We all know the Los Angeles Sunset Strip from the common tourist handbook, the crazy and legendary party stories from the big hair and spandex days, and of course, from HBO’s Entourage! But does the Sunset Strip still deserve the title of “Rock and Roll Mecca of the World”?
Summer has a slightly different meaning to me now that I’ve spent five or six of them living in San Francisco. Growing up in the foothills of the Sierras where temperatures peak in the low 100′s, summer used to mean school was out and I was free.
This summer we are very excited for punk rock summer camp, aka Warped Tour, baby!!! We did Warped 2 years ago and it was one of the greatest experiences of our lives. We came into contact with so many amazing people on the tour and we are excited to see them again… and make new friends as well.
Being in the minds of everyone,
What’s life for if you don’t sing and smoke and play shows?
Swinging hips,
The moon is outside,
Intimacy,
Meeting people like us.
One of our favorite summer memories would have to be last year, when we were on tour and traveling through the Black Hills of South Dakota.
We really weren’t expecting any excitement or good times when we stumbled on the little town of Deadwood.
When we started It’s Alive, the whole vision behind the band was soul. Hard rock tones, power, conviction, and light dreamy walls of sound designed to take the whole track to that third dimension. Growing up, my mom always had Genesis, Peter Gabriel, and Phil Collins blaring throughout the living room. So from a young age I was completely captivated by unorthodox sounds mixed with organic instruments (live drum kit, guitar, bass).
We had an exceptional summer by Vålåsjøen in Gudbrandsdalen Norway – which was the summer Erik came home from Oklahoma. That meant we could wear shorts and swim in the lake.
For Miss May I, Summer 2010 will be our first official summer as an established band. Last summer we spent on our first tour opening for the Artery Metal tour without an album in stores. It blows our minds how far we have came in just almost a year. We went from our first time playing out of the state the year previously, to doing direct support this summer for The Devil Wears Prada.
Rebecca Coseboom the singer for Stripmall Architecture, kicks off our Summer Series of Guest Editorials with a Rockin’ Recipe!
Last summer, we were touring around the South West. We had a show at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA which happens to be on Disney property. You may not know this, but Disney is like a top secret government base when trying to get anywhere backstage.
