Most ridiculous thing happen to you at a gig? - Page 2

subbeh · #21 02-22-2013, 06:30 PM

During sound check I accidentally knocked over a beer someone had left on stage. Thought I'd cleared it all up so all's good, no harm done.
The opening band went on, their bass player slipper in some beer I'd missed and slipped off the stage, he then shoved someones girlfriend and a brawl ensued that led to the mixing desk getting taken out. Pretty ridiculous that my stupidity led to that :/ .

judeix808 · #22 02-22-2013, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by godofthunder59

We had one guy get naked ,slap one of our bumper stickers over his privates and then proceed bump and grind with any female he could get near. You can't buy advertising like that.

JJThunder · #23 02-22-2013, 07:10 PM

We're a young band so we don't really get stuff that's too outrageous however we spotted one guy in the audience who was obviously off his face with some kind of hallucinogenic because he was running around chasing lasers from the stage lighting system and trying to pick them up and eat them.

Apparently he's a regular at the pubs in the local area and although we've seen him once, my friends have seen him once as well doing the same thing and we've taken to calling him "Cat man"

Vince Klortho · #24 02-22-2013, 07:47 PM

I was playing at a summer solstice party out in the country that became far larger than anyone anticipated. Apparently a couple of people invited everyone they knew who did the same and so on. Someone brought some magic fungus and brewed up a batch of really strong tea. I mean REALLY strong ! A guy was there who was a bit mentally unstable, to put it lightly, and his friends let him drink some of the tea. I walked by this guy to get a beer during a break and he was sawing away at his arm, trying to slit his wrists with a plastic knife. A few seconds later two of his friends jumped on him and wrestled the knife away.

I saw those two guys at a pub a week later and they said the guy was in a mental institution. No surprise there.

4StringShooter · #25 02-22-2013, 07:57 PM

Years ago at a Bar in the town I USED to live in, we were playing our 50s-60s Power Trio stuff. We had JUST started " Rythm Of The Rain " by the Cascades when a Stripper upstairs flooded her bathtub and the water came POURING through the ceiling. I mean POURING !!!. The Bar quickly put a large green garbage pail under it. We then advised the crowd "there will be NO dancing IN the barrel this evening ! "

Another time, in Sudbury Ontario while touring with an Elvis Impersonator, the dance floor was flooded by some unknown source. There was 2 INCHES of water coming across the floor as we played " Kentucky Rain ".

Too funny !!!

burl0029 · #26 02-22-2013, 08:19 PM

One time we played as live background music preceding a small fashion show. The place only had one bathroom with a handful of stalls. I came out of one and was washing my hands at the sink when the girl standing next to me takes off her shirt and bra. The models for the show were using the bathroom as their changing area and there weren't enough stalls for them all, so this one decided she didn't care who saw her topless.

Another time we were playing at a nice local club and the crowd was a bit sparse. The people who were there were all sitting at tables about 20 feet away from the stage. One guy, though, had boldly planted himself right in front of the stage, drink in hand, and stared at our guitar player while he played. During one song that had a pretty sweet fast guitar riff, the guitar player happened to look up toward the crowd and noticed the dude watching him and yelling "f*&k yeah" repeatedly. He felt pretty good about that one.

Fingers Green · #27 02-25-2013, 05:48 AM

It's not that funny unless it happened to you but I was doing a gig last summer when this scantily clad hot young lady looked me right in the eye from 6 feet away and did something very suggestive with a bottle of beer in her mouth. Several bars later i managed to compose myself and pick up the song again.....

Melonthief · #28 02-25-2013, 02:09 PM

I went to audition for a paid sub gig a christmastime. It was a Christian congregation that meets on Sundays in a mall movie theater.
So I learned the tunes pretty thoroughly in case I was going to be judged on my sight reading.
Morning of the audition the band was going to run through the set while I waited. They had a prayer and proceeded to butcher the songs kumbaya style. I thought what the heck, no one I know will see it and it was good money.
The whole time there were very un-Christlike exchanges between the bandleader and sound guy.
Next thing I know those two are squaring off to fight. At church in front of children and all.
I left without seeing how badly they beat each other up, I'm not a Christian so violence doesn't appeal to me!

TNCreature · #29 02-25-2013, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by godofthunder59

You can't buy advertising like that.

Nor should you!!!

jazzbo58 · #30 02-25-2013, 03:21 PM

Played a wedding back in the 80's. The Bride & Groom were both thrashed at the reception. Not sure what happened, but they started a fist fight with each other in the middle of the dance floor! Very awkward!!

Cheers,
Jim

DenisEatonHogg · #31 02-25-2013, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Melonthief

I went to audition for a paid sub gig a christmastime. It was a Christian congregation that meets on Sundays in a mall movie theater.
So I learned the tunes pretty thoroughly in case I was going to be judged on my sight reading.
Morning of the audition the band was going to run through the set while I waited. They had a prayer and proceeded to butcher the songs kumbaya style. I thought what the heck, no one I know will see it and it was good money.
The whole time there were very un-Christlike exchanges between the bandleader and sound guy.
Next thing I know those two are squaring off to fight. At church in front of children and all.
I left without seeing how badly they beat each other up, I'm not a Christian so violence doesn't appeal to me!

I see what you did there.

Chaddycakes · #32 02-25-2013, 05:26 PM

I recently playing an outside blues gig with my band Ben Joseph & the Lay Lows when a group of 7 to 10 year old girls started to heckle us. So we started to play "Call Me Maybe", and you know they loved it.

Not necessarily the craziest thing that's ever happened to me, but it was certainly fun.

Wookieonbass · #33 02-25-2013, 05:34 PM

We were playing at this dive and and this quite intoxicated lady decided to moon the band particularly me. Unfortunately for this lady it appeared it was that time of the month and when she dropped her pants a particular femmine hygene produt decided to wave hello. Yeeeeeeech!!!

dvlmusic · #34 02-25-2013, 05:49 PM

Let's see.... over the years, I've:

1) Been offered crack during a set break (yes, really)
2) Played "You Send Me" with Zigaboo Modeliste (just bizarre)
3) Had a man in a chicken suit buy me a "shot" that consisted of a Collins glass 2/3 full of whiskey

I'm sure there's more but that's all I can think of at the moment.

michaelandrew · #35 02-25-2013, 07:10 PM

Back in the dim dark days of my misspent youth, say 1970 or thereabouts, some buddies of mine formed a guitar/bass/drums garage band for a one-night outdoor charity event of some sort. This was before I took up playing bass, so I was just along to play roadie and "run lights" - a purely manual task at the time.

Back then everyone smoked, myself included, and Canadian cigarettes came in cardboard packs (still do) but were also wrapped in aluminum foil inside the package. This is important to the story.

The then state-of-the-art, now vintage, amplification consisted of a pair of Taynor "Base Master" amplifiers, one each for guitar and bass. These were classic tube amps with 6L6s, gas-filled rectifier tubes, 3 massive transformers and a voracious appetite for "slo-blo" fuses (if you remembered the aluminum foil, you're getting ahead of me). They also had two-wire power cords - no ground pin, but a metal ground-reversing switch that you operated, from a distance, usually with a broom-handle, if you wanted to live. But I digress...the band went on at about 10 PM following some "folkie" acts.

Needless to say, the bass-player's amp died, taking a fuse with it, mid-set. He plugged into the guitarist's amp which promptly blew its fuse. Of course we had no spare fuses, so we stuffed the fuse holder with aluminum foil from a cigarette package and on went the show - for about 5 minutes, 'til an eery purplish glow began to emanate from the tubes of the remaining amp. This lit up the entire area behind the band and got brighter with every bass note - an innovative stage effect for the time. Then the amp caught fire - also innovative for the time.

That, of course, was the finale. The audience loved it.

Hybrid_Moments · #36 02-25-2013, 07:33 PM

Most embarrassing ? I've got a few.

Dressed as the Spice Girls for Halloween . (Not my choice - I'm a dude)

Played a gig for a big festival. Local Dj announces us and then a friend of mine says (yells) "Hey show us your tits" to me - I'm a dude

Played a gig and my guitar player unplugs my bass speakers (still on) to test his faulty guitar amp. Speaker wires touch and fry my Ampeg head

Davbassdude · #37 02-25-2013, 08:21 PM

A couple of things come to mind. Around 1980 (when I was about 19), I was playing a local blowout graduation party in our suburban N.J. locale. The cops came to bust up the kegger. We had a nice setup and doing the southern rock, Eagles, Doobie Bros and the CSN &Y with the 3 part harmonies. We refused to yield, and just kept playing. acting like we were oblivious to them. They unplugged all the power to our equipment. Our drummer (who was usually a very laid-back and calm dude) then screams at the top of his lungs "they can't unplug my drums", and goes into a very intense drum solo. The crowd was swept up into such a frenzy that they turned over the police cars and smashed all the windows with rocks. I was actually most impressed and surprised at the skill he displayed while playing that awesome drum solo. I played with that guy for at least 2 years, and that was the only time I saw him play like that.

TNCreature · #38 02-26-2013, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Hybrid_Moments

Most embarrassing ? I've got a few.

Played a gig and my guitar player unplugs my bass speakers (still on) to test his faulty guitar amp. Speaker wires touch and fry my Ampeg head - I'm a dude

I fixed that for ya.

jmattbassplaya · #39 02-26-2013, 11:16 AM

Had a girl reach up my shorts and grab my junk at a fraternity's house party once. That was interesting...

On a similar, but inverse note, I saw Bloodhound Gang play several years ago, and Jimmy Pop grabbed my hand and put it against his junk. That, too, was interesting...

chubfarm2001 · #40 02-26-2013, 11:23 AM

We had a friend of the band that was a dwarf stripper. She got on stage with us one night, I was wearing shorts. She reaches up my shorts and grabs my manberries right in the middle of a song. Well, 1 manberry, since she has really small hands. Ever try to play a metal song while your nuts are getting tickled?