Has anyone ever done this? Like light the head stock of your bass on fire using lighter fluid or whatever?
P.S. i think this is the right thread?
P.S. i think this is the right thread?
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Lighting things on fire during a gig?
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Two words...Great White. Unless you're outdoors and away from the public, DO NOT USE FIRE in your performance.
I do feel bad for Great White. I saw them back in the day and they put on a good solid rock show. Don't know much about who was to blame for that fire but sadly they were the band playing at the time so their name will be linked to it.
I do feel bad for Great White. I saw them back in the day and they put on a good solid rock show. Don't know much about who was to blame for that fire but sadly they were the band playing at the time so their name will be linked to it.
Dumb-ass ****, man. Unless all the precautions for an on-stage pyrotechics show have been taken, it's asking for a world of worry. Even then, it's stoopid.
I lost friends and acquaintances in this one ... The Station nightclub fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I lost friends and acquaintances in this one ... The Station nightclub fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When / where? During a gig or in the confines of your rehearsal space? No I leave the juice home with my Weber kettle.
Google "White Lion - Rhode Island - 100 dead". IOW, nobody with 1/2 oz. of brains will think it's a neat trick.
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Don't do it.
I was supposed to go to The Station the night of the fire but something came up. A few months later, I was a technical advisor for a benefit concert to raise money for the victims. The show included Mark Farner (formerly of Grand Funk Railroad), Rick Derringer, Blue Oyster Cult, Vanilla Fudge, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band and several others. It was a very humbling experience, especially when meeting some of the familes who lost loved ones.
Lighting anything on fire is a bad idea.
It's a good way to set yourself up to lose everything you own and everything you ever will own. Incredible liability.
The owners of The Station Nightclub, Michael and Jeffery Derderian pled "nolo contendre" (no contest). It does not require any admission of guilt, but merely an acknowledgement that there is enough evidence for the prosecution to obtain a conviction.
Michael was sentenced to serve 4 years of a 15 year sentence. Jeffrey was given a 10 year suspended sentence, 500 hours community service and 3 years probabtion. Great White's tour manager Dan Biechele set off the pyrotechnics which started the fire. There is some disagreement about whether or not he had permission and the proper permits to use pyro at the show. He was sentenced to 4 years and served less than half that.
Watching the reporter's video changed my life. It is deeply disturbing. I find myself checking for sprinklers and exits in crowded places now.
That was of course the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread's title, but I see that I'm not the only one.
That was of course the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread's title, but I see that I'm not the only one.
I personally don't see a problem with it as long as you are *smart* about it.. Smart being the key word. That being said I don't think I'd do it.
In the eighties, the Butthole Surfers and the Flaming Lips used to set fire to their cymbals with lighter fluid and then hit 'em....sending fire everywhere. Apparently it looked really cool, but even Wayne Coyne said that with hindsight he was amazed and relieved that no one was hurt.
Trivia: You know that Station Nightclub fire made them change laws about doors opening inwards in nightclubs, bars, etc...about 90% of the patrons got trapped behind the inwardly opening door as people tried to push out.
Sometimes I'm glad that health and safety (or whoever) has put a stop some of these antics from the "good ol' days".
Trivia: You know that Station Nightclub fire made them change laws about doors opening inwards in nightclubs, bars, etc...about 90% of the patrons got trapped behind the inwardly opening door as people tried to push out.
Sometimes I'm glad that health and safety (or whoever) has put a stop some of these antics from the "good ol' days".
Being selective of what you're lighting is the key - I light the candles on the tables when I first come in at the beginning of the night. Gives me a chance to say hi to people. 
Alot of places I know, if you pull that stunt, will shut you down and kick you out for life, and once word gets out you'll never play under that name again cause no one will hire you....not many places have permits for that kind of thing and getting the club in trouble for letting you play is a dick move
I mean no one any offense, but this statement alone tells me you are not smart enough to play with this kind of stuff. You're not a pyrotechnics guy, and you risk the lives of everyone in the room when you do this, even if it is a small risk. I know you said you don't "think" you'll do it, but dude - you gotta know you're not gonna do it. It's just not smart or safe.
edit* this isn't a slam on you, man. I promise. it's more of a concern.
There is no way to be "smart" about it, unless you have pyro specialist and fire marshals on hand. You'd have to be an idiot to set something on fire in a small club setting.
smart doesn't always get you there.
with such high risks involved for a relatively low reward the answer is obvious: DON'T
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