Who Stole Gob's Bag?

Touring musicians biggest fear is having their gear ripped off. Almost every band that hits the road has to deal with the fact that some junkie might break into their van or worst yet steal their gear right from the venue.

For the smart band their equipment is insured, but, in the case of Gob's Tom Thacker it's hard to replace the two years of personal memories in his diary that was recently stolen.

It's been over a week since someone nicked his red Westbeach backpack in Oshawa, ON at the Dungeon on April 6. Worst yet, this was right before his birthday. Talk about a bummed out guy, he's been really depressed about the loss of his personal belongings.

"My knapsack got ripped off. Everything that I've written down in the past two years. All the things that matter. It's all gone. My organizer with all my phone numbers. It's just gone," Tom reluctantly told us.

In case someone knows about the whereabouts of said knapsack or the person who might've had their thieving fingers on his bag they can email info@nettwerk.com with info. If the thief in possession of the bag wants to send it back, they can anonymously mail it to this address:

Nettwerk Productions
c/o Gob
1650 West 2nd Ave.
Vancouver, BC
V6J 4R3

"I'm starting to deal with it. At first I thought it was weird and was hoping it would come back. A week later I'm super depressed. I didn't want anyone to know at first, but fuck, I just want it back any way I can get it back. You only have my personal stuff."

Keeping Tom's spirits high are, of course, the band's overwhelming success on their "Going Ape Shite" tour and the antics of Theo and opening act, Black Halos. Outside of the major cities they're packing the kids in with 1,000 showing up for the gig in Kitchener.

"The shows have been a lot of fun. We played this place called Sin City last night and it was my birthday so Theo and the [Black] Halos all went crazy."

It's his birthday and Theo goes crazy, figure that one out.

"They made me drink a lot, and they did too, and then at the end of the night when I left they have a statute there and the head was kinda loose. We took the head across the street and left it at the hotel with a note saying where it came from. So they should get it back some time today and they'll be 'What the fuck?!'"