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On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the beatdown hardcore band, Heavy//Hitter, while on tour with VCTMS, 156/Silence, Monochromatic Black, Wiltwither, Saltwound, faillingwithscissors, and Banged Out. Heavy//Hitter is currently supporting their newest EP, Moments of Misery.
VIDEO INFO:
Film Date - February 8, 2025
Location - Reggies in Chicago, IL
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VIDEO SUMMARY:
00:00 Introduction
01:18 Driver's Area
06:43 Middle of the Van
13:48 Back of the Van
16:18 Trailer
ABOUT DIGITAL TOUR BUS:
Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twenty, Twenty One Pilots, Megadeth, Machine Gun Kelly, Papa Roach, and thousands of others, over the past 15 years. "Bus Invaders" takes you inside an artist's home on the road, "Cooking at 65mph" showcases the culinary skills of artists on tour, and "Gear Masters" unveils the equipment musicians use on stage.
Buy official DTB merch at http://digtb.us/merch
On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the beatdown hardcore band, Heavy//Hitter, while on tour with VCTMS, 156/Silence, Monochromatic Black, Wiltwither, Saltwound, faillingwithscissors, and Banged Out. Heavy//Hitter is currently supporting their newest EP, Moments of Misery.
VIDEO INFO:
Film Date - February 8, 2025
Location - Reggies in Chicago, IL
KEEP UP WITH HEAVY//HITTER:
Facebook - https://facebook.com/heavyhitterfl
Instagram - https://instagram.com/heavyhitterfl
Twitter - https://twitter.com/heavyhitterfl
FOLLOW US:
Website/Email List - https://www.digitaltourbus.com/#/portal/signup
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/digitaltourbus
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/digitaltourbus/
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@digitaltourbus
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltourbus/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/digitaltourbus
Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/digitaltourbus/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-tour-bus-llc
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltourbus
VIDEO SUMMARY:
00:00 Introduction
01:18 Driver's Area
06:43 Middle of the Van
13:48 Back of the Van
16:18 Trailer
ABOUT DIGITAL TOUR BUS:
Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twenty, Twenty One Pilots, Megadeth, Machine Gun Kelly, Papa Roach, and thousands of others, over the past 15 years. "Bus Invaders" takes you inside an artist's home on the road, "Cooking at 65mph" showcases the culinary skills of artists on tour, and "Gear Masters" unveils the equipment musicians use on stage.
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MusicTranscript
00:00I'm Josh from Heavy Hitter. I'm Austin from Heavy Hitter. This is Digital Tour Bus. So yeah,
00:15we're on tour right now with 156 Silence Victims Falling With Scissors. We've done a few weeks
00:22with Monochromatic Black, Salt Wound, Wilt Wither, and Banged Out. And this tour has been
00:30beyond expectation I think for everybody as a part of this package in terms of
00:35numbers, just how we're doing on every other aspect of the road. We're a very
00:40well-oiled machine. We got it locked in. Every show has been amazing in terms of
00:45mosh, performances, and everything else man. It's been nuts. I think aside from
00:50anything, anything getting us sick, it's a winter tour. So I think a few people have
00:56had to overcome illness quite a bit on this road. I think everybody was sick
01:02at some point on this road. But otherwise, yeah, this tour has been nothing but
01:06success. Best time I've ever had on the road. Let's take you on a tour of the van.
01:09Let's get in this joint. Alright, so driving responsibilities, we all drive. We take
01:14shifts generally anywhere from three, five, six hours depending on the drive.
01:20But yeah, all of us take turns. It's only two people, a co-pilot and a driver, and
01:26the two other people are sleeping, and then they switch off, and it's just teams
01:29like that. Usually driver picks the music as well as having the directions. Of
01:33course, that's the main focus is getting to the next destination. Music is very
01:38varied within all of us. I'm all over the place with like death metal, deathcore,
01:42metalcore. I think the same, I think that follows for everybody, but it's very
01:46specific niches of it. Like Austin loves post-hardcore shit. Dane is very into
01:52Christcore. Chris, on the other hand, our bassist, he's very into like weird shit.
01:58Chat pile. Like Apex Twin. Fucking yeah, he loves scrams and like I think his big thing is like just OG
02:05metalcore. So we all vibe. But usually I think it's safe to say I'm the only one that listens to music by record,
02:13whereas everybody else is just shuffling songs in the middle of the drive. I'm like,
02:17yo, like just play the song. No, otherwise not. It's a vibe because sometimes you never
02:22expect a banger to play from anybody and then it's always, it's always a good time.
02:28He hates my playlist because I have the the 80s playlist that he hears at work every
02:32single day of his life. I love 80s music. So that's, that's like my go-to playlist for normally
02:39half the drive. There's bangers. There's bangers. There's bangers. Shout out men at work. Okay. Yes.
02:45Uh, this is bag bomb for the winter. It moisturized literally everything. I got this gnarly cut.
02:52It's been moisturizing that my face, my lips. I love this shit. My girlfriend got it for me. It's amazing,
02:58especially for winter. Uh, there is joint codes. I'm the only one that smokes weed. Everybody else,
03:05nobody else smokes weed. So I'm the only guy. And then there's various marijuana vapes. I've picked
03:11up along my travels. There's more than that. There's more than that. This is a, uh, water bottle
03:17purified and, uh, honestly it gets the fucking job done. Let me tell you. Uh, let's see what else we got
03:26here and warmers. Oh my God. This is perfect. Especially after you've blown out. We haven't used
03:31this one yet. We've been saving it for a special occasion. Maybe tonight. I don't know. We'll find
03:36out. Um, AirPods, they're not really AirPods. They're the rip off ones. I, this is Josh. This is
03:45Josh's AirPods. Yeah. No, I bought different ones. I don't even know where they're at. I think they're on
03:48the dash. He couldn't afford the real ones. Yeah. We only play death core. Okay. And then these, this is a
03:55life saver. This is what has kept me asleep for literally over a month. I don't know why,
04:01but I can lay this thing anywhere in that seat, this back bench, wherever. And, uh, yeah, I can
04:07pass the fuck out immediately. Oh, oh, notable shout out Dune. Shout out Frank Herbert. Shout out Brian
04:15Herbert. Shout out Kevin J. Anderson. Uh, I've been reading the Dune series for the last like year
04:20and some change. Uh, I'm almost done with book four out of six. I'm probably going to be reading
04:24way more of, uh, the Dune series of like the precursor books or anything like that. But,
04:30um, yeah, I'm, I'm very glad with the progress I've made so far since starting. Usually we'd find a
04:35coffee shop in the morning, get like really good coffee. And if I ever like do want to find the
04:40time to read, I'll just have alone time at the coffee shop or elsewhere, read a few chapters,
04:45maybe just one a day and, uh, yeah, just keep it at that. It's a great time to just like mellow out,
04:50be away from all the noise, just delve yourself into a universe that like I've made almost my
04:56whole personality at this point. No, but yeah, um, also, uh, quite a few multivitamins,
05:04vitamin C out of the seltzers because I can't stress enough. If anything's going to get you sick,
05:09it's going to be a winter tour where it's cold, it's snowy, your van's freezing, all this other stuff.
05:13Uh, got a few little friends of mine with me on the road. Uh, this is, uh, this is my friend Clem
05:19for, uh, for lore. This is the devourment mascot for, uh, Butcher of the Week. There are only 150
05:25of these made. Shout out, um, brutal buddies, Brad Zordrager, the pro creator of this human being.
05:33Uh, follow at Clem the Butcher on Instagram. I got a whole account of this thing's adventures,
05:37journeys, touring, et cetera. Slam shows, you know it. Um, yeah, quite a vibe.
05:44Uh, bunch of clothes. Snacks if needed are usually held here. Anything that, like, the tower, this is,
05:50this is the most important thing that we have here. This is the thing that everybody, as soon
05:54as they get the van, they need this immediately. Almost absolutely immediately. They need a charger
06:00for their vape, for their phones, for their, what do you guys got? Steam Deck. Steam Deck. There's
06:07chargers for everything here. Uh, most important tool. We can't live without this. If anything needs to
06:13be within arm's reach for entertainment, leisure, food, et cetera, is going to be within this area
06:19or on the dash, and anybody that's driving, co-piloting can just reach it, slide it to anybody
06:24in the back. It's, it's, uh, it's a little bit of a mess, of course. That's the part of touring,
06:28but it's efficient. We got it down to a science. Things are more or less organized in here amidst the
06:34chaos. Here we got Dane, guitarist of Heavy Hitter. Hi. Riff creator, riff god. Um, this is the
06:39the sleep vibe area. Uh, we usually devote two benches, one for each person. We have, uh, Chris,
06:46our bassist. He usually sleeps in the back trunk area. That's the Chris apartment back there. Yeah,
06:50we have a bunch of bedding on the bottom, and he just stacks pillows, blankets, and all his other
06:55necessities. It's practically an apartment. It's like that Joe's apartment MTV shit, minus the
07:00cockroaches. Um, for sleeping, that's about it. I, uh, somehow have down to a science sleeping in
07:09the passenger seat. Just let the thing all the way down. I have a certain pillow that, like,
07:13cradles my neck, and I just sleep with the blankets on. It's, it's, it's a vibe. We usually alternate
07:19every other few days. Me and Josh switch off from the front seat to the bench every other night. Yeah,
07:24just to have, like, pretty quality sleep on the road. It's a very important thing about being on tour,
07:29man. Just getting sleep, whether it be taking a quick nap before a set, or just making sure,
07:33like, you have a good amount of hours before the next drive in the morning, or anything of the sort.
07:38Um, yeah, but whenever we're driving, say, in a, in a good, on a day like this, uh, everybody's usually
07:45up, chilling in their designated areas, or the passenger seat, and we're all just vibing,
07:49shooting this shit about anything, really. This is, this is, this area, minus the trunk,
07:55this is where it goes down. This is where the magic happens. Yeah, so I got, uh, we got sleeping
08:01bags for this tour, because, uh, it's cold as shit. Um, so this was, I believe, Blades' idea from
08:07Nokia, who told us about this, so shout out to him. Uh, luckily, I'm pretty spoiled, so I have a bad
08:13back, so this is, like, my designated bench. Um, so thanks to the guys for that. Uh, back here, I got some
08:19heavies, shout out heavies, uh, sick headphones. Got, uh, Steam Deck, you need the video games.
08:28Got some reading material, little scripture, the original Christcore. Uh, pillow, blanket, you know,
08:35uh, more multivitamins. NyQuil, DayQuil with the honey, can't go wrong with that. And, uh, like a laundry
08:46bag and some gloves for loading in and out. So, that's it for really, uh, my space, I guess.
08:52This is the shared bench between me and Josh, so it's, like, always hectic because two people are
08:59always moving our shit. So this is my sleeping bag. Josh refused to get a sleeping bag on this one.
09:04I rocked out two blankets that actually got the job done. They're pretty long, they get the feet,
09:10they can go around, keep my feet warm. Um, and, like, again, the pillow's, like, weird shaped.
09:15There's, like, a hole in the fucking bottom because the shit's old. But it, it, again,
09:19I, I, I know what's tried and true. The good old reliable. It, it works. It's never failed for me.
09:26It's getting me sleep. It's keeping me warm. Um, yeah, I'm glad everybody else is obviously not
09:32freezing to death. They, they, they, they got their memes. But, yeah, it does get hectic,
09:37as Austin said, just because everything's switching around from, like, our bags with clothes for, like,
09:41when we shower and stuff, blankets are all over the place. So we got to, like,
09:45dig through the damn middle of the seats just to get our blankets and sleeping bag situated for
09:49whenever we switch off. But, uh, yeah, this is, uh, again, it's like all the main headquarters of
09:55where most of the contents of everything we own are. Yes. Yes. That was my sleeping bag. Here are the
10:00notorious blankets that he's talking about. This one, I believe he brought this from home. Yes, he did.
10:07Yeah, I see that. Your grandmother knit that one, right? No. This is the best blanket. This is the
10:13second one in the world. Talk about it. Look at this. This is, like, soft corduroy suede type of
10:18shit. Dude, this, like, my hands are already, like, warm. Just keeping it under here for 10 seconds.
10:24It's magic. And it's huge. It's, it's gargantuan. I, I was, I was hoping to find, like, an actual, like,
10:31thick comforter, but, um, gets the job done. That's, that's his blanket. Yep, that's about it.
10:37Here is also that pillow he was just bragging about. Yeah, so this used to be my, this used to be my
10:43brothers. However, however, this shit would go all over the van. Wow. This is Josh's notorious pillow.
10:49It has a hole in it, uh, for unknown reasons. And this, this just goes everywhere in the van. But,
10:55we love him. And, uh, it's his favorite pillow ever. And here, here, here take it. For no reasons
11:01whatsoever. There's a hole in it. It just ripped. I know you, you guys let your mind run all you want,
11:07but, like, that ain't, that ain't it. We can't forget the dude wipes. Always need the dude wipes.
11:13Venue toilet paper sucks. Um, this is our garbage can. It's disgusting. Uh, I don't even know how this
11:21came to be. Oh, we rent this for a band. We rent this van from another band from Orlando called
11:26Lost Trees that I used to play in. And they're the homies. Um, and they let the, they let us get
11:31this van to use it for tours for, you know, a certain, uh, certain times and everything like that.
11:36But this is actually their trash can, but we use it as well. So it's a shared trash can among two bands.
11:43And I kind of love that. Uh, these are Josh's non-alcoholic blue moons when he wants to feel,
11:50uh, a little, a little fake drunk. So, uh, I've been straight edge for six years. I celebrated six
11:55years on the 29th. And as of the last like year or so, I found an affinity with like
12:01NA beer because Shirley temples and soda get a little annoying after a while.
12:07So just branching out, finding something right. The blue moons definitely do the trick.
12:11Probably the best beer I've ever drank, even whether or not they have alcohol.
12:16Um, you can't find the mango carts. Mango carts are also really good. But, uh,
12:21yeah, man, if I, if I want to get like super fake drunk, I'm finding the liquor store within walking
12:26distance and, uh, cop in a six pack. Cause you can't just get two little tall boys for yourself
12:31just to enjoy. So, um, I'll manage to dog like three or four in a night. I'm going to be sure to
12:37keep these cold though. Whether or not there's a fridge in the green room, I'll just keep these like
12:41refrigerated outside cause it's cold enough to keep them cold. But yeah, um, shout out beer
12:48for all the beer drinkers. Shout out straight edge as well. Gotta love it, man. Gotta love it.
12:54This is the first, uh, time all tour. I've been actually like been able to find the blue moons
13:00because every other establishment has like the Corona's or like Heineken's and those kind of suck.
13:06like, Oh, this is last, last but not least. This is, uh, the bircher. I don't know how to pronounce it,
13:13but this thing is sick. If I could find the zipper. Here we go. It's like a multi-tool for a bunch of
13:21shit. You can jump your car. You can jump the van with it. Uh, you can pump up the tires with it. Uh,
13:27it also charges like cell phones or whatever like that. And it's like a power bank and it's also
13:33like a handy little flashlight and everything like that. But this thing's sick. Um, yeah,
13:38we never had to use it yet, but it's there in case we ever need it. And, uh, it definitely makes me feel
13:43better. Welcome to Joe's apartment brought to you by MTV movies. That's our bassist Chris. Hello.
13:51My name's Chris. I play bass and I do merch. So in line with doing merch, it's customer service.
13:59So I try to sleep as good as I possibly can. Uh, back here, we have a mattress topper right here has
14:07pads inside of it. I went ahead and put a mattress topper underneath and then we have pads to protect
14:13from all this. On top of that, we have my little Ozark trail, um, blow up mattress sort of thing,
14:24blow this up, put it sideways. We have a sleeping bag for warmth, two blankets, and then a copious
14:32amount of pillows. So we have one, two, three, four, and then I keep pretty much everything back here.
14:40So we have my planet fitness towel, my trusty Bucky's neck pillow, all my shoes,
14:48and then of course we have the vape and a comic. So just big chilling, only vibes.
14:57This is all below the actual spot. It's so low to the ground. It actually makes me nauseous with the,
15:02with the bouncing on it. So it's like the bench is good for me. Anybody, anybody's slept back here.
15:06Like I've gotten some good sleep back here. Like I've been like, yo, let me, let me get the back
15:09for tonight or some shit. And then sometimes I wake up and I don't know, my head hurts or
15:14my throat is sore. And he's the only one that can sleep back here. And it's like, I love it.
15:20He's like, he loves it. The biggest thing was when we, when we first started renting this van, uh,
15:25when you have the trunk, like without anything added, it's just the bare ass fucking, you know,
15:31plastic right here. It's very bumpy. So, uh, once they decided to like, hey,
15:36fuck it, you can sleep in the back because everybody had called their spots of where they
15:40wanted to go. Um, I remember we were leaving my house for like our first tour. I was like,
15:45turn us the fuck around, went back into my house, got like the, the pads and everything to make it as
15:50comfy as possible. And now it's like the best to me, the best spot in the van, but you can only sleep
15:55like, if you're long enough, your feet are going to hit like that. You can't sleep like this. So
16:01you have to sleep at an angle where it's like, your feet will be like that. And then you just lean
16:07back and you're chilling. Yeah. All right. So this is the trailer. It's already unlocked.
16:14We did that on purpose. All right. We don't leave it unlocked, but this is just extra shit.
16:19Uh, we've only got a trailer on the last two tours. Before that we used to shove everything in the van
16:26with us. It was crazy, but, uh, we love the trailer gear, merch, way more luggage. Um, it's awesome.
16:34You know, it's cheap as fuck. U-Haul is great for touring. Um, especially if you're starting out on
16:39just touring because these tires, they'll go bald on both sides. You just call U-Haul to come out,
16:44fucking replace it. Trailer's not even that expensive for like over a month. So, uh,
16:49always get a trailer. I love the trailer. It's fucking amazing. So we're heavy hitter from
16:53Orlando, Florida. Um, this is digital tour bus. Uh, we are ending this tour right now today in
17:00Chicago, but we will be on tour in Europe from June 13th all the way to July 4th.
17:06The dates will be announced soon. So keep an eye out. Uh, but yeah, we're going through Europe,
17:11UK. We'll be in Scotland. Uh, so Germany, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, all those fun places.
17:18So keep an eye out and we're coming to Europe this summer.