The Prank Thread

Rick Brienzo · #1 11-23-2006, 01:06 PM

A thread dedicated to one of the finer pleasures in life.

I love pulling pranks on people

and have had my fair share pulled on me. I want to hear your prank stories, good, bad, or ugly.

The Winkler · #2 11-23-2006, 08:09 PM

In my old band, our guitarist was little insane, so it was always fun to prank him.
One time we were going to jam and everyone arrived at our spot before him, and the drummer had been to Cirque du Soliel (a French-Canadian circus dealie) the night before and got one of the creepy masks. So we get him to go into the jam space in the dark and we lock him in, wait for guitarist, and tell him that the drummer's not there yet. We unlock the door and he heads in suspecting nothing, and then the drummer pops out from behind an amp or something and he jumps up and swears. Good times.

sixstringbass · #3 11-24-2006, 11:38 AM

in the last band i was in the guitarist was always being a ****** so we put about 32 bars of that laxative chocolate in his ice cream, he ate the whole bowl in about five seconds and asked if there was more. this was on a sunday evening so it hit him just before school on monday. I always thought that was pretty good.

jive1 · #4 11-24-2006, 11:48 AM

We had drummer who was an excellent singer. Great range and vocal quality. So one gig I decided to go up to the mic and lip sync all the songs he sang lead on. I never had so many compliments on my singing ever.

mjolnir · #5 11-24-2006, 12:34 PM

The keyboard player in my band seems to be a magnet for pranks...

Once, the guitarist and I snuck into his dorm while he was out, unscrewed his airvents, and stuck alarm clocks in each one. They went off at 3 AM, and our Keyboardist spent a good twenty minutes trying to find those clocks...

He responded by sticking a vibrator in our guitarist's pillow and turning it on in the middle of the night.

Our response: fill his ENITRE dorm room, floor to ceiling, with balloons.

CoDBassPlayer · #6 11-25-2006, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mjolnir2730

The keyboard player in my band seems to be a magnet for pranks...

Once, the guitarist and I snuck into his dorm while he was out, unscrewed his airvents, and stuck alarm clocks in each one. They went off at 3 AM, and our Keyboardist spent a good twenty minutes trying to find those clocks...

He responded by sticking a vibrator in our guitarist's pillow and turning it on in the middle of the night.

Our response: fill his ENITRE dorm room, floor to ceiling, with balloons.

Oh man! how'd that turn out?

Fishbrain · #7 11-25-2006, 07:30 AM

weve turned an entire kitchen upside down at a party. including th contents of the cupboards...

Fishbrain · #8 11-25-2006, 07:36 AM

covering people in flour when they're passed out/being sick is fun too. makes them look "antique"

Bassic83 · #9 11-26-2006, 11:45 AM

My first band was a classic rock band in San Clemente, CA...the guitard had a Hohner D-6 clavinet which he loaned me. Through process of trial and error, I discovered that if I put it through the distortion channel of the guitar amp I was using, and turned on the chorus, added a little reverb, I could pretty much duplicate his tone. So we were in the Wagon Wheel Saloon one night, and I decided he was being dickish, so I got the combo all set up, and the first song up was "Long Cool Woman In a Black Dress", which he sang. I started mimicking his guitar parts, and when the time came for his solo, dropped it a half-step! He was freaking out, every time he'd look over at me, I'd be playing away on my Rhodes, he'd start playing again, I'd throw a few notes in here and there that were a half-step up or down. He'd tune between every song, but dang if his parts weren't a half-step flat or sharp by the end!!!

We never did tell him either- whenever he'd get dickish to any of us, the other guys would just give me "the look"...and magically, he'd start playing out of tune!

hawaiianbass · #10 11-26-2006, 12:04 PM

I haven't done any pranks in a band setting but in high school I saw a bunch of guys cut the principals car in half and then weld it around a flag pole.

CK

vindy500 · #11 11-26-2006, 12:06 PM

we once filled a girls room with scrunched up newspaper, like to the roof

Rick Brienzo · #12 11-26-2006, 12:08 PM

This one works great on guitar players that get little to big for there britches.

Before your next gig take note of all his settings, take all of the knobs off his amp, Turn all of the pots approximately 1/2 turn left or right in an alternating pattern, and replace the knobs at his original settings.

During sound check just sit back and watch him scratch his head and wonder why his Midrange and reverb are a lot louder than normal. When he asks, just shrug your shoulders and say "it must be the room".

By the way, this technique also works great if you guitar player likes to crank the bass on his amp.

mjolnir · #13 11-26-2006, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoDBassPlayer

Oh man! how'd that turn out?

He cried in shame, clearly defeated, then took a needle to each and every balloon shortly after. I helped him clean it up. He was pretty appreciative of that, mostly because he had no idea I had anything to do with it!

Bassmanbob · #14 11-26-2006, 07:39 PM

Can't think of any right now, but I'm subscribing to read yours.

Steve · #15 11-26-2006, 08:22 PM

Next time you're driving home from a gig and your buddy falls asleep in the front seat...

Pull into a truck stop and get right up an a semi bumper, yell the explative of your choice and tap on the brake pedal.

Your buddy will startle awake feeling the seatbelt tighten and a huge trailer filling the windshield.

They love that.

Jiggybass · #16 11-26-2006, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bikertrash82

Next time you're driving home from a gig and your buddy falls asleep in the front seat...

Pull into a truck stop and get right up an a semi bumper, yell the explative of your choice and tap on the brake pedal.

Your buddy will startle awake feeling the seatbelt tighten and a huge trailer filling the windshield.

They love that.

That, or go on the emtpy highway, or road where there is no one beside you, swerve left and right, and try to smack their head against the window. It's hard to get right, cause they usually just slump back into the seat before they smack the window.

Or also on a empty road, just lock the brakes, and yell loudly, make sure you don;t drift into a ditch, though

jive1 · #17 11-26-2006, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bikertrash82

Next time you're driving home from a gig and your buddy falls asleep in the front seat...

Pull into a truck stop and get right up an a semi bumper, yell the explative of your choice and tap on the brake pedal.

Your buddy will startle awake feeling the seatbelt tighten and a huge trailer filling the windshield.

They love that.

We did something similar a long time ago when we were on a college road trip. Our friend passed out in the back seat. As we were driving along we noticed a Semi Truck that was being towed. In case you didn't know, when a Semi is being towed, the rear end of the truck is elevated. That means the front of the truck is facing the car behind it. We all started screaming, and my friend woke up and screamed like a little girl. It took him about 5-10 minuted to get his senses back to normal after thinking he was about to have a head-on collision with a Semi. Priceless.

the_fonz · #18 11-27-2006, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sixstringbass

in the last band i was in the guitarist was always being a ****** so we put about 32 bars of that laxative chocolate in his ice cream, he ate the whole bowl in about five seconds and asked if there was more. this was on a sunday evening so it hit him just before school on monday. I always thought that was pretty good.

dude, i had that done to me once. strangely, it had no effect. i have come to the conclusion that i am a superbeast

Bassic83 · #19 11-28-2006, 04:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jive1

We did something similar a long time ago when we were on a college road trip. Our friend passed out in the back seat. As we were driving along we noticed a Semi Truck that was being towed. In case you didn't know, when a Semi is being towed, the rear end of the truck is elevated. That means the front of the truck is facing the car behind it. We all started screaming, and my friend woke up and screamed like a little girl. It took him about 5-10 minuted to get his senses back to normal after thinking he was about to have a head-on collision with a Semi. Priceless.

That is just TOO funny!

hawaiianbass · #20 11-28-2006, 07:26 AM

Find a door that you have to push open. Take a wool sweater and rub it all over the door to create a bunch of static electricity. Now take ceran wrap and cover the door and door frame so there is a gap between the plastic and the door and fill the spce with packing peanuts and you have yourself a nice little vacuum. When somebody on the other side pulls open the door the packing peanuts will explode in there face. This one is always fun to do.

CK