I don't have good hair, so when I'm performing, I wear a hat.
Especially being a bass player who's supposed to be extra cool.
Especially being a bass player who's supposed to be extra cool.
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Obviously he's a bass player...
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I got several top-vented, wide brimmed fedoras that take care of that problem... As a younger, more foolish cat I never usta wear a hat in the sun myself. ~And I now have the scars on my face to prove it! ~Gotta remember the sun's rays are far more potent now 'cause of changes in the planet's atmosphere, and this will hurt you given the chance! ~
~Even with always wearing sun screen I still hafta get Basal Cell skin cancer bits regularly zapped off my arms by a dermatologist, and I'm damn well not allowing this to happen with my head and face anymore!
And a tip here: If you should want to get a cool fedora-type sun protection hat, JCP has them online (usually the same brands too) for about 1/3'rd the prices found at those men's fancy hat 'boutiques...'
Cap in hand, I say watch your ears. Caps don't cut it, in full sun — the big C may very likely sack your ears and your neck. In the great outdoors, wear a broad-brimmed hat — turn down the brim — or wear a cap with extra panels that protect all of you. Inside, a fascinator's all you need. Not everyone can pull that look off
Go with the flow.
Not a hat wearer for the most part but if I could look as cool as Colin Edwin (ex-bassist for Porcupine Tree) wearing this style...I'd most likely do it...
Not a hat wearer for the most part but if I could look as cool as Colin Edwin (ex-bassist for Porcupine Tree) wearing this style...I'd most likely do it...
That and the fedora are standard, like part of a uniform for bass. players.
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Not a hat wearer for the most part but if I could look as cool as Colin Edwin (ex-bassist for Porcupine Tree) wearing this style...I'd most likely do it...
Got several berets for the winter myself. -Nice, warm, and comfy and sufficiently cool looking enough to be noticed by neighbors and strangers who'll think you're maybe European and artistic...
-But in summer they'll way overheat your dome and will not give good protection from the ~sun~ 
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Not a hat wearer for the most part but if I could look as cool as Colin Edwin (ex-bassist for Porcupine Tree) wearing this style...I'd most likely do it...
His chin looks like a vagina...~How cool is that!
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No hat in the current band, not the style. Maybe a headband when my hair has grown long again.
Guilty of wearing a Kangol in a blues band many years ago.
I've got great hair, why cover it.
(We've played on a few hot, humid days this summer. Linen pants, linen shirt and I was fine. I don't play skatepunk or metal, so no shorts.)
( Also, my legs cause uncontrollable revulsion when exposed in public.)
Guilty of wearing a Kangol in a blues band many years ago.
I've got great hair, why cover it.
(We've played on a few hot, humid days this summer. Linen pants, linen shirt and I was fine. I don't play skatepunk or metal, so no shorts.)
( Also, my legs cause uncontrollable revulsion when exposed in public.)
Personally, outdoor gigs this summer have been excessively hot & I've come to appreciate my natural top-down ventilation.
I have genuinely never even thought about it . I couldn't tell you if I was wearing a hat last time I played ( last week !) . It is an irrelevance to me . And I am pretty sure it doesn't affect anything about the way I play .
1. I don't like rules
2. I am not bothered about other peoples opinions .
3. There really are a lot more important things to worry about .
4. I have realised that there is little point in this post .
Get out there and play . Wear a hat , don't wear a hat . Don't judge others . ENJOY
1. I don't like rules
2. I am not bothered about other peoples opinions .
3. There really are a lot more important things to worry about .
4. I have realised that there is little point in this post .
Get out there and play . Wear a hat , don't wear a hat . Don't judge others . ENJOY
Official old guy hat rules:
1) If you're out in the sun, wear a hat.
2) If you're indoors, take your hat off, except:
3) if a hat is part of your stage attire, obviously you can wear a hat indoors while you're a performer. "While you're a performer" includes while you're on breaks. Sound check and load-in/load-out it depends on the situation whether you're a performer during those times or not.
Driving a car is an undefined edge case. A firm decision has never been rendered on whether in a car is outdoors or indoors, thus is a hat permitted or not?
1) If you're out in the sun, wear a hat.
2) If you're indoors, take your hat off, except:
3) if a hat is part of your stage attire, obviously you can wear a hat indoors while you're a performer. "While you're a performer" includes while you're on breaks. Sound check and load-in/load-out it depends on the situation whether you're a performer during those times or not.
Driving a car is an undefined edge case. A firm decision has never been rendered on whether in a car is outdoors or indoors, thus is a hat permitted or not?
Are the windows open? If so, then you need either Brylcreem or a hat... ~Where have you been all your life anyway??
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If you need a hat with the windows open, you must be one of them long haired hippie types.Are the windows open? If so, then you need either Brylcreem or a hat... ~Where have you been all your life anyway??
And if you don't it means not much turf on toppa? ~
? Anyway I'm prolly more of an old "mod..." (-Or Brit "Teddy").
I don't wear a hat because I don't want my hair to be restrained when I'm headbanging.
