Behind the Scenes of 3OH!3’s New Tour
"Sean tries to do his likeness proud while on the bus after our show in Tulsa, Oklahoma."
All captions by Nathaniel Motte
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Dudes
"This was after the show at the State Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida. From left: Jesse Cronan (keys), me, Sean Foreman, Jay Rigby (sound engineer), Marshall Gallagher (guitar), Jared Piccone (drums), Scott Edwards (sound engineer)."
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Looming SkiesÂ
"A severe weather alert yielded some crazy rain in Kansas."
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Man at Work
"Peter Hill, our tour manager, puts work into the lovely backstage compound at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma."
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Chauffeur
"Our bus driver, Billy Bryson. He kept us safe, sound and on time for the whole tour – thanks, Billy!"
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Self-Portrait
"Checking myself out backstage at the Workplay in Birmingham, Alabama, and working on some remixes. My Logic sessions are very colorful."
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Last Show
"Backstage before the show in Birmingham with SILAS [https://www.facebook.com/silasisborn], our good buddy."
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Bad Boys
"Hanging tough backstage in Birmingham."
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I Voted
"Please take the time to educate yourself about the important issues at hand in these elections, and use that knowledge and VOTE!"
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Pickin’ Parlor
"Checking out Gruhn Guitars in Nashville, the Mecca of guitar stores."
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Green Lantern
"Brian Yablonsky strikes a fearsome pose outside the hotel in Tallahassee, Florida."
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Emergency
"Check out the Birmingham cop car blocking not one but two handicapped parking spaces, en route to getting some super important doughnuts."
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High and Tight
"Jared demonstrates how to correctly wear drum pants, to the amusement of Sean and Marshall."
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Obama
"As I was four years ago, I am thrilled and proud to cast my vote for Barack Obama in 2012. We in 3OH!3 have tried to motivate people to educate themselves about today’s political and social environments over the past couple of months. I hope we manage to do a little bit of good in that realm!"
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Piggies by the Fire
"Back home in Colorado for a couple days of rest before we kick off the European leg of the tour. Thanks for checking out our tour diary, shouts to Rolling Stone for allowing us to do this and see you soon! XO, Nathaniel"
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Brooklyn
"We had a rainy day off in Brooklyn. The skies cleared just enough for us to get a nice walk around Williamsburg and chase after the legend of the Wharf Cats."
All captions by Nathaniel Motte
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Secret Stash
"I busted our tour manager Peter with some illegal treats in his bunk on the bus. $50 and I won’t tell your fiancé, Pete . . ."
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Kroger
"We got a ride to a house party in the back of an exceedingly small pickup truck, in Columbus, Ohio. We walked back to the bus about two miles and passed this lovely Kroger sign."
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Dreary
"A look out of a restaurant window in Pontiac, Michigan. You can buy a house for less than $10,000 here."
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Backwards
"Check it, I got skills. Just playing backwards piano with a sassy face, at the Crofoot in Pontiac, Michigan."
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Eye to Eye
"Peter Hill and Brian Yablonsky finally see eye-to-eye at the state capitol building in Springfield, IL."
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(B)Abe
"Me doing my best Abe impersonation in Springfield, IL."
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Working Men
"Taking advantage of our day off in Springfield to do some work. Jared and Sean are working on our DJ set, and I’m working on a remix for the TRON animated series."
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Wing-Dinger
"Peter Hill thinks it’s tremendously funny to print one set list a show in 'wingding' font. Kansas City."
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Til Death Do Us Part . . .
"Getting a ride to a 'field of screams' in an old hearse – Wichita, KS"
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Scaring the Scarers
"Trying to terrify the terrifying Jack-O-Lantern at the Field of Screams in Kansas. Don’t think it worked."
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Dee Jay
"Playing some tunes at a club in Wichita, Kansas. I almost forgot how to scratch."
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Presidential
"We got to see Obama speak on the Ohio State University campus when we were in Columbus for a show – what a treat!"
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Guns
"Check out the guns on that dude – just kidding, but seriously. Rocking out in Columbus, Ohio, at the Newport Music Hall."
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Interview
"Doing a radio interview in Kansas City"
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Chin-Strap
"We shaved Jared a chin-strap right before the show in Columbus, OH. He truly became J-ROD that night!"
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Magic – The Gathering
"Brian Yablonsky, our stage manager, takes a picture of his picture on last week’s iteration of our tour diary. This is a picture of a picture of a picture. Don’t mind the Magic cards going down in the background. Baltimore, MD."
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Tour Production Setup
"A laptop, some headphones, and some inspiration. That’s all we need on the road to make some new shit. This is Silas’ setup."
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Birds
"Some local gangsters hanging in the parking lot of a Sam’s Club in Secaucus, NJ."
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The Dance
"This one is a 're-tweet,' if you will . . . I saw this picture the other day and was really overcome with emotion. A couple of incredibly inspiring people, in love!"
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Haring
"Taking in a lovely curved Keith Haring piece, on a day-off trip to the MoMA in NYC."
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Bather
"Pensive and marinating with the work of our buddy Pablo Picasso. On the right is Scott Edwards, our monitor engineer. At the MoMA in NYC"
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Kids
"The big kids, feeling like little kids. We all need a solid cry every now and then. At the MoMA in NYC"
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Tired
"Trying to get back to our tour bus in Secaucus, NJ, from Manhattan – waiting on the bus at Port Authority. From left: our guitarist Marshall Gallagher, Brian Yablonsky, me, Scott Edwards and the general of our touring operation, our tour manager, Peter Hill"
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Raising the Flag
"And taming the wolves, who have been in their caves for the better part of two years. This is our tour backdrop, this is OMENS. In Providence, RI"
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Capitol
"Checking out the capitol building in Providence, RI. A nice place, Providence!"
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Bunk
"Getting some sleep on the bus, and invading Brian’s bunk. Providence, RI"
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Magic Mike
"Sean took his clothes to a laundry service that morning in Huntington, NY. They dried his jeans, making them EXTREMELY tight. Well, they ripped."
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Wrestle Mania
"Sean, Jesse Cronan (keyboards), and Jay Rigby (sound engineer) take part in a small bout of totally normal wrestling, after the show in Huntington, NY."
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Lasers
"Brian adjusting the focus on the lasers in the eyes of our wolves, during setup in Providence. Once you work with them for a long time, they allow themselves to be worked upon. Brian has lost a couple fingers getting in there."
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Counting
"Jay Rigby, our sound engineer, counting the ways he loves his job, onstage in Rhode Island"
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Flight Club
"Sean, one eye open, one eye closed"
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Hands
"The 3OH!3 hands, my hands, tattooed on the arm of a fan – PROPS!"
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Headcount
"Sean and I supporting Headcount.org, an organization that encourages people (especially young people) to vote and be active in their political community."
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Drum Charts
"Our drummer, Jared Piccone, sitting down and charting out some frenetic drum beats I programmed for a new medley of some of our old songs."
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Gallagher!
"Our guitarist, Marshall Gallagher – a/k/a GALLAGHER – going H.A.M. on a watermelon. You know the science."