Tour Highlights, on Day 7

Aw, man. I don't know what's better: The cowboy hat-wearing dames of South85, shakin’ up a storm in the cigarette smoke clogged club Ground Zero, in Spartanburg, S.C., or Nashville's Kink Ado and Shotgun Diary, who shared the stage with us last night.

Oh, and before we forget, here are a few more tour highlights (by Adi, Gail and Marisa):

* Chris, doing more and more backbends while America’s Sweetheart rocks out, all the GRGR ladies singing backup vocals with Val, Trish and Paris.

* Adi’s almost constant channeling of the heavenly spirits and all the “amazing healing energy” created on this tour.

* Gail and Adi doing Kundalini in the parking lot at the Waffle House (we have now been dubbed by the waitresses as “new millennium hippies”)

* Late night confessions and channeling combined with body art -- stop by the girls’ room to join in!

* Gail’s multiples during the performance of their new song “Afterglow” joined by 10 lesbians and Dave almost dropping the guitar on her head! Then, in Nashville, Dave finally did drop the guitar on Bryant's head and nearly knocked him out (we'll post the bloody photo shoot later!).

* Adi asking Gary if he needs anything -- And his response “yeah I need a blow job.” (Any takers out there? The boy is working hard!)

* Rew tying up Bryant as part of her awesome stage antics!

* All the people Rockin’ out with Loki the Grump and Michele during “Fine” at Local 506. Wanna sing along? The chorus is “fucked up insane neurotic emotional!”

We don't love when it rains... (by Steve)

I am currently sitting on the balcony of our hotel in Georgia and it is pouring outside. I gotta say that as much as I love listening to thunderstorms and watching lighting, rain is not very friendly to guitars and amps.

Last night's show in Tucker, Georgia, was a blast. I want to thank Noisy Planet for coming out to the show. They are one of our amazing sponsors and I recommend you all checking them out.

This post is going to be short because we got to hit the road and head to Nashville. Everyone is so excited for to go there and we will definitely get you some photos/videos. Until then, below is a video montage of what has been going on so far. Enjoy the song "ParTy 2nite" by the one and only Rewbee who has been doing an amazing job each night.

Until next time.

Day 4, Somewhere in the Carolinas

On Day 4, somewhere between the adorable college town of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Spartanburg, S.C., it occurs to me that on this early autumn Monday, most everyone we know is at work.

Gail and I, having forgotten what day it was when we woke up didn’t become any more aware at the Waffle House on the side of the road, where we (with Morgan, Gary and Jovan) went for a 2 p.m. lunch of grilled-chicken salads and burgers.

Yes, a 2 p.m. lunch! We’re getting up at 10:30 and 11 a.m., some earlier than others depending on who needs to shower, shave, blog or spoon (Dietmar and Michele, etc.) I’m taking the occasional press call between applying makeup, charging my cell phone and trying to navigate my thoughts between eight different conversations! Crazy stuff!

We’re knee-deep in this, baby, and there ain’t no turnin’ back!

Last night, between Bryant getting dancers to mosh and jump around onstage balls-out, we conjured Mars while trying to mimic the Norfolk/Hershee Bar experience of the night before.

But as much as the divey bar and cute cobblestone streets were a charming accompaniment to the super-fun Princess & The Criminals and Pink Flag, I doubt we’ll able to recreate Night 2 in Norfolk.

Would we want to, though? Princess & The Criminals’ pop-punk, female-fronted aggression inspired me so much. America’s Sweetheart set was the best I’d seen yet twice (first at the North Carolina Sam Ash show, then at the club). These were just two yummy morsels in a feastful night, which unfolded, gently, into another great time. Everywhere you looked, there was Bryant in his bleach-blonde hair and Bad Bains tee, causing a ruckus! Or Gail, shaking her booty, or Donald, under the influence, inviting a fair dame or three back to his hot tub for some shrimp cocktail.

We awoke on Day 4 in good spirits, having slept a full 5.5 hours!

What will the stage hold for us at a club that calls itself Ground Zero, in the heart of South Carolina? We’ll keep you updated. Over and out.

Day 3: Life Doesn't Get Much Better Than This!

It’s Day 3, and we barely have time to sleep, let alone blog! Let’s just say the last two days of tour, in D.C. and Norfolk, Va., have been THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE!! I think the rest of the group agrees with me (Marisa Mini) here -- it’s been pretty magical!
Some highlights:

* Stuffing 14 people into a passenger van on time -- and getting the heck out of dodge.
* A pierced gas attendant named Twiggy buying Marisa’s CD in New Jersey; a streaky haired chick hitting on Bryant.
* Adi’s mad fun MC skills/Dancing on the tables at Norfolk’s Hershee Bar with the lesbians.
* Hourly catfights at the Hershee Bar.
* Watching Jovan vomit his brains out in the van (Phil’s favorite experience was cleaning it up).
* Jovan getting head in the bathroom by some woman. And he’s not messing with us (he says).
* Gail’s fun times flirting with Ricardo, who took her out for a glass of wine during Marisa’s set in Washington, D.C.
* Victoria Vixen, Marisa Mini’s hot burlesque dancing friend, stripping to “The Passenger” (and Dave from G-Spot playing guitar in unison with Bryant!).
* Curly and The Rocket -- the husband-wife team of Adrienne (drums, vocals) and Peter (guitars) -- putting The White Stripes to shame. They rocked! D.C. peeps, check them out ASAP.
* Adi and Gail riding on the back of a big dude’s bike to kill time before the rush of pussy.
* Jovan -- “The woman at the bar said in order to get a shot you’ll have to show me your penis.”
* New road manager Gary, petting a stray cat outside the Hershee Bar
* Bar manager Ricardo changing the rules on us a half-dozen times (“It’s $8 all-you-can-drink sodas!”) at The Red and The Black.

Check out some of the bands that rocked out in Washington D.C



Yes, my voice is totally shot and I haven’t even gotten out of Virginia. And tonight’s gig in North Carolina (at Local 506) is going to be tough to follow.

Stay tuned! We’ll update you on Chris’ magical guitar-wielding prowess, Paris’ latest fashions, Rew’s “Tie Me Up” props and Donald’s burgeoning peanut butter addiction.

Leaving New York!

And we're off!!

Pics from the Long Island preview show, 9/6/08

We're baaaaaaacccckkkkk!!!!!!!

Welcome back, GRGR friends and family!

So much has happened since we left off, last September, at the end of our first tour -- I don't know where to begin! Michele and Dietmar found love, Marisa found a band, Gail and Donald revamped G-Spot and Jovan became the hottest underdog-of-a-drummer a girl's tour has ever seen. Oh -- and did we mention the kickass band America's Sweetheart? They joined our tour! Come next Friday, five bands (RewBee, G-Spot, Marisa MIni & Her Mojo, Loki the Grump and America's Sweetheart) will hit the road for more adventures, and stops in 9 cities.

Stay tuned!