The Feet

If you've never seen us play live then you've never seen one of the more unusual elements of Brian's set-up when he plays. Aside from the two amps (Peavey and Crate), aside from the pedal board with the boutique pedals, and aside from the two Reverend guitars, Brian also brings his own little blue rug to play on and he plays barefoot.

I began to realize this was unusual when I would get our digital camera back from people who I would ask to take pics for us at shows. Invariably there would be several shots of Brian's feet, naked as the day he was born, on his blue rug.

The bare feet have become so commonplace for us that we don't even notice it anymore. But others notice because here is a guy, shredding on his guitar, playing barefoot on a blue rug.

"Why is that so strange?" Brian asked one night after a show.
"Because the last time anyone did that it was 1967."
"Oh yeah." He eats a spoonful of cereal. "No wait. The guy In Living Color sang barefoot."
"Who's going to remember that?"

And so here's Brian's feet next his pedal board. Why the bare feet?
"I want to feel like I'm in my living room."
It's true. On stage he looks exactly as he does when he's in our living room. He sits on the floor in front of the TV, an amp next to him, the pedal board in front of him and he plays.
"See? It's just like when I'm at home."
So, this is probably why we're not cool. If you see us in a club, we act like we're at home. We're not 'rock stars' -- we're people who should be playing music at home but we're playing outside.