What do you Eat before gig

[sspear]

I for one do not like to go onstage full. I like to eat 2 or 3 hours before I play. I’m trying to eat less carbs these days but is good to carbs before a gig? What is your experience?

 

[twinjet]

Coffee. I eat a coffee.

 

[sspear]

Ha i’ve done that and 5 hour energy.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Most gigs are hours after supper. I just make sure it isn't too heavy.

 

[Coolhandjjl]

No Dairy Queen’s, Dilley Bars, etc.

 

[DirtDog]

For pragmatic purposes - about 2 hrs before downbeat...McDonalds Double Quarter Pounder Meal. Cheap, can eat it on the go, keeps me from wanting to eat anything else for the next 18 hours and most importantly the ability to delay any need to visit the loo until the next morning.

Worst thing I can do is chow down on a big plate of spaghetti or a salad. That spells trouble by the second set.

 

[Picton]

Whatever I’m hungry for.

 

[eJake]

I keep it light.


Unless it's free, then I eat everything I can fit in my face and proceed to suffer through the gig.

 

[socialleper]

Since most shows are pretty late in the evening, I usually have to eat something. I try to keep it light.

 

[jerry]

Very light if at all.

 

[kev451]

Rum and coke

 

[hardtop]

Depends on when we play vs when we load etc. if we have time to eat a few hours before we play, I try to eat something light if I cant find decent veggie pho near by. if we don't have time for a meal, ill eat a banana a bit before the show, a V8, and maybe a snack pack of peanuts depending on how hungry I am.

 

[ToneMonkey]

I'm type II diabetic. I know that I need ~120 calories/hour to keep my blood sugar from crashing. Crashing is very bad. It can take 30 mins to recover if it does crash. So I do the math. That usually puts me in 700-1000 calorie territory for a typical evening gig that might have me loading out at 1:00AM. So big meal. But if I'm singing, I allow a couple of hours for things to digest so that I'm not burping when singing.

 

[MrLenny1]

Anything the venue will give you 1/2 hour before. lol

 

[micguy]

I play in churches. I get to the place at 6 or so in the morning (I leave home about the time I used to get home after a Sat night gig). I make a breakfast the day before that I can heat and eat at 5 AM - before I leave home, so I have something in my stomach.

Sometimes we get fed on stage, but it's not much - half a shot of juice and a tiny little cube of bread.

 

[Paulabass]

I don't have any kind of regimen. Most gigs give me dinner. I eat off the menu. At ribfests the line up is so long we end up eating on stage, which gets BBQ sauce all over the neck. If it's a road gig, and we eat on the bus, or in a van I avoid Mexican.

 

[Jebberz]

Usuually a submarine, 6 inches, at subway. Enough to not be angry, not too much to feel bloated.

 

[kentiki]

What's the best pre-gig meal for metal?

Raw steak?

 

[2112]

Liquorball sandwiches, bud.

 

[Jackcrow]

This seems applicable here. Yes that is actually me.