Vh1 Classic Rock Nights: Mike Wanchic Interview Excerpt
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The fall leg of John Mellencamp’s No Better Than This Tour kicked off last night (10/25) in Boston. Like any good group, John and his bandmates rehearsed before hitting the road, and surprisingly, like many younger bands, they did it in a garage. Mellencamp’s guitarist, Mike Wanchic, explained it to us.
“We have a recording studio in a little town called Nashville, Indiana, which is right outside Wilmington, had it since ’76. It was a converted house. It had a garage built into a hill out of blocks. That is our rehearsal space. We actually rehearse in a garage, just like I did in the eighth grade. It’s a nicer garage, but it’s a garage.”
Mike and the rest of the band will be crossing the Eastern, Southern and Midwestern regions of the country with John, playing shows through November.
The fall leg of John Mellencamp’s No Better Than This Tour kicked off last night (10/25) in Boston. Like any good group, John and his bandmates rehearsed before hitting the road, and surprisingly, like many younger bands, they did it in a garage. Mellencamp’s guitarist, Mike Wanchic, explained it to us.
“We have a recording studio in a little town called Nashville, Indiana, which is right outside Wilmington, had it since ’76. It was a converted house. It had a garage built into a hill out of blocks. That is our rehearsal space. We actually rehearse in a garage, just like I did in the eighth grade. It’s a nicer garage, but it’s a garage.”
Mike and the rest of the band will be crossing the Eastern, Southern and Midwestern regions of the country with John, playing shows through November.