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On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the grindcore band, King Parrot, while on GWAR’s "Gor-Gor Strikes Back" Tours with Soulfly. King Parrot is currently supporting their newest album, A Young Person's Guide to King Parrot.
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Film Date - April 2, 2026
Location - Concord Music Hall in Chicago, IL
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VIDEO SUMMARY:
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Skip Intro
01:17 Lounge
09:26 Bathroom
10:26 Bunks
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On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the grindcore band, King Parrot, while on GWAR’s "Gor-Gor Strikes Back" Tours with Soulfly. King Parrot is currently supporting their newest album, A Young Person's Guide to King Parrot.
VIDEO INFO:
Film Date - April 2, 2026
Location - Concord Music Hall in Chicago, IL
KEEP UP WITH KING PARROT:
Facebook - https://facebook.com/kingparrotband
Instagram - https://instagram.com/kingparrotband
TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@kingparrotband
Twitter - https://twitter.com/KINGPARROTBAND
FOLLOW US:
Website/Email List - https://www.digitaltourbus.com/#/portal/signup
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/digitaltourbus
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/digitaltourbus/
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@digitaltourbus
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltourbus/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/digitaltourbus
Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/digitaltourbus/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-tour-bus-llc
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltourbus
VIDEO SUMMARY:
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Skip Intro
01:17 Lounge
09:26 Bathroom
10:26 Bunks
ABOUT DIGITAL TOUR BUS:
Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twenty, Twenty One Pilots, Megadeth, MGK, Papa Roach, AJR, Pierce The Veil, Simple Plan, A Day to Remember, and thousands of others over the past 15 years. "Bus Invaders" takes you inside an artist's home on the road, "Cooking at 65mph" showcases the culinary skills of artists on tour, "Gear Masters" unveils the equipment musicians use on stage, and "Stage Threads" dives into the meaning and inspiration behind the clothing artists wear during their performances.
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00:00This is always an essential on any King Parrot rider, the French onion dip.
00:05The minute I stop it somewhere, it comes out elsewhere.
00:07Breezy's peanut buttercups should be banned.
00:39Hey, it's Matt from King Parrot, welcome to Bus Invaders.
00:43Before we go inside, we've got some breaking news, come with me.
00:51We have cracked a small leak in the RV up here, had a few dripping issues out through
00:59the electrical compartment which we are currently addressing, so that we don't all get electrocuted,
01:05but let's see how we go.
01:06Come on in.
01:07First of all, you need to see our little mask.
01:10Some of you might recognize that from somewhere, if you know, you know.
01:15Come on in.
01:17There's only one way, there's only one way.
01:21So this is Mike over here, this is Derek here, we've got a tattoo happening right now, we're
01:27doing tattoos on tour, in the bus, this is Mike from Soulfly, Derek's playing bass in King
01:32Parrot at the moment, and they're doing a little Dimebag Daryl tattoo today, which is really
01:37cool.
01:38We've got Squizzy over here, he's addressing the leak issue that we've got happening, some
01:43leak.
01:43I'm thinking about using Ernie Ball strings, they're that good.
01:48And yeah, so we've got some serious issues going on over here, which we're about to address,
01:54but you know, when you're on tour it sort of becomes like a problem solving exercise,
02:01you can, it doesn't matter how much planning and preparation you put into these things,
02:06when you get on the road there's always some shit that's bound to happen, and then it just
02:10becomes the problem solving exercise, which we've got pretty good at over the years, wouldn't
02:15you say?
02:15We are a problem.
02:16We're a problem and we solve our own problems.
02:18We're constantly trying to solve ourselves.
02:19Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:20So welcome to the fridge.
02:22This is, you know, this is kind of a little bit out of control at the moment, because some
02:27of the stuff was stored up there where it was getting wet, but now we've moved it into
02:30here.
02:31The bananas, the bananas are a communal thing.
02:36That's right.
02:36We're all having some bananas in the morning, and that's all good.
02:40We had some leftover pickled onions.
02:44A friend of ours, Tom Robbins from And Now The Band, bought us some brisket the other
02:50day, and it was delicious.
02:51That's some leftover pickled onions there.
02:55I love this sparkling water.
02:58That's my favorite stuff.
03:01Derek loves a bay breeze, so he's making bay breeze.
03:04This is some ingredients for the bay breeze, the pineapple juice.
03:08We've got some eggs there.
03:09Look, I don't know why we've got eggs.
03:12One minute.
03:13Is that Matthew's favorite I spy?
03:14French onion dip.
03:17This is always an essential on any King Parrot rider, the French onion dip.
03:23We love this stuff.
03:25We love trying all different types of French onion dip, and there's always some hot sauce
03:31and things like that.
03:31Hot sauces and whatnot.
03:33I'll eat any old slop, by the way, whatever's going.
03:37So that's the fridge.
03:38There's a few Coors stashed in the back there.
03:42We've got a couple boys that don't mind a beer at the end of the night, but it's definitely,
03:46Derek's definitely doing the bay breeze thing, which has been a big feature of the tour so
03:50far.
03:52Oh, that's all we've got in there.
03:55Oh, Derek.
03:56Big Derek.
03:57Oh, Derek, what have you done?
03:58Oopsie.
04:00There you go.
04:01So that's the freezer.
04:02Nothing too exciting.
04:03I don't even know how to turn the TV on.
04:05I don't watch the TV.
04:06I'm not interested, but we've got a little bit of Family Guy and things like that being
04:09happening.
04:10We're usually generally using the TV to rock some tunes.
04:14We had a little bit of Metallica going before while these guys were doing their tattoos,
04:17just for some inspiration.
04:20But generally speaking, it's just for the tunes.
04:24Don't you?
04:26I enjoy doodling on drum skins.
04:28Spent drum skins.
04:30Spent drum skins galore.
04:32Sign them and piss them off.
04:35Yeah.
04:36Well, obviously I tackled the king parrot crown, the upside down crown.
04:42Closely followed by some sort of deep sea angler fish that I just happened upon that I'm really
04:50digging drawers.
04:51So that's my favourite go-to at the minute.
04:54With these, oil-based paint pens.
04:57So this is the table.
05:01Presently it's serving as part of the tattoo studio here that Derek and Mike are utilising.
05:08But this general vicinity here is a bit of a workstation.
05:14You know, like at the end of the night we've got the computers out, we're doing taxes, finance
05:18and accounting.
05:19All that stuff.
05:21But it also serves as somewhere where we make our tea.
05:24I drink this stuff religiously.
05:27Every day, every night, before the show, after the show.
05:31I like a little bit of this stuff to drizzle in there with a bit of lemon, a bit of
05:36ginger.
05:36All that sort of stuff.
05:38So we've got some pens and sharpies and stuff like that here.
05:41We've also got a record from our friends, Del Paxton, that came through the other night.
05:46They came to visit.
05:47And also a CD from the band Killer Ostrich.
05:53So that was kind of cool.
05:54And yeah, so this is just basically the general workstation, eating station, pizza, food,
05:59all sorts of crap gets piled on here.
06:01And yeah, but we've cleaned it up to make it look nice for you today.
06:04Make it look like a hygienic tattooing station.
06:08Today we're tattooing Metal Mike from Phil and Selma and the Illegals, my Illegals brethren.
06:14Paying the ultimate tribute to Dimebag Daryl with the Lil Dime we like to call him.
06:19Me and Derek used to rock the Pantera set nice and heavy back in the, you know, a few years
06:28ago.
06:29So it's only right to do the Dime tribute today, the mini dime man for my brother right here.
06:38And I'm using the Bishop rotary machine.
06:42This is the Packer.
06:43So it really packs that ink in.
06:46I got a five round liner needle.
06:50Of course we got the pink ink set for the Dime's beard, of course.
06:55And this is kind of my travel rig.
06:57But you know, I got the thermal printer over there.
06:59So it could print out the stencil, make sure Dime's hair looks just perfect.
07:04The Dean headstock for my man Mike over here, also endorsed by Dean.
07:07Let's just throw that out there.
07:09Yup.
07:09But it's a great travel rig.
07:11Sometimes we got a nice big backstage.
07:14Sometimes we steal a little bit of Guar's backstage.
07:16But today, we're on the bus.
07:19So this is, you know, we go where we can.
07:23We rock and we roll.
07:24The minute I stop it somewhere, it comes out elsewhere.
07:28Look at this business.
07:31Alright, we got some munchies over the back here.
07:34If you want to have a look, we've got some, some, uh, protein powder for the gym people.
07:38We're trying to get to Planet Fitness in the mornings, which is a little, uh, hack that we learned
07:42from our brothers from Cycroptic actually.
07:44They were like, you should get a Planet Fitness membership.
07:47And so we've been going to Planet Fitness in the morning.
07:49We go and do a little workout.
07:51Go and have a nice shower.
07:52And then we come to the show, which has been awesome.
07:54But, uh, yeah, like I said, we've got some munchies.
07:56Uh, little bits and pieces.
07:57Ritz, Pop Tarts.
07:59Um, tea.
08:00Lots of different tea.
08:01More throat coat.
08:03You've got to have the throat coat.
08:04It's super important.
08:08Granola bars.
08:09We've got all sorts of crap here.
08:12Just stuff to pig out on while we're on the road, you know.
08:14Just midnight snacks and all that sort of stuff.
08:17It's too much of it.
08:18You know what?
08:20Some of this stuff comes on our rider.
08:22And some of it, we get gifts from fans and they like, they'll bring us a box of food.
08:27And they'll bring us chocolate and all that sort of stuff.
08:30All the American stuff that we've personally trying to avoid.
08:33But, then we get like, all these chocolate, these M&M's.
08:37And, uh, peanut.
08:38Reese's Peanut Butter Cups should be banned.
08:41Um, cause, uh, once we start on those things, we just cannot stop.
08:45So, uh, yeah.
08:46But, like this giant size, like party sized bag of cake, which is unnecessary.
08:53Unnecessarily big.
08:56And, I mean, just.
08:58What the fuck?
09:00What the fuck?
09:01It's just too much.
09:05Oh, yeah.
09:05We've just got more strings here.
09:07We've got some more stashes of Ernie Ball strings here.
09:11We only use Ernie Ball here at King Parrot, so.
09:16What else we got there?
09:18Nothing too much.
09:19Nothing too exciting in there.
09:20Some bread rolls.
09:21They'll probably go mouldy before we chuck them out.
09:24So, here we are in the, uh, bathroom section of the bus.
09:29Here's our little shower.
09:30Which, uh, also, uh, doubles up as Derek's, um, smelly clothes hanger thing.
09:39But, this shower's actually pretty good.
09:41It's been good.
09:42We've had to use that a few nights, uh, when we haven't been able to get a shower in the
09:45venue.
09:46And, and the water pressure's not too bad.
09:47Once we turn the, the heater on, the water, the water's really warm.
09:51It's great.
09:52So, I've actually been enjoying having a shower in the bus.
09:54It's actually not too bad.
09:55But, um, you know, it's a quick rinse.
09:57And then you're done.
09:58Get the hell out.
09:59And then, uh, you get in here.
10:01This is the, uh, this is the bathroom here.
10:05No poo poo.
10:05Just wee wee.
10:07And, uh, yeah.
10:08It's, it's small, but it, it does the job.
10:11It works.
10:11It's great.
10:12Um.
10:14Yeah.
10:15It is what it is.
10:16But, uh, no, uh, nothing but wee wee in there.
10:18So, yeah.
10:19As you, as you would have heard, I'm sure.
10:20Plenty of times.
10:21Alright.
10:22Come on down.
10:23We're going down to the bunk area.
10:26This is where we do the sleeping.
10:28We've got some cool stuff in here.
10:29I've got some things that I wanted to show you.
10:32This is my friend's book.
10:34Marshall Brooks.
10:36Check it out.
10:37It's a great author.
10:38Great friend of ours.
10:40This is my bunk in here.
10:42I got some records yesterday.
10:44From, uh, a great little record store in, uh, Louisville.
10:51I believe.
10:52I think it was Louisville.
10:53Yeah.
10:53Finished Vinyl.
10:54Awesome shop.
10:55Got some great stuff from these guys yesterday.
10:58Got, uh, The Kinks, who I love.
11:01UK subs.
11:04A band called Fucked Up from Canada.
11:06Really cool band.
11:07You know those guys?
11:08Sure.
11:09The Obsessed.
11:12Dave Lombardo's solo record.
11:15The Scientists.
11:17Aussie legends.
11:20Yeah, so this is my little bunk in here.
11:22Uh, got some stuff.
11:23Got a little picture that I, uh, drew with my daughter the other night while we were videoing
11:27on, uh, on FaceTime, which is really cool.
11:30We draw pictures for each other while we were on video, which is really awesome.
11:34Bought her this little, uh, what are these guys called again?
11:38Beanie Boos.
11:39Got her that from a gas station last night.
11:41Hi Gracie.
11:44And, uh, yeah.
11:46That's my little bunk.
11:47Oh, yeah.
11:48For days like today in Chicago, the winter, the winter, the winter pack thing that I have,
11:55when it gets wet and rainy, the beanie comes out, the scarf, and the gloves.
12:03I've always got that on standby.
12:06Very important.
12:07So, yeah.
12:08That's my bunk.
12:09Other bunks are here.
12:10There's some other shit in there.
12:12I mean, I don't know if the guys want me to go through their stuff.
12:14Probably not.
12:16But that's my bunk anyway.
12:17Come on, we've got some repairs happening out here.
12:19Let's go and have a look.
12:21Let's see what's going on.
12:26We've got the, uh, hardworking, uh, Greg and Chris on the job here.
12:31Fixing repairs.
12:32What's going on boys?
12:32We found a problem.
12:33We found a little leaks coming in.
12:35Oh, flip.
12:36We're gonna be all cracked up here.
12:37Oh, yeah.
12:37You think it's in there?
12:38Yeah.
12:38I think we've got a little little cock in there, so.
12:40Alright.
12:41We went to our local Ace Hardware store.
12:45We've got some Flex tape.
12:47He's gonna stick a little cock in there and then, uh, Flex tape.
12:51Great job boys.
12:52We're at King Parrot.
12:53Flex tape.
12:55And, uh, yeah.
12:56See if it works.
12:57Fingers crossed.
12:59Always.
13:00Fingers crossed.
13:00Alright.
13:01Well, this is our boss.
13:04This is what we do on a daily basis.
13:06We're just tattooing people.
13:07We're plugging leaks.
13:08We're drawing drum skins.
13:11We're, uh, hanging out in leather.
13:18This is Matt from King Parrot.
13:19If you want to check out any of our stuff, go to KingParrot.net.
13:22We've got all our tour dates coming up that we're doing with Guar and Soulfly all around
13:26America.
13:26And, uh, we really appreciate you coming to check out the bus with us.
13:31We will see you next time.
13:32We'll see you next time.
13:33We'll see you then.
13:52Bye.
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