MacDaddy Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 [quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1328883690' post='1534330'] Ummm... where do you rehearse....? *whistles...* [/quote] so getting back to where this rehearsal studio actually is? Quote
solo4652 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Posted February 10, 2012 [quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1328890435' post='1534462'] so getting back to where this rehearsal studio actually is? [/quote] Manchester. Quote
MacDaddy Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 [quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1328890658' post='1534470'] Manchester. [/quote] not by Canal Street? Quote
Jacqueslemac Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 [quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1328873342' post='1534020'] ...The porn studio next door has complained about the noise[/quote] A friend of a friend of mine ran a brothel in Australia. They complained when a school applied for planning permission next door. They said it would put them out of business, because their customers would be put off. Quote
EssentialTension Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 [quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1328886953' post='1534389'] "I have been arrested" [/quote] 'I have been arrested and you need to come and get me bailed.' - This was actually before a gig not a rehearsal. Quote
Low End Bee Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 "I can't make it. I've got to look after Jeb Bush" " Jeb gets on the phone "Sorry guys. Have a good rehearsal" Not a lot I could say really. Quote
EdwardHimself Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 [quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1328890978' post='1534474'] not by Canal Street? [/quote] Nah, that's where this was recorded: Quote
Monckyman Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 [quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1328885152' post='1534359'] We're supposed to stop playing at 10 pm because after that they're filming. One week we went on to 10-15 and there was a complaint. I think we were doing Mustang Sally at the time. So to speak. [/quote] Steve, if I`d have known you were playing Mustang sally, [i]I`d[/i] have rung up to complain.. Quote
Salt on your Bass? Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 Guitarist got pissed and lost his guitar on a nightbus.....also affected a gig. Guitarist collapsed at work having overdone the partying for a few months. Again affected a gig. At least theyre genuine I guess, even if foolhardy! Quote
Linus27 Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 Can we cancel rehearsal next week as its Valentines Day. Quote
Hobbayne Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) I almost failed to turn up for rehearsal many years ago. I dislocated my kneecap while at work and was transported to hospital in an ambulance. I completely forgot about that evenings rehearsal and neglected to inform the band till I got a call from the singer who on hearing off my accident, promply dispatched the drummer in his car to come and collect me. That was a fun ride to the studio with my plastered leg sticking out of the passenger window of his Opal Manta! Edited February 10, 2012 by Hobbayne Quote
musophilr Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 I once failed to get to a band practice (as guitarist) because the bike I'd been riding home from the day job spat me off on a bend. Result was right shoulder dislocated (pushed in by about 3") with the ball joint cracked in two. Was a long time before I could get my arm over anything fatter than an SG. Quote
solo4652 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Posted February 10, 2012 [quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1328892871' post='1534521'] Steve, if I`d have known you were playing Mustang sally, [i]I`d[/i] have rung up to complain.. [/quote] Yeah, I know. However, I've had some success with getting the band to not play Summer of '69. We're getting there. The ladies (and their minders) you meet in the car park sort of make up for it, though. Quote
Blademan_98 Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1328879874' post='1534229'] Poor old pa... neglected, exposed to hypothermia, then kidnapped! Somebody ring social services! [/quote] Just spilt my tea Quote
Paul S Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) One time we were all set up and waiting for the guitarist to turn up. About half past start time his daughter walks in. 'Dave* can't make it, he's had to take our rabbit to the vet' I haven't used his real name. Which is Neil. Neil is in another band now. Edited February 10, 2012 by Paul S Quote
Blademan_98 Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 I am guilty of missing a performance for an amateur dramatic society They phoned up and asked where I was. Mid Wales I replied, why? You were meant to be on stage and have missed the first half! Drat and double drat Only time though and felt really bad about it for a long time! Quote
Matt P Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 i got a text message on the way to a practice, as i was only 500 yards from the venue i ignored it, parked up and then checked my phone, practice cancelled as the drummer was playing football, the drummer had booked the practice venue for us 2 days before. i wasn't impressed, mainly because i was the only one who'd actually left their house, the lead singer would pick up the bassist as he didn't drive and of course the drummer was out playing footy. the band didn't last long after that! Quote
BassPimp66 Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 "You haven't paid my gas this week" ... from a drummer the band used to collectively pay gas to Quote
solo4652 Posted February 11, 2012 Author Posted February 11, 2012 [quote name='BassPimp66' timestamp='1328909104' post='1534850'] "You haven't paid my gas this week" ... from a drummer the band used to collectively pay gas to [/quote] You paid your drummer for Gear Acquisition Syndrome!? Quote
Stacker Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 I once played in a band with two of the biggest wasters and dreamers I ever came across. They would rock up for rehearsals hours late (if at all) after sporting themselves in dodgy saunas. They're still out there, somewhere, waiting on 'the big break'!! Quote
Stacker Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 [quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1328890176' post='1534454'] 'I decided to go for a curry instead' [/quote] I have played in bands where that was [i]definitely[/i] the better option!!! Good call!! Quote
shizznit Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 [quote name='Linus27' timestamp='1328896123' post='1534605'] Can we cancel rehearsal next week as its Valentines Day. [/quote] Haha...already had a text message from two members of my band asking the same thing! Quote
Bilbo Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 I have been late for Sunday lunchtime gigs twice in my life because the clocks went forward and I didn't know. Quote
WalMan Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 I'm afraid I was guilty of a cancellation for next week on the grounds that MrsW "had a hissy fit". I was anticipating us going away for a few days Sat-Wed with me back in time for r/h on the Weds eve. Russia & China (in the form of MrsW) operated her block veto by getting snippy as she had to work the Sat (I thought she was off). To be fair that rarely happens and I do get away with moider most of the time trying to fit in 3 1/2 bands at the mo. Worst otherwise was the keys in the prog band ringing at 9:30 on the morning of a r/h due to start at 10:00 to say he had things to do at home. This for something that had been in the diary for weeks if not months, as we get together infrequently so things get planned and put in the diary well in advance in the run up to a gig Quote
shizznit Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 Okay, for balance...I have used these excuses... "I think my girlfriend is pregnant...she has been crying quite a bit this afternoon" "My Sat-Nav is not working" (My sense of direction is very bad. The rehearsal studio we were using was in the middle of nowhere 45mins drive away from my home) "My gutts are really bad today. You wouldn't be able to stay in the room for long with me in it tonight" "It's the Star Wars premier is that night" "My right ear drum is perforated" (from a previous rehearsal...partially deaf in my right ear as a result) "I can't get my cab into my Mini" (I don't know what I was thinking when I bought that car!) "I'm going to see Daniel O'Donnell with my Mam" (it was a birthday gift for her before you all start sharpening your knives!) This one happened before I finally passed my driving test 8 years ago and I used to use the train to get from Cardiff to a rehearsal studio in Newport... "I have to get to Swindon. I left my bass on the train!" (I was very keen to get it back asap. That particular bass was an Overwater Progress III!) Quote
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