Drummer gone postal

CrackBass · #1 08-04-2008, 09:12 AM

Me and the guitar player have had our current pand for almost 8 years and we've been playing together for well over 10-12 years. our current (for the moment) drummer has been with us for over three years. he is usually reliable and i consider him a friend. he sings (as do myself and the guitar player) and contributes equipment for the pa (we all have a large investment and it works out fairly equal). i got back from an out of town wedding that forced me to miss a gig, and i called the guitarist to see how the gig went. i was not expecting what he said.

apparently our drummer got totally wasted and made a complete ass out of himself. i won't go into specifics but lets just say it was really bad. so bad that the owner of the bar told us to never bring him back in her bar again. man it's like that guy talking about the serial killer that lived next door to him. "i had no idea, he seemed like such a nice guy" hundreds of gigs with this guy and i can't believe this happened.

btw this thread is not a "what should i do?" thing, he's fired, no bs. friend or no i can't have this. i just thought i would share and see if anybody ever had something similar happen.

bassmonkeee · #2 08-04-2008, 09:37 AM

C'mon. Spill with the details. It had to have involved nudity, violence, or lechery. It's Monday--tell us a story.

CapnSev · #3 08-04-2008, 09:40 AM

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C'mon. Spill with the details. It had to have involved nudity, violence, or lechery. It's Monday--tell us a story.

+1. Please. I feel like I've been let down.

Brittain · #4 08-04-2008, 09:41 AM

I agree with the pwiddy liddle kitty, tell us a story!

mrokern · #5 08-04-2008, 09:41 AM

Something going on in the guy's personal life? Usually you see meltdowns of that magnitude coming if you've known the guy for years, so it makes me wonder what changed...

-Mark

tlwaps · #6 08-04-2008, 09:41 AM

This didn't happen to my band but the band that went on right after us. The band's drummer was so drunk he was trying to carry his equipment up on stage and fell down after his first step which broke his cymbal. So his band mates (all equally as drunk and as coked up as he was) helped set up his kit, he sat down on the throne and fell off of it backwards. I'm not sure how the gig went I got out of there as soon as I saw him fall off his throne.

bassmonkeee · #7 08-04-2008, 09:45 AM

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I'm not sure how the gig went I got out of there as soon as I saw him fall off his throne.

Dude--What were you thinking?!?! That's when you grab a seat at the bar outside of throwing/vomiting distance. As long as you note where the Emergency Exits are located, you're golden!

amimbari · #8 08-04-2008, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by tlwaps

This didn't happen to my band but the band that went on right after us. The band's drummer was so drunk he was trying to carry his equipment up on stage and fell down after his first step which broke his cymbal. So his band mates (all equally as drunk and as coked up as he was) helped set up his kit, he sat down on the throne and fell off of it backwards. I'm not sure how the gig went I got out of there as soon as I saw him fall off his throne.

in the "back in the day" days, we would have called that a KODAK moment, but now usually someone has a video camera rolling for such moments...lol

CrackBass · #9 08-04-2008, 10:06 AM

ok i don't have all the details but it invoved a lot of cursing, a buttload of unwanted sexual harrassment (to put it nicely), screaming, singing off key, and the crowning glory of the evening, saying something about the club's owner giving blowjobs while she was standing in front of the stage. (and not just saying it, saying into the mic for everyone to hear)

i got all this second hand so the details are a bit foggy, but that's the jist of it.

Brittain · #10 08-04-2008, 10:09 AM

It always comes down to the blowjobs, doesn't it?

Relic · #11 08-04-2008, 10:34 AM

In my old band, we once had a drummer who got so bad at a particular gig that he ended up being arrested and charged with a bunch of misdeamors.
Public drunkenness, urinating in public, disorderly persons, etc, the list goes on. I wont even describe what he was doing, just suffice to say that it made Keith Moon look like a boy scout....ironically, the notoriety actually helped us. Word got out that we were this crazy rock and roll band and suddenly we started getting a great draw until they realized that we sucked! meh, it was the late 80's..

bassmonkeee · #12 08-04-2008, 10:36 AM

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I wont even describe what he was doing, just suffice to say that it made Keith Moon look like a boy scout....

Sentences like this make me want to get stabby.

And, if I did get all stabby, I bet someone would start a thread and say, "I won't even begin to describe what he did...."

etoncrow · #13 08-04-2008, 10:41 AM

We were playing a private party once and the band set up in the loft of a barn. We were playing along just fine until I realize the drums have fallen out of the music. I turn around and the drummer had literally fallen backwards out the loft hay door. Didn't hurt him though, he fell on his head...

vegas532 · #14 08-04-2008, 10:54 AM

At a gig in Florida, our vocalist wanted to do an onstage flag burning (not THE flag, relax). He found some paint thinner in a storage closet and dipped a piece that he tore off in it to see if it would make for a good burn...well, let's just suffice it to say that I got there as the dressing room went up.

bassmonkeee · #15 08-04-2008, 11:04 AM

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At a gig in Florida, our vocalist wanted to do an onstage flag burning (not THE flag, relax). He found some paint thinner in a storage closet and dipped a piece that he tore off in it to see if it would make for a good burn...well, let's just suffice it to say that I got there as the dressing room went up.

So, basically your singer is a moron.

Relic · #16 08-04-2008, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by bassmonkeee

Sentences like this make me want to get stabby.

And, if I did get all stabby, I bet someone would start a thread and say, "I won't even begin to describe what he did...."

Believe me I feel your pain lol, if I did actually say what this guy did in detail, I'd probably get banned.
The part that got him arrested was when he left the bar after the second set, and stood out front waving and yelling at passing cars while he was relieving himself. Funny as hell now, but not at the time.