Along with Liverpool's famous nightlife, the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Theatres show wide-ranging programmes and the Empire gets touring productions from London.
'Well, that wasn't really until we got touring with the Stones and people were trying to keep up with Keith.
The gigs are at indoor venues across the city (including Vera, a mere mention of which gets touring bands all misty-eyed, thanks to early performances there by Nirvana), from the grand and theatrical to the rundown and grotty.
Miller got his start touring with Second City in Chicago, and doing improv at places like The Annoyance Theater and iO Chicago.
Also a singer and songwriter, he got his start touring with Frank Zappa.
If things go right, the band will eventually grow more successful, start touring and get closer to needing a roadie.
"I don't think people realize," Ms. Tucker said, "how important it is for a band to know about how records are sold, how things are made, what percentage of profits you're going to get, how touring happens, how to make money on tour".
"That's what you get from touring in Japan," Reznor said.
I think we used to get the touring income while they used to waste the record money.
"We can get a touring act a few times a year, but it is the local bands we count on to bring in the business," Mr. Abramson said.
