B·A·M brings the bands
GRANT FANNING- Contributing Writer
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The Viva La Bands tour brought Cradle of Filth, GWAR, CKY and Vains of Jenna to Virginia as the tour stopped off in Norfolk on Wednesday, Sept. 26.
Organized by Bam Margera and Rockstar energy drink, the Viva La Bands tour springs from the compilation album of the same name, "Viva La Bands, Volume 2," featuring Children of Bodom, The 69 Eyes, Viking Skull and CKY, among others.
The tour began Sept. 24 in Baltimore and made its third stop at the NorVa in Norfolk. I had a chance to sit down with Jess Margera, Matt Deis and Chad Ginsburg of CKY to talk about the tour, Bam and touring in Europe.
Grant: I've got to ask this. Is Bam going to attend tonight?
Chad: Well, contractually he's only contracted to be at 12 shows. He was at the first two shows. I don't know where he is tonight. Half the time, I'd want him on our bus. Not all the time, unless he wants to chip in, because he's the one that's going to be vomiting on everything.
Grant: So are you having fun with GWAR on the road?
Chad: They put on a great show. GWAR is worth the ticket price alone, and for Richmond, you know, you should be proud because GWAR's done a lot. Everyone knows who GWAR is.
Matt: They still support Richmond as much as they can, too, with all the stuff that they've done, like recording other bands in Richmond. They are a great band in many ways. Grant: How did Cradle of Filth jump on this tour? I heard they were added last minute.
Jess: Yeah, actually Children of Bodom was supposed to be headlining this thing, but they got all busy with s--- over in Finland and I don't know. Cradle jumped on.
Grant: What is CKY up to right now? Tell me a bit about your last release, "An Answer Can Be Found," and what's up with the new record.
Chad: Our last album was the last record we did with Island Records, and it was fine. It's another CKY record that we're proud of. However it's received, it gets received. It gets more positive responses these days as people give it more time. The new record's going to be really sick. I built my own studio this time, and the new record company … there's going to be a lot of new possibilities.
Grant: Any tentative release dates? How close are you to being finished?
Matt: When it's done, it'll be done. We're not going to try to be one of those bands that just sit around and let it happen.
Chad: The label would love it whenever we can give it to them. But, as (the) Christmas season passes, we'll still be working on it.
Grant: Chad, you run all the audio for Radio Bam, Bam's weekly radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio. Are you going to be doing the show while on tour?
Chad: Yeah, I have a mobile radio show on the bus. I got to wait 'til Bam realizes that we're on tour right now. This Monday's show is up in the air, but I'm ready.
Grant: You guys played the East Coast Surfing Championships in Virginia Beach this past August. Tell me about that.
Matt: It was 15,000 people down at the beach, at minimum. The sun was setting over the horizon, and the waves were coming in. It was the recipe for the perfect show.
Chad: It was free too, which makes it even more of a recipe for a perfect show.
Grant: You've been touring in Europe for a while. How do you like touring over there?
Matt: You know how, like, over here, if your friends, whether you're in to rap or rock or whatever, if your friends are like "Hey, you want to go to the bar and just grab a drink?" you know, and everyone can do that.Over there it's like "Hey, do you want to go check out this rock band?" and whether you like rock, it's just something they do over there that's communal and social.
Chad: It's hard to make money over there. Our money is not worth much, plus we spend a lot to eat. So when a band comes over here to tour they have to charge several more dollars for T-shirts.
The Viva La Bands tour will be rolling across the country until its final stop in Worcester, Mass., on Nov. 3.
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