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Things you hate that every local band seems to do

#81
duff beer said:
If you can't put your heart and soul into a cover song, you don't have what it takes to become a musician... :rollno:

I'd rather play cover tunes than the not so "original" songs of 95% of the bands I have seen.
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+1!

We shared the bill with a big time original band from the area a few weeks back. They had a "road manager" and a "tour van", the road manager said they been touring regionally.....

Ok, maybe I'm just too old, but they sounded like me and buddies in someones moms basement circa 1983 or so.

When it came to be their time to take the stage, they took all their stuff, and started piling it up in front of, and on the stage. :rolleyes: My drummer said to the "road manager" "Do you want us to got our stuff off the stage?" the road manger said something to the affirmative, so my drummer says "Then get all your **** out of my ******* way!" I don't get their touring regionally, playing these shows all the time, and yet they don't understand the concept of "Let me get my stuff out of your way so you can get out clean and smooth." :rollno:
 
#82
Nonsensical knob twiddling

Acting drunk to cover a bad gig

Leadsinger/frontman introducing themselves but no other bad-members.

Folks getting obviously sulky because soundmen have not let them do another song (after allotted time) on an open-mic night.

Hard-rock/metal frontmen repeatedly referring to themselves/audience/staff/friends/enemies/strangers/householdpets/householdplants as "motherf*****s" in rambling inter-song speeches

Drunk/drugged drummers

Drunk/drugged...anyone performing actually.
 
#83
When all the other musicians that come and play shows !@t:h and whine about what other bands are doing with thier stage time. Then they go on a bass forum and whine about it more like they have never been in a local band and might not have money for 5000 dollar stacks and 10000 dollar basses and a road crew and Yankee Stadium and ever made a mistake and learned from it over the years.

But seriously "suck" has been the best response so far. because everyone does to someone in the crowd. Cant make everyone happy and we all know all the other bands at the show hate you when you take the stage and tear you apart no matter what you do.
 
#84
well because im in town atleast 2 times a week playing bass in any number of bands when they recognise me (because they saw me load my amp into a rehersal space or some crap like that) they then approch me saying "oh man we see you around all the time in glasgow. YOUR COMING TO SEE MY BAND TONIGHT THEN ARNT YOU"

how do i put this politely NO

not meny bands in my local scene are actualy doing anything radicly diffrent

its all indie-pop/ metal or pop punk

now if your guitar playing is also carrying a viola and your drummer is carring a xylaphone then im intrested but otherwise no
 
#85
As far as mainly originals bands around here, there aren't many, and there are even fewer paying gigs for them.
It's mostly covers, but I think we're all pretty unanimous about my biggest complaint:
the frikkin guitar is TOO LOUD! Turn it the f^@& down. Ya gotta be able to hear EVERYBODY in the band for it to be any good at all.
Period.
NO EXCEPTIONS.

As far as cover bands, I really don't enjoy half-assed versions of songs that aren't that hard to do properly. It just bugs me if someone can't be bothered to learn a song correctly.
I don't mean doing your own take on it, reinventing a known tune in a way that hasn't been done is really great and quite refreshing.

What I mean is just totally botching the groove of a song that is known for a specific groove is a waste of evryone's time.
 
#87
Mooch said:
When all the other musicians that come and play shows !@t:h and whine about what other bands are doing with thier stage time. Then they go on a bass forum and whine about it more like they have never been in a local band and might not have money for 5000 dollar stacks and 10000 dollar basses and a road crew and Yankee Stadium and ever made a mistake and learned from it over the years.

But seriously "suck" has been the best response so far. because everyone does to someone in the crowd. Cant make everyone happy and we all know all the other bands at the show hate you when you take the stage and tear you apart no matter what you do.
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:hyper: Nice!!
 
#92
It really sucks when a band simply does not have enough material to handle the sets they have to play and you hear a band member announce that "someone in the audience" just requested a song they had already played earlier. It's cheesy, obvious, embarrassing and
lame, LAme, LAME!

Especially if they scatter 2 or 3 repeats throughout the sets.
 
#94
LiquidMidnight said:
2. Live tuning and noodling between songs - Unprofesesional! Unprofessional! Unprofessional!
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Ehhh, I don't know if I'd always agree; Hendrix would sometimes re-tune on stage between songs (sometimes even during a song) and it never came off as unprofessional...then again, he didn't draw attention to it and continued talking to the crowd at the same time.


Back on topic:

I've been to about a million local punk and hardcore shows, so I could probably come up with a pretty good sized list of things I hate, the number one spot being "Suck".
 
#97
Man with an Axe said:
talk way, way, way too long between songs. at my gig last night, some of the bands were telling inside jokes for a solid 2, 3 minutes. :scowl:
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we currently have the opposite problem where our singer runs out of banter in 5 seconds lol. our set is short and sweet at like 25 mins tops.

one thing id say is crucial (only in my opinion of course) is that they dont tune ALOUD. nothing looks more amateurish (yes they are amateurs, so am i but at least try and look like you have a clue) christ use an actual tuner that will mute that ****. it looks (and sounds) horrendous.

also, for me, in general leave the covers at home, unless its just the one, preferably for an occaison, or your followers have requested it enough times so its like ''it would be cool to see them play this'' rather than ''well obviously the set was too short so they've stuck that in as a filler''. id rather see the bands own stuff, if the material stands on its own then fair play to them. only played a cover once in a group for a send off to a guy who died the local scene knew. everyone played songs he had liked, was totally epic for all involved.
 
#98
natw42 said:
I hate when the singer asks people to move closer to the stage. :rolleyes:

First of all, they won't.

Second, ff people liked your music they would move up and dance. It's on you to move people with your music, not your begging.

Don't force the issue.
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Yeah what's up with "everybody get closer to the stage??" Seems like I hear this a lot and some people do move closer.
 
#99
A lot of my pet peeves are based around bands who are nothing more than lazy, wannabe rockstars. Their egos and lack of hard work kill it for me.

Also, I think everyone should clarify their "scene" because a lot of wedding band rules don't apply to jam bands which don't apply to metal band. I don't dress up, I actually prefer too look like crap.

Obviously, I'm in a metal band

1. Bands that think they're hot **** and are only seen during their set, never before or after. With big acts it's cool to see them once their set starts, it's like "OMG there they are!" Unless there's a backstage, mingle. Chances are you'll convince a few people to stick around for your set. You're not big enough to have people wait for you.

2. Excessive wanking/talking in between songs. We make it a point to play 4-5 songs into the set before we start talking.

3. I like doing that "How are you doing?" "I CAN'T HEAR YOU HOW THE **** ARE YOU DOING?!?" thing ONLY if it gets a good response the first time around. Otherwise, I'm just checking ;) When I see other guys do it, it's almost a cry for help.

4. Excessive load up times. I've seen bands set up one guy after the other, BS with each other on stage without touching anything, then proceed to take about 10 minutes to set up their stupid banner. You should be done and playing within 10 minutes.

This especially goes for the singer. He's a drum tech until it's set time damnit.

Our setup time after the other band is 5 minutes tops and we have ALOT of equipment...which includes, yes, a banner. Halfway through the other band's set we're setting up cymbal stands, floor tom legs, and tuning our instruments out back. We all set up simultaneously and once one of us is done setting up, ask the other guys in the band if they need help.

5. Being boring. I hate seeing a local thrash band who's tabs would read E-00000000000000000000000000002 and just....sit there and look at their fretboard. If I was playing something so simple I'd be all over the place.

6. NOT giving the other bands props. I LOVE it when another band goes "How about Killjoy?" during their set and THEIR fans go ape****. It supports the scene.

The funny thing is, all I had to do is think of one band from the area. Sadly, those chumps play NYC all the time opening for international acts :scowl:
 
#100
How about a local venue(bar) wants you to do a show and you have to bring the PA, do all the setup, book the other bands, do all the sound checking, do 95% of advertising, and they only want to pay you by getting you drunk and giving you what you can make off the door.

Then the place can only hold 50 to 100 people safely! God I hate bar owners! Or hey how about when they tell you they'll pay you "x" amount of money then after you bust your butt doing all that stuff they try to not pay up!

That's worse in my eyes than any band I have ever seen. "Insert angryface here"
 

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