Gross things other musicians do.

[Gazman]

I was reminded on another thread about the time a Bassoon player up-ended her instrument near my gear, and a disturbing amount of spit flowed out and onto the top of my amp head.

Have you had a similar experience?

Nail clipping, ear wax removal, sweating etc? It's all giving me the shivers!

 

[Joe Nerve]

I'm not a big fan of bass players who use their nose grease like quick fret.

 

[RattleSnack]

Seen all of that and worse.

How about dropping coins in guitar players hairy b*tcrack? Oh yeah, I did that.

 

[Sneakypete]

Many years ago my band had a roadie who seemed to always have a sandwich (or similar portable food item) in his jacket pocket - no wrapper or anything like that. At random intervals he'd reach in, take a bite then put it back. Yes, I've known some classy people in my time.

 

[howlin]

Gross things other band members do?

Does show up count . . . ?

 

[Duder]

Groupies?

 

[BrewsterRooster]

Nail clipping, ear wax removal, sweating etc? It's all giving me the shivers!

Concur. Bio-cheese belongs in hospitals, not on gigs.

I played in a blues band years ago with a guitarist who, when his nose plugged, would give it a farmer's blow regardless of where we were...usually right on stage. Maybe Kleenex are incompatible with the blues pedigree.

Could have re-named ourselves the Launching Boogers Band.

 

[petrus61]

I'm not a big fan of bass players who use their nose grease like quick fret.

Or the guys whose jar of Vaseline pulls double duty as string lube...so gross

 

[EricssonB]

Mods can go ahead and log this thread now. Thanks.

::ewwwwwwwww::

 

[jasonrp]

Seen all of that and worse.

How about dropping coins in guitar players hairy b*tcrack? Oh yeah, I did that.

I used an open sharpie

 

[Wolfenstein666]

Nothing that can be mentioned here without the ban hammer being wielded against me....

 

[Matthew_84]

Pretty much anything anyone else does is gross to me.

The worst I saw was a trumpet player dump their spit valve on our jam space's hard floor... The idea of that spit permeating through the air was enough for me to take an extended washroom/smoke/beer/phone break.

 

[sonicblue62]

Not really gross, but definitely uncool, was a drummer who answered his cell phone during a song and continued to play with his right hand while arguing with his wife about their broken dishwasher. This was at a jazz gig during a pretty quiet ballad (and during my solo, I might add) and the audience could hear their conversation loud and clear. To add insult to injury, the incident was repeated a few minutes later during another song.

 

[dbase]

I had a lead singer whip it out on stage at a practice before the bar opened. The only people present was the band, the bartender and his girlfriend. He also whipped his out trying to compete.. she got a front row seat. I didn't join in knowing I would win the contest, not trying to brag or anything.

 

[nixdad]

Mid 90's - I was at a regional music show in San Jose, CA.

We had a small Trace Elliot bass stack set up for people to try, along with some Hamer basses. We had a few guitar picks for people to use sitting on top of the amp.

A guy comes up, takes a pick and puts it fully into his mouth, plays a bass for a few minutes, then takes the pick out of his moth and puts it back on the top of the amp as he's leaving. He never used the pick - he just sucked on it.

 

[ONYX]

Concur.
I played in a blues band years ago with a guitarist who, when his nose plugged, would give it a farmer's blow regardless of where we were...usually right on stage. Maybe Kleenex are incompatible with the blues pedigree.

.

I could have typed those exact words myself----

. This same dude also never, ever washed his hands. His guitar was covered in a black patina that probably harbored every disease know to science.

 

[ThatGingerMojo]

Had a singer who would suck his ear plugs before re-inserting them into his ear, countless time. He said it helped lube the ear plug going into the ear. ewww. He never washed them, just put them in his pocket, in his mouth, in his ear, in his pocket, and round and round.

 

[karl_em_all]

Not really gross, but definitely uncool, was a drummer who answered his cell phone during a song and continued to play with his right hand while arguing with his wife about their broken dishwasher. This was at a jazz gig during a pretty quiet ballad (and during my solo, I might add) and the audience could hear their conversation loud and clear. To add insult to injury, the incident was repeated a few minutes later during another song.

Priceless

 

[Burwabit]

I frequently break wind at gigs. In my defense, I usually walk over by the drummer when I do it.

 

[BigBigGuy44]

I once saw a show where the guitarist turned around, threw up in his hand, shook it off, turned back around and continued playing. I almost lost it watching.