There's alot of tightly wound folks on this board it seems. I also wonder about these people that keep threatening physical violence. THAT'S very immature to me.
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Practical Jokes before a gig
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There's alot of tightly wound folks on this board it seems. I also wonder about these people that keep threatening physical violence. THAT'S very immature to me.
I just get someone in the crowd to tell our drummer that they just saw his ex in the car park. That actualy gets the whole band hopped up, and reachin for the tazer. Big history.
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I'm actually pretty open minded and laid back. More than most. Just wouldn't get a laugh out of it if someone put vaseline on my bass neck before a gig. Or I had to unducttape my case and deal with all the sticky crap that leaves behind. Sorry, I don't get the joke. It would only piss me off. And that to me would be a normal human response.
Playing in a club that we also rehearsed at in the day time, during our day time rehearsals the club owner would show up to do the books, she had about 5 small dogs that would run wild all over the club and bark like crazy.
Before we left the club one day after rehearsing I placed some FAKE dog poop all over the guitar players very expensive effects/pedal board,,,,, we come back to the club later that night to play, the club is packed, the guitar player gets on the stage, as he is putting on his guitar he looks down at his pedal board and screems,,,, totaly flips out,,, yelling,, those F*$king dogs !!!!,,,,,, those F'in DOGS !!!!!!!!,, he is totaly pissed !!!!
He's just standing there fliped out and stunned looking down at all the dog crap all over his pedal board, the keyboardist and drummer are laughing so hard they are crying,,,,,
I walk over to the guitar player and stand there looking at the poop covered pedal board with him,, Im saying wow dude, I wonder if all that crap shorted anything out,,,,, he's looking for a towel to clean it up,,,, I tell him "dude, let me clean it up for you" ,,, I reach down and start picking up the "fake" dog crap with my bare hands,,,, my band members are freaking out cuz they think Im pickig up "real" dog crap with my bare hands.
I forgot to mention everyone in the band (except for me) was very very high when we got to the club,,,, so the fake dog poop trick REALLY worked well because the band had just smoked a few fatties before finding the dog poop on the pedal board.
It was the begining of the first set of the night, for that set and the following 3 more sets no one could stop laughing,,, we made more mistakes that night than than I can even count.
What a great night !!!!!!
Cheers
Davyo
Before we left the club one day after rehearsing I placed some FAKE dog poop all over the guitar players very expensive effects/pedal board,,,,, we come back to the club later that night to play, the club is packed, the guitar player gets on the stage, as he is putting on his guitar he looks down at his pedal board and screems,,,, totaly flips out,,, yelling,, those F*$king dogs !!!!,,,,,, those F'in DOGS !!!!!!!!,, he is totaly pissed !!!!
He's just standing there fliped out and stunned looking down at all the dog crap all over his pedal board, the keyboardist and drummer are laughing so hard they are crying,,,,,
I walk over to the guitar player and stand there looking at the poop covered pedal board with him,, Im saying wow dude, I wonder if all that crap shorted anything out,,,,, he's looking for a towel to clean it up,,,, I tell him "dude, let me clean it up for you" ,,, I reach down and start picking up the "fake" dog crap with my bare hands,,,, my band members are freaking out cuz they think Im pickig up "real" dog crap with my bare hands.
I forgot to mention everyone in the band (except for me) was very very high when we got to the club,,,, so the fake dog poop trick REALLY worked well because the band had just smoked a few fatties before finding the dog poop on the pedal board.
It was the begining of the first set of the night, for that set and the following 3 more sets no one could stop laughing,,, we made more mistakes that night than than I can even count.
What a great night !!!!!!
Cheers
Davyo
Really, those who can't find the humor in some of this, or most of it, have no business on this thread. It is properly worded in the title, so you haven't been baited into the conversation. This is in the humor and gig stories and it seems some of you have found yourselves here mistakenly. As for the whole high-school movie response, I would imagine that you are from the generation that brought us the Three Stooges? Poke anyone in the eyes or hit 'em in the head with a hammer lately? Maybe there should be a little "boing" sound when the girl gets shot, then you could laugh too. All I'm saying is lighten up, or shut up and play yer guitar
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When I was out of the rehearsal room, my friend zipped himself up in my double bass gig bag and stood against a wall. As soon as I walked into the room, he tipped himself over. I almost had a heart attack as I watched what I thought was my double bass fall to the floor. As I tried to pick the case up I could hear him cracking up inside the bag. Good prank on me.
Again, I don't know you personally, but from your responses I would say you are WAYYY too uptight.
The post you made about kids laughing at a girl being shot is no way related to pulling off a prank with band-mates. Getting my case duct-tapped.....so what, It's a case, it suppose to have scratches, stickers and dings....it's a case, that's it's job. A little zippo lighter fluid and the sticky glue residue was gone.
Have a beer, un-clench your ass...live, love and laugh my friend
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Hey, if that's what u guys feel ya need to do to have a good time, then knock yerselves out. Your insults won't convince me that its funny.
Our antics only happen off stage, or during breaks. My favorite game is hiding my guitarist beer. He'll get a fresh one before the set, have a few swigs and set on the floor next to a monitor. After a few songs, i walk up , grab it and hide it. He'll be looking for it every time between songs (and solos). At the end of the set he'll give up and go get another beer, and as soon as he does I'll put his original beer back by the monitor, took him a few times to catch on.
My keyboardist often times has sheet music infront of her, so during breaks I like to put sheets from a ridiculous song on her keyboard , Last one was "oops I did it again". She gets a kick out of it.
We usually do harmless things at the gigs, but mainly we just have a good time. We do mess with people sometimes, we had a stalker for my last band. She liked to get a little drunk and then get all touchy feely and ask one of us to take her back to our place.... We finally got tired of telling her no, so we told her to ask our band manager saying that he'd be interested. By the way, we didn't have a band manager. She asked us what he looked like, we said mid-20 about 5'9 average build. She went to search for him, would come back to ask us his name which we'd give her a different name each time.... I think she was still searching for "Rob, john, Nate, Ryan, and Steve" by the time we left. She was creepy
We usually go out for breakfast the day of the show, and that when the antics really start. My drummer never locks his truck or takes the keys out of the ignition. I'll excuse myself, walk out hop in the truck and move it out of sight then go back inside. He's usually the first one to leave, and he came running back in freaking out that someone stole his truck... We let this go on until he tries to call the police. He was pissed at us the rest of the day, but thought it was funny by showtime.
I also put someones meal/ bar tab on my guitarist bill at the end of the night, which he promptly got me back for.
My keyboardist often times has sheet music infront of her, so during breaks I like to put sheets from a ridiculous song on her keyboard , Last one was "oops I did it again". She gets a kick out of it.
We usually do harmless things at the gigs, but mainly we just have a good time. We do mess with people sometimes, we had a stalker for my last band. She liked to get a little drunk and then get all touchy feely and ask one of us to take her back to our place.... We finally got tired of telling her no, so we told her to ask our band manager saying that he'd be interested. By the way, we didn't have a band manager. She asked us what he looked like, we said mid-20 about 5'9 average build. She went to search for him, would come back to ask us his name which we'd give her a different name each time.... I think she was still searching for "Rob, john, Nate, Ryan, and Steve" by the time we left. She was creepy
We usually go out for breakfast the day of the show, and that when the antics really start. My drummer never locks his truck or takes the keys out of the ignition. I'll excuse myself, walk out hop in the truck and move it out of sight then go back inside. He's usually the first one to leave, and he came running back in freaking out that someone stole his truck... We let this go on until he tries to call the police. He was pissed at us the rest of the day, but thought it was funny by showtime.
I also put someones meal/ bar tab on my guitarist bill at the end of the night, which he promptly got me back for.
I'm in a fraternity and the first night I met the new pledges I gave them our singers phone number with instructions to text him (in italian since he's an Italian teacher) the following:
"may your first child be a masculine child, and may it also be my child"
I thought he would ignore it. However he put two and two together and realized I set it up. He was absolutely furious for the rest of the day but laughs about it now
"may your first child be a masculine child, and may it also be my child"
I thought he would ignore it. However he put two and two together and realized I set it up. He was absolutely furious for the rest of the day but laughs about it now
Hmm, I've listened to your music and am quite impressed with it. Very good stuff and you're a fine player.
Music, like humor, is a very subjective thing. I'm sure that although I enjoy your playing and music that there are some people who don't like it in the least. That's life.
I think that you'd agree that someone sharing a very negative opinion about your music wouldn't be very appreciated here.
I don't know if your subjective opinion of the OPs sense of humor is necessarily appropriate here either.
I believe this could be construed as "just cause" for murder in some states or if nothing else a psychological "trigger" to a temporary insanity plea for a murder defense.
You can count me in among those with no sense of humor or tolerance for this kind of crap, but seriously I applaud your drummer for having the peaceful disposition that he must have had that you are still able to type this story today.
Hair in the mouth = justifiable murder? LMAO
But I agree with you in one respect. 22 years ago I was a different person than I am now; I wouldn't behave that way today.
Trust me, that night the drummer's disposition was anything but "peaceful." Deservedly so. But since he also believes that life is worth more than hair in the mouth, he chose not to murder me. 22 years later we're still friends.
But I agree with you in one respect. 22 years ago I was a different person than I am now; I wouldn't behave that way today.
Trust me, that night the drummer's disposition was anything but "peaceful." Deservedly so. But since he also believes that life is worth more than hair in the mouth, he chose not to murder me. 22 years later we're still friends.
I'm determined to do that when I'm in another band as a drummer...only I'd have a drumkit that would make Neil Peart cry, so I'd likely a) make the entire band deaf (and the audience!) or B) be looking for bodyparts over the stage.
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Was going to argue, but I reread my first post. And I agree. And it's not because you said nice things about my music either.
I was a little out of line with my initial response, and could have left it at simply saying I don't find that kind of stuff funny. I am really urked by the jackass stuff though, and I was talking more about that than what was actually posted in the OP. 3 stooges kind of humor is funny to me (sometimes) like cartoons are. Cuz it's not real, and it's stupid. I really really don't understant the humor in real life situations of poople riding bikes off of mountains by accident, little kids crashing into walls... and I really do think the idea of what's funny has changed over time...BUT, yes, the things stated in the OP are relatively harmless.I'll try to open up a bit, put some lindburger cheese on my singers mic or somthing like that. Maybe I'll find I'll get a chuckle out of it after all.
I'll quit this thread now.
Oh yeah, I get what you mean about that sort of painful humor. I think there was a bit of typical internet miscommunication about your views in regards to the OP's story.
And....FWIW, I really do dig your music!
So technically this is and "end of the night" kinda joke, but it works freakin awesome. Only works if people drink beer with dark bottles... it's called jager-beer.. here we go...
You find the beer-drinker who's had a bit (make sure it's a friend), and when he's not paying attention convince the bartender to top the beer off with jagermeister (especially if the beer is about half-full or less)...
or just dump out half the beer and fill with jager and voila... best to do this near last call because it will take the unsuspecting a little while to figure out what's up. the look on the face is priceless.
You find the beer-drinker who's had a bit (make sure it's a friend), and when he's not paying attention convince the bartender to top the beer off with jagermeister (especially if the beer is about half-full or less)...
or just dump out half the beer and fill with jager and voila... best to do this near last call because it will take the unsuspecting a little while to figure out what's up. the look on the face is priceless.
