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need. Usually, that means drugs.” Added Bradley: “I barely get any sleep
[because I’m always busy] making sure these guys barely get any sleep.” Bradley and the band are currently
winding up a 30-city headlining tour with a string of shows in the Midwest, an area Bradley said is notoriously among the most difficult places in the United States to score drugs. “Tis area is pretty dry to begin with,
but it doesn’t help that I don’t know too many people up here,” said Bradley, who is originally from San Francisco. “Next week we’ll be in Michigan, which is like a barren wasteland when it comes to coke. I’m hoping my buddy in Toledo comes through tomorrow night so we’ll – I mean, the band will – have enough shit to get through the week.” Bradley ran through a typical day in his
life as a tour manager. “It usually isn’t until about
Above: Wes Bradley, tour manager for the metal band Faces of Nothing. Cleveland, Ohio – Wes Bradley,
tour
manager for the heavy metal band Faces of Nothing, spends most of his time on the road trying to score drugs for each member of the band, sources said Sunday. “Most people think being a tour
manager for a road band is easy: ordering hotel rooms, organizing transportation,
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maybe coordinating some interviews,” said Bradley, double-checking his cell phone to make sure he hasn’t missed a return phone call from his Cleveland hookup. “Te truth is I’m on call twenty- four hours a day, and I’ve usually got my cell phone glued to my ear. My job is to keep [the band members] happy, and that means getting them whatever they
five or six o’clock at night, a couple hours before the gig, before the guys start asking me to get them something, but
that doesn’t mean I
somebody. If it’s getting close to sound check and I still haven’t found anything, I’ll start asking the bartenders, door guys, anybody who looks like they party. Believe it or not, it’s usually an all-day project.” Bradley said that in addition to the
illegality of his duties, the preferences of each individual band member make his job a difficult one. “It would be easier if the entire band
were just straight-up cokeheads,” said Bradley, nervously standing outside the band’s tour bus waiting for a person named “Goat,” whom he’s never met, to arrive in a white Chevy S-10. “But no, only [guitarist] Gary [Knuble] and [drummer] Eddie [Corset] are into white. [Bassist] Mike [Richards] always wants smoke and [singer] Pete [McWilliams] is
into downers, so I’ve got to find Added Bradley: “I barely get
any sleep making sure these guys barely get any sleep.”
haven’t already been working on hooking up all day,” said Bradley. “As soon as the bus pulls in I’m on the phone trying to see if anybody I know knows anybody in town that deals. If not, I start shaking down the local [production] crew for them to call
somebody that can deliver all three. Tis is where the good tour managers get separated from the okay ones – the good ones can get everybody exactly what they need so the show can go on.”
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