Greg Lake also used to sweat a lot. That Persian carpet was because the stage would get very slippery if there wasn't something to soak it all up. You should have seen the size of the can of deodorant required to sanitise that after every performance!
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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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Greg Lake also used to sweat a lot. That Persian carpet was because the stage would get very slippery if there wasn't something to soak it all up. You should have seen the size of the can of deodorant required to sanitise that after every performance!
A bit like the band originally called "The Sweat" which was changed to break into the glam rock market with "Fox on the Run", "Blockbuster", etc.
It's when a guitar makes sweet, sweet love to a drum and you get a load of banjos you have to really worry.
Yes, it's 10% off all the recording costs. It's also why if you set an old mechanical metronome from the 1960-1990 period to 120 it's actually 109 BPM. Steve Reich made a career from accidentally mixing a 1968 metronome at a faceplate 120 BPM and his grandfather's pre-recording metronome from 1923 which actually did run at 120.
There were some strange proclivities amoungst all the early prog rockers. Rick Wakeman's cape was to avoid obscenity charges as he preferred to perform naked.
True. He stank so bad people at gigs would say "Gosh, these guys stink so bad somebody should call the police."
And that's how they came to take the band name...
That would be categorically incorrect, then. There is NOTHING sweet about a guitar gettin' it on with a drum.
More likely just a quickie in the back alley behind the dumpster on a set break after drinking too much during the set...
Moped.
Always check the polarity of the pickups when connecting a new bass to your rig. If it doesn't match, the cab will suck when it should blow.
Yes, with reversed polarity connections, the sucking cabs will return the sound through the pickups at Hz squared. Example 440 Hz, will return at 193,600 Hz. Resulting in all windows and glassware shattering for miles around. It will also create massive hearing damage to every dog in the same area code.
Not just the proggers. Sting also felt the need to expose his buttocks from his hotel room after every gig. He was nearly banged up for it after his New Orleans gig, prior to his first solo album but dodged it by blaming it on Omar Hakim (who had no prior convictions). Hakim's annoyed lawyer insisted that Sting's intended freeform instrumental be named Moon Over Bourbon Street with confessional lyrics.
I thought we were anthropomorphizing... Pretty sure I've seen a few guitars hitting on the drums during load in ...
Denny's named a breakfast for Kiss. Ace Frehley liked to expose his bare buttocks out his hotel window. The Denny's across the street in Tampa Florida named Moons over My Hammy for the event.
In venues with bad acoustics fan fans are used to direct the band's sound towards their fans.
According to quantum mechanics' uncertainty principle, there's always a chance your fingers will meet the right string at the right fret position, at the right time.
