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Dana Dentata

On The Freight Train

Posted on February 12, 2008

doubleDrive is five dates into their US tour with Seether and Trapt. So how have the first few dates on the tour been going? í¢ä‰åñGoing good,í¢ä‰åŒ tells frontman Donnie from outside of Bugaboo Creek. The bands are getting along, including a body slamming contest with Seether in the hotel just the other night. This tour run started off with a 18-20 hour drive to the first show, and since then has featured drives late at night after each show until 5, 6am the next morning. Some words from along the way: Show 1 í¢ä‰åäóì The Chance in Poughkeepsie, NY. Poughkeepsie was great. Rock is ALIVE. Show 2 – Clarkston University in Pottsdam, NY. Played inside their hockey arena…actually surprised to see so many doubleDrive fans…people singing alongí¢ä‰åŒ_ Show 3 í¢ä‰åäóì Mulcahy’s in Wantaugh, NY. Just us and Seether that night, very enjoyable show and pizza. Looser kinda show for both bands…chilled and hung out with crowd a lot. A lot of drinks. Show 4 í¢ä‰åäóì Crocodile Rock in Allentown, PA. Club owner was amazing, fed everyone a 2, 3 course meal. Now that’s down home… Show 5 í¢ä‰åäóì Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, RI. Providence last night…why can’t I see that club? I was just there last night? í¢ä‰åŒ_some more thinking… Ahhh, Lupo’s was great. They (the fans) all wanted to rock pretty good. They (the fans) brought a good thing into the room with them. Great time with that last night… í¢ä‰åñI think we’ll be coming back to all these places,í¢ä‰åŒ Donnie adds. í¢ä‰åñThis tour has a great vibe to it.í¢ä‰åŒ That brings us to today. After a morning doing some press via phone with a cat in Italy (with hoarse morning voice), the band went over to WAAF for an on air interview with Mistress Carrie. They played some acoustic tracks (í¢ä‰åñImprint,í¢ä‰åŒ í¢ä‰åñBig Shove,í¢ä‰åŒ and í¢ä‰åñFreightrainí¢ä‰åŒ í¢ä‰åäóì the last song which they just worked up the acoustic version earlier in the day)… í¢ä‰åñCarrie accommodated us and our desire to hear some Priest (Judas Priest), playing ‘The Hellion’ and ‘Electric Eye’ back to back on the airí¢ä‰åŒ…And at some point during the on air interview, apparently Donnie was singing W.A.S.P. acapello, and he and Troy (guitar) even played the beginning of Queensryche’s í¢ä‰åñTake Hold Of The Flame.í¢ä‰åŒ At the end of it all, they were on the air for 2 hours. A day that started with morning voice and culminating with Geoff Tate’s (Queensryche) í¢ä‰åñTake Hold Of The Flameí¢ä‰åŒ scream. doubleDrive Blue In The Face in stores April 28th

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