Blood, Sweat & Beers '91 - Craziest Tour In Rock History

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

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🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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The “Blood, Sweat and Beers Tour” launched in May of 1991, and was Warrant’s first headlining tour of that size. It was Firehouse’s first big tour, and Trixter had already been on the road for 7 months when they got the call to open the bill. null of the bands had ever really crossed paths before, but by the time the tour wrapped in October, not only had they all become fast friends, they also ended up with one of the highest-grossing tours of the year. And then grunge happened, and almost overnight, the three bands found themselves virtually out of work. Warrant’s Eric Turner, Firehouse’s Bill Leverty, and Trixter’s Steve Brown and PJ Farley reunite to tell tales from that storied rock tour (probably the last of its kind) including the pranks they played on each other, the after-show hangouts, jamming in local bars, Jani Lane’s video game obsession, and the night Judas Priest’s Rob Halford came to see them play in Phoenix, Arizona.

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0:00.0	All right, welcome to Talk His Jericho. It's the pot of thunder and rock and roll. It's
0:16.9	all about the rock and roll today. We're hearing the story of one of the last huge true rock
0:21.3	and roll tours. The blood, sweat and beers tour of 1991 with warrant, firehouse and trickster.
0:28.6	It was the summer tour of 1991 when it wrapped that October, became one of the top 10 highest
0:33.0	grossing tours of the year, whose warrant's first headlining tour of that size, firehouses
0:38.4	first big tour. And trickster had already been on the road for seven months when they got invited
0:42.4	to open. They played with kids and scorpions. So they were more road ready. None of the bands
0:46.7	knew each other before the tour started in May. But as you're here, they all became best friends.
0:51.8	It's a pretty funny story as well. They spent their time together on the road talking about
0:55.2	the after show hangouts they do with fans at local clubs and the towns. Prank's they pulled on
0:59.8	each other at the end of the tour. Janie Lane's video game addiction and the time Rob Halford came to
1:05.2	see them in Phoenix. We've got Eric Turner from warrant, Bill Liberty from firehouse and Steve Brown
1:10.5	and PJ Farley from trickster here to tell us all about that crazy tour and how the rise of
1:15.5	grunge and bands like Nirvana, Allison change and Pearl Jam basically put them all out of business
1:20.9	by the very next tour cycle such a crazy rise and fall. So the blood sweat and beers tour is
1:25.6	coming up. So it was the new episode of the Winnipeggers Thursday at 9 p.m. Eastern on my YouTube
1:29.8	channel and my Facebook page. Check it out. We're going to talk about heroic moments. So let's see
1:35.7	what you think about that. And thanks to everyone who stayed up for the special late edition of
1:39.9	the Saturday night special after the all out pay per view. I appreciate you guys waiting for me to get
1:45.3	cleaned up after the mimosa mayhem match. Yeah, it was Dallas. My boots were squelching. But we
1:50.8	had a great time at the show. We're going to do it again this Saturday. Hopefully at our usual time
1:56.2	at 9 p.m. Eastern on Facebook live my official YouTube channel. Stay tuned for more announcements
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