whats your best band moment

lordziros · #1 06-14-2011, 05:36 AM

as the title says whats your best band moment? is it a really memorable gig? headlining a major big name act? just a really funny band story? post your best moments and lets get a good thread going

baileyboy · #2 06-14-2011, 05:49 AM

Best? Not suitable for anyone under the age of 18.

DaLoCo · #3 06-14-2011, 05:54 AM

Walking off stage after a gig where everything went as planned....

Stilettoprefer · #4 06-14-2011, 10:39 AM

The drummer brought this girl that he's been trying to bag for months to practice so that he could show off his drumming and singing skills. At the end of practice he asked her "how'd we do?" and she replied "i don't know, but zack (rhythm guitard) is REALLY hot!"

Funniest thing EVER!

aztomr · #5 06-14-2011, 12:24 PM

A few winter ago, a friend and I were going to open jam night at a local bar, it was snowing like mad. It took me 25 minutes to drive 12 blocks. We get there and the owner and a bartender are there, noone else. They say you can play if you want,but we might close pretty soon. We said thanks, but we were hoping a drummer would show up. At that moment, 2 guys come in from the storm and ask if its still open jam night. We say yeah but were waiting for a drummer to show. Both these guys were drummers, so we started playing, switching drummers every couple of songs. The storm let up a bit and people started making it downtown for a drink, we were the only band playing live that night. Within an hour the bar is packed, played for hours. The most fun I've had playing.

jefwho · #6 06-14-2011, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaLoCo

Walking off stage after a gig where everything went as planned....

Huh, what, how, Things can go as planned?

jimmyjames · #7 06-14-2011, 03:44 PM

that rock star feeling.... good times

about a year and a half ago we took a road trip up to New London Connecticut, (we are a Manhattan based band) and there was a really really big Boston based band band headlining that night.

we get there and we find out that we were supposed to have sold tickets, we were under the impression that there was a door person taking tally like at 99% of the other places we have played. (jerk owner didn't tell us we were supposed to sell tickets)

anyway, we got the biggest draw, at least 10 times bigger then the really big Boston band. And while the event was still going on, videos of our performance end up being on the clubs website as the band that stole the show... Every other week since then, the owner e-mails us asking to come back... WIN!

parsons · #8 06-14-2011, 03:47 PM

Hearing the crowd sing the words louder than I could SCREAM them into thousands of watts of PA...

Dollar2 · #9 06-17-2011, 03:09 PM

Recent band moment - I was asked to sub for a guy who was taking his girlfriend to the Bahamas. I said, "Sure, I'll take his girlfriend to the Bahamas." They really meant the gig, though. It was an outdoor gig at a park in a small town. An extremely attractive blonde walks in with a rather low cut tank top on. She sits down directly in my line of sight. I lean over to the drummer and get him to check her out while extolling her physique and wardrobe. At the break, said drummer walks over to the table and starts talking to her. It was clear that she was his girlfriend and that my life was in imminent danger. So before we start the second set, I said that I hope I wasn't in trouble for checking out his girlfriend. He said we were cool because I was really helping them out of a jam. Sigh of relief because he could have easily taken me apart. It sure made a simple sub job exciting.

Fela · #10 06-17-2011, 05:38 PM

A few months ago in college, simple gig with a guitarist and vocalist..before i started out on bass, i was playing guitar n drums..well, more of a drummer..So guys at my college kinda know me as a drummer and no1 knew that i was a bassist in the making

So, there we were beside the stage, waiting for our gig and all the while all the black-T's-long haired-guitards were snickering at me, thinking i'd FAIL as a bassists.
but to their surprise, i played very well that day (with a little help from a bassist/friend of mine of course

) ... you should have seen their faces after the gig.. PRICELESS!!

groooooove · #11 06-17-2011, 05:43 PM

ive played a lot of awesome gigs. a lot of bad ones too.

best thing i can remember right now aside from playing great music is a 60th bday party i got booked for around 2 years ago. we were paid pretty well, even by the event-pay standards. the husband + wife who hired us after the gig gave each of the band members an envelope with a card in it, and an extra $400.

the party was also lots of fun and we were encouraged to play originals and jam a lot, witch was fun since we were getting paid for it.

faulknersj · #12 06-17-2011, 05:47 PM

1) Signing with RCA records

2) Opening for Run DMC and the Pharcyde in 1998

3) The first time I saw our video on MTV, sitting in a hotel room

4)Playing the David Letterman Show

5) Playing HFStival in Washington DC 2002 with Eminem, The Strokes, Sum 41,NERD, Papa Roach, Dashboard Confessional, etc

6) Fujifestival Japan 2002...let's just say I love Japan!

Papa Dangerous · #13 06-17-2011, 05:53 PM

In the 8 years of playing, I was in a band for a whole 6 days. My best moment was just sitting there with a band.. period

Rockmusician · #14 06-17-2011, 06:13 PM

Opening for several major artists at Bike Week in Strugis

Jamming at rehearsal with Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad).

Playing a benefit for the 9/11 families in New York on the Aircraft Carrier Intrepid on the second anniversary of the attacks.

Working a benefit for the victims of The Station Nightclub fire with Mark Farner, Rick Derringer, Vanilla Fudge, Blue Oyster Cult, Paul Shortino and John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band.

Performing on an episode of the HBO Original Series "Family Bonds"

Providing music for the Comcast Sports Original Series "Celebrity Build"

Meeting Jack Bruce

Hanging out in Boston last summer (the night before my birthday)with REO Speedwagon and Pat Benetar.

Stumbo · #15 06-17-2011, 10:58 PM

Backing The Drifters

Backing Big Joe Turner

Backing Peaches and Herb

Opening for The Blues Image

Auditioning at a topless club

Playing a garage party where they had to rope off the garage

Playing a backyard party where we were all plugged into one outlet and the cops show up and only have to pull one extension cord to shut us down.

Turning (dam hard work, too) a 3.5 car garage with 8 foot ceilings into a rehearsal/meeting/party place with our own refrigerator/living room setup.

Playing lots of clubs and various other venues around L.A. for over 10 years that generated many stories not suitable for TB that would contain too many ***** words.

kapaauguy · #16 06-18-2011, 12:03 AM

1983. Seal Beach, Ca. i lived in a duplex with this tiny garage we jammed in. we had heard stories that Bill Ward of Black Sabbath was staying (on occasion) with the couple that stayed in the apt. downstairs. we were all starstruck as Black Sabbath was a hugely influential band for all of us. turns out to be true and in the following weeks we would see him coming and going and say "hi Bill" like starstruck knuckleheads. one day we are jamming away when the door opens and there is Bill Ward in a wifebeater, tennis headband, a towel around his shoulders and drumsticks in his hands. he very politely asks if he could sit in for a song or two. we all mumbled yes nearly incoherently except for our drummer who practically falls off his set sayng what an honor it would be for Bill to play on his set. he sits down and hits a couple of bass and snare notes then looks at us one by one and in his thick cockney accent says "no guitar solos, no bass solos and no drum solos......lets just f&ckin jam!"
we jam and actually do a great job keeping up with him, playing miles above ourselves for a brief moment in time. he takes a moment and compliments us individually on our playing and thanks the drummer for letting him use his set. he then heads back out the door. leaving some very stoked teenagers asking themselves if that really just happened.

OPBASSMAN1994 · #17 06-18-2011, 12:15 AM

The first time we jammed out on one of our fan favorite songs for 8 minutes. It is now the stage favorite and the closer to our shows.

Our first paid gig. There's nothing like one's first pay-day for play-day.

nclinsey · #18 06-18-2011, 01:17 AM

So far;

Getting hired to play a Musexpo gig in LA at the Whisky A Go-Go and being a member of the only band that night to get an encore.

Playing a major label showcase as a hired gun and helping score the artist a development deal.

Spending 6 of the craziest weeks ever in Inuvik NWT playing 6 nights a week and meeting some of the coolest folks I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.

Waking up in the van on any given day knowing that I'm somewhere new, get to play a gig, and get paid to do it.

I think I may be making some new favorite moments in the next couple of months;

Opening for a Canadian country music star tonight...

Playing a gig at a local stage that has been on my bucket list for like 10 years

Playing on Canada day on another stage that has been on my bucket list since it was built.

I could go on....

I am really looking forward to the next few months....

metallicafan18 · #19 06-18-2011, 09:34 AM

Playing Winter NAMM with my band, and looking out into the crowd and seeing Megadeth smiling and bobbing their heads. It put the biggest smile on my face.

jimmyjames · #20 06-18-2011, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kapaauguy

1983. Seal Beach, Ca. i lived in a duplex with this tiny garage we jammed in. we had heard stories that Bill Ward of Black Sabbath was staying (on occasion) with the couple that stayed in the apt. downstairs. we were all starstruck as Black Sabbath was a hugely influential band for all of us. turns out to be true and in the following weeks we would see him coming and going and say "hi Bill" like starstruck knuckleheads. one day we are jamming away when the door opens and there is Bill Ward in a wifebeater, tennis headband, a towel around his shoulders and drumsticks in his hands. he very politely asks if he could sit in for a song or two. we all mumbled yes nearly incoherently except for our drummer who practically falls off his set sayng what an honor it would be for Bill to play on his set. he sits down and hits a couple of bass and snare notes then looks at us one by one and in his thick cockney accent says "no guitar solos, no bass solos and no drum solos......lets just f&ckin jam!"
we jam and actually do a great job keeping up with him, playing miles above ourselves for a brief moment in time. he takes a moment and compliments us individually on our playing and thanks the drummer for letting him use his set. he then heads back out the door. leaving some very stoked teenagers asking themselves if that really just happened.

this story wins the award for best band moment for sure...