Your Look On Stage

[RNV]

Wow do I see a Peavey Grind there?

This was my bass for 3 years till last week (got a Fender jazz bass now, but i admit I sometimes miss that warm woody sound of the Grind)

Yes you do. I love that thing so much that I now use my Gibson/Tobias as my back up.

 

[bluewine]

Just someting to think about;

If your over 40 and not in great shape, I would not reccommend that un-ironed cargo shorts, gym shoes and over sized t-shirt look. Leave that for the younger guys.

No offence, I have seen this and unless your going for the "I'm a bum" look it's not good.

 

[Meddle]

This is my older slightly more hippie look. That T-shirt ended up being signed by the boys in Black Stone Cherry so now I don't wear it (and will soon get another, as I support the free Tibet cause and love those yaks!).

I guess I go for a slightly more industrial look now. Steel workman's boots, urban camo combats and longsleeve black/grey tops or occasionally blue/black striped. Nothing amazing but to me it sums up my role in the band perfectly. The guitard/singer dress more positively and the drummer and I are more 'down to business'.

 

[bluewine]

This is my older slightly more hippie look. That T-shirt ended up being signed by the boys in Black Stone Cherry so now I don't wear it (and will soon get another, as I support the free Tibet cause and love those yaks!).

I guess I go for a slightly more industrial look now. Steel workman's boots, urban camo combats and longsleeve black/grey tops or occasionally blue/black striped. Nothing amazing but to me it sums up my role in the band perfectly. The guitard/singer dress more positively and the drummer and I are more 'down to business'.

Nice look!

 

[Fish Lascivious]

Our look is almost to easy to get. I look like that on a regular basis.

 

[Meddle]

Nice look!

Cheers bud (I'm assuming there was no irony/sarcasm there!).

 

[Din Of Win]

Not a bash....

But, it seems to me that bassists are the only band members that EVER wear beanies.

I've never seen a guitarist/singer/drummer/etc ever wear one, but i've seen, like, a bajillion bassists wearing them...

 

[FunkMetalBass]

Pretty much whatever I want to wear, whenever the eff I want to wear it:

I wish I could find the old pictures of me in a HazMat suit or a Green Man suit on stage.

 

[skidrawk]

Pretty much whatever I want to wear, whenever the eff I want to wear it:

I wish I could find the old pictures of me in a HazMat suit or a Green Man suit on stage.

As someone who has had to wear a HazMat suit I don't know anyone who would actually want to.

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[Bongolation]

Now, some of us 55 plus guys, maybe we ain't as pretty as we were 30 years ago. Some of have to deal with weight issues, hair loss, it gets complicated.

"Complicated" is far too gentle a term for the situation, if you axe me.

 

[sonic assassin]

But, it seems to me that bassists are the only band members that EVER wear beanies.

guilty. i wouldnt be caught dead on stage without one back in the day. it kept the hair out of my face.

ive since switched to bandanas because my singer outlawed beanies on stage :/

 

[oswaldvon]

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[Jonny B]

I usually wear jeans (sometimes replaced with a kilt), a nice shirt, and my rock star boots.

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[pklima]

Depends on the band, but I often wear hideously loud shirts when playing outside of church. Unless I'm playing shirtless. Or show up wearing a suit for no good reason. I never really do costume, though - even if I'm wearing something absurd like a bleach-splattered suit jacket I will wear it on the way to and back from the gig (on foot or public transport). I want people to think that I think that looks awesome, not that I think it looks funny - and if you change into something for the gig I think it takes away from that somewhat.

So, basically, I try to look like a genuine huge douchebag, not someone who's just dressing up as a douchebag for the stage. I also act in blatant, shameless attention-grabbing ways, especially when playing simple parts, like this bit well documented in the "world's worst bassist" thread a few months ago:

 

[somegeezer]

Whatever I already have on. My look is just natural. Though I may be getting a little dressed up for a Gothic type show I'm doing in London. That'll be a bit of fun. Suppose it depends on the style and your audience.

 

[Tricia]

It bugs me to see these young male pop stars with flat-ironed hair.
or blow-dried in a perfect helmet shape.

I like guys' hair a little messy on stage. (if it's long-ish)

 

[ZiggyDude]

Black jeans - not too faded. A cool looking button down shirt. Something a bit shiny. I really think that you should not look like you just stepped out of the crowd. Better dressed is important.

Now back in the 80s - it was spandex pants, capezio shoes, cool MTV style shirts. Everything was like MTV. I don't do the spandex anymore If I went to a club I would dress very much like I was in a band. People would actually come up and ask if I was in the band that night.

Now - if you want to make the bass player wonder - show up in an Ampeg T-Shirt and watch the band like you are studying it. That just SCREAMS bass player. Then talk to the band leader about trivia when he is not in ear shot (No - I don't do that - too busy at home when I don't play)

 

[tom once dead]

sometimes like this

Other times like this

 

[Tricia]

we don't really have a look yet, we've only been on stage together 3 times.

 

[bluewine]

we don't really have a look yet, we've only been on stage together 3 times.

I would say you have a look. The young and attractive female look. You would not believe how easy it will be to leverage that look.

We had an instant in too, we have an attractive 26 year old female lead singer. I really think when she would talk with a club owner it's an instant booking.Unfortunateley she does not have the time for it now and bookings have been delegated to me.

Not much happens when a 57 year old guy talks to a club owner. They probably say "some older guy, trying to hang onto the dream came in here, I got rid of him". Or maybe,"some olde dude came in here, I felt sorry for him and gave him a date"