Touring is hard, and sometimes it takes a few tours under your belt to fully understand all the dos and don'ts of touring. Luckily, Cattle Decapitation guitarist Josh Elmore is giving you a leg up with his recent contribution to Noisecreep, 'Five Things to Always/Never Bring on Tour.'
Among the things to bring are wet wipes, "They're no substitute for a shower, but they will take an edge off that tasty mélange of skid marks/balls/crotch funk you've acquired."
Among things not to bring are girlfriends! "Pretty Polly may be the nicest gal in the world, but guess what? Any unnecessary dude/chick is just like any other excess baggage on the road; a liability. In essence, a boyfriend/girlfriend is another mouth to feed, another person to take a 1.5 hour shower (see merch dude/dudette) another person to bitch about everything and most importantly, the dictator of the (un)happiness of your bandmate. If the s/o is pissed that means your bandmate is pissed, which means everyone goes down with that ship." Ouch!
Check out all of Josh Elmore's tips here, and make sure to check out their most-recent super awesome music video.
