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How to Ruin Your Life: The Daily Grind of a DIY Tour

by Carnage The Executioner

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A decade on the DIY touring circuit

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A decade on the DIY touring circuit

Sammy Warm Hands looks back on the ten years following the I Quit My Job For This tour, tracing 17 tours and more than 100,000 miles on the road. Framed against the shutdown of live music during the global pandemic, the book records the working reality behind an independent artist’s touring life rather than a polished rock-star narrative. Its account connects punk, rap, podcasts, and underground music culture, while examining the personal cost of sustained creative commitment, frequent travel, and self-directed work. A foreword by fellow Crushkill Recordings artist Carnage The Executioner places the memoir within that collaborative DIY scene.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Fans of DIY and underground music culture
  • Readers interested in tour memoirs and the logistics of independent artistry
  • Followers of punk, rap, and cross-genre music scenes

Themes

DIY touringIndependent musicCreative laborLife on the roadArtistic dedication

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Book overview

t's been 10 years since Sammy Warm Hands embarked on the I Quit My Job For This tour.

HOW TO RUIN YOUR LIFE painstakingly recalls every detail from that day forward, spanning 17 tours, and over 100,000 miles. Frequent tour-mate and fellow Crushkill Recordings artist Carnage The Executioner provides the foreword.

The world is shut down from a global pandemic. Every show is cancelled and live music is nowhere to be found. What better time to reminisce about going on tour?

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS OVERNIGHT SUCCESS

For 25 years, Sammy Warm Hands has paid his dues. From punk to rap to podcasts, he's one of the most prolific and hardworking artists in the underground.

HOW TO RUIN YOUR LIFE explores the cost of that dedication, detailing a decade of tour life with more lows than highs.

Forget the rock star glitz and glamour. This is DIY. So jump in the van and get ready to work. It's time to hit the road...
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