How much do you drink at a gig?

[Handreas]

We usually meet up at someone's apartment/hotel room and drink a few beers before the gig. Maybe a shot of whiskey or two, but we try to stay off the hard stuff before the gig. We drink enough so that everyone loosens up. I like to be buzzed when I go on stage. Not blind drunk, just feeling it. Usually a beer or three per set, and all the hard liquor I can afford after the gig.

I don't like to be hammered when I play though. Not because I play and poopier than when I'm sober (we jump/mosh/run around a lot on stage so a few mistakes are bound to happen), but because I don't like the feeling of not being able to concentrate properly on playing because I have to focus on keeping my balance .

 

[denhou1974]

I usually have a couple of drinks but only water after 12:00. By 2:30ish I'm well within the BAC limit to drive home.

 

[Linkert]

One shot of konskenkorva vodka 60% with the rest of the band while screaming "SKÅL" too get you going.
(I think the alcohol % is messured diffrent in Europe, from America. But 60% is 13% from strongest legal alcohol in Sweden)

 

[acook]

Beer up until about an hour and half before the gig then we get the game face on, play the show then drink till we magically get back home

 

[Gubna]

Ahhh, one of the benefits of not having a driver's license!

I never had to worry about this. There were times when I would have a few before, during, after gigs... but never was I too trashed.

 

[Andy_colassal]

None, dont see the point.

 

[Snake1967]

...??we played a gig??!!! good god why does my mouth feel like the carpet....:scowl:

no seriously if Im not driving..Ill drink 2-3 beers a set with a jug of water on standby anyways...otherwise maybe 2-3 light beers a night so I can drive home..

and occasionally.. if the mood is right get stuck in and drink til the stage is vertical..

 

[Spoiled Grape]

This last tour really reaffirmed my position that I need a few drinks before I play to loosen me up. I gig frequently and I'm confident, but I've noticed that I'm way more in the zone after three or four drinks.

 

[ERIC31]

I'm Straight Edge and don't drink at all. I like to be focused when I play. That's my personal deal.

 

[Ric5]

I start with water ... then have a beer ... then another water ... then a beer ... then another water ...

or sometimes I have NA beer ...

I haven't been drunk since 1993 ...

 

[Tony In Philly]

or sometimes I have NA beer ...

I wish more bars had a better selection of them. I drink beer more for the taste that anything else.

 

[acleex38]

For weekly jams and practices - I'll nurse 1 or 2 beers for 4-5 hours. For playing out - the only bar we've played recently is a landmark if you're looking for "Herndon VA traffic cops" and want to know the most likely place to find them staked out waiting to pull people over. So I drink water and iced tea.

 

[Bassenstien]

till the chicks look good and i can actually play the song

Ha Amen!

 

[dj150888]

I drink what I feel like drinking! If I'm in the mood, I might have a few pints of Guinness (I'm Irish....it tastes much better here!) and a few whiskeys. Made the mistake of going on stage drunk once, it won't be happening again. I know my limits and stick to them no matter how much free booze is being thrown around.

 

[Famous Shamus]

I sing lead vox in my band as well as play, and I find alcohol screws with my vocal chords. I'm usually the only sober guy in the place

 

[Jobiebass]

Well as an alcoholic I like to have a few drinks. If im practicing or whatever I dont drink all day and have 2-3 while im warming up, it stops me shaking and makes me feel "normal" again. I cant play sober at all, My timings well off sober. the only problem is with drinking a few to get "normal" is if it takes so long for them to set everything up ill be too drunk to play. I have to find a happy medium.

 

[Throckmorten]

I start with water ... then have a beer ... then another water ... then a beer ... then another water ...

Geez Ric, can you make it through a song w/o a break

 

[tyggis]

I drink glas of water, thats it. No time to waste

 

[NoobBassist]

depends on how much free booze/beer i can get out of the establishment or the guitarist or drummer... ive been onstage sober too when these ppl forget to get the drinks... i never pay hehehhehe

 

[scottmabe]

None...its water or Vault and Stacker 3's for me....