First I was mad, then I was contemptuous, then I realize it's just kids finding their place.
I'm OK as long as they stay off my lawn.
I'm OK as long as they stay off my lawn.
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In a few words, how does this make you feel?? Warning: Disturbing Content.
- Thread starter DChalo
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Couldn't care less what anyone does with their own property even a little. I could barely muster the energy it takes to read this thread, but it was worth it just for post 7.
Judging by the look on the boys face it looked like a temper-tantrum of some sort, not much left to say on that.
As for the breaking of guitars, I know a local band here that gets hired based on his reputation for at the height of the show smashing a $30 pawn-store First-Act and setting it on fire. He keeps a small collection of "smashers" for this. Along with his outdoor pyro-rig, lighted mini stage and hair fan. Musical/respectful/mature/etc or not there is a market for that kind of showmanship.
As for the breaking of guitars, I know a local band here that gets hired based on his reputation for at the height of the show smashing a $30 pawn-store First-Act and setting it on fire. He keeps a small collection of "smashers" for this. Along with his outdoor pyro-rig, lighted mini stage and hair fan. Musical/respectful/mature/etc or not there is a market for that kind of showmanship.
you're not supposed to UNPLUG before smashing. there was no Kerrangggg. El kabong did better with an acoustic
My only reaction is disappointment that he didn't do it with enough showmanship and he didn't manage to break it fully. Like over the head and really leaning into it dramatcally, you know?
If it was my kid I would encourage this and help him find a way to perform this move both economically and safely.
Like Red-Lefty pointed out this can be done with cheap guitars/parts and the hardware can be salvaged from instrument to instrument between gigs. A couple deep saw blade cuts across the back of the instrument will help the effect of getting the instrument to break.
Now... there's a lot to be said about safety. As close as he was to other kids in the audience there was a risk of injury.
Those who are being judgmental about this might be forgetting we were all young stupid kids at one time. The trick is to educate their kids and roll with what they are trying to do. Every mistake is an opportunity to educate and improve. Turn negatives into positives. This kid could easily be a master guitar repairman before he leaves high school and on his way to becoming a renowned luthier.
If it was my kid I would encourage this and help him find a way to perform this move both economically and safely.
Like Red-Lefty pointed out this can be done with cheap guitars/parts and the hardware can be salvaged from instrument to instrument between gigs. A couple deep saw blade cuts across the back of the instrument will help the effect of getting the instrument to break.
Now... there's a lot to be said about safety. As close as he was to other kids in the audience there was a risk of injury.
Those who are being judgmental about this might be forgetting we were all young stupid kids at one time. The trick is to educate their kids and roll with what they are trying to do. Every mistake is an opportunity to educate and improve. Turn negatives into positives. This kid could easily be a master guitar repairman before he leaves high school and on his way to becoming a renowned luthier.
Fat Steve
The poodle bites, the poodle chews it.
video 1: kids in dire need of education,
video 2: basically ditto, but possibly/probably too far gone already.
video 2: basically ditto, but possibly/probably too far gone already.
Instruments smashes look cool when you're pro. Not when you're f**king six
Why can't today's generation of teenagers be perfect little angels like we were in our day? 
Any talent-less fool can smash a guitar.
Yup....been a part of rock shows for a very long time...it was a stupid cliche' by about 1971.
It was a stupid temper tantrum the first time it was famously done, it was stupid and boring the second time and it has been unoriginal and stupid ever since.
Townsend regretted it for a reason.....and pandering to a mob by doing something to satisfy their most base voyeuristic instincts just lowers the level of everyone in the room.
The kid wants to impress people?....do it with a perfectly written and/or executed piece of music, mesmerize them with virtuosity, blow their minds with amazingly intelligent and insightful lyrics or your interpretation of an existing piece.
You want to do it the Barnum & Bailey way?....give them an amazing light show, give them fireworks, show them your nifty costumes, perform some stage illusions.
You want to impress them with physicality and angst? do a backflip while you perform.
This is a child, his entire existence is provided for by somebody else, his food, his clothes, his transportation, and his bass guitar.
After I became self sufficient, I gained the right to do what I wanted with my possessions...until then....no break-ey break-ey bass guitar.
Destroying anything that another person built with their hands is making less out of something that was more.
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Not many people are impressed by that sort of thing. Sure, many of us educated intelligent computer savvy musicians are, but the vast majority like explosions, destruction, flashy things, fire, simple and familiar music and shallow nonsensical repetitive lyrics.
I was in this kid's shoes. I made a joke about smashing my bass after a show with my high school band (I bought it for around $60 and it was giving me electrical problems) and I almost did it. But I couldn't cause it was mine. Just didn't feel right. Instead, I learned how to solder. Much more useful.
glad to be a grown up ..
happy to play nice instruments ..
i really wish one of those poor basses would bounce up and smack one of these dolts in the head .. !!
happy to play nice instruments ..
i really wish one of those poor basses would bounce up and smack one of these dolts in the head .. !!
I've watched both videos again.
The first video is hilarious! That bass is about as big as the kid, and he looks so serious about it! I bet some adult put him up to it. With his wee Peavey amp and everything... loved it!
The second video looks like bored teenagers in some dull, grey hellhole somewhere. I know and remember where that nihilism comes from! Quite contentious of th eguy to remove the strap first. Not hilarious like the first one, but it doesn't bother me that much; seems more like a waste of a serviceable bass more than anything.
The first video is hilarious! That bass is about as big as the kid, and he looks so serious about it! I bet some adult put him up to it. With his wee Peavey amp and everything... loved it!
The second video looks like bored teenagers in some dull, grey hellhole somewhere. I know and remember where that nihilism comes from! Quite contentious of th eguy to remove the strap first. Not hilarious like the first one, but it doesn't bother me that much; seems more like a waste of a serviceable bass more than anything.
Since no one has mentioned it here is a vid from the related ones for the second vid:
Destroy My Guitar
The guy in this video is one of the most stereotypical spoiled rich douchebags I have ever seen.
Just skipping through the video made me cringe but I wanted to hear what people thought.
Destroy My Guitar
The guy in this video is one of the most stereotypical spoiled rich douchebags I have ever seen.
Just skipping through the video made me cringe but I wanted to hear what people thought.
