I've never had anything thrown at me so I'm wondering... What do you do? I'm sure it will happen to me someday. I guess just wondering what the proper response should be. 
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What do you do when stuff gets thrown at you?
- Thread starter zachoff
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I get stuff thrown at me from my band mates constantly. Knee jerk reaction is to follow the 5 D's
Dodge
Dip
Duck
Dive...
Dodge...
Don't throw your bass back at them though. You kinda need that.
Dodge
Dip
Duck
Dive...
Dodge...
Don't throw your bass back at them though. You kinda need that.
It depends on the object in question.
If someone threw a food item at me, I'd dodge it.
But if a woman took her bra off and threw that on the other hand.... 
If someone threw a food item at me, I'd dodge it.
But if a woman took her bra off and threw that on the other hand....
I had ladies panties thrown at me once. Unfortunately it was a joke by one of our friends. They were XXL size. I hung em on my mic stand for the rest of the show.
Hehehe...
We were playing at this rough looking little biker bar right outside of El Paso once. The crowd was definitely more Sons of Anarchy types than Wild Hogs types, if you know what I mean.
They were in the middle of remodeling the place and had set up a temporary stage area where the bar used to be. There was a support post right in the middle of the front of the stage with a pay phone (remember those?) mounted on it. Early on in the first set, the phone started ringing. And kept ringing. And ringing. And ringing.
Finally, one of the patrons launched a beer at it. Fortunately, he had great aim and it hit the phone, knocking it off the hook so it stopped ringing. Unfortunately, the nearly full bottle shattered, spraying the entire stage with beer and shards of glass. The guy was very apologetic, picked up our tab and kept buying us rounds the rest of the show.
We ended up pretty much being the house band for the bar and the associated motorcycle club for several years.
We were playing at this rough looking little biker bar right outside of El Paso once. The crowd was definitely more Sons of Anarchy types than Wild Hogs types, if you know what I mean.
They were in the middle of remodeling the place and had set up a temporary stage area where the bar used to be. There was a support post right in the middle of the front of the stage with a pay phone (remember those?) mounted on it. Early on in the first set, the phone started ringing. And kept ringing. And ringing. And ringing.
Finally, one of the patrons launched a beer at it. Fortunately, he had great aim and it hit the phone, knocking it off the hook so it stopped ringing. Unfortunately, the nearly full bottle shattered, spraying the entire stage with beer and shards of glass. The guy was very apologetic, picked up our tab and kept buying us rounds the rest of the show.
We ended up pretty much being the house band for the bar and the associated motorcycle club for several years.
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Never thrown at, but some drunk dude came up and started hitting my strings while I was playing, so I launched him utilizing the "foot to chest" method.
Ahh, memories of college shows and various undergarmets strewn about the stage.......
Now we just get insults thrown at us.....
Now we just get insults thrown at us.....
