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What do you wear on a gig?
- Thread starter The Metal Guy
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Dickies shorts as much as humanly possible (there is no substitute!), some kind of skateboarding shoes (Adio, Vans, Etnies) punk/straight edge/skate/horror movie T-shirts.
Jeans, T-shirt. Unless its cold then I'll wear a jacket, or at weddings and formal ocasions Ill wear niceer clothes.
for some reason, when i used to play in a punk band, i always (ALWAYS) played in shiny gray pants from express, and semi-dress shoes with a black NIN shirt with a shiny gray logo. it seemed so incongruent (which tb thinks is misspelled), and i liked it for some reason.
now i use a columbia undershirt, which lets you dry, and prevents some smelliness. as for pants, i go jeans or shorts. i always use exofficio underwear, and injinji socks. all of those layers that actually touch my body are somewhat antibacterial, and they breathe well. if you play hard (you should), itll help you feel cleaner, and you wont get so soaked with sweat.
i am not affiliated with any of the above companies, nor rei, but that is the best combo i have found. other than that, soloman or nike shoes feel great. if its cold, start off cold, and you will soon be hot as sh*t.
now i use a columbia undershirt, which lets you dry, and prevents some smelliness. as for pants, i go jeans or shorts. i always use exofficio underwear, and injinji socks. all of those layers that actually touch my body are somewhat antibacterial, and they breathe well. if you play hard (you should), itll help you feel cleaner, and you wont get so soaked with sweat.
i am not affiliated with any of the above companies, nor rei, but that is the best combo i have found. other than that, soloman or nike shoes feel great. if its cold, start off cold, and you will soon be hot as sh*t.
Dress or skirt, it has to look good with the bass I choose to play that night
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Dude is that seafoam or surf green ? Either way its tottaly awesome !
I'm in a Grateful Dead tribute band, so gigwear is tie-dyed shirts or sometimes Phish shirts if they're in town. When they played Fenway I wore my Sox jersey to a few gigs with a tie-dye under it.
Below that are pants and hiking boots or shorts and birks, weather-depending. I have a 13.5lb bass so sturdy footwear has become important.
Below that are pants and hiking boots or shorts and birks, weather-depending. I have a 13.5lb bass so sturdy footwear has become important.
We are all different, wear what you look good in from a rock perspective.
If you don't know what you look good in,get help from a female friend.
For me, when I am playing out I don't want to look like the patrons.I wear clothes where people will say;
"That guy must be in the band."
Dress or skirt, it has to look good with the bass I choose to play that night
Man, that gig must be a real drag! - Sorry, somebody had to say it.
Depends on the gig. Tux for some events, blazer and slacks at another. For my originals band I wear black jeans, a band shirt or plain black shirt and my boots.
Done. Seriously. We played at a nudist resort last summer.
Here's what I wore last Saturday night:
Yes, I played the Ashbory on a few songs!
Here's the whole band:
I play in Zen Daddy, a rock & blues cover band.
Promo picture, modified three piece suit:
At a recent gig, bringing the "Zen":
Promo picture, modified three piece suit:
At a recent gig, bringing the "Zen":
Depends on the gig, sometimes a suit, tux, etc., but most of the time just one of those Guayabera (cubano) shirts and some black slacks.
We did a car show once and we had to wear zoot suits. The client provided the suits. There were sure a lot of homies there.
Zoot suits are actually more comfortable than a tuxedo.
Carlo
We did a car show once and we had to wear zoot suits. The client provided the suits. There were sure a lot of homies there.
Zoot suits are actually more comfortable than a tuxedo.
Carlo
Getting back to the immortal subject of cargo shorts... are they still shorts or have they gotten so long that they've turned into capri pants?
Either way, don't let this happen to you!
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Either way, don't let this happen to you!
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