The current singer of Exodus, Rob Dukes is a pretty big, burly guy and after a night performing under the hot lights, he’s positively dripping with sweat. His scalp glistens, his shirt’s soaked and you can bet everything he’s got on underneath is as wet as garments dropped in a lake. So there’s no way in hell we’d even touch his worn socks without wearing two sets of rubber gloves, let alone put them in our mouths. We may be Exodus fans, but we’re not insane, rabid and delusional like some of the diehards. Dukes explains in his guest blog:
When on tour, you have to either recycle clothes or you run out or you buy new ones. There are no laundromats in Europe that are easily available, so we have a thing called “gig clothes” or “the rock suit,” which is something you have two sets of so, as you’re letting one dry, you’re wearing the other. They’re the clothes you wear on stage every night. I personally have three of the same thing because when I come off stage, I look like I jumped in a pool.
So, 30 shows equals a lot of socks, and I wear the same pair of socks for four or five shows. I wear them onstage, then I let them dry and do this over and over for a few shows (let me remind you they are only worn onstage). They usually smell after two shows but f–k it, I’m on tour! (more…)