We benefit by having our music spread around and having new people exposed to it. You benefit from having something to remind you of the fun you had at a given show. Also, tapes are nice to help you more clearly remember the shows where maybe you had just a little TOO MUCH fun. We may be able to provide soundboard patches sometimes, but at many of our smaller gigs, we don't run all of the drums through the board, so soundboard tapes would sound very strange. You may be able to plug into a wall sometimes, but dont count on it.
Battery packs are the way to go.
Don't get in the way of us, Tim, or Venue employees. We won't charge you to make the tapes, so don't sell them. If you try to sell tapes of our shows, we'll find you and kick your ass. We don't tape all of our shows, so if you're taping a show that we're not, we'll probably ask for a copy. If you want to video tape, talk to us before bringing your stuff in, it usually shouldn't be a problem, but just let us know first.