Destroy Nate Allen FUN FUN FUN US TOUR!

This is our only US tour of 2011! Tell you friends.

Addresses are on the show page. Our friend Adam made the tour poster. Check his art out here!!

Check the facebook event!

We’ll see you soon!

<3 Nate & Tessa!

Oct. 8th – Dec 19th US TOUR!

Today we start a US Tour lasting through Dec. 19th. We’ll be joined by Insomniac Folklore for the first month. We’re very much looking forward to hitting the road! Tyler has been one of my best friends since we met in Junior High. We’ve both toured the US Multiple time but never together until now! Get ready for some of the rocking acoustic music this side of Larry and His Flask.

We look forward to seeing everyone! Addresses and details on the the shows page. Here’s a run down of the town’s were hitting. If you can help us out with a show email – destroynateallen@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing everyone.

Sincerely.

Nate Allen

Here’s the facebook event!

Oct 18 – Fort Collins, CO – Surfside 7 (21+)
Oct 19 – Denver, CO – Yellow Feather Coffee
Oct 20 – Denver, CO – 3 Kings Tavern (21+)
Oct 21 – Casper, WY – Sonic Rainbow
Oct 22 – Rapid City, SD – Staging Grounds
Oct 23 – Aberdeen, SD – Red Rooster ZOMBIE PROM!!!
Oct 24 – Fargo, ND – VFW Hall
Oct 25 – Minneapolis – Conventical
Oct 27 – Ames, Iowa – Ames Progressive
Oct 28 – Lincoln, NE – Clawfoot House
Oct 29 – Lincoln, NE – Max Ave
Oct 30 – Kansas City – Christian’s House
Oct 31 – St. Louis – Chuck’s House
Nov 2 – Nashville – House Show
Nov 3 – Memphis – Stash House
Nov 4 – Little Rock – ACAC
Nov 5 – Oklahoma City – bad granny’s bazzar
Nov 6 – Wichata, KS – Vertical Violet
Nov 7 – Hannible, MO – House Show
Nov 8 – Springfield, IL – black sheep
Nov 9 – Milwaukee, WI – brewing grounds for change
Nov 10 – Madision, WI – ambrosia co-op
Nov 11 – Chicago – HeLP
Nov 12 – Chicago – Risen Savior (South Side)
Nov 13 – Kalamazoo – TBA
Nov 14 – Grand Rapids, MI – Takehold Fest
Nov 15 – S. Bend Indiana – Ugly Mugs
Nov 16 – Indianapolis – House Show
Nov 17 – Bloomington – House Show
Nov 19 – Columbus, Ohio – The Spor Infoshop
Nov 20 – Pittsburgh, PA – Smiling Moose w/Rev Peyton
Nov 21 – Cleveland, OH – Now That’s Class
Nov 22 – Buffalo, NY – TBA
Nov 23 – Rochester, NY – Shark Tank
Nov 28 – W. Virginia
Nov 29 greensboro
Nov 30 raliegh
Dec 1 – Asheville – TBA
Dec 3 – Charlotte
Dec 4 – Columbia, SC – House Show
Dec 5 – Jacksonville, FL
Dec 6 – Gainesville, FL
Dec 7 – Pensacola, Fl – House Show
Dec 8 – Mobile
Dec 9 – New Orleans
Dec 10 – New Orleans
Dec 11 – Waco
Dec 12 – Dallas / Denton
Dec 13 – Austin
Dec 14 – Abilene
Dec 15 – Las Cruces
Dec 16 – Phoenix
Dec 17 – Flagstaff
Dec 18 – Vegas
Dec 19 – Reno

Post Cut & Paste Tour Blog

Greetings. It’s been a long time since Tessa and I slept in our own bed. 7 months to be exact. Weird. Whenever I start an adventure like this I try to count the consequence as best as possible, yet when all is said and done there are some things that just can’t be avoided or escaped.

Post tour ups and downs is one of those things. In the week we’ve been home life has been a spiral of emotion. Joy, Exhaustion, Relief, Anger, Fear, Helplessness, Feelings of being inescapably consumed with music, Selfishness, Anxiety. All these feelings and much, much more at first seemed wrapped in harsh words and uneasiness. Thankfully the harsh words have bypassed a bit… still I’m on edge.

Our last few years have been a whirlwind of relationship, marriage, tour, music, new jobs, returning to school and countless other adjustments. Tour was no different. We grew a lot as individuals, as a couple, and as a band. We played 141 shows and drove through 44 states in a little of over six months. Most of the time it was rad. Sometimes it really wasn’t. We learned a lot. It seems life just keeps bringing up new things to learn. On the days we were tired, grumpy, snippy with each other and running late, we had to remind ourselves, “We are living out our dreams! Let’s be grateful!”

Here are a few of the tour highlights:

Getting to spend 6 months playing music and seeing the country with my best friend!

Seeing our old van die, with $200 to our name and seeing things come together to get a new van all without missing a show.

Being given two guitars when I needed them most….and a GPS!

Merch Hook Ups: Dead & Buried, Rockwell Merch, Ink Brigade!

Staying relatively healthy on tour!

Watching folks clap and sing-a-long or run out the door at shows.

Discovering the rocking & out of control sides of South Dakota, Kalamazoo, Minneapolis, Nashville, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, North Carolina, & Arizona in new ways.

Getting to share shows with Rodent Emporium, The Intolerants, Larry and His Flask, Flatfoot 56, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Wingnut Dishwashers Union, Delay, Tim Barry, Berth Control (x-Moldy Peaches), Blackbird Raum, David Deporis, Brook Pridemore, Jr & The Brian, The Last Hope, Stereotype Rider, The Reddman, A Paper Cup Band, The Deal, The Scurvies, Soul Junk, Lake, The Kris Special, The Leeves, Rats & Birds, Underground Railroad to Candyland, The Coathangers, Gnar Boots, Bradley Hathaway, Benjamin Francis, Brother Stephen, 19 Action News, J.& L. Guitarstring, The Killigans, For.The.Win., Mallory, The Apprentice, Aaron Foster Buchanan, Wovenhand, Mutiny Amongst Friends, Pine Hill Haints, Lovvers, Cartright, Rob Lately, Almanac Shouters, The Funyon’s (members of Onion Flavored Rings), Imadethismistake, Neil Sutherland, The Taxpayers, The Filthy 42′s, Sarah Carter, Aaron Buchanan, Dustin & The Furniture, Arkansas? & SO MANY MORE!

We just moved into a new house in North Portland – with a bunch of old friends from our days in San Francisco. Tomorrow, I start back to school and Tessa starts back to work. Our goal in the months to come is to take things a bit slower and hang out more, so if you’re in or near Portland look us up, we’d love to see you!

Below is the info for our first Portland show in 7 or so months.

Hope all is well.

Nate Allen

January 29th w/Nothington (BYO Records)
Alex Hudjohn, & Danger Death Ray
The Zombie House 4209 SE 63rd Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97217 9 PM – $5

A crazy month, followed by a crazy week, followed by a crazy weekend, followed by 3 crazy days.

We Got a New Van! Here’s how it went down!

Last Saturday our van was burning oil so bad we got pulled over by a cop…. We barely made it to Chicago amidst smoke we could see inside the van. Over the weekend, the community we were staying in @ Chicago had a wedding and several people in town for a funeral. Both our Chicago shows were hard. Tuesday - I spent 6 hours working on our 83 Econoline to fix a massive oil leak & bad alternator @ our friend Spike’s (from Crashdog!) auto shop. As a result we got to our Milwaukee show 2 hours late. The show was good but we were tired. We slept @ Walmart, only to wake up to a dead battery. Wednesday – Walmart jumped our van & we drove to Autozone. Autozone test our van and said our alternator and battery were good. We drove 1 hour to Oconomowoc & put in 3 quarts of oil. Oconomowoc was a fun.

Thursday - We spent a relaxing day with friends before putting more oil in the van and driving to Madison. 6 Folks came to the Madison show but it was alot fun. On the way to our friends after the show our, started sputtering and reached a top speed of 25 MPH on the freeway. We coasted, to a McDonald’s parking lot. It breathed it’s last. A guy with a huge pick up tried to jump us but to no avail, he gave us a ride instead.

Friday morning we got up and with our friends AAA had the van towed back to the house.

We had about $200 dollars to our name, and a dead van. We spent the next few hours trying to figure out how to get to Minneapolis. We prayed and sent out a cry for help.

Hertz said they would rent us a car the weekend (we have Oregon ID’s and no Credit Cards) but they would have to put a hold on $200 dollars in our account. A friend gave us $200, we rented a car @ 5:30 PM and drove 80 through the snow to Minneapolis. Our friend Cynthia drove from Fargo… the show was alot of fun. We a great time, one on the funnest nights on tour by far.

Saturday – We left for Omaha on 5 hours of sleep. We were a little late for load in but everyone was very rad. Tessa’s Aunt Janet came to our show.. I’d never met her before. Omaha was amazing over 150 kids @ Sokol Underground. We got to open for Flatfoot 56 & The Killigans. Both bands are rad and very worthy of support. Bald Bearded Cow Productions took care of us. We had our best night financially in 3 years of touring! We almost had enough for a van.

Sunday – On 4 hours of sleep we back to Madison. Tessa searched Craigslist. She found a 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager we could afford. We dropped off our a rental car & had our late return fee waved. Some friends drove us to check out the van. We took it for a spin and bought it.

In conclusion, we drove 1,247 miles two play two shows in three days. A few friends, including one of my college professors, donated money to keep us a float & help us buy a new van!

Tomorrow, we leave for another 500 mile drive for show in Kansas City. Before we go we have to load our new and scrap our old van. I think I’ve had enough adventure for a few days.

Much thanks to everyone who came out a the shows, sang-a-long, gave us hugs, bought merch, encouraged us, or said a prayer. You are all more valuable then you know.

See you on the road. We’ve got two month left!

Sincerely.

Nate Allen

Dead Van / Need Help

Last night in Madison, Wisconsin our van died & was towed.

Here’s how you can help:

1. If you know of anyone up for lending us a vehicle or giving us a ride, in Madison, WI let us know.

2. We are looking for a new van to buy in the Madison or Omaha, if you know of one send it our way.

3. Donate funds via paypal to destroynateallen@gmail.com.

Thanks,

Nate Allen

415.368.7195 // destroynateallen@gmail.com