What big name band would you turn down if they offered you a gig?

[guitfiddle0409]

I just saw a thread about listing big name bands readers would like to join. Conversely, which bands would you immediately turn down and why?

The first one that comes to mind for me is the Dave Matthews Band. My older daughter played me their stuff about six years ago and I found it very grating. Eventually she got sick of them too, and gave the CD's to my younger daughter who still seems to like them.

Furthermore, I strongly suspect he is a d-bag:

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/149...headlines=true

So anyway, what bands would you say no to?

[palm grease]

white stripes..... the damage is done man... no turning back!


oh and the SMV gig... something tells me i just couldnt cut it!

[lbanks]

I wouldn't turn down anything that pays cash... as long as I only play bass.

[The Golden Boy]

Anybody I didn't like for any musical or personal reason.

Actually, these days, anybody that's touring "too much."

Now I'm all old and married and settled down and having the family and stuff, that idea of being away from the family for months at a time is a good reason not to go out on tour.

However if it's a fill in sub gig... a couple of weeks would be a fun paid vacation- if it's stuff I liked musically and personally.

[Hoover]

Depends; how long is the gig?

I'll do one show with anyone. (Clearly I am a BassWhore®!)

And I'd probably do a week's worth of gigs with anyone, unless they were a complete dickhead.

But to go out on the road for 2 or 3 months? I'd have to politely decline most rap, blues, traditional (non-contemporary) C&W, "roots oriented" rock, any 20-something indie/emo band, and 50's rock'n'roll/doo-wop revivals. Life's too short to play music that doesn't completely engage you.

[zac2944]

None.

I'd play for any major act as long as it was a good deal. I couldn't care less about the music. Pay me.

[scrotimusprime]

fallout boy, my chemical romance, and just about every other band that sounds like those two.

Now if korn asked us to play... we'd be down.

[von buck]

Originally Posted by Hoover

Depends; how long is the gig?

I'll do one show with anyone. (Clearly I am a BassWhore®!)

And I'd probably do a week's worth of gigs with anyone, unless they were a complete dickhead.

But to go out on the road for 2 or 3 months? I'd have to politely decline most rap, blues, traditional (non-contemporary) C&W, "roots oriented" rock, any 20-something indie/emo band, and 50's rock'n'roll/doo-wop revivals. Life's too short to play music that doesn't completely engage you.

Hey sailor, wanna date?
As long as it's paying more than my current gigs and more of them I'll do it any gig with anyone anywhere.

Andy

[MoD_Scotty]

Everyone has their price. I absolutely hate a lot of the stuff on the radio now, but if somebody offered me six figures or more...I think I could "act" like I enjoyed it. I think the hardest thing for me would be to do country...it would be a challenge to not appear insanely bored.

But then again, if I was going to work a crappy job for a lot of money, I'd just go be a translator in Iraq for $180K/yr, then at least I'd be able to keep my dignity.

[lbanks]

Oh, I think I could be tempted with anything over $20,000 per year, + expenses. I'm cheap.

[Kyon`]

A 6 figure and smoked meat sandwich and I could deal with.

[Yngwie 4String]

Metallica.

They arent gonna let me play guitar, and they arent gonna HEAR me play bass. Plus they suck as people. I wouldnt play with them for any amount of money period.

[EagleMoon]

None, if I had the chops to be able to play what they needed. It's all experience...which is a wonderful thing.

[jomahu]

Rush.

i wouldn't want to have to deal with bottles to the head every night on stage.

[DGbass70]

I could think of many...however i think you should never say never specially if the pay is better than our regular jobs.

[TheEmptyCell]

I don't think I could be paid enough to play with most bands that make 'music' today. I like to keep some of my dignity. I don't even play in local bands that are good, but have an alcoholic lead singer/guitar player, much less a crappy ass-rock band pumping out 13 copies of the same song on an album every year.

[soong]

Fall Out Boy

[Barkless Dog]

Only one that the band is abusive to you. Buddy Rich & Metallica comes to mind.

Life is to short to tolerate that situation.

[ADbassman]

My Chemical Fallout Boy and their ilk, any rapper, Amy Whinehouse, Metallica, Nickelback/Staid/Alterbridge, anything disney, a lot of metal bands, anything Jack White has touched.


eh...the list goes on.

[derrico1]

Originally Posted by guitfiddle0409

IThe first one that comes to mind for me is the Dave Matthews Band. . .
Furthermore, I strongly suspect he is a d-bag:http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/149...headlines=true

It's never been my cuppa tea, but the DMB does what they do pretty well and with some genuine interest in craft.

Moreover, living now in the band's home base, I've seen plenty of good works done by the band's charitable foundation and by the band members individually. From all I've seen and heard of the band members (from occasional personal contacts but more so from massive corroboration by many people who have worked as techs for the band, were/are bandmates in the early days or on solo projects, or are simply relatives or old friends) they aren't saints or supermen, but they are genuinely decent people.

The Chicago sewage incident seems to have been the driver's action. If you've spent much time on a tour bus, it won't surprise you that some drivers seem to have rich and frightening narratives forever looping silently in the private cinemas of their minds.