Top five things other bands do that irritate you.

[guitfiddle0409]

This could be fun. Here's mine:

1. Barrage you with emails imploring you attend their pay-to-play gigs and "CD Release Parties".

2. List "Private Party" on their website gig calendar. If the public can't attend it then it's only for show to beef up the number of gigs they actually have.

3. Use bot programs to artificially inflate the number of hits their websites receive.

4. Refer to their out of town weekend gigs as "tours".

5. Sneer at your band for selling out because you don't play 100% originals like they do.

[Steve]

6. Run around town low balling the price because, "It's just a paid rehearsal. I'd rather play here for $20 and drink their beer for 4 hours than have the band in my living room drinking my beer."

[scsm]

7. If you are playing with other bands the other bands' member stand in the corner of the establishment with their arms crossed noting to each other when you make a mistake. They will also tell themselves internally or externally that "They are totally better then you."

[scsm]

8. Band that is always asking you to "hook them up" in some fashion. Whether it is providing a place to play, giving them a place to spend that night, or with members of the opposite sex.

Seriously think about it, musicians are constantly asking you to "hook them up"

[DaveF]

9. Being too elite and cool to list any influences on their Myspace page, instead putting cocky remarks like "Genre: Polka Metal Rap Gospel", or "Sounds Like: The first breath you take after cliff diving", or something equally stupid.

[BlueStatic]

Originally Posted by DaveF

9. remarks like "Genre: Polka Metal Rap Gospel",

I read somewhere that Primus (Les Claypool's band) was once labeled as Psychedelic Poka

[Richland123]

Telling club owners/managers, who whoever books bands that I recommended them (which is a lie) and they should hire them based on my backing. Then, they undercut my band drastically. Then, if the band stinks, the person thinks I had something to do with them hiring the band.

[sackvegas]

10. Won't get off the stage, I f*****g hate that, you played your 45-60 mins now please GTFO and let the other bands play.

This is refering to your average original show with 3-4 bands playing per night.

[tmw]

11. When the next bands bassists insists he was told he could use your (my) rig for his set on stage.

[rocknrollbandit]

12. be nickleback

[jmattbassplaya]

Originally Posted by tmw

11. When the next bands bassists insists he was told he could use your (my) rig for his set on stage.

Had that happen to me once. I told the guy he better hurry up and run home to grab his rig because in 15 minutes mine would be gone. He started to get in my face a bit so I told him he could use my DI box for $50 and hour. Long story short, he went home and got his rig. Funny thing was, he apparently only lived 5 minutes away from the venue and was back and loading out before I even had everything in my car.

I have absolutely no patience for people who show up to gigs unprepared and try to mooch off of others. It`s unprofessional, puts others in uncomfortable situations, and is flat out rude.

[Phalex]

Gig spam from people and or bands that I've never even heard of. Yeah, I know we all run in the same circles, but if you have a new band, at least tell me who the guy sending it is.

[PappaK]

Exposing email addresses in thier mass mailings.

guitfiddle, I'm guilty for listing "Private Event" on my gig schedule on my site. My reasoning is that it lets people know that we do private functions (which are generally much higher-paying). That said, I never send a private date out in a newsletter.

[Blue Moose]

16. Actually play "Freebird" when the crowd yells for it.

[M0ses]

Originally Posted by Blue Moose

16. Actually play "Freebird" when the crowd yells for it.

Crap. My band makes a point of doing this every time, no matter what's next on the setlist or how much time we have left.
Any why not? It's not like it's a bad song! And people like to hear it.

[Blue Moose]

Moses: What's a guy in Wisconsin doing playing Skynyrd anyway? (I ask as I sit here pulling for the Packers.

[nutso42]

17. Tell you "Why are you using THAT bass? The sound is totally flat/ringy and boomy/high. And you need to quit using your combo and get a half-stack!"

[ncdms1833]

Spend more time on their 'look' than on their 'sound'; these are usually the tools try to play the 'too cool' card and won't talk to anyone before their set, and then run around trying to dig out complements for the rest of the night

[Phalex]

Originally Posted by M0ses

Crap. My band makes a point of doing this every time, no matter what's next on the setlist or how much time we have left.
Any why not? It's not like it's a bad song! And people like to hear it.

I saw the worst band in the world absolutely nail Freebird when someone yelled it out! I mean, this band was baaaad! Apparently the only thing they ever worked on at practice was Freebird, because they owned that tune!

That was about 10 years ago that I saw this, and I'm [i]still[i] talking about it!!

I've tried to get my band to pick it up for just such an occasion, but interest has been negative.

[PappaK]

Bands (other than metal or grunge) that wear shorts on stage.