What do you Eat before gig

[Bill G.]

If I'm hungry before a gig, I eat. If not, I don't. What do I eat if I'm hungry? Whatever I have the urge to eat! During the gig I eat a lot of beer & sometimes some Jack Daniel's.

 

[pappabass]

Nothing that will make my breath smell!!

 

[GreyEagle]

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?

I don't eat. I have a Coke (no Pepsi) before the 1st set & a beer later. I don't eat gig days/nights; luckily we aren't gigging daily! I don't recommend this to others, it's just my idiosyncrasy.

 

[FrenchBassQC]

Never stuffed. Never hungry. Normal. Maybe a beer or two, just to be social.

P.S.
I don't do church gigs.

Good because a beer or two at church would be kind a weird...

 

[Paulabass]

Good because a beer or two at church would be kind a weird...

You never lived in Europe.

 

[DrMole]

Eating before gig?
I don't...or didn't and likely won't for future gigs.
Three hours prior seems reasonable depending on how fast one's digestive system chooses to handle said meal

After gig eating can be glorious- even at times if only 7-11 crap...well it used to be awesome in a perverse band-life sort of way.

 

[Paulabass]

Last Sunday a GREAT woman guitarist was subbing in a band I like to sit in with. She was a true road warrior. She was eating wings. She looked at her watch, grabbed one more wing, and said 'I gotta get on' and ate it on her way to the band stand.

 

[FrenchBassQC]

You never lived in Europe.

Nope, is it the case (you see what I did here!!!) over there?

 

[Gorn]

The beating hearts of my enemies.

 

[lat]

Last Sunday a GREAT woman guitarist was subbing in a band I like to sit in with. She was a true road warrior. She was eating wings. She looked at her watch, grabbed one more wing, and said 'I gotta get on' and ate it on her way to the band stand.

Holy greasy fretboard, Batman!

 

[LKTraz]

I discovered that if I don't eat before playing, I get nasty and short tempered. Evidently I blow out lots of energy and drop my blood sugar to the low side on the load-in/setup activities.

I'll eat a burger or some kind of sandwich type food (or a couple of slices of pizza) about 1/2 hour to 1 hour before show time and I'm good to go!

 

[OldBassman]

I drink diluted Gatorade and eat a late lunch. Coffee before the gig. One beer after soundcheck if we have time. Sometimes a beer at break. Then I like a sandwich or a bowl of cereal after the gig, watch a little TV then hit the rack. Lately that's been 3:00 AM ish.

 

[sharkbait130]

One Bloody Mary and two aspirin.

 

[Mike N]

I rarely if ever eat at the venue I'm playing, usually I eat after the show.

If I eat before the gig, it's typically grilled cheese and a few shots of Jack.