redhotbrianpeppers Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Rio is 6,299 miles from LA. The Darién Gap, which exists between Panama and South America, is impassable by land. Tour buses would have to be ferried at that point. You would also have to pass through 7 or so countries before you reached Brazil - which would be tedious and expensive (as would be the journey in general). Some of those countries are also, as stated, extremely dangerous - both in terms of criminal elements and bad roads. Traveling via boat would be much more practical, but still certainly not convenient. It makes sense for Travis to take a boat out to Europe for huge festivals or lengthy tours, but it just doesn't make sense to haul all the equipment to South America and have Travis go by boat just to play a few stops in Brazil. Look at how dense Europe is - a big city every 50 miles pretty much. South America just doesn't have that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheerios4u98 Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Yeah, flying to South America is by far the best way to get there. I mean, they could do what they did last time they went to Australia and just leave Travis behind. But I think, especially right now, that would be an awful idea, because even though Matt is technically in the band now it would still pretty much be just Mark with two replacements on stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 2days = today's Ergh. Someone so illiterate shouldn't be allowed such a cool ass job. Saying that Travis talks like a fucking moron on social media too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melty Mark Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 I think a boat between NA and SA is actually pretty simple to manage. Flying is always the best option, but if it's a collection of sold out shows in various South American countries, you can't say It's any more useless than going to Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsov Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 https://instagram.com/p/81vDOiJDyy/Mark and Matt at fender HQ yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixidor Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Was that recording related or did they just hung out at Fender's? Cool either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 They just hung out at Fender HQ, testing some new amp? bassbreaker or something? how cool would it be if Skiba ended up with a fender signature? I know he had that other one long ago, is it the gps? but a fender one could be huge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theHELL182 Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Maybe they were both there for a new signature duo.Mark has recently played the Jaguar Bass a lot and Skiba has played the Jaguar guitar since This Addiction (the regular model, just the colors are Custom Shop).Let's hope Fender would make a good revenue just with these two models... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler☮ Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 I don't think I'd ever buy a signature guitar again, they just aren't worth it for the price. however, i bet matt would come up with a kick ass model. his jags are usually on point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 He had this bad boy years ago: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decisions Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 New podcast is up. In the beginning Mark said they have some demo tracks done. Made a point to say that they are all having fun. The guest they brought on used to make t-shirts for Atticus. Surprised they talked about to be honest but they made a joke about it being "the place that shall not be named." May be some other stuff in there but there can't be that much. Also Matt's guitar up there is fucking sweet. He should just use that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsov Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 http://www.himynameismark.com/blogs/blog Thats all the update I need. Just to let us know that things are moving along swimmingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Braveheart Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Mark looks really odd to me in this pic, almost unrecognisable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dildo69er Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 http://www.himynameismark.com/blogs/blog Thats all the update I need. Just to let us know that things are moving along swimmingly. is it in the audio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allsystemsgo Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 The podcast was great. Too bad Mark won't use his birthday bass live. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotbrianpeppers Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Mark looks really odd to me in this pic, almost unrecognisable He does look odd here. Why is it that when anyone gets old, they start looking like my uncle? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dildo69er Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 lol great post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsov Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 is it in the audio?Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melty Mark Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 He looks like my uncle too, weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotbrianpeppers Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 He looks like my uncle too, weird. See, even your uncle looks like my uncle. More proof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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