We may be a lot of things (deadbeat uncles and aunts, bedwetters, secret Toto enthusiasts), but we would be remiss if we let this story of low-life shitheadery go unreported. Miami’s true hard cases Torche had a vanload of music equipment and personal pieces stolen by thieving bastards after a gig at the Congress Theater in Chicago on May 14.
Although this sort of crime would make even the most lily-liveredest of acts go postal, the band itself has taken the whole thing like professional troopers. After quickly organizing a few small DIY gigs, Torche will meet back up with Coheed and Cambria and Circa Survive, who they were to shadow in Canada (until the worthless douchebags took a number of band member passports) for the remaining scheduled dates. It may be a potential pitfall of touring, but it still sucks so much whenever this happens. If you can’t make it to any upcoming Torche shows please consider making a donation to TLCforTorche@gmail.com at PayPal here.
Here is a list of the stolen stuff:
- Custom Electrical Guitar Company bass w/hardcase #220
- First Act custom bass w/hardcase serial number # JN-0901002
- Black Gibson Custom Les Paul w/SKB hardcase (has chip on the top L side of headstock, visible neck repair on top side of the neck, may have missing paint opposite vol and tone knobs if sticker was removed)
- Custom woodfinish guitar w/hardcase
- Acoustic 370 Bass Head
- 2 x SKB PS25 pedal boards
- 2 x Boss tuning pedals
- MXR Phase 90
- Boss DD5 pedal
- Boss guitar EQ pedal
- Custom 3 way amp selector (metallic blue)
- Fulltone OCD pedal
- Aguilar Tone Hammer pedal
- Boss Bass EQ pedal
- Shure Beta 57
- Misc. Mogami, Monster, and George L’s cables
- Suitcase style 7 space guitar stand
- Black iPod Touch
- Black Compaq Presario laptop
- Nikon Blue Coolpix camera
- Sony CyberShot camera
- Garmin 205W GPS
- Black Luggage containing: tubes, guitar strings, instrument cables, speaker cables, tuning pegs, surge protectors
Torche Stripped Live:
05.26.10 - New York, NY - Rumsey Playfield *
05.27.10 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
05.28.10 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
05.29.10 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues *
05.31.10 - Harrisburg, VA - The Blue Nile %
07.28.10 - Nashville, TN - Exit/In ^
07.29.10 - Louisville, KY - Skull Alley ^
07.30.10 - Indianapolis, IN - Vollrath Tavern ^
07.31.10 - Chicago, IL - Subterranean +
08.01.10 - Chicago, IL - Wicker Park Festival
08.03.10 - St. Louis, MO - Fubar ^
08.05.10 - Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree ^
08.06.10 - Tallahassee, FL - Big Daddy’s ^
08.07.10 - Tampa, FL - Orpheum ^
08.08.10 - Miami, FL - Churchill’s ^
* Coheed And Cambria, Circa Survive
% Human Smoke, Kill Your Brain
^ Beings
+ Baroness
• Torche: http://www.myspace.com/torche
• Hydra Head: http://www.hydrahead.com
[Photo: Lauren Roero]
