Drummer "impaled his bass drum" at a gig

Leftybass12 · #1 05-06-2009, 07:41 AM

So, I was playing a gig and towards the end of the show I was doing a small bass solo, really it was to give the other band members a break, and my drummer got up from his kit, stepped a few feet in front of it. He realized that he had a drum stick still in his hand. So what he decided to do was whip the stick as hard as he could toward the wall behind his kit. He missed and accidentally impaled his bass drum with his stick, lol

Ozzman · #2 05-06-2009, 08:18 AM

...drummers.

Luckily my drummer hasn't done anything dumb during a show. So far at least.

sackvegas · #3 05-06-2009, 08:22 AM

Genius

gweimer · #4 05-06-2009, 08:31 AM

That's nothing. One of my former bands had a drummer, after I left, that hit himself in the eye with his stick. TWICE. In the same night.

Phalex · #5 05-06-2009, 08:55 AM

My drummer used to do a thing with flaming mallets back in the day. At one show, the guy who took the mallets out of the bucket of alcohol neglected to shake the excess liquid out of them before lighting them and handing them over to the drummer.

On the back swing flaming alcohol flew and hit the wall behind him. On the down stroke, it spattered over head and out onto the stage in front of the drum kit, on impact with the drum head it splashed out in all directions.

They managed to put the fire out in short order, but he doesn't use flaming mallets as part of the stage show these days.

Leftybass12 · #6 05-06-2009, 09:04 AM

lol, all of your stories that you all shared were hilarious

I especially liked the one about the flaming mallets, hilarious

Moreau · #7 05-06-2009, 09:11 AM

"How do you know a drummer is at the door?"

"The knock speeds up and slows down and he comes in late"

bassteban · #8 05-06-2009, 09:22 AM

How do you get a drummer off your porch?
Pay him for the pizza.

What do you call someone who hangs out w/musicians?
A drummer.

How do you know the drum riser is level?
Drool is coming out of both sides of the drummer's mouth.

Sijjvra · #9 05-06-2009, 10:26 AM

We always make jokes that when he's not playing, we need to stick our drummer in a little cage so he doesn't hurt himself or mess on the floor. Like Animal from the Muppets... why are all drummers like that?

Funk&Disorderly · #10 05-06-2009, 10:47 AM

How do you know a drummer is about to leave the band?

He says "Hey guys, let's do one of my songs."

azureblue · #11 05-06-2009, 03:23 PM

My drummer story: he got pretty drunk, but was, as always, right int he pocket. I felt something wet hit my cheek, and I rubbed my face to see what it was- it was blood! I was looking to see if I was bleeding (no, I was sober), then looked over at he drummer- there was blood spattered all over his kit- head, cymbals and especially the snare drum. When the song stopped, I yelled to him "man, you are bleeding all over the place!" Turned out, he had cracked a knuckle doing a bad rim shot, never felt it, and just kept right on going. Had to hand it to him for keeping the funk going.

agreatheight · #12 05-06-2009, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Phalex

My drummer used to do a thing with flaming mallets back in the day. At one show, the guy who took the mallets out of the bucket of alcohol neglected to shake the excess liquid out of them before lighting them and handing them over to the drummer.

On the back swing flaming alcohol flew and hit the wall behind him. On the down stroke, it spattered over head and out onto the stage in front of the drum kit, on impact with the drum head it splashed out in all directions.

They managed to put the fire out in short order, but he doesn't use flaming mallets as part of the stage show these days.

OK, I have an eerily similar story.

Battle of the bands, late 80s. Last band, last song, drummer puts shaving gel on his cymbals and ignites. But he put too much on and at the first hit a big flaming glob of shmoo landed on his head and lit him on fire. Big time. He snuffed the fire with a drum towel and was mostly OK, but he got some burns and most of his hair burnt off.

Funny thing about this show was that it wasn't the worst injury. Earlier band (I'll never forget the band name - Agnes Moorehead) had a sewing dummy on stage. During the big finale, members starting hitting the dummy with baseball bats. In the ensuing melee, one dude hit another dude in the head.

Good times!

vbasscustom · #13 05-06-2009, 03:38 PM

yeah i had a simialr experiance. i was just doin a jam with couple friends, the drummer, a very level headed (lol, you can tell by the spit) smart guy. we were playing, and his stock broke, and he didnt notice, and just for fun after wards, he always throws his sticks into the crowd. there was no crowd, so he just threw them at the wall. the broken one, hit the wall with such force that it stuck, 4 and 1/2 inches into MY wall.

edit; he dosnt usually whip the sticks at the crowd, just tosses them, so no impalements there.