The God Bombs
U.S. Midwest Tour Chronicle

The God Bombs on the Martian Stage of Insane Clown Posse's The Gathering of the Juggalos, Valley of the Legends, Thornville, Ohio July 8, 2023. From left to right, West (Bass), Justin (Singer/Front Man), Zig (Keytar), Seth (Drums), Ania (Guitar)

From Zig's last blog post announcing The God Bombs' June/July Tour, one may recall our first date in the Midwest was in Quincy, Illinois on July 5, 2023. We flew into Chicago on a 'redeye' and drove past thousands of acres of corn and soybeans to reach the Quincy VFW Eagle Lodge, the band photo in the lodge after that gig shown below. It was a great audience and the tour just got better from there...

A band photo of The God Bombs after the show, VFW Eagle Lodge, Quincy, Illinois, July 5, 2023. From left to right, Seth (Drums), Ania (Guitar), Justin (Singer/Front Man), Zig (Keytar) West (Bass)

From there we once again drove past many more thousands of acres of corn and soybeans to reach the The Crucible in Madison, Wisconsin, the stage photo's of that gig shown below. Once again, it was a great audience and the tour continued to get better thereafter...

The God Bombs on stage at The Crucible, Madison, Wisconsin, July 6, 2023. From left to right, Justin (Singer/Front Man), Zig (Keytar), West (Bass), Seth (Drums, mostly occluded), Ania (Guitar)

Zig playing keytar on stage at The Crucible, Madison, Wisconsin, July 6, 2023.

After totally shredding The Crucible in Madison, Wisconsin, we drove back to Chicago, Illinois, where we played to an enthusiastic Friday night audience at The Fallen Log at Kitchen 17.

The God Bombs on stage at The Fallen Log at Kitchen 17 July 7, 2023. From left to right, Zig (Keytar), West (Bass), Seth (Drums), Justin (Singer/Front Man), Ania (Guitar)

The God Bombs on stage at The Fallen Log at Kitchen 17 July 7, 2023. From left to right, Zig (Keytar), West (Bass), Seth (Drums), Justin (Singer/Front Man), Ania (Guitar)

Zig playing keytar on stage at The Fallen Log at Kitchen 17 July 7, 2023.

After a fantastic performance Friday night at The Fallen Log at Kitchen 17 July 7, 2023 we drove all night to Thornville, Ohio, entering The Valley of the Legends then finding our way to the Martian Stage of the Insane Clown Posse's Gathering of the Juggalos where we proceeded to set up and play a remarkable great set despite collectively suffering considerable sleep deprivation.

Zig (right) with Justin (left) snapping a quick selfie while the drummer (Seth, not in photo) sets-up drums before the show on the Martian Stage of the Insane Clown Posse's Gathering of the Juggalos, July 8, 2023.

Zig (right) with West the Bass player (left) snapping a quick selfie while the drummer (Seth, not in photo) sets-up drums before the show on the Martian Stage of the Insane Clown Posse's Gathering of the Juggalos, July 8, 2023.

Zig (right) with Ania the Guitar player (left) snapping a quick selfie while the drummer (Seth, not in photo) sets-up drums before the show on the Martian Stage of the Insane Clown Posse's Gathering of the Juggalos, July 8, 2023.

The God Bombs on the Martian Stage of Insane Clown Posse's The Gathering of the Juggalos, Valley of the Legends, Thornville, Ohio July 8, 2023. From left to right, Zig (Keytar), West (Bass), Seth (Drums), Justin (Singer/Front Man), Ania (Guitar)

The God Bombs on the Martian Stage of Insane Clown Posse's The Gathering of the Juggalos, Valley of the Legends, Thornville, Ohio July 8, 2023. From left to right, Zig (Keytar), West (Bass), Seth (Drums), Ania (Guitar), Justin (Singer/Front Man)

At The Gathering of the Juggalos we had the opportunity to meet up with old friends including Seen Loc and his lovely bandmate & stage performance partner, Alien Baby Girl both of whom are integrally responsible for getting Zig into The God Bombs. and thus onto this wild and crazy tour for which Zig is monumentally grateful! Later that evening The Sugarhill Gang totally rocked the main stage impressing the audience not only with their classic, Rapper's Delight but also delivering a powerful message of Peace to close their set.

Seen Loc (center) holding Alien Baby Girl with MC Relm (left) and Seen Loc's GF and Tour Coordinator, Jenessa (right) during his performance on the Martian Stage of Insane Clown Posse's The Gathering of the Juggalos, Valley of the Legends, Thornville, Ohio, July 8, 2023.

After The Gathering of the Juggalos we once once again drove past many more thousands of acres of corn and soybeans to get to Columbus, Ohio where we played at The Stoop, Sunday, July 9 2023. While we did put our best foot forward for that Sunday night gig, admittedly we were quite spent from all the driving, sleep deprivation, and with it being a somewhat sparse Sunday night audience, the event overall seemed relatively anti-climactic. Photo's of that event have yet to be forthcoming, though the noteworthy event of Seen Loc and his lovely bandmate & stage performance partner, Alien Baby Girl did appear before us on the stage of The Stoop, a first for both parties at that location.

After that we drove back to Chicago for our departing flight the next day. We had some time to kill before our flight so we did some touristy sort of activities as pictured below including visiting the Museum of Post Punk & Industrial Music and meeting in-person Martin Atkins, who drummed for Public Image Limited, Killing Joke, Ministry, and Skinny Puppy, to name but a few of his projects of renown.

The God Bombs publicity photo, Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 2023. From left to right, Ania (Guitar), Zig (Keytar), Justin (Singer/Front Man), West (Bass), Seth (Drums)

The calling card for Museum of Post Punk & Industrial Music.

The God Bombs with Martin Atkins at the Museum of Post Punk & Industrial Music, Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 2023. From left to right, Ania (Guitar), West (Bass), Justin (Singer/Front Man), Martin Atkins (PIL, Killing Joke, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, etc.), Zig (Keytar), Seth (Drums)

Since there is quite a story to be told alone about visiting the Museum of Post Punk & Industrial Music and meeting in-person Martin Atkins, we promise our readers to follow-up with a full account of that momentous occasion in our next blog post...

Happy listening!
Zig

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