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Are shorts ever okay?
- Thread starter drumwagon
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watching a metal band wearing shorts? hell yeah.
watching some old dude playing covers in a poopy bar? well, that's is silly.
watching some old dude playing covers in a poopy bar? well, that's is silly.
Well.. camo shorts is a kind of uniform among metalheads..is expected that a metal band dress like a metal band..
My gig dress code is simple : no shorts, no running sneakers, no baseball caps,fedoras or hats, sleeveless shirts , no shirtless and never wear sun glasses in indoor gigs...
Shorts plus tights, works with my shoes. More a fall/winter thing.
"Yes in fact I did ride a bicycle here."
So I live in Unionville.. It's a village area of Toronto and all summer they close down "Main St." And have the Bandstand concerts on Thursday. It's outdoors, covered but hot. Yesterday was "Simply Queen" and not only were they not wearing shorts. They were dressed as Queen. So wife beater and white jacket and sunglasses with big afro and 60's pants etc. They had sufficiently provided themselves with those carpet dryer style fans. I wish I took pictures but I'm used to beingna stagehand just not.
Well prepared example of a time and place where the rules applied and it was a non issue.
Mental note. Carpet dryer blower fans. The drum riser was like an air hockey table.
Well prepared example of a time and place where the rules applied and it was a non issue.
Mental note. Carpet dryer blower fans. The drum riser was like an air hockey table.
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Lol at the guy in all white with a white bass. TBH the other guy in the red looks like he's in a Sublime covers band
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LOL. Missed that. Yes!!!!
i never understood this shorts discussion here...if its scorching hot, shorts have to be okay!!!
i don't give a fck how other guys legs look, and i think just a tiny portion of people do, so thats their problem
i'm so skinny that i don't wanna be without t-shirt in public, but shorts are a must in summer
...unless they're shorter than my underwear:
i don't give a fck how other guys legs look, and i think just a tiny portion of people do, so thats their problem
i'm so skinny that i don't wanna be without t-shirt in public, but shorts are a must in summer
...unless they're shorter than my underwear:
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Wait.. None of my basses have pickguards.. And shouldn't because I don't play with a pick..
Torts are rule breakers!?
It is hot for us. We have a variation of 60 degree. So end of January and troughout Febuary it is stupid cold... then July and August often are stupid hot. In Celsius it goes from -30 to 30. It can obviously go beyond those degree but it is the average. In Fahrenheit it gives me : -22 to 86.
Losing 20-30 pounds will cool one off a lot better than putting on cargo shorts. Here is to your health, good bassists. 
I usually feel the same way about shorts. They never look good on a band member. My band just did a gig outside on July 4th for a neighborhood party. 10 a.m. to 12 a.m.. It was hot close to 90 Degrees with 70 % humidity.
i wore shorts. Nobody cared. I was a happy bass player. A happy bass player is more important than great band photos. I want some of those golf pants. I'll skip the yoga pants. Nobody wants to see that!
i wore shorts. Nobody cared. I was a happy bass player. A happy bass player is more important than great band photos. I want some of those golf pants. I'll skip the yoga pants. Nobody wants to see that!
This thread reads like a bunch of old biddies dishing on absent members of their sewing circle.
This shorts on the gig thing comes up almost every week, is overweight guys who tuck in their shirts next? Just sayin'
If a band can play well enough to keep my attention I don’t care if they’re wearing long pants, shorts, pajamas, punk paisley track suits or nothing at all.
