I had an after show snack with John Bush a few years back in Providence on the Vol 8 go around. A friend of mine from high school used to work for Metal Blade. She ended up Armored Saint's tour manager. She even brought them to my high school in RI for career day where alum come back to tell us what they're doing, more than once. She's a year and a half out of High School, touring with Saint, and I'm throwing up the horns as a senoir. She called John prior to the show to say she'd be there, he came out after looking for us, and Frank came out too. Charlie and Scott were nowhere to be found. I got Franks autograph and had a chat, as did many other fans, and got John's autograph. When the fans started to dispearse, my bud Jim and I thanked him for his time, my friend Lori (his old manager) gave him a big hug and a kiss, and we were going to a dinner a block or two away called Haven Brothers (it's been in downtown Prov since the 1850's). John asked us what we were doing, I said going for the best greasy burger in RI. He said he needed to know how good the best greasy burger in RI was and joined us. We hung out for like 45 minutes to an hour. It wasn't your typical fan band member exchange as Lori was there. I did get to mention the lengths I go to to obtain B-sides, and rattled of a few obscure ones I had. He told me I was hardcore. After that, it was really getting to know a person through Lori and John's "old times" conversations, family, Saint mates, and the like. It was quite enjoyable. He invited us to go hang around the hotel for a while more when "dinner" was done, but all three of us had to work in the morning, and just couldn't. It was one of the cooler times I'v had.
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