GENERIKS ROAD RASH
Stories from the Road !
True Road Stories: The G-Files
These stories are totally true! Even though we might not admit it!
TERROR ON A TEXAS HIGHWAY!
It was a dark and stormy night, we were just outside of San Antonio and headed to a show at the DMZ. I was in back of the bus when I heard tires screeching, then BOOM! Something hit us. The bus barely rocked even though the car had hit us at about 70mph. "Holy Shit" I heard someone say, we pulled over to see if the passengers were o.k. They were. Mean while a citizen reported the accident involving a School Bus on the freeway. A school bus, yes but full of Punks not kids. Anyways the news media heard a school bus was involved and multiple news channels showed up to cover the scene. We quickly changed into our Generiks shirts for maximum coverage. Needless to say we made it to the show and the punks had seen us on the news. Our bus still holds the battle wound on the back.
The moral of the story: Always wear your band shirt when TV cameras are around!
REAL STORIES FROM THE FILES OF THE UTAH HIGHWAY PATROL
Now let me start by saying we respect the law and we aren't drug addicts. But we have been known to smoke mother nature. It was night and we had just crossed the AZ border into Kanab, Utah headed for a show in Salt Lake. The keyword here is KANAB. As usual we blew a tire and had to pull over to fix it. Minding our own business and changing the tire, a friendly Highway Patrol Officer pulls over to see whats up. We take a few neccesary precautions and hid all of out parking tickets that we had on the wall underneath the couch cushion. Of course we didn't think there was a problem. Meanwhile the Officer requests the usual and asks to see our paper work and to speak with the owner. The owner talks with officer in the car. This is the conversation and events as I remember it.
OFFICER: "Your eyes look really red, have you been smoking herb ?"
GENERIK1: "Na, No"
OFFICER: "I think you have, do you have any drugs in the bus?"
GENERIK1: "Uh, No"
OFFICER: "I think you've been smoking and I'm going to search the bus."
The other members are on the bus, waiting to see what will happen not knowing were getting ready to be searched.
The officer steps onto the Bus. Looks around then lifts up the couch cushion exposing about 20 parking tickets with different sayings that we wrote on them like "FUCK THIS" & "FUCK YOU", Needless to say he was not amused. Along with the tickets he found some small seeds. He hands the seeds to GENERIK2.
OFFICER: "What are these?"
GENERIK2: "I don't know, what are they?"
OFFICER: "If I have to wake up my boss and get the dogs out here, your all going to jail and we'll impound the bus! Now tell me where the weed is."
The officer says he is going to search all of our bunks. He starts with GENERIK3.
OFFICER: "Do you have any thing in here I need to know about. I'll giver you the chance to tell me."
GENERIK3: "Nope."
We are all sitting in the front of the bus while the officer searches GENERIK3's bunk. We hear the rustling of a plastic baggy. The officer comes out with a bag of herb and about 5 pipes a bong and rolling papers.
OFFICER: "YOUR GOING TO JAIL ! GENERIK3. Anybody else want to play this game ?"
GENERIK4: "Uh, I don't, I have a small bud in my bunk."
Hoping to keep from going to jail.GENERIK4 tells the officer where it is.
After the search is complete, the officer yeilded, 3 bags of herb, 7 pipes, 2 bongs a 357 revolver and a Colt 45acp. None of us went to jail but 3 of us got tickets and had to stay the night in Kanab to go to court the next day. We did get the guns back though.
The moral of the story: If your a cop in Utah, Search better! You missed an ounce of weed, and a 2 foot glass Graffix bong. Haha!
LIQUID COURAGE, BROKEN GLASS & TRANSVESTITES
If you've ever been to Austin, TX then you know about 6th St and Emo's (A very popular club to play). We had the day off and decided to check out Austin. Later that day one of us decided to get a bottle of Whiskey, which is rare for us. We usually just drink a few beers. After the bottle of liquid courage was devoured, it was time to hit the bars! Emo's was first on the list.
I guess it first started getting out of control when our roadie started letting beer bottles roll off the tabel. Crash, Crash, Break, Break. The bar was so packed no one seemed to notice. We weren't the only patrons seeing double. A strange couple next to us, strange as in Transvestite's, for some reason leaned over and bit GENERIK1 in the leg.? Ahhhhhhh! GENERIK1 stood up and head butted the boygirl and dropped him to the floor. Security felt obliged to join in, but all they saw was what we did. So we were thown out in the street.
It took us about 2 years to get a show their after that. Today we are friends with the whole staff and play there when we come through. Thanks Emo's for giving drunk punx a chance.
The moral of the story: Don't get into fights at a club you want to play!
Mushroom Tea and Air Boats
This was our first time to Florida and we wanted to camp some where since we had the night off. Some locals recommeded a place down the raod by a lake. We had some gourmet mushrooms we had planned on cooking that night so a lake seemed perfect. Our 1st warning was when a cop showed up and warned us about the locals. He said they come out here and get crazy.. We weren't to concerned how crazy could they be? We were going to find out. The 1st people began to show up and so did our mushrooms. I only had 1 cup of tea to see how it would feel first, some of the others were having cup after cup. GENERIKS1 was talking with some locals outside and one had mentioned he had this air boat that we could go hunt some gators in. Sounded Great. The effects of the tea began to began to show.