You Know You're In A Lame Band When------

[The Owl]

After a gig, THE DRUM MACHINE gets laid

One member asks you why you don't use the EXACT gear as one of their heroes.

Your turn--------------

 

[Tony G]

You cover "walking on sunshine"......

 

[Bo_H]

...when the verse and chorus are being played AT THE SAME TIME!!! True story.

Bo

 

[Howlin' Hanson]

Louie Louie is in the set list.

 

[driver800]

...you use a bubble machine.

 

[Dave R]

...you all end the song at different times.

 

[The Owl]

When THIS is what passes for the lighting rig:

You help the lead singer carry his ACCORDION to the car.

 

[hey]

You know you're in a lame band when your main influence is Europe.

 

[grommit]

You know you're in a lame band when none of you can walk.

Hurr hurr.

 

[Chaddycakes]

You know you're in a lame band when one of your band mates suggests Chameleon and the rest get excited about it.

 

[meev992]

You know you're in a lame band when none of you can walk.

Hurr hurr.

loooool

 

[ahkiatt]

The frontman asks you to use a pick just because Duff Mckagan uses one and his tone sounds nice.

 

[wrench]

The g'tards want to do Purple Rain so some skinny chick in bad attire can squak it.

 

[Bard2dbone]

You cover "walking on sunshine"......

Been there. Done that. Fortunately the horror fades with time.

You help the lead singer carry his ACCORDION to the car.

Done that too. But it was a zydeco gig, so the accordion was actually the 'cool' featured instrument. Go figure.

And I played with two different drummers that used those very light wheels to shine on their kits. One was a stainless steel and chrome wrapped Slingerland double bass set from 1982. The other was an acrylic Ludwig kit in 1980.

One of those drummers figured out how to sync up a pair of strobe lights with those rotating color gels in front og them and added a homemade dry-ice fog machine to the mix. And the really funny part of this story is that at the time, we were the epitome of cool.

 

[Bhuti]

You know you're in a lame band when one of your band mates suggests Chameleon and the rest get excited about it.

Herbie's chameleon? or the camacamacama chameleon?

I am in favor of the former.

 

[dcr]

Louie Louie is in the set list.

Hey! There's nothing wrong with "Louie, Louie"!




dcr

 

[morf]

Been there. Done that. Fortunately the horror fades with time.



Done that too. But it was a zydeco gig, so the accordion was actually the 'cool' featured instrument. Go figure.

And I played with two different drummers that used those very light wheels to shine on their kits. One was a stainless steel and chrome wrapped Slingerland double bass set from 1982. The other was an acrylic Ludwig kit in 1980.

One of those drummers figured out how to sync up a pair of strobe lights with those rotating color gels in front og them and added a homemade dry-ice fog machine to the mix. And the really funny part of this story is that at the time, we were the epitome of cool.

Aaaah, the 80's

 

[Joeykun]

I was playing in the Caymen Islands back in the early 80's and a guy walked up to the stage and said "I will give you $100. if you play Louie, Louie" The next song was Louie, Louie even though we never played it and pocketed the $100. From then on it was in the set.

Hey! There's nothing wrong with "Louie, Louie"!




dcr

 

[The Owl]

The lead singer has a MORBID Elvis fixation

The bassist has a MORBID Geddy Lee fixation

The guitarist has a MORBID Van Halen fixation

The keyboardist STILL uses a cheesy Yamaha DX-7

The drummer just HAS to have a monstrous mega-overkill double or triple bass drum kit and he STILL can't hit anything in time.

 

[driver800]

You know you're in a lame band when...

...the bassist's solo includes Hendrix's version of "The Star Spangled Banner".

...your show includes an 8 minute bongo solo.

...the lead singer leaves the stage to glue his teeth back in.

...any member of the band over 40-years-old performs shirtless.

...the drummer has the Muppet "Animal" hanging on his kit wearing a feather boa.

...you can't perform any of your songs without sequenced tracks.

...you work up a segue between Mustang Sally and Brown Eyed Girl (and back again).



(all things I have seen)