run-in with the "Rookie of the Year"
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.