Pepper Spray
Posted December 7, 2005
12/7/05 The Syndicate Phili, PA
We actually made it to this show early. We have been running late a lot of shows, so it was nice to show up before doors. Once we go there we were a little taken back. The club must have been an underground garage of some sort. It has a garage door that goes down. Looks like it might have been a 6 car garage. Concrete walls/floors, no heat, and lots of spray paint. Not what we were expecting but the kids running it were really cool and hooked us up with red bulls, pizza, and water. They were all super cool.
We were all hanging out in the band room when Jon found a bottle of pepper spray (unknown to him it was pepper spray for grizzly bears). So wondering exactly what pepper spray smells like, Jon sprays a squirt on the wall before any of us have a chance to say NOOOOO. The stench hit our nostrils like a flame to paper. The room cleared out. I could tell the kids running the show were definitely not stoked. I grabbed my disinfectant spray from the van and tried to use that to knock out the smell. I think that made it worse. After about a half hour, the room smell mellowed out, and we could go back in. Not the smartest thing this band has ever done on tour.
Bobby, the promoter, bought us pizza and let us crash at his dorm. Great guy.
