Funny things people say at gigs...

"You need to turn down the mics on the drummer" (said to the sound guy)

His response...

"He's not mic'd, he's just damned loud."

"I Just wrote this song two hours ago..."

"I need everyone to come up to the front"

"Let's give it up for.... uhh who else is playing again?"

"This next song is..." *looks down at setlist*

"Check....One. Two. Two Two..Check. Pretty quiet for a rock show. HEY! How bout cha?" (tech during sound check)

The other night I was watching a cover band and the singer tried to get everyone to sing along, and no one did..so they stopped the song and the guitarist started playing the "baby sleeping" lullaby by brahms... it was hilarious. Then they jumped back into the same spot they left off on the song. Very well reheased.

NICE!!!!!!!

I got 3 drunkin' " I LOVE YOU DRUMMER!" 's at our last show. Saddest part was it was all guys.

I just kept my head down.....................................................

NICE!!!!!!! I got 3 drunkin' " I LOVE YOU DRUMMER!" 's at our last show. Saddest part was it was all guys. I just kept my head down.....................................................

You too?

Last show, it was a guy who just got out of jail, who was there with his bitch who also just got out...

LOL

"The cover is five bucks for bands."

For real.

Some {censored}-hole in New Jersey.

We went home.

"Thanks everyone, your band is up next."

any show where the sum total of band members outnumber (or is entirely) the audience.

"Hey man, I really like your sound. Yeah, I'm putting out an album right now......kenny loggins digs my stuff and said he's going to help me out(translation mr loggins signed a picture back in 82). Yeah I'm just waiting for the right time cuz the public just isn't ready for the cutting edge stuff that I do. Yeah, once I get some transportation I'm going to....................

This on vinyl. You may have caught it. Girl at a big event does this absolutely killer "Imagine" by Lennon. And at the end the mob's givin' it up and she goes "God bless you, thank you very much..."

That's VERY very funny. I remember those shows like they were yesterday!

There was a {censored} hole in DC called The Grog & Tankard. They just closed a few months ago after years and years and years. The place was the ULTIMATE dive. Nasty, nasty bathrooms, ripoff drinks, no built-in crowd. But we would all play there when we were getting our new bands out for the first time because they would book anybody who called and asked. EVERY time you went there they would try to charge you a cover for each band member. It was ridiculous. And half the time you'd end up paying it just to shut up the guy with the wandering eye who looked like his name should be "Mungo."

Gotta love dive bar owners.

*singing*

"Imagine there's no context.."

"WOW, that's a sweet guitar! I play too, can I sit in?"

go up to the band stand next time you go to see someone you know and tell 'em you like what they're trying to do.

We had just driven 3-1/2 hours to get there, and the "lady" that ran the place was so nasty about it, we didn't even want to give her the $20 to play. Had she been nice, that may have changed our minds. We were there with a band from Jersey, and they said screw it too. Some random girl let us play on her parent's pool deck instead. It was in the middle of typical New Jersey suburbia, and about 9:30 at night. We played first, it only lasted about 12 minutes until the cops showed up, but it was fun as hell! The cop was really cool, but he said there was no way he could let it go. He said the dispatcher had never seen the board light up fully so quickly. They thought some major disaster had happened in the town!

You guys should totally use that as your band slogan. "An unnatural disaster of suburban proportions!"

Going to the gig with all your {censored} and having the other four,five drummers ask, "hey, can we use your drums?" -_-

:lol:

good one.

that's hysterical

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

we played some shows w/ a reggae band called Dread I Dread , every time the drummer would mess up , which was often , he would do a big fill and say " Dread I Dread" "Dread I Dread" and then restart the song. Interesting approach for the first few screw ups , but half an hour into it after hearing almost every song restart after a drum flub , we'd all crack up a shout Dread I Dread w/ him.

Ironically he hated my band till he heard our one mock country tune , then he was a little too into us.

My favorite incident was when we were playing at this one place, and one of the drunken foo's decided going through the stage was the easiest way to get to the bathroom.

Bass player about took the guy's head off over it, but the guy wouldn't have any of it, and continued on through...

Had that happen, as well as the "I'm a drummer, I'm better than him" routine.

"I once f*ed a drummer in College. Can I play your kit?"

i once went to a gig and had the lead singer of the band about to go on after us say that his drummer didn't have a bass drum or a ride cymbal.

i said no, and they ended up using gear from the band after them. and actually i thought they may have sounded better without it....

Like he forgot it, or didn't have one?

i was playing in casper,wyoming back in 97 i think.in the middle of a song the bass player picked up a set of false teeth that he found on the dance floor!!he turned to me and said anyone lose these? i almost fell off of my stool i was laughing so hard.no one ever claimed them and he put them in a glass of water!!!