Members Adrian Crow Posted September 8, 2006 Members Share Posted September 8, 2006 Many of the greats did it like, Pete Townsend and Hendtix. It is an explosion of excitement but others see it as disrespectful to the guitars what do you guys think about smashing guitars and stabbing the amps with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Clarknova Posted September 8, 2006 Members Share Posted September 8, 2006 Pete created it, Jimi perfected it. It should have stopped with the creator and the perfectionist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slider Posted September 8, 2006 Members Share Posted September 8, 2006 John Hiatt said it well in the song 'Perfectly Good Guitar'.John Belushi did a number in Animal House on a folkie's guitar.funny. but still painful. dont smash guitars please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Inspector 71 Posted September 8, 2006 Members Share Posted September 8, 2006 smash punkins and not guitars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Buckethead2 Posted September 8, 2006 Members Share Posted September 8, 2006 Yea...only smash them when your as rich as Pete Townshend ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members avandesande Posted September 8, 2006 Members Share Posted September 8, 2006 Those were crazy times and there was a shock value to it that would be lost on todays generation. Now its just wasting a guitar. Originally posted by Adrian Crow Many of the greats did it like, Pete Townsend and Hendtix. It is an explosion of excitement but others see it as disrespectful to the guitars what do you guys think about smashing guitars and stabbing the amps with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burgess Posted September 8, 2006 Members Share Posted September 8, 2006 It's a show... It's not like there are a shortage of guitars in the world. If your band is doing enough business where you can afford to bust a guitar up and still show profit, bust the {censored} out of that mofo! I'll be the guy in the audience with both hands raised high cheering! The pyrotechnics some of these bands do must cost more than the price of busting up a MIC Strat. It's a show. Be entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boxhollow Posted September 8, 2006 Members Share Posted September 8, 2006 Originally posted by avandesande Those were crazy times and there was a shock value to it that would be lost on todays generation. Now its just wasting a guitar. Agreed....different times. It was shocking and primal back then. It was rebellious and fit the times. Hell even when Nirvana (15 years goes by so fast) was trashing the stage it still had some sort of rock and roll feel to it. Today it just seems contrived and a waste of a good guitar. Audiences are so jaded by everyday life that it literally takes a Donkey show with some sort of uber violent ending to even get a rise out of them. Smashing guitars and smashing up the place is what housewives do in their spare time these days.....it's commonplace and seems quaint. Harkens back to the old days of cassette tapes and handjobs in the backseat of my camaro with the high school teeny slut of the week......ahh the good old days.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IG0R Posted September 8, 2006 Members Share Posted September 8, 2006 Perfectly Good Guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yjsays Posted September 8, 2006 Members Share Posted September 8, 2006 You can, but we'll call you an idiot for it because you just wasted money. Basicly, if you're not rich, why the hell would you do it? These guys you're talking about make/made some good cash. Some meaning six digits. So something like, I'll go smash a $3000 guitar into a $4000 amp dosn't do much to their pockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted September 8, 2006 Members Share Posted September 8, 2006 I haven't - in fact, I tend to try to fix the poor things once they've been manhandled. But I am guilty of making one of the characters in my film do it. Don't worry - it's only make-believe . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockNote Posted September 8, 2006 Members Share Posted September 8, 2006 So clich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anus Youngg Posted September 8, 2006 Members Share Posted September 8, 2006 Kiss smashing guitars was for pure shock value - added nothing and they new they were gonna do it 10 days before the show . With Townsend I think he was a legit violent loonie . For Jimi it seemed sensual . Only Jimi and Pete ever made it interesting . Still , the thought of what those guitars would be worth today makes me wanna hurl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted September 8, 2006 Members Share Posted September 8, 2006 Originally posted by RockNote So clich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockNote Posted September 9, 2006 Members Share Posted September 9, 2006 Originally posted by Verne Andru Cliche? It's actually an integral part of the story. Set's up the "drama" that follows. Check it out - http://www.okee.com - it's free. I was addressing the original poster and the concept of smashing guitars - not the post just above me (in my earlier post). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members patrickgibson Posted September 9, 2006 Members Share Posted September 9, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Blackmore Ritchie Blackmore did it his way. Deep Purple continued to perform concerts worldwide, including an appearance at the 1974 California Jam, a televised concert festival that featured the Eagles, Black Sabbath, and many other rock luminaries. At the very moment Deep Purple was due to appear, Blackmore locked himself in his dressing room and refused to go onstage. Previous performers had finished early, and it was still not sundown, the time at which the band had originally been scheduled to appear. Blackmore felt this would dull the effect of the band's light show. After ABC brought in a Sheriff to arrest him, Blackmore agreed to perform, but during the performance he destroyed an ABC TV camera in retaliation after the cameraman repeatedly edged too close to him. Shortly thereafter, the stage erupted in flames after Blackmore's amplifier stacks were deliberately set on fire. They exploded and blew him to the front of the stage. ABC was furious, but the band escaped its wrath by immediately departing via helicopter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockNote Posted September 9, 2006 Members Share Posted September 9, 2006 Originally posted by patrickgibson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Blackmore Ritchie Blackmore did it his way. Deep Purple continued to perform concerts worldwide, including an appearance at the 1974 California Jam, a televised concert festival that featured the Eagles, Black Sabbath, and many other rock luminaries. At the very moment Deep Purple was due to appear, Blackmore locked himself in his dressing room and refused to go onstage. Previous performers had finished early, and it was still not sundown, the time at which the band had originally been scheduled to appear. Blackmore felt this would dull the effect of the band's light show. After ABC brought in a Sheriff to arrest him, Blackmore agreed to perform, but during the performance he destroyed an ABC TV camera in retaliation after the cameraman repeatedly edged too close to him. Shortly thereafter, the stage erupted in flames after Blackmore's amplifier stacks were deliberately set on fire. They exploded and blew him to the front of the stage. ABC was furious, but the band escaped its wrath by immediately departing via helicopter. SMOOOOKE ON THE WAAAAATER / FIRE IN THE SKYYYY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Braverhund Posted September 9, 2006 Members Share Posted September 9, 2006 Blackmore's original reason for smashing his strats was that he wanted to make sure people knew the sound was from him...not the strat. It was a big part of the 70's/80's performance.....I don't believe Ritchie has smashed one since the mid 80's....I don't despise him for doing so...and for the record...those were Stratocastors...not squires....The real deal....( he 'accidentally' smashed his 60's black strat in Boston..before he realized what he was doing... ooops! too late...he use to buy them 50+ at a time....if they played well they became part of the stable...if not they stuck around to become a sacrifice to the rock and roll Gods....)The story goes (from his road manager) If the bottle of Jack was past the bottom of the label...a strat would die tonight..... Maybe a 'waste' of a guitar...but a heck of a good show....and after all...that's what we are performers..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Braverhund Posted September 9, 2006 Members Share Posted September 9, 2006 ..one more thing about Ritchie...once the strings came off the guitar...there is no more sound...so back stage there was a roadie with a small practice type amp with reverb...as soon as the strings came off...he'd kick it to get the reverb sound.... ...'aint rock n roll a great show! (pay no attention to the man behind the curtain......) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockNote Posted September 9, 2006 Members Share Posted September 9, 2006 Originally posted by Braverhund Blackmore's original reason for smashing his strats was that he wanted to make sure people knew the sound was from him...not the strat. This Blackmore logic he must have thought out past label too. I mean, what is the sound coming out of him when he is by himself without a strat...oops! How about sitting the strat gently down into its stand to haul ass on an LP? That would have made his point. The abundance of nutters in rock n roll is astounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Braverhund Posted September 9, 2006 Members Share Posted September 9, 2006 Originally posted by RockNote ! How about sitting the strat gently down into its stand to haul ass on an LP. . Blasphemy!" a LP ? get real! Fender Stratocasters...single coil that's the real deal! Make those notes count! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Braverhund Posted September 9, 2006 Members Share Posted September 9, 2006 Rock note...no offence ment or taken...opinons are like lower orifices...every one has one and is entitled to their own... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members RockNote Posted September 9, 2006 Members Share Posted September 9, 2006 Originally posted by Braverhund Rock note...no offence ment or taken...opinons are like lower orifices...every one has one and is entitled to their own... Sure, no problemo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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