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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
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 Posted - 12/03/2007 : 9:52:26 PM
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the boards have been slow. this is unacceptable. in the interest of creating dialog between board members, since you assholes have dropped the ball, i have posted this new topic. many of us here are musicians, who perform or have performed. here you will share remarkable stories of shows you've played. good shows, bad shows, mishaps, bloopers. whatever.
ready? go. |
death to false metal. |
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Ranting Thespian
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 12/04/2007 : 12:02:52 AM
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Ok, recently my friend was hosting a one night open mic. He was supposed to be in charge of it, and I took over as sound man for the night. What Mark (my friend) was going to do was give me more time than everyone else because I was doing a lot of work that night. Expecting to be playing 5-7 songs, I brought my les paul, fender amp, and all my effects. Well guess what, one of the people who ran the place took over. He wouldn't allow anyone other than Mark over 10 minutes. No excuses. WTF? I brought all this stuff, and lugged it halfway across town to play 2 songs? We were not happy. They would not budge, even after Mark talking to the guy several times, because I was doing all the work that night.
It just pissed me off. If I would have known that I could only do 2, I'd just bring my acoustic and use Mark's acoustic amp. Argh. |
Not communicating can hurt more than any word that can be said -
Nick
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Hopeful Rolling Waves
Alien Abductee
South Sandwich Islands
2154 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2007 : 08:29:21 AM
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Boo-fuckin-hoo. I got shot in the leg doing an open mic, and I only got to do one and a half songs!
That didn't happen, but it should.
I have no story, but I am usually terrible, and when I am not terrible, I am playing too fast, which is terrible in its own right. |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2007 : 08:53:17 AM
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Originally posted by Hopeful Rolling Waves
I have no story, but I am usually terrible, and when I am not terrible, I am playing too fast, which is terrible in its own right.
no such thing. |
death to false metal. |
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Hopeful Rolling Waves
Alien Abductee
South Sandwich Islands
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rubylith
Fluffy-Esque
1916 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2007 : 09:34:39 AM
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OK here's a good one...now keep this in mind, this isn't at some cool venue, this is at a uber-fancy republicalien eatery. This is a TRUE story.
I used to be in a jam band called FOOLZ...we played for a couple years and I quit the band in 2005, a couple of the guys moved away and that was that. Well earlier this year we had a one night only reunion show when our awesome drummer came home. It was a Tuesday night, which was odd for a show...anyway...
the keyboardist asked some guy, Billy or Tommy or something to play with us. This guy was a total doof. Nice guy and all but he was trying really hard to let everyone know he was a guitar player...guitar pick necklace, "vintage" Jimi Hendrx shirt, a hat that said "guitar player"...yea well...so our keyboardist asked him to play a "couple" songs with us. Now we already had 2 guitarists, since there were 2 during the band's existence. Now we had 3...I was not very happy but what the hell, we were there to have fun right? RIGHT?
Well, we played like for an hour, then brought this guy up, he had a brand new start and a nice ass amp...anyway, he was actually very talented. He played well and sang very well, I was stoked, because I thought it was all a facade. He played 3 songs with us and because it was kind of guitarted AND it was OUR reunion show, we said "Alright everyone give it up for Tommy or Jimmy or whatever!"
The crowd applauded....
So then I go, "ok dude, we're gonna finish the last song, thanks for jamming with us"....
He screams..."WHAT THE FUCK!?"
HE BUGS OUT! (he'll be in caps"
"I FUCKING BRING ALL MY SHIT HERE AND NOW YOUR KICKING ME OFF!??...YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES!"
"Dude we just played 3 songs with you, we are going to finish the show now, whats the problem"
"THIS IS FUCING BULLSHIT @&*^$#^&$#&*@$#^@#*&@^#*&@^&*~!~~!"
Then our percussion player (bongo player sounds really funny) goes, "Come on man we ar-"
BAM! Tommy or Jimmy or whatever KNOCKS HIM IN THE FACE....HUGE BRAWL ensues between a coupel of the guys. BAM BAM BAM punches fucking flying everywhere!
This other guy, is standing there just watching...BAM! CLOCKED IN THE FACE by Jimmy or Tommy or whatver and KNOCKED OUT...
I MEAN KOCKED OUT COLD...onto the ground, head now bleeding all over the floor....BLEEDING!
There's like 15 people involved now, Im just standing on stage protecting my equipment, what am I going to do , this guy was like 8 feet tall and his "vintage" t-shirt was very intimidating.
Ok after all this madness the police come...
the seperate the giant dorkball and the guy who he knocked out, along with half the band and some other people. One cop started talking to the guy who got knocked out, got his name, asked hi---HANDCUFFED HIM!?
The man who was knocked out (who I know and is a very nice guy) had a WARRANT out, and they arrested him...
Meanwhile....Jimmy or Tommy or whatever GETS AWAY. Walks right out of the fucking club to freedom. get's in NO TROUBLE...
They arrest the guy who was bleeding from his head!
Now this this akward silence and I'm left on stage with the microphone....
The only thing I could say was, "Never trust a guy with a guitar pick necklace who's 8 feet tall and smells like Brut".
The police weren't amused, and the asked me to leave the stage...
I said..."I still have to play another song"
"Please come off the stage now sir".
So I got off, took 2 shots of Jagrmeister, got my shit, and got the hell out of there.
It was a very sad day for Jimi Hendrix fans.
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gnome44
Yak Addict
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Posted - 12/04/2007 : 10:37:04 AM
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2007 : 4:04:53 PM
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Originally posted by rubylith
most metal story on earth.
holy shit! good fucking story. |
death to false metal. |
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rubylith
Fluffy-Esque
1916 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2007 : 5:00:39 PM
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Hahaha...
ok here's another...not violent...so Dan, ignore it haha...
A a dear friend of mine....wait rewind....
I stayed up all night, now it's 6pm the next day....
Ok....
A dear friend of mine had to cancel her show she had booked for months due to illness, she asked my good friend Alex and I to perform. Now Alex was already playing at someone's wedding, but he said that would be great....now again...I was up all night, and I don't mean sitting around watching tv...I mean like really tapping into my mind, very exhausting...anywho...
Alex shows up to pick me up dressed very nice, I am in cama pants, and a dirty shirt, i changed my shirt, laughed about how we looked together and we left.
We show up at this place and walk in, I have no idea what to expect...
The owner was Tony Soprano, in all seriousness, a spitting image, except he was midly retarded...ok really really retarded. We say, "he we are here to fill in for the night"...
"Who the hell are you?" the man snarled....
"ummm...the band you hired months ago"
"My band for tonight just quit!? What do you mean...wait a s econd...this is perfect, how about you guys play!?"
"ummm...yea? That is what we said"
The man then says with this confused dog look "How do I know you're good?"
we reply, "we've been playing for 15 years, been here there blah blah....we know what we are doing"...
He then says, get this..."Do you know any Creed? my crowd loves Creed and if you aren't any good they will boo you off the stage...you got to be able to hang with the big boys"
Anyone who knows me, knows my disliking of Creed is mega, almost evil. I despise them, and anyone who is foolish enought o listen to them...I understand, maybe you bought the album got wrapped up in the pseduo-christian rock bullshit, but if you still listen to that crap, please don't come near me...it's frighteningly terrible.
"Creed?" I ask...
"Yea, and Gun and Roses(yes he said "gun") and Skynard!....oh oh do you guys know Stairway..."
The guy is naming off every song you're not allowed to play ta the music store. I was trying to not laugh, but again I was up all night and the floor was still melting so it was really tough.
Alex replies, "well, we play everything"...
I couldn't contain myself so I chime in, "we could play a 15 minute version of Freebird, then go into Stairway to heaven and and with "With Arms Wide Open!?!"
The guy's smile went from ear to ear as if that was the one thing his life was lacking wa sthat shit storm of a medley.
"YEA YEA" he said, "That would be wonderful, you do that and you get the big bucks!"
hmmmmmm....well I meant it to be a joke but obviously this guy is a total dumbass...he then says...
"well my crowd might not like you, how do I know you're good?"
DIDN'T WE JUST GO OVER THAT!? It took a lot to not just walk out, it was starting to not be funny anymore. He then says..."I am going to have to try you out, CARL! Come here, help me see if these guys are any good...."
CARL comes over...
"Carl here knows music, he'll tell me if it's good!"
So now this guy needs someone else to stand next to him and tell him if it's good...unbeievable...did it stop there? no...
I say..."ok we'll tryout" so i start taking out my guitar...
"No no no" he says, not here, what if the customers hear that you aren't good?"
I couldn't believe it, I wanted to fight him but I couldn't see straight and he's about 200 lbs more then me...he then BRINGS US (along with Carl) to the back kitchen where there are 12 or so people cleaning dishes cooking whatever...its fucking cramped...and smells like horseshit...
he makes us play back here, it's also about 100 degrees...
So we take out our instruments and played Django Reinhardt's "Daphne" and it blew there mind, like as if he never even heard a lead solo before and heard a Django song for the first time...BLEW HIS MIND....he still didn't care about us, but he didn't know anything...
"ok you guys can play"
"Thank you" we reply and start setting up...
The crowd loved us, I was kind of nervous that these were really medival people who throw shit at you, but they wer every nice, it was the owner who was the barbarian...
We actually played Guns & Roses, "Welcome to the Jungle" but as a Bluegrass song, and made it HILLBILLY'ed out! Alex does it great it was fucking hilarious...so awesome...he's amazing but the hick Welcome to the Jungle is awesome....
Anyway it was stranger than the night prior and we got paid. That's my story....take it for what it's worth...and watch out for people who need someone to tell them if music is good.
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
2007 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2007 : 6:45:17 PM
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| So...yeah. Dave has this thread beat hands down. |
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
4845 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2007 : 7:25:57 PM
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Not unless someone has a story about a naked woman running on stage. Anyone?
I think the most "exciting" thing that's happened to me during any kind of show, was my buddy broke a string and we stuck it through the song pretty well. That and singing weird songs that make people laugh/react. I'm the one doing the judging, audience. ME! |
Steve Hackett: "I'm my own opening act, you see."
Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
2007 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2007 : 8:41:54 PM
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| I was trying to think if I had any really funny stories from gigs. I know that weird/funny shit has happened, but most of the stuff is kind of "you had to be there" kinds of things. |
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true tales from the stage
