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Originally posted by FLYING V 83

We used to a lot back in the 80s, but now it's nice having at least one weekend day to myself. Make sure you have enough material to cover two nights without repeating if it's the same bar/crowd.



different places and we have enough to switch it up a bit..two totally different setlists...

I don't wanna make a habit of it, but it's nice to get these in before the stork arrives :D

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we just did that the weekend before last and while the not unloading thing was great not being home for the family most of the weekend sucked. Now if this was my only job that would be fine but I was hurtin all week after it. The second one was out of town and I may have drank a bit too much after the show but I really can't remember now :)

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Originally posted by Sordid1

we just did that the weekend before last and while the not unloading thing was great not being home for the family most of the weekend sucked. Now if this was my only job that would be fine but I was hurtin all week after it. The second one was out of town and I may have drank a bit too much after the show but I really can't remember now
:)



so in other words, i twas your own damn fault (re:drinking)? hahhahah

just bustin' stones, man ;) ours are both pretty local so I'll be home all day on saturday...

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Originally posted by shreder75



so in other words, i twas your own damn fault (re:drinking)? hahhahah


just bustin' stones, man
;)
ours are both pretty local so I'll be home all day on saturday...



Even if they are both local I don't really like doing it with or without drinking but I will do it if need be. Usually the second night my chops are really good too since my fingers are really limber from doing a show.

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So back to back you mean one night then the next night.

Those are fun, I do them all the time. I wish I could do them more. Especially for a while (ie. tour).

When I was doing the bar scene, I did them a lot. At first they tore me up, but after I got in shape, they weren't so bad.

Now two in one night or day is sorta rough. I have done a few of those. Or playing in two bands on the same bill.

I think my worst day was, play in a small church folk thingy in the AM. Play in a coverband for a Wedding that afternoon. Then I had an opening slot with one band. Then a 2nd to last spot down the street with another band. It was fun, but pretty much took the whole next day to recover.

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Done a few. :D Have a couple more comin up.
NEW ENGLAND METAL AND HARDCORE FESTIVAL April 28th-30th
http://www.metalandhardcorefestival.com/
METAL CRUSADERS TOUR 2006
05/23/2006 Summerville, SC
05/25/2006 Kingston, PA
05/26/2006 Montreal, QC
05/27/2006 Boston, MA
05/28/2006 NYC, NY
05/29/2006 Philadelphia, PA
05/30/2006 Sayresville, NJ
05/31/2006 Rochester, NY
06/01/2006 Cleveland, OH
06/02/2006 Detroit. MI
06/03/2006 Chicago, IL
06/04/2006 Minneapolis, MN
06/05/2006 St Louis, MO
06/06/2006 Nashville, TN
06/07/2006 Atlanta, GA
06/08/2006 Jacksonville, FL
06/09/2006 Orlando, FL
06/10/2006 Ft Lauderdale, FL
06/11/2006 Tampa, FL
06/12/2006 Tallahassee, FL
06/13/2006 New Orleans, LA
06/14/2006 Houston, TX
06/15/2006 San Antonio, TX
06/16/2006 Dallas, TX
06/17/2006 El Paso, TX
06/18/2006 Albuquerque, NM
06/19/2006 Denver, CO
06/21/2006 Phoenix, AZ
06/22/2006 San Diego, CA
06/23/2006 Anaheim, CA
06/24/2006 Hollywood, CA
06/25/2006 San Francisco, CA
06/26/2006 Boise, ID
06/27/2006 Spokane,
06/28/2006 Portland,
06/29/2006 Seattle, WA
06/30/2006 Vancouver, BC

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I have played three shows in one night....

One was on guitar, one I played with two bands. One set on drums and one set on guitar...then I went and filled in on bass for a friend that was out of town.

4 sets in one night at age 16....I'm pretty much a rockstar or something.

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Originally posted by RoboPimp

Every weekend, and it makes me tired.


Funny that you're worried about your ONE cab... try loading/unloading a whole PA every weekend!!
:thu:



the other guitar player in my band has the PA..and we all help him out with it..so yeah, that's always fun =)

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Originally posted by ihave27frets

Done a few.
:D
Have a couple more comin up.

NEW ENGLAND METAL AND HARDCORE FESTIVAL April 28th-30th

http://www.metalandhardcorefestival.com/

METAL CRUSADERS TOUR 2006

05/23/2006 Summerville, SC

05/25/2006 Kingston, PA

05/26/2006 Montreal, QC

05/27/2006 Boston, MA

05/28/2006 NYC, NY

05/29/2006 Philadelphia, PA

05/30/2006 Sayresville, NJ

05/31/2006 Rochester, NY

06/01/2006 Cleveland, OH

06/02/2006 Detroit. MI

06/03/2006 Chicago, IL

06/04/2006 Minneapolis, MN

06/05/2006 St Louis, MO

06/06/2006 Nashville, TN

06/07/2006 Atlanta, GA

06/08/2006 Jacksonville, FL

06/09/2006 Orlando, FL

06/10/2006 Ft Lauderdale, FL

06/11/2006 Tampa, FL

06/12/2006 Tallahassee, FL

06/13/2006 New Orleans, LA

06/14/2006 Houston, TX

06/15/2006 San Antonio, TX

06/16/2006 Dallas, TX

06/17/2006 El Paso, TX

06/18/2006 Albuquerque, NM

06/19/2006 Denver, CO

06/21/2006 Phoenix, AZ

06/22/2006 San Diego, CA

06/23/2006 Anaheim, CA

06/24/2006 Hollywood, CA

06/25/2006 San Francisco, CA

06/26/2006 Boise, ID

06/27/2006 Spokane,

06/28/2006 Portland,

06/29/2006 Seattle, WA

06/30/2006 Vancouver, BC



yeah, well you're just bragging...lol...

looks like you do this for a living? I have a day job too

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Played 5 shows in 2 days a while back - I couldn't even walk right after that weekend! I'm gigging with two bands now, so many of my gigs now are back to back 1 hour sets, with a 10 min break in between to switch backlines

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Originally posted by evhfan

my band does the occasional back to back weekend...had one a few weeks ago and have one coming up in 2 weeks...i find that i usually play worse the second show...go figure

 

 

that's cuz you're hung over....lol

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A few years ago I was in a band that had two gigs on the same afternoon in two different towns about an hour away from each other. It was a 4th of July and we played one outdoor festival, then packed up drove to the other outdoor gig and got there moments before we were supposed to go on. Luckily there was a house PA set up so we didn't have to deal with that. But it was nerve-racking, not to mention that it was about 105 degrees that day and totally broiling up on that stage in the mid-day sun.

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Originally posted by shreder75



that's cuz you're hung over....lol

 

 

hahaha...nah...i don't know what it is...i think i just get tired.

this is an interesting topic shred because if you asked me a few years ago i'd prefer back to back weekends...now, not so much...but i'm old....

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Originally posted by Karma1

A few years ago I was in a band that had two gigs on the same afternoon in two different towns about an hour away from each other. It was a 4th of July and we played one outdoor festival, then packed up drove to the other outdoor gig and got there moments before we were supposed to go on. Luckily there was a house PA set up so we didn't have to deal with that. But it was nerve-racking, not to mention that it was about 105 degrees that day and totally broiling up on that stage in the mid-day sun.

 

 

that's just madness =) easy to get burned out if you do too many days like that I'd imagine

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Originally posted by evhfan



hahaha...nah...i don't know what it is...i think i just get tired.

this is an interesting topic shred because if you asked me a few years ago i'd prefer back to back weekends...now, not so much...but i'm old....

 

 

heheh...I hear ya...the only time I'm up late these days is after practice or when we have a show....

 

well, that was until I got addicted to Oblivion..now I get about 5 hours of sleep a night

 

but that's at home, so it's different..lol

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Originally posted by shreder75

got my first commin' up this weekend..and several therafter....kinda looking forward to it..for a couple reasons..


been awhile since we played out..and I can just leave my behemoth cabinet in the car for the next show...lol

By back to back shows,do you you mean 2-nighters,two shows at one place back to back,or what? I've done hundreds of mutli-nighters. I've never done the back to back gig at one club in one night. I have done a number of afternoon/evening gigs at different places,which is kinda tough with a 2-2 1/2 hr setup time and 1-1 1/2 hour teardown.

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Originally posted by tlbonehead

By back to back shows,do you you mean 2-nighters,two shows at one place back to back,or what? I've done hundreds of mutli-nighters. I've never done the back to back gig at one club in one night. I have done a number of afternoon/evening gigs at different places,which is kinda tough with a 2-2 1/2 hr setup time and 1-1 1/2 hour teardown.

 

 

multi nighters...got one on friday then saturday

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