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On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the hard rock band, Crobot, while on tour with Corrosion of Conformity and Whores. Crobot is currently supporting their newest album, Supermoon.
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Film Date - May 14, 2026
Location - Outset in Chicago, IL
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VIDEO SUMMARY:
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Skip Intro
02:10 Driver's Area
04:26 Middle of the Van
09:14 Back of the Van
10:55 Trailer
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On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the hard rock band, Crobot, while on tour with Corrosion of Conformity and Whores. Crobot is currently supporting their newest album, Supermoon.
VIDEO INFO:
Film Date - May 14, 2026
Location - Outset in Chicago, IL
KEEP UP WITH CROBOT:
Facebook - https://facebook.com/crobotband
Instagram - https://instagram.com/crobotband
TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@crobotband
Twitter - https://twitter.com/crobotband
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
00:33 Skip Intro
02:10 Driver's Area
04:26 Middle of the Van
09:14 Back of the Van
10:55 Trailer
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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00:00We franchised the driving crooner, this is 100% legit.
00:05My piss jug in training, still just water.
00:33What's up boys and girls, this is Bishop from Crowbot, and I'm Willy from Crowbot, and we're
00:41out here in Chicago, we're on tour with Corrosion of Conformity and Horse, and we're going to
00:46show you guys our ride, dude, so come check it out.
00:50So yeah, we've done one of these before, I think it was over 10 years ago, he was nine
00:57years old, but we've had vans, we've had sprinters, we've had shuttle buses, we've had, what else
01:07have we had?
01:08We've had spaceships, various military weapons, and what do you know, we're back to good old
01:15fashioned 15 passenger, home sweet home, baby, but yeah, the old Chevy Express 3500, built
01:25like a brick shit tank, is that what they say?
01:29Shithouse?
01:30Shithouse.
01:30It's a shithouse.
01:31It's a brick shithouse.
01:33Yes.
01:34Um, with, uh, in pearl white, just like our semen.
01:41Um, I mean, speak for yourself.
01:44Sorry.
01:45Um, yeah, this, uh, this is very important about this van, check it out on this side.
01:50Watch yourself, don't get hit.
01:57We franchised the driving crooner, uh, this is 100% legit.
02:02Uh, we, we had to put it on the back, so it's more of like a riding crooner, cause everyone's
02:09just trying to make it look fake, you know what I mean?
02:10They kept trying to make it look fake, you know?
02:12Just gotta make money on this somehow.
02:15Alright, so, uh, me and Willy are mainly the night time drivers, so unfortunately we aren't
02:21able to get drunk together as much as we used to.
02:24Breaks my heart.
02:25Yeah.
02:26But, uh, yeah, this is, this is, uh, this is the front quarters, man.
02:31We have, uh, you know, two different ways to listen to music.
02:35You can plug this thing in, and, uh, you know, do the radio route, or you can go full on
02:42wired,
02:43baby.
02:44And, uh, there are no rules, you can listen to whatever you want.
02:48Um, Willy's more of a, uh, Michael Bolton guy.
02:53I'm gonna show him some of the, some of the CDs.
02:57I actually had to leave my 36 CD Michael Bolton collection at home, but I do have plenty
03:02of, uh, we got some Blind Faith and some Maxwell, we got some Lamb of God, Alice in Chains, and
03:09Stevie Wonder.
03:10We got some fuckin' Helmet and Family Values, which is the most important CD.
03:15Uh, Outkast, Stankonia, Paul Simon, more Korn, Rage Against the Machine, Nora Jeans, more
03:23Helmet, Meshuggah.
03:24The list goes on.
03:26On and on and on.
03:27But yeah, uh, we've got Brandon's, uh, Overnight Oats, uh, container here that I don't think
03:34he's used once this tour.
03:35Um, let's see, we've got, got a bunch of loose groceries.
03:42Um, for, we get, we don't get a rider very often.
03:47No, no.
03:49Uh, no.
03:50And we usually, uh, spend our cash out on various things like Jack in the Box leftovers.
03:54Uh, so rummaging through trash cans.
03:57We have to pay people to not, uh, call the cops on us.
04:00So, that's been eating a lot of our budget.
04:03But yeah, this is the, uh, the front headquarters.
04:07And, uh, steering wheel's usually slathered in chili dog grease or something stupid.
04:12Do we need more as a matter of fact?
04:14I think we do.
04:16Okay.
04:16More chili dog grease.
04:20Alright, sorry.
04:21Anyways, go ahead.
04:22So, this is the, uh, sleeping quarters of the Crowbot van.
04:27This is where the magic happens.
04:29Yeah, so, so this tour, uh, when we started, we didn't properly bunk out the seats like we
04:37usually do.
04:39But you can see what we've done is, uh, they're all supposed to have one of these which is
04:45just like a topper on it.
04:46And it gives you more surface area to sleep on.
04:50And, uh, yeah, but we didn't really do that.
04:53Uh, these two have it on it.
04:55But this is just raw memory foam.
04:56Um, and, uh, yeah, everyone's got their own little, uh, dirty space.
05:01We've got, uh, got the old piss jug here, you know?
05:06Like, a wise man once told me, every, every jug is a piss jug in the future.
05:13You know what I mean?
05:14Right?
05:14That's how, that's what they said?
05:15Wasn't that, uh, shit, who said that?
05:18Arnold Schwarzenegger?
05:21Electrolytes are important.
05:25All right, so, uh, this one's, this one's Brandon's space.
05:28He likes to sleep here.
05:31Um, he has really bad acid reflux.
05:33So he's got this bamboo pillow that puts him up on an incline.
05:36It's because he's a singer.
05:37He doesn't have to be fucking with that all the time.
05:39Um, but yeah, that helps his, uh, acid reflux and snoring, I think.
05:44And, uh, you can tell this is like, you know, coconut water, singer stuff.
05:50He's got his backup harmonicas because the boy loses a million harmonicas a tour.
05:56Um, a hairbrush, I know this ain't mine.
06:01You know.
06:02And let's see what else we do.
06:05Oh, full bottle of Listerine.
06:07Full bottle of Listerine.
06:09What else?
06:10Oh, this sticker someone gave us at Merch.
06:13Freaking awesome.
06:16I don't even, I have no idea who this is.
06:18No clue.
06:19Whatsoever.
06:20Nah.
06:20Just showed up.
06:21And I, I don't even think we're going to research it.
06:24I'm just going to let it be.
06:26I'm going to put it on something.
06:27I'll tell you that.
06:29For your, uh, for when the sun creeps in in the morning, you know.
06:35But that's pretty much Brandon's.
06:38We have, uh, you know, rechargers coming all over the back.
06:44Then we've got, this is our sweet baby boy Nikos spot.
06:49The sweet, sweet drummer man.
06:51He, uh, needs his little beauty rest.
06:54So we gave him the best spot in the bon, in the van, you know.
06:57He's always shimmering with joy every single day, every single moment.
07:01Thanks to that spot.
07:02He's sensitive.
07:03He's sensitive.
07:04So we give him a nice, nice moment.
07:07Um, and yeah, I don't know.
07:10He's pretty, he's pretty bare bones.
07:12Um, this is where he keeps all his money.
07:16You know.
07:17Uh.
07:19Is there money back there?
07:21No.
07:21I'm scared.
07:22Shit.
07:23This is where, uh, he plays a lot of video games and stuff, you know.
07:27So he's got his headphones.
07:31Yeah.
07:32And then Willie, you want to show him yours?
07:34Sure.
07:35All right.
07:39So, oh, I'm just going to hit this real quick.
07:46Oh, what did you drink yesterday?
07:49Jesus.
07:49This is my humble abode.
07:51Um, so we've got a, uh, bag, uh, full of various paraphernalia.
07:57You can edit this out, right?
07:59Before the county gets it.
08:00Okay, sweet.
08:01Um, and I've got my beloved JBL Bluetooth headphones, uh, for learning the songs because
08:10I still don't know what the fuck we're playing.
08:12Um, various flannels that smell really bad.
08:17Uh, oh, actually, new pillow.
08:18So, got a new pillow.
08:20Uh, left my pillow behind in Pennsylvania.
08:23So I went to good ol' Wally World and got me a memory foam.
08:28And it's nice.
08:29Uh, I've got about another two weeks before it's ruined.
08:33Um, and yeah.
08:35Uh, underneath here, I've got my piss jug in training.
08:40Still just water right now.
08:42Uh, but it's going to evolve here pretty shortly.
08:45So, uh, fuckin' cheers.
08:48Yeah, and then these are the remnants of the trash bag that were on here before I got hungry
08:52and decided to just eat the whole thing.
08:55Uh, you can see some various bite marks.
08:58Um, like, yeah, whenever it gets like that, I kinda turn into just a rodent.
09:02So, you know, like, road, ent, yeah.
09:08Um, so yeah, that's my shit.
09:12We toured with another crew member or merch guy, sound guy, whatever.
09:17And we have five people that we have to sleep.
09:20Usually what we do is we take this out and then I built a bunk system.
09:26So, someone sleeps on the bottom and then someone sleeps on the top.
09:31I'm usually the one that will sleep in the bottom because I don't want to hear anyone else bitching about
09:35how horrible it is.
09:36It's pretty bad.
09:38Uh, because you got the jack here.
09:40You've got all these divots.
09:41So, you really have to pad it up so, you know, you can sleep.
09:45But getting in and getting out is horrible because you have to, like, have someone shut you in.
09:50And when you have to get out, you're screaming back there like,
09:54I gotta piss, let me out, you know what I mean?
09:56So, it's definitely a death's trap.
09:58Um, it's not safe at all.
09:59But what, none of this is safe.
10:01Doing any of this is, it's not a good idea, but I love it.
10:06Um, but yeah.
10:07So, my buck now is just this back section.
10:14I literally...
10:16I mean, I have this sweet hat back there.
10:20Uh, you know, maybe I'll wear it tonight.
10:22I don't know.
10:25It's got a built-in rat tail, so that's pretty cool.
10:28You know, it still smells like taint?
10:30Yeah.
10:34The old cinder block for me to drop the trailer back here.
10:41Um, yeah.
10:43And then we've got this trailer that apparently is coming apart at the seams.
10:49Literally.
10:50So, uh, yeah.
10:52This is the side trailer.
10:54The dressing room, if you will.
10:55Uh, we have these puck locks because we had our trailer stolen once.
11:00And this, at least, is a little easy.
11:02It makes it harder for people to just cut off your lock and get your stuff.
11:08This is where the magic happens.
11:11Alright.
11:12So, here we go.
11:13We've got...
11:16Sweaty towels from Planet Fitness.
11:19We wake up to pee fit.
11:21Shower.
11:22Separately.
11:25And, uh, yeah.
11:26We dry our stuff back here.
11:31Um, all the luggage and the vinyl goes to the very back.
11:37Any music, anything we don't want to destroy, we try to throw towards the wall back here.
11:42That way it's not getting thrown around during load-ins and stuff like that.
11:45And we really only, like, you know, use this sort of front for luggage and in and out of stuff.
11:54Also, you know, me and Willie are in a band, a side band called ZZ Crop Top.
12:03It's Texas's premier ZZ Top tribute band.
12:07Mm-hmm.
12:09So, just in case we needed to do a pop-up.
12:18These are the crop tops.
12:28I still don't know if this is the right side.
12:33I think it's good.
12:36All right.
12:38We suiting up?
12:39Yeah, dude, suiting up.
12:43What do you know?
12:44This beard still doesn't go on, right?
12:48How are you going?
12:51No, no, I got you.
12:52I got you.
12:52All right, all right.
12:56There you go.
12:59Much better.
13:01So, what do you think?
13:02ZZ Top?
13:03Yeah?
13:05I don't notice a difference.
13:07I don't, I don't notice a difference at all.
13:11Thank you for checking out the Crobot slash ZZ Crop Top van.
13:15We're hitting all the spots in America, at least all the ones that we have left.
13:20We love you guys, and we appreciate the support throughout the years, and we'll be on the road till we
13:27die.
13:28Very soon.
13:58We'll see you next time.