Sublime With Rome is a musical collaboration between bassist Eric Wilson formerly of the band Sublime, and singer / guitarist Rome Ramirez, presenting an eclectic mix of Sublime's distinctive ska punk and their own original material.
Four Cyclones are on the tour - supplied by Karate Pinky Visual Design together with other special effects and the control console - and they are positioned upstage at the base of the backdrop.
Scott was the person who originally thought of the Cyclone - a moving head integrating a ring of 24 high powered RGBW multichip LEDs and a fan as a tool to create some fabulous visual atmospheric effects. He took his idea to Robe who developed it into a unique product and brought it to the market.
It was the first time that Aaron had used Cyclones, and he says he was "blown away" by the fact he could zoom the LEDs in and out, and when fully out, easily cover the entire backdrop with high quality coloured light.
Directly downstage of the Cyclones are four Vesuvio liquid fogger units. In some songs the Cyclones are used to blow the smoke jets horizontally over the band, so Aaron can get a lot more than just the standard straight-up effect from a typical cryo-unit.
He also uses them as a tight beam wash to backlight the drummer and along the amp line.
Aaron is running the show lighting - including the Cyclones - on a grandMA2 light console and the overall lighting vendor for the tour is Clearwing Productions from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(Jim Evans)
