Platypus Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Some good gig disaster stories here: [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/aug/04/musicians-worst-gigs"]http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/aug/0...ians-worst-gigs[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monckyman Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I think the best one out of that lot is Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3V17C Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 hmmm.... pretty dull most of 'em i thought! i was expecting some proper amusing tall tales not.. 'once we did a gig and there weren't many people there'.. oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 [quote name='3V17C' post='1328394' date='Aug 5 2011, 10:34 AM']. 'once we did a gig and there weren't many people there'.. oh well.[/quote] A day in the life of a jazz musician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 [quote name='3V17C' post='1328394' date='Aug 5 2011, 10:34 AM']hmmm.... pretty dull most of 'em i thought! i was expecting some proper amusing tall tales not.. 'once we did a gig and there weren't many people there'.. oh well.[/quote] Yeah, the bucket of piss story was hard to follow. I liked that Slade used to do Zappa covers though. Noddy Holder singing Brown Shoes Don't Make It, yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 isnt there a thread on here somewhere, of worst gig ever ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar South Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 [quote name='Bilbo' post='1328441' date='Aug 5 2011, 11:00 AM']A day in the life of a jazz musician.[/quote] What's the difference between a Jazz musician and a Blues musician? A Blues musician plays three chords to a thousand people, a Jazz musician plays a thousand chords to three people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commando Jack Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 [quote name='3V17C' post='1328394' date='Aug 5 2011, 10:34 AM']hmmm.... pretty dull most of 'em i thought! i was expecting some proper amusing tall tales not.. 'once we did a gig and there weren't many people there'.. oh well.[/quote] True, I've had worse gigs than half these people. As already said, it's hard to follow the first story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 [quote name='3V17C' post='1328394' date='Aug 5 2011, 10:34 AM']hmmm.... pretty dull most of 'em i thought! i was expecting some proper amusing tall tales not.. 'once we did a gig and there weren't many people there'.. oh well.[/quote] I know what you mean, i think almost all bands that have actually worked from the bottom up have experienced shows where no-one turned up. I went to one in may (it was run, WALK! actually)- there were more people in the other bands in the audience then the audience itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 [quote name='Oscar South' post='1328713' date='Aug 5 2011, 01:50 PM']What's the difference between a Jazz musician and a Blues musician? A Blues musician plays three chords to a thousand people, a Jazz musician plays a thousand chords to three people.[/quote] Oh dear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benplaysbass Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Had our worst ever gig the other night, it was our first ever gig with this setup. An over weight guitarist and an alcoholic drummer who went AWOL just before we played, found him on the fun fair sitting on an elephant on the merry go round with a glass of wine in his hand. This happened in the second set............. [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benelliott/6011777641/in/photostream"]Visit My Website[/url] and it all went down hill after that really. Needless to say that my good woman(singer) and myself will be looking for younger and more suitable musicians for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janmaat Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 A m8 of mine snapped a double bass string on a rockabilly gig he tried to rip it off with his left hand cut right through to the bone went from stage to hospital straight he's okay now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameronj279 Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I've only actually played 2 gigs, the first gig we played...I only knew 3 and a bit of a 6 song set and in the second gig, the EQ'ing of the instruments was so bad that the only thing audible to either the audience or the band was bass and drums definetly wasn't the best things to get you started gigging lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nottswarwick Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Jimmy Cliff - top attitude :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleblob Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 [quote name='nottswarwick' post='1338408' date='Aug 13 2011, 08:14 AM']Jimmy Cliff - top attitude :-)[/quote] ^Totally. Pretty tame some of those stories, although Will Young paid in chorizo's seems about right to me. Actually being paid in Tapas doesn't sound half bad to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Well, it just goes to show that everyone can have a bad day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 [quote name='Benplaysbass' post='1329110' date='Aug 5 2011, 07:07 PM']Had our worst ever gig the other night, it was our first ever gig with this setup. An over weight guitarist and an alcoholic drummer who went AWOL just before we played, found him on the fun fair sitting on an elephant on the merry go round with a glass of wine in his hand. This happened in the second set............. [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benelliott/6011777641/in/photostream"]Visit My Website[/url] and it all went down hill after that really. Needless to say that my good woman(singer) and myself will be looking for younger and more suitable musicians for the future.[/quote] Ah drummers I have played at a gig (I was on guitar) where the drummer did a similar dive but it was because the seat broke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Robbie Williams on sax solos: fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle psychosis Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 [quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1329010' date='Aug 5 2011, 05:44 PM']there were more people in the other bands in the audience then the audience itself.[/quote] You say that like its unusual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 [quote name='uncle psychosis' post='1340304' date='Aug 15 2011, 08:38 AM']You say that like its unusual [/quote] You're probably not far off the mark there lol. The last time i played a show we played in front of 2 people. That's the last time we get the guitarist to invite people to gigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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