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and a few friends and they formed a band We all gelled together really easily... Touring adding, “Note to self, always keep a spare
called Audio Disease.” was easy with the guys and the whole experi- crate on the bus.”
Luke continues, “In 2014 after a line up ence was new for us all. It was a good basis Luke ever so slightly more seriously adds
and name change we recruited Nicky through for all our other tours but very messy.” that it's difficult to find a bathroom on tour.
a mutual friend, he clicked with us very quickly “Praying that the venue has a usable one was
and it felt as though he had been with us for n January 9th Twitter followers discov- a common occurrence, it's not easy when
years. After the McBusted tour we felt it was for Oered that Tom apparently warms up there's one shower and 9 people.”
the best to go back to being a five-piece, and his vocals by playing ping pong with Reece. “On the support tours we found it a chal-
added Reece on rhythm guitar. Nicky knew Black Velvet asks what other things the band lenge to win over a brand new audience who
Reece through a mutual friend and after a night do either on or off tour to warm up or improve had never seen us before,” Tom says. “It was
out together offered him the chance to audition. the skill or performance of the band. “I can't tell difficult at times but we managed to tally up a
Again, he fitted in perfectly with the direction you all my secrets!” laughs Tom, “Dan and I al- good following from the tours and gain fans
and style we wanted to go in.” ways do vocal warm ups, they involve some who are still with us now. We found ourselves
“We used to have a rhythm guitarist and strange noises and ritual-like grunts... just to being more nervous on our own headline tour
Tom can play rhythm, so our records all have get the vocals warmed up and ready, there’s because it was the first time we were the main
that extra guitar level,” Luke explains, “and we also a lot of water drunk. We have a few other act and it was a lot more intimate.”
wanted to add that to our live show to fatten up routines too, for example we all take a shot of Dan says that getting off stage is challeng-
the sound and help with the dynamics of the Jack Daniels to get us in the mood and get the ing, he just loves being on stage. “The atmos-
sound and show. Aesthetically, it looks great blood pumping. We also have a group huddle phere and buzz is amazing, you just don't want
and the sound is bigger and better. It is also before going on to hype each other up, and to leave.”
another dimension to the writing and rehearsal one of us or our crew will make a motivational “Playing live is the best feeling,' Luke con-
process. It was about finding the right person.” speech. They’re usually pretty funny!” curs. 'The whole touring experience is usually
All of this happened over a couple of years On the tours so far the band have come up great fun. Of course sometimes it can be diffi-
and the band came together very quickly. Nicky against the odd unexpected challenge. “The cult but knowing that the rewards are great and
explains, “I joined in February and had about unexpected challenge I faced was how easy it that you’re doing something you enjoy keeps
a month and a half before the McBusted tour. is to run out of beer” Nicky jokes, before you motivated and focused. When a crowd

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