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Ever had 'that guy' at your gig/gigs??

#61
had "that guy" many years ago that would invade the stage drunk to hang on the players and head bang. Got too annoying one night and as he truned to face the front of the stage our guitar player catapult shoved him off the end......the crowd parted....face plant to the floor. He crawled to his knees and was promptly removed.
 
#62
We had that guy with my former rock cover band. That guy wanted to dance with the lead singer (female). The stage was so small she ended of falling back to me (while still playing) and we both almost crashed onto the drum set. Pretty close, I felt the back of my head bouncing on a cymbal.
Nothing happened, show must go on, and back on track.

That guy continued his own show as well...
 
#66
About 2 years ago I was playing in a pretty heavy metalcore kind of band, you know, lots of mosh pits, high energy kind of stuff

This particular show was just a really small community center show, just for fun. Either way, during our set I noticed "that guy" must not have been any older than 20, completely sober, but just being a general jerk. Punching random people in the mosh pit, hitting people that we trying to avoid him, acitvely seek out new "victims". I'm keeping an eye on him during the set because despite the music everyone there was a relatively nice person. Our set finishes up and I hear this kid heckling us yelling things from the pit, not being man enough to show his face. Obviously a winner.

The next band goes on, same kind of music. "That guy" decides to start a pit again by swining fists. I'm watching from the side for a little while until I've had enough of seeing the GIRL getting punched in the back so I decide to play along. As I enter the pit and "dance" in front of the young gentleman I wait for him to lean down a bit and then "accidentally" throw a kick behind me, connecting to the chin/throat region, prompting him to hit the floor and stay there. Upon the completion of the song I helped him up and said "You need to stop hitting people." And the problem was solved.

Sometimes you just have to wait and pick your time to deal with "that guy" especially if there is a lack of security.

P.S.- I'm not a big guy 5'7, 160lbs. but its all in the placement :D
 
#67
for sure. in my younger days i Vega style suplexed somebody in a pit at a Mr. Bungle show for punching a grrL that wasn't even trying to be in the pit. told him to watch himself as i got up.

violence is never the answer? really depends on what the question is. most times it's pretty silly and annoyingly uber masculine chest thumpy BS. but sometimes, busting somebody's ass is called for.
 
#69
Only once in my storied and varried musical life time did we have an attack on stage. A very drunk chick tried to sing with us but stumbled past the mic and landed in the drum kit. The cans were rolling all over the stage. But without so much as a pause the guitar player and I lift her up and direct her back out onto the dance floor where she promptly fell flat on her face after we let her go. She did stand alone for about 2-3 seconds but booze and gravity met and gravity won. Still remember that to this day 20 years ago. I love playin' live nothing beats it.
 
#72
Reading the post about the tambourine getting smashed just reminded me. I play in an occasional band of reprobates, most of whom cannot play, sing or keep time but it is always for local charity events and amusing to say the least so no one minds.

The female singer, Jackie, is different, she can sing from music, play piano, is a very good tambourine player (and is an infant school teacher). Oh and she is about 5 feet tall and would blow over in a strong wind.

One gig we were playing she put her tambourine too close to the front of the stage. 'This girl' (pretty drunk) decides she is going to try her hand at playing it. Jackie is singing but gives her a look that would bore holes in a steel plate, 'this girl' slinks back to the stage and puts down the tambourine and apologises. Jackie never missed a note. I pity the kids in her class if she can have that effect on someone 3 times her size.
 
#73
Got another tambourine incident. We were playing a very large club on a Saturday, there were around 1500 people. Packed house. On one of our breaks some douche decides to grab one of our wireless mics and run around the club and talk. Didn't matter because it was muted, but hey man, don't touch our gear. I cornered him and got it back, but he slipped into the crowd and I lost him.

Next set I see him in the front, acting douchey and being a jerk. So I'm keeping an eye on him. Somehow he got his hands on our chick singer's tambourine. I point this out to her and she goes down to get it, and he tries to play keepaway with her. At this point I jump down off the 4 foot high stage and grab him by the neck, putting him on his knees. He starts pleading and apologizing and actually says "please don't hurt me" (I'm 6'1", 200 lbs and make a really good mean face). I let him go, and security drags him out.

The best part though was when the guitarist mentioned that I kept playing the song with my left hand the whole time. Didn't miss a note.
 
#77
I haven't read every post, so I don't know whether this has come up yet, but...
Possibly the most most classic "that guy" episode was at Woodstock, when Abbie Hoffman (left-wing activist, Chicago 8 defendant and founder of the Yippies) (and I was a big fan, actually) took the stage during the Who's set to make a speech about John Sinclair, a "political prisoner." Townshend quickly and violently clubbed him with his guitar, knocking him right off the stage. On YouTube, you'll find the audio... I don't know if any video exists, unfortunately. You can hear Pete say, "The next person who comes onstage is getting f***ing killed..."
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