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I had a 1987 Dodge Ram 250 Slant 6 with god knows how many miles on it.. The U joint went out also but I can't say anything bad about the van because it made it around the country twice and I had it for like 4 years. I'm just lucky the U joint went out once I was already home at a local bar. I sold it to a mechanic I knew in the bar for $50 and two weeks later he fixed it and sold it to someone else.

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I was 4 minutes in when I discovered this wasn't a trailer.

Thank you so much for making this documentary. I've watched it countless times to the point where I can quote it. I've toured for years and this doc is spot on! The stories we can tell...

Just want to say, I'm obsessed with your channel. Long live The Bismarck and all the bands featured.

For one reason and one reason only if by chance of some divine power you are watching I know how special I can make it for you

Longest tour I did was a week snd a half of the United Kingdom (which is where I’m from) . Sharing hotel rooms with three other males to keep costs down. That was long enough and more than enough traveling for me, especially with the characters I had to tour / play with. Needs must I suppose but I’m not sure I could have handled those much longer American tours. If your not a original member of the band and haven’t had all those years to bound with other band members before the ‘big’ record company signing and touring the non music moments of a tour are very tough

Saw you guys in Houston with Something Fierce. One of the best shows I ever saw.

Can I get a show of hands, can I get a witness?

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First off, great documentary. At first I was wondering if I could make it thru 2 hours being that all the stories and scenarios were so back of hand, but the familiarity and relatability set in. The laughs start about midway thru for me culminating in the biggest ones from the Tight Bro’s complaint log (the actual entries 😂). I was in Behead The Prophet No Lord Shall Live with Quitty and Dave Harvey (Tight Bros/Nudity), and know a few other subjects in the doc from Bellingham (James Burns, you were funny as usual, Ty) and having toured with Thrones, Joe is always somehow a sight for sore eyes and tours solo often so it was great to hear his perspective. Imo, Dave and Quitty left out the BEST part of our BTP Fargo story: between the two huge floods on either side of our date there (which was on the national flood alert), the audience we played for and their energy, because they had been sandbagging all day out of necessity for their community, was WAY better than average and fucking off the hook high on the energy scale! As I recall, they were bouncing off the walls!!! Thanks for including falsetto coping mechanism voice tho. That produced some laughs (at least when we started doing it at that diner in Fargo) and could be recommended to those on tour when things seem crappy.

"100% Dave Grohl free!" I'm sold!

Was in a band for three years; went on tour once (1991) 6-1/2 weeks, 23 states, 7,862 miles; a life changing event for all of us. Same kinds of stuff - breakdowns, awful hotels, in the summer with no AC, no credit card (cash only), a "calling card" for long distance calls, no email (obviously), staying with people we just met, etc. Anxious to hit the road with somehow getting home being the ultimate destination. Music has become life. Loved the documentary :)

They went a little too far in a few places.

Best of the worst sets.

Oh man, this is the best documentary that I have ever seen about touring. The last time I was on tour was 2015. Did 35 days on tour through France and Belgium. 38 venues 39 gigs. Holy Shit !

This is such a great film! Real, honest, entertaining, and insightful. Everyone is likable, and relatable...We need more of this in the world. Great job!

Touring is a lot like joining a gang or the military. It tests your health, spirit and mental resolve. You will never forget the people or the bonds of the people you tour with. And if you survive it you will know if you want to continue to pursue music or go get a regular job

"Attitude is the difference between ordeal and adventure. " -Bob Bitchin

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I'd like to actually hear some of these bands. I'm sorry but a lot of indie bands can't play. Yeah I know you're hip bla bla bla. I've played gigs with more than a few. They can't actually play. Yes Zeppelin was great for a reason. The Beatles were great for a reason.

Hilarious that dude thinks he needs to make a doc to explain to people why he's touring 🙄 Lmfao, since the Beatles landed on US shores, kids have been wanting to go on tour. I guess watch this if you're still an amateur & ready to go pro. Good luck.

I like the “ego check amongst” yourselves who’s going first. There’s a stream for ya.

We toured all over Ontario in the late 80's and early 90's. Booked into bars for 6 nights, 3 sets a night. It sucked. Plain and simple. Playing was fine but there was no money. Enough to eat and buy gas for the vehicles and thats it. And when you get home, the landlord wants his money. 😂 aint no money dude....sorry. I'm still hungover...

I’ve been playing in pub bands in the UK for about 40 years , I started with my best mate Rick Allen (Def Leppard) obviously he made it to superstardom and I stayed playing pubs / clubs , this is the reality of playing in a band for the vast majority of musicians I can totally identify with this film 😄🙄🎸👍

One small criticism: I wish there were more folks interviewed; country folks, metal, etc. The same six people's takes gets redundant after an hour. Minor gripe, great doc. in general. 8/10 ! 🎸📽🏴

Really really good film. I made many tours playing Jazz in Europe and there are parallels with rock tours in US. We musicians play because we have to and in the end it is the music that is important. I loved this film. It is really inspired and deserves to be seen and celebrated.

Great video. Our band toured in Europe in the eighties 🤣🤦, hard work but great fun. Ford Transit van and a shedload of guesthouses / B&Bs, very few venues with changing rooms. After the first month we developed a band strategy called ‘Find a friend night’. We’d all separate during the break and try to secure accommodation for the whole band for the night from a friendly audience member... making the final decision after a quick conflab at the end of the last set. This worked really well and we met a couple of kind folk who welcomed us into their home several times in the months we were passing back through their town. Dinner was always hit and miss, lots of junk food unfortunately. Audiences were brilliant however with busy nights everywhere we went, can’t complain, great experience.

Wow this doc would have you believe that indie touring bands are comprised of complete morons...

I've been completely out of the game for several years but this doc. brought back a lot of the vibe/awesome/itch! I got the gear out and I'm letting the ear-ring flow like an old friend! Cheers from Little Rock, AR...long live Downtown Music & Records \m/

30 minutes in and this is really making the case that being in a band sucks.

Great storytelling. I always thought doing what they do is one of the most difficult things. Labor of love.

If you think being "on tour" in a bar playing, road band is "glamorous", watch this video. Exactly what it's like to a "T"! I did it for almost 30 years. So much I have related with and have only been watching a half an hour.

I got paid in weed once for playing. I guess that’s better than nothing

I know a lot of these folks and I'm kind of a redneck, but believe me, these are good people who just like to throw down some live music and don't give much of a fuck about anything else. Shout out to Jury and Ike Turner.

Amazing, love the stories.

song @7:52?

Turned it off at 00:18 after "transverse" instead of traverse. A better outcome is the van flips under a bridge in the night in Montana, and isn't discovered for six weeks.

If you are having all these issues it is most likely that your band sucks , you did not think ahead and network or hire a tour manager, If you have a CD no one has heard it or you're just delusional thinking you will magically fill clubs.

I have played music and toured off and on for almost 50 years now. Too many stories... But the highlight was taking my boat to Cuba in the early '90s and hitch hiking around the country with my Ovation 12 string playing with local bands. The safest place I have ever been, the nicest people and beautiful girls. 😊

Funny. It's the shitty gigs we remember...😂

That one woman they cut to at the dock or wherever absolutely cannot stop laughing every other sentence, man that’s annoying.

This is fantastic! It makes me wish I would have toured when I was in bands. I take that back, there was always someone, who irritated me and I think after a few days, we would come to blows. It is amazing how you could spend so much time with the same people and no one ends up dead.

The thing I learned from this documentary is none of these guys plan anything. They don't know where they are staying, they don't know where they are playing or what the places are like, they don't even know how much or even if they are getting paid.

Amazing doc. So relatable for any DIY musician.

Making my little songs in my living room is stressful enough....no way I would ever go on tour...I'd freak the heck out first leg, 100 percent. I love returning to this doc from time to time....as I've always admired the pirates who strike out and give it a go.

I remember people coming up to me in some god forsaken place when I toured with my blues bands and I'd hear people shoot me a compliment, then talk about how they wish they could play and how awesome it is to be in a band going to different places every night, meeting new people, seeing new places. At which point I'd say, "Thank you! That's so nice of you to say that.", then I'd go about educating them on the reality of my shitty touring existence. The bad food. The late night drives. The fear of having your gear stolen. Having your gear stolen. Van breaking down. Trailer bolt frozen. Not being able to actually do any sight seeing. Worried constantly about where you're going to use the bathroom and sleep. Sometimes there being no accommodations meaning sleeping in the van.. which sucks. Especially for our bass player who's built like a house and is 6'2. Not enough room for him and the snores he'd let out would set off the richter scale a state over. Pretty much living on an emotional scale that went from mild amusement to boredom to absolute misery, until it's time to play. Once we got to playing, all that stuff would disappear for 3 hours. Then another hour of mostly forced smiles and saying hi to folks and socializing and making sure to thank the owner so that they'd be motivated to let you play in their joint again. Then packing up your gear. Finding somewhere to sleep.. and on it went for months. At the end of my discourse, they'd ask, "Well.. if it's so horrible, why do you do it?". My answer? "Because I can't help it." Great film thanks for posting :)

Bismarck band ? I just spent 11 years in that miserable shit joke of a state never heard of them.

This started out really good but two hours of one interview after another is quite tiring, so I gave up after just 20 minutes. It's too bad the filmmaker didn't do more with this material to make the film more visually interesting.