Remember the Times Podcast

This is a big one... In this week's episode AllurA takes a break after returning from Warped Tour 2008, but Mitch's voice still wont recover. After a couple of bad shows (including one he almost missed entirely) the band is left with a tough decision to make...

We're back this week with the last episode of Warped Tour 2008... Get ready. Hear all of our memories from the final week of the tour including, what Mitch likes the call, the Goof Troop route #RememberTheTimes

This episode starts off with a hotel party getting out of hand. The next day at Warped Tour in Idaho, tensions between band members come to a head finally and for the second year in a row, vehicle issues prohibit us from getting to the Gorge Amphitheater

In this episode, AllurA begins a 12 day in a row stretch on Warped Tour 2008 where tensions between band members continue to rise and we get to hang out more with Evergreen Terrace and All That Remains where the singer of All That Remains gives Mitch a very difficult ultimatum. We break at Mall of America before heading west for the last two legs of the tour

We start this episode in Cleveland where we play on the Kevin Says Stage and then we play one of the worst shows we've ever played in our lives that night. The next day in Detroit, we play on the Kevin Says Stage again and, even though we sold the most merch we've ever sold in a single day, things get worse and worse between Mitch and AJ as tensions continue to rise. Then we have a week of...

In this episode, AllurA begins a 10 day stretch on Warped Tour 08, starting with 4 days in Florida where severe thunderstorms make the shows extra difficult and we have to figure out how to make nice with the Against Me! merch crew. As we head up the coast to North Carolina, we play to our biggest crowd of the whole tour and get to go to a free movie night for all of the bands. We end this episode...

This episode starts off at the Denver date of Warped '08 where AllurA's roadie, Sam, gets injured and has to go to the hospital for stitches. Later that night the after party gets a little out of hand...The tour makes it's way through Missouri and Kansas and then hits Texas for 5 days. AllurA plays an off day 4th of July show with Chaser and Mitch's vocal chords become so injured t...

In Utah, AllurA has its first double set of the tour on the family stage and the skate stage and we have some Warped Tour after party memories, some good, some not so good in Denver and New Mexico

We are starting our episodes on Warped Tour 2008 this week. Starting with the rehearsal day and then the first few days on the tour

This is a very unique bonus episode about the weirdest and craziest AllurA song ever wrote. This week, listen to our memories of the 12 year journey the song took from when it was originally written to when it was finally released. Enjoy Samhain Serenade

This week we're going back through the months leading up to Warped Tour 2008. But, this time instead of talking about shows we're talking about all the other tasks we had to complete. We're also going to talk more about that $9,000 credit card AJ had to take out AND we get one more giant roadblock to overcome before the tour starts.

In this episode, AllurA plays their final 5 gigs before leaving for Warped Tour 2008 including one at Hollywood Park where we have a run-in with the "Rookie of the Year"

In this episode we talk about how we wrote the album and dive deeper into the recording process of what we deemed the most stressful recording session we've ever had.

In this episode, an ambulance has to be called to one of our hometown gigs and we embark on what is still to date our most stressful and intense recording session ever.

In this episode, Allura plays 3 more shows in Redondo Beach and Long Beach. We do our first photoshoot with our new lineup and we find out about Warped Tour 2008

Last episode, Sean quits AllurA. In this episode, someone else quits! We deal with the fallout from that, regroup and play our first show with a new line up.

This episode we get used to life at home, post-Warped Tour, we play a ton of shows around Los Angeles and, at the end, someone tells AJ they're quitting the band...

These are all the stories that we could not place in chronological order. Unfortunately for Mitch, almost all the stories ended up being about him and AJ barely makes it through because he's crying laughing the whole time... Enjoy!

In this episode, it's all about the Los Angeles Warped Tour date and the final date of Warped Tour 2007. One of our favorite bands does a surprise set and AJ gets to play with Pennywise

As the tour returns to California, we have to figure out what we're doing with our U-Haul situation and we get to play "secret" off day show opening up for Pepper in Chico, CA

This week we're finishing up last episode's cliffhanger. Our tour van breaks down and we get stranded in Pendleton, OR. We miss one show and have to figure out how to finish our tour in a different vehicle. We link back up with Warped Tour at the Oregon date and we get talked into helping another merch guy in a way that none of us are very proud of...

In this episode, we get a break from Warped Tour. Mitch flies home for his brother's wedding and the rest of the band goes to Niagara Falls. We go through our memories of the Bonner Springs, KS and Nampa, ID dates and then something happens that threatens the remainder of the tour...

In this episode, Mitch gets too excited to drive through New York City, Josh works up the courage to talk to Killswitch Engage, there's more partying with Pepper and they ask us to play a show with them on an off day.

This episode starts off in Milwaukee, buzzes through a couple of less than memorable stops and finishes up with our very own Sean Grant proving to be an absolute shark in a tour-wide poker tournament

In this episode we have our best merch day of the tour in Detroit, MI and we finally get a day off in Minneapolis, MN and we spend it at the Mall of America