Dom in Dorset Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) I play in an occasional glam punk band (songs are moronically simple but fun, lots of make up, glitter , tiger skin print etc) We first formed 25 years ago and back in the day it wasn't uncommon for our singer to wear a bra and pants (he's a he) .Our stage gear has got more outrageous over the years as five guys try to compete with each other for the limelight. These days we play a couple of times a year for fun , usually as a charity fund raiser. As we don't do it that often we tend to pull out all the stops and in part due to our singers c list celebrity status we can fill a small venue and it's always a wild night. Our guitarist (a gothic transvestite) is planning on coming on stage with a running chainsaw....(thankfully he's removed the chain) Best / worst things you or your band mates have done on stage..... Edited February 16, 2018 by Dom in Somerset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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casapete Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 A few years ago, the trumpet player in a band I was in used to go onstage dressed as a bishop, full kit including mitre. Not that outrageous, but certainly got a few people's attention at corporate functions etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 At the end of the first section of Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand song, not TV show), the guitarist and I used to have a mock fight where we would try and prod each other with our headstocks. As bass player I had the longer reach, and invariably 'won'. For one particularly leery gig (which Mrs Axe described as like playing in a creche, on account of all the blatant under-age drinking), I threaded a piece of wire wrapped in tissue paper between my tuners, and when the moment of combat came, I whipped out a lighter and set fire to it. The effect was dramatic, if short-lived. Thinking about it, I could have burned the pub down, caused death and/or serious injury, or worst of all, got us banned from the venue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 We have a badger suit, but we make someone in the audience wear it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 For a while it was a rare gig the vocalist didn't get naked and run around the venue. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 13 minutes ago, bartelby said: For a while it was a rare gig the vocalist didn't get naked and run around the venue. Pictures or it didn't happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) 20 minutes ago, casapete said: Pictures or it didn't happen? Fortunately I don't have any! But here's one early on at a gig. With his assless chaps and an elephant pouch... It may appear as though he has shorts on under the chaps. But those were assless too.... and crotchless... Edited February 16, 2018 by bartelby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I used to wear a wedding dress... And the Bromley Boys would turn up dressed like Monty Python women. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 5 hours ago, bartelby said: For a while it was a rare gig the vocalist didn't get naked and run around the venue. Back in the day our singer would do the same , thankfully the day was long before cameras in phones. There was also the black patent leather catsuit complete with foil wrapped cucumber down the inside leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Im glad that some of the stagewear of my youth was when cameras werent built into phones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 These days we are much more serious about the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burno70 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 12 minutes ago, EBS_freak said: Im glad that some of the stagewear of my youth was when cameras werent built into phones. Yup - me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I saw Aswad have an argument on stage once - "do you think I would do such a thing..?" only for it to go into "54 42 was my number" - a cover of the Toots & The Maytels classic. Looked like a genuine argument at one stage.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 21 minutes ago, TheGreek said: I saw Aswad have an argument on stage once - "do you think I would do such a thing..?" only for it to go into "54 42 was my number" - a cover of the Toots & The Maytels classic. Looked like a genuine argument at one stage.... Reckon someone had pinched four numbers from the title and wasn't owning up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ribbetingfrog Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 7 hours ago, bartelby said: Fortunately I don't have any! But here's one early on at a gig. With his assless chaps and an elephant pouch... It may appear as though he has shorts on under the chaps. But those were assless too.... and crotchless... The first band advert I ever replied to was a guy who explained he liked to wear arseless chaps on stage. He was a complete lunatic, also telling me how he liked to black up minstrel style. I never went back! Luckily he didn't put me off, the next guys I met were a bit more normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
project_c Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 6 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said: I used to wear a wedding dress... And the Bromley Boys would turn up dressed like Monty Python women. That's exceptionally brave for Bromley, fair play. I went to school there, those Bromley boys were not the warmest and most welcoming group of humans. (Unless you enjoy the odd beating and the occasional broken bottle inserted into your face from time to time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Gimmicks, nah....don’t believe in em. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Err... nice helmet Mart ^^^^ Is that your band playing sometime in June at The Kings Arms in Newport ,Brough by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 8 hours ago, casapete said: Err... nice helmet Mart ^^^^ Is that your band playing sometime in June at The Kings Arms in Newport ,Brough by any chance? It is mate, we play there a couple of times per year, always a good night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) Not so much in the apparel sense, but many years ago we used to cart all manner of junk around with us. One fan used to work in an abattoir, and made for an especially memorable evening when he brought some work home for us one night. I'll leave you to imagine a Dansette record player perched on top of a toilet bowl with a few pounds of offal rotating at 33rpm... Edited February 17, 2018 by Norris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 20 hours ago, project_c said: Bromley boys were not the warmest and most welcoming group of humans. I'll never forget a gig we did at the Jericho Tavern in Oxford in 1990ish... We'd nipped out for a bite to eat before the gig and were just walking back to the venue. There was a chap running as fast as he could with a Bromley Boy in hot pursuit... BB was, of course, wearing housecoat, wig and headscarf, but was also brandishing an iron bar and shouting "We're from fa%*in' Laahnden mate" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 My thanks to those who have contributed photographic evidence. You have cheered me up no end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I'm far too serious about my music to resort to stage gimmicks or antics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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