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What do you do when stuff gets thrown at you?
- Thread starter zachoff
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If you are getting things thrown at you it is an indication that your band sucks! The best thing to do is quit!
A band I was in played at the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix a few years back. Our guitarist was hit in the chest with a 3/4 full can of Johnny Walker and Cola. He picked up the can, drunk what was left in it and kept on playing without getting upset. Very impressive way of dealing with it in my eyes, both for us as his bandmates and also to the several thousand punters who were watching us.
Seems like an appropriate thread to reference my story from a previous, similar thread:
Pete Steele (R.I.P) from Type O Negative had the best quote for this situation.
"If you are gonna throw stuff then come right here to the front of the stage and throw it."
Easy for him to say, he was one large dude who used a chain for a strap!
"If you are gonna throw stuff then come right here to the front of the stage and throw it."
Easy for him to say, he was one large dude who used a chain for a strap!
black flag always got bottles thrown at them , and they DONT SUCK
just do what henry rollins does
get even more pissed off
just do what henry rollins does
get even more pissed off
Correct. Actually the OP never defined the environment. Are we talking about a club? An open-air concert? A theatre-style indoor concert?
Bottom line: There should be security on-hand, and if anyone throws an object, security should be all over him - in a heartbeat. If the security is either lax or non-existent, such that the creep (or creeps) is/are allowed to continue, then show over for sure!
WRONG! But hey, thanks for playing....
MM
most venues dont give the people stuff to throw. drinks are served in cans or plastic cups usually. The places that do give the crowd stuff to throw are usually outdoor venues. But id keep playing and keep my eye on the toolbag who threw something and if he gets close to the stage club him with a bass or give him a swift punch to the face.
Uhhh, yeah. We were at this club one night, and the bouncer, he was handing out zip-lock bags full of severed gopher heads, and so we just started catching them in the air and eating them right there!
Why ziplock bags? everyone knows that storing your severed gopher heads in open black trash bag is better. The gopher heads need to breathe or they are just going to be like little stink bombs.
It depends on what is being thrown. One gig at a bar/club we play at pretty frequently was rolling pretty well, the crowd was lubed and getting down. In the last set I realised someone just threw a piece of paper at me (I often play with my eyes closed). As I looked up this pretty hot cougar was throwing another wad of paper at our lead guitarist. I looked down at the paper near me and saw that it was a wadded up $1 bill. Eventually she ran out of ones and started throwing fives. Over the course of the third set she ended throwing about $30 onto the stage. It was this woman, it was her anniversary, that dude on my right is her husband, and they were *lit*. Needless to say, I suppose.
Drunk cougars FTW. One of the perks of being the young guy in the band (34, versus 54 (drummer) and 55 (singer/guitarist).It depends on what is being thrown. One gig at a bar/club we play at pretty frequently was rolling pretty well, the crowd was lubed and getting down. In the last set I realised someone just threw a piece of paper at me (I often play with my eyes closed). As I looked up this pretty hot cougar was throwing another wad of paper at our lead guitarist. I looked down at the paper near me and saw that it was a wadded up $1 bill. Eventually she ran out of ones and started throwing fives. Over the course of the third set she ended throwing about $30 onto the stage. It was this woman, it was her anniversary, that dude on my right is her husband, and they were *lit*. Needless to say, I suppose.
