Gross things other musicians do.

[jasonrp]

I routinely run my fingers either through my hair or over my cheek to get oil on them when my fingers are sticking to the strings.

If you think about the fact that you are slapping sheep guts, a little hair or cheek grease doesn't really seem that bad.

 

[ONYX]

In certain circles, having a member of the public throw underwear at you could be consider a milestone. Now, when the item being considered here is thrown by a (apparently) a dude in a lgbt bar, and accidentaly hits you while (also apparetnly) it was destined to your drummer, it could count as gross.

It happened to a friend of mine

I'm curious----was "your friend", as you say, so traumatized by this event that it brought on a case of Dissociative Identity Disorder?

 

[Atshen]

I got curious about that GG Allin guy and checked him out on Wikipedia.


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[marko57]

You haven't seen gross until audience members started being pelted with feces. Possibly NH's best-known musical export.

Not something the majority of us are proud of!

 

[Rapisme]

I once knew a Guitarist politely put, who never washed his hands and proudly would profess that he didn't spill a drop!! Then decided that he want to touch my amp and make adjustments.. Sold the amp!!

 

[Joebone]

That would be most horn players, if you count shaking out the spit-valve. Brass instruments are played by spitting into them, more or less, so whenever there's a brass player, you get spit. That's just how it is.

Hey, we horn players all maintain that it's mostly condensation. In truth, not so much...

 

[dbase]

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.

 

[Joebone]

In certain circles, having a member of the public throw underwear at you could be consider a milestone. Now, when the item being considered here is thrown by a (apparently) a dude in a lgbt bar, and accidentaly hits you while (also apparetnly) it was destined to your drummer, it could count as gross.

It happened to a friend of mine

Hopefully it wasn't still warm...

 

[dbase]

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

Hahah , I thought I was the only one that did that .. He would be stuck behind the drums and couldn't escape. I used to wander over the the other side of the stage and let one out.. and go back to my corner like nothing happened

 

[Worldeeeter]

There was a great hardcore band in Charlotte, NC called HU\LK; they recently played their final show. I remember reading an interview in a local paper where they said: "We are actually farting more than we are not farting". Classic statement.

 

[powmetalbassist]

Hanging out after the show at the guitarists place. My sister and her friend go upstairs with him and we don't see them for a few minutes...but man we could hear them. I was mortified. I left. The rest of the band apparently chewed him out for doing that too me. I'm not sure I will ever forget that

 

[jacolyte]

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.

so, wait; you took a cigarette break because saliva is gross?

 

[higain617]

Not something the majority of us are proud of!

Yeah, I think the correct term is "infamous". I also was not a fan.

 

[PortlandBass77]

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.

That sounds like something I would do.....

 

[bolophonic]

I play in a funk band with four saxophones, two trumpets and two trombones and occasional flute, clarinet and bassoon. The spit-valving that I witness on an ongoing basis would make you want to die.

 

[John Swartz]

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.

That would be most horn players, if you count shaking out the spit-valve. Brass instruments are played by spitting into them, more or less, so whenever there's a brass player, you get spit. That's just how it is.

It's actually condensation, not saliva.

While I wouldn't say there's NO spit there, having played horn in school I know that it's nearly all water condensation. You don't play a horn by spitting into it. Take a thin tube and blow into it for a few minutes - you'll get plenty of water.

John

 

[DirtDog]

I spent 10 years in military and police pipe bands. I've got enough gross bandmember stuff to fill a book - a very hilarious book!

 

[DirtDog]

I heard an apocryphal story years ago about a member of a punk band - probably the bassist - puking up a tapeworm on stage.

That might even trump my pipe band stories. I said "MIGHT".

 

[Wesley R]

Ha-ha.... Was this just some bizarre ritualistic voodoo thing??

He claimed it gave him a smoother sound. This was in the spring of 1972, and whatever he was using for an amp and speakers was loud and deep.

 

[Matthew_84]

so, wait; you took a cigarette break because saliva is gross?

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Hahaha! Good point, it sounds pretty stupid in hindsight.