My main pet peeve is guitar-smashing. Rich, overpriveleged douche move times infinity. That includes the old classic-rock and metal legends who did it in the first place. I hated it then, and I hate it now. I'd rather watch Yngwie Malmsteen give an interview from his home studio room filled to the ceiling with unused prize vintage Stratocasters all collecting dust unused, than to watch some idiot destroy one low-end instrument violently. Hate it, hate it, hate it.
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The BIGGEST douche move onstage is...
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Other than the, ummm, mullet being over the top, it's a decent band.
I listened to their rendition of 'Heartbreaker' also, pretty good really.
Very good vocals and quite tight.
The second guitar player in red spandex looks interesting....
FWIW, I still think gratuitous swearing at full volume over the PA is possibly the most common 'worst douche move'.
Very lowbrow, in a bad way.
Totally lacking in class, yet the drunks usually eat it up.
Damn. I thought I came up with the bare foot thing, then we played a show and the other bass player had bare feet.
Now I realize I'm in the douche running.
Now I realize I'm in the douche running.
Any sort of mega-pretentiousness on stage sets off my D-bag alarm. Even if you're the most rippin' shreddin' talent of all time (e.g., Steve Vai) and the music is out of this world, it's a buzz-kill (to me anyways) when a musician self-acknowledges his/her super awesomeness while on stage and pushes this off onto the audience.
Also, along the line of fake accents, why is it that the American National Anthem seems to be sung with a "country / southern" twang even if the vocalist is from California or upper Manhattan? That's way corn-ball. What gives?
Also, along the line of fake accents, why is it that the American National Anthem seems to be sung with a "country / southern" twang even if the vocalist is from California or upper Manhattan? That's way corn-ball. What gives?
My biggest douche move was a job where I spent the whole night sideways to the crowd in the middle of the stage. When we got going the bass drum was walking away from our drummer so he asked if I could put my foot in front of it so I did. first break we were going to nail a chunk of wood down to hold the kick drum but the guy who owned the place said we couldn't nail anything to the floor so I spent the whole night sideways with one foot in front of the bass drum.
I still get ragged about my rock god pose.
I still get ragged about my rock god pose.
I've noticed a trend with a bunch of these new hipster bands where the drummers will stand on their bass drum and dance. Or even worse, they'll point their sticks at the crowd and hold one hand to their ear in the "I can't hear you" pose
The same thing happened in the first band I ever gigged out with. We were a three-piece bar band, all in our late teens. We'd be in the middle of a lively song when I would become aware that the drums sounded odd. I'd turn and look behind me to see Larry our drummer with a frantic look on his face, slouched way down on his stool and trying to give his wandering bass drum just one more kick. I'd sidle up to it and casually walk it back into place while he tried to reposition himself on the stool, all the while still trying to play. I should have just stayed back there with it like you did. But I was 19 and wanted to be 3 steps closer to the front. You know, to look cool.My biggest douche move was a job where I spent the whole night sideways to the crowd in the middle of the stage. When we got going the bass drum was walking away from our drummer so he asked if I could put my foot in front of it so I did. first break we were going to nail a chunk of wood down to hold the kick drum but the guy who owned the place said we couldn't nail anything to the floor so I spent the whole night sideways with one foot in front of the bass drum.
I still get ragged about my rock god pose.
I would say showing up to the gig and not knowing the material is the biggest douche move you can make.
All actual British musicians when in U.S. must speak with a thick American southern drawl while performing Allman Brothers tunes to cut down on confusion.
What's worse is when other players repeatedly get bitten by that particular snake. Lots of learning-disabled musicians out there. "No, don't worry, it won't be like last time...I have all day tomorrow and I'll have it for the gig...." *trainwrecks ensue*
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