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12-07-2004, 03:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: San Diego, CA | | | Onstage Footwear...and you...
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Alright, here's a question....What kind of shoes do you wear onstage? I typically wear Lo- Top Vans or Converse, but i really dig playing barefooted. Great workout for the legs if you play barefooted (and jump around a lot). If the stage is kinda lumpy with nails and broken glass (and other assorted goodies  ) i tend to keep the feet covered.. what about you? |
12-07-2004, 03:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: North Kingstown, Rhode Island | | | Shoes.
Or boots.
I could go barefoot I guess, but there's a lot of stuff that can end up on stage. Wearing slippers could be fun. |
12-07-2004, 03:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Southwest Chicago | | +1 for barefoot.
I play in a 7-piece band though, so on tight stages, you've got to be careful....  |
12-07-2004, 03:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: footballscannotbekickediguess | | | I don't like not having footwear on. My favorite rock and roll shoes were these cheap $10 gummy sole shoes- like a gummy eraser cube. Super comfy. I never did find another good pair of them. My current rock and roll shoes are leftovers from when my band endorsed Simple Shoes 8 years ago or so... Really comfy, non-slip soles!
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12-07-2004, 04:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: The Abyss | | | +1 Barefoot.
Mike
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12-07-2004, 04:18 PM
|  | Knowledge is Good - Emile Faber | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA | | | The most secure and comfortable footwear for wide, elephantine feet = New Balance 1006
Most stylish footwear for wide, elephantine feet = Bowling shoes!
Most fun fantasy footwear for wide, elephantine feet = Kiss boots
Definite no-nos = Topsiders, saddle shoes, opera pumps, crampons, ski boots, bicycle shoes, tap shoes, snow shoes, Wallabees |
12-07-2004, 04:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | depends on the gig and the clothes im wearing.
But it could be either
Black, white, bright red or brown sneaks
Tan brown or black leather shoes
Basic Brown or Black leather ankle boots. |
12-07-2004, 04:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: San Diego, Ca | | | Barefoot?? Curious.
In order of most worn to least:
Low top chucks
Mary Janes
Heels ("foxy" as my friends say) if it's a carpteted stage and chance of slippage is at a minimum
Creepers |
12-07-2004, 07:04 PM
|  | Moderator Moderator | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Fargo, ND | | I'll do it barefoot once in awhile, but I just normally wear my black Doc Martins. Or a pair of Converse All Stars (but I seem to have lost them somewhere  ). |
12-07-2004, 07:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN. | | $10 shiny tux shoes
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12-07-2004, 07:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WHINE-DER, GEEE-A | | barefoot. it just feels better.
I'll wear shoes if it's cold outside and I don't feel like taking my shoes on or off - or if we're playing on concrete. barefeet on concrete can be hazardous!!!! 
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12-07-2004, 07:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tampa Bay | | | Depends on the stage.
I go barefoot when I can, but when Im unsure I wear my boots (Dr. Martens).
If Im lazy or plan on playing barefoot Ill throw on my red chucks since they're easier to put on and take off. |
12-07-2004, 09:00 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA | | | I've just got one pair of old Nike's that my dad gave me a while back when he got a new pair. It's my only pair of shoes. I just play in those. I've got them on right now, as a matter of fact...
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12-07-2004, 09:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Miami, FL | | | I had some Vans skate shoes that were comfortable beyond belief.
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12-07-2004, 10:03 PM
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12-07-2004, 11:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: London, UK | | | cheap trainers.
I used to wear Doc Martens, but my Zoom 506 got damaged by them. |
12-07-2004, 11:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area, California, USA | | Barefoot would actually suck a lot considering most of the stages I've been on are sort of scratchy stuff. I've worn sandals before and they were pretty cool. Personally, I think wearing something like sneakers would be cool, kinda like the Michael Manring look.
Anyone for getas or zoris? Maybe put down a little tatami mat where you stand to play bass. But then you'd have to go the whole way and wear a yukata.  |
12-07-2004, 11:41 PM
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Or bunny slippers. |
12-07-2004, 11:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area, California, USA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by keb Or bunny slippers. | Word.
Forget anything I've said. Bunny slippers. Who would've thunk? |
12-08-2004, 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by keb bunny slippers. | YES!
I want some of those and maybe some other bunny-ish stuff like one of those coats with the ears on the hood, except I don't think they make them in size 3X, because I've only seen them on small children. But that would be awesome.
Or wait! I could take up collecting houseshoes/slippers and wear a different pair for each gig, say Bunny Slippers one gig. Garfield the Cat another, Those Simpsons ones where you put your foot in Homers mouth, Cow heads with the little horns sticking out on the sides and nostrils on the toes...yeah that's what I want...Where was I ?
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