Stub Mandrel Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 17 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Shouldn't that always be the case? I don't gig for my enjoyment. I do it for the people who pay the money to see us. The ideal is where band and audience both have a great time. I don't do it for the money, so it should be fun for me or why bother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Edwards69 Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 4 hours ago, Obrienp said: Seriously though, that puts my gigging problems into perspective! We’ve had the odd drunk but they are mostly peaceful. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, biker clubs and hells angels are a lot less bother than regular pubs for misbehaviour. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Invited to a jam in a local studio tonight with a noted pedal steel player. Wow, what a difference it made to our sound ( 3/4 of our band could make it too). He's called Mark from Suffolk and was playing in Dorset yesterday. We need a pedal steel in our lineup too! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 57 minutes ago, Greg Edwards69 said: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, biker clubs and hells angels are a lot less bother than regular pubs for misbehaviour. Same with the punk & Oi audiences, reputation based upon looks not behaviour, much less bother than regular pub crowds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Greg Edwards69 said: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, biker clubs and hells angels are a lot less bother than regular pubs for misbehaviour. Well, what sort of idiot starts a fight at a biker rally 🤣 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 59 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: Well, what sort of idiot starts a fight at a biker rally 🤣 A gay biker on acid? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 (edited) Had a great gig at a small festival (Going Feral) yesterday... It was the live debut of my new Royal Blood sound, with my Helix splitting a guitar tone off the bass, and both amplified separately. The sound tech took a bit of convincing to allow 2 feeds, what with us having another bass player and guitar, but it sounded awesome on stage through a Crown stereo power amp into MarkBass 2x10 and 4x10 with the ever-so punkrock Wal. And it probably sounded ok in the audience as well - a couple of blokes came up afterwards and said "you probably don't need the rest of the band!", which I took as a compliment but may have been more "you showin' off bastard you!". Still, quite a few folks came into the barn, which wasn't at all bad as we had the excellent Dead Sheeran playing on the other stage at the same time. And we got a decent bit of pay, for a change... But what made it all the more exciting was that our drummer was due to fly back from his holidays, but his flight was delayed by 5 hours and he arrived direct from Birmingham Airport with minutes to spare. Edited September 12, 2022 by Leonard Smalls 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 We played Whitwell Festival on Friday. I wasn't expecting much but a massive crowd turned up from somewhere! Awesome gig! Our bassist even got on someone's shoulders in the audience for half a song. I've never seen him do anything like that before so that was very cool 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Random Guitarist Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 Played at a local acoustic showcase. This was our first set played as a new band. We were OK, but the audience was mainly family. We hung around for a couple of other acts after playing and then left, taking the bulk of the audience with us. Was a good gentle way to get started. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 16 hours ago, scrumpymike said: Played Glastonbury again last night. The King William pub to be precise. Oh I do like the King Billy. Played there many times a few years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 (edited) Saturday night with Train To Skaville, a wedding at a mahoosive posh house outside Frome. Got there at half six, originally told that guests were arriving at 8 and we'd start at 9... turns out the guests were already there and the speeches were still going on. And then, as we thought we could load in, this 'singing waiter' starts up with half an hour of All Your Favourite Karaoke Hits. Then once we'd set up & checked, we had to wait till the happy couple were ready for their first dance... and wait... and wait... Anyway, we finally started at 9.45. I'd been a bit apprehensive, you know what wedding gigs can be like and a ska band seemed like an odd choice. I needn't have worried. I think it was the bride & groom's second time around, so they and their guests were all of the right age to have been into 80s second-wave ska, and my god they loved it. There were three or four blokes in particular who knew every word of every song and they were dancing like eejits all night, with the exhuberence and energy that only lager & champagne gives you We sounded good and played well, and I drove home with a smile on my face and wedge in my pocket and crawled into bed at 02:30... was asleep by 02:31 Edited September 13, 2022 by Rich 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 I’ve told you lot before - tell us who your band is, don’t be shy!👏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzy138 Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 No gig this weekend as the venue cancelled at the last minute due to the death of the Queen.. And NOT because they had not arranged a sound engineer, replaced the promoter who usually dealt with gigs, pushed tickets sales, arranged for anyone to staff the door or were unwilling to speak to the band in the week leading up to the gig to explain this. Or didn't think anyone would turn up to the gig so it would just be a waste of their time..... Absolutely not because of any of the above... At all.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 On 10/09/2022 at 17:06, Merton said: Already done one gig today - a kid’s birthday party with my “rock band for kids”. It was great, and if I’m allowed to share any pics later on I will - short version is it was the kid of a relatively famous drummer so they are understandably nervous of too many pics getting out. https://www.instagram.com/p/CiYPZg1qYpd/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Merton said: https://www.instagram.com/p/CiYPZg1qYpd/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= You have been Busted! Oh… 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 22 minutes ago, Mickeyboro said: You have been Busted! Oh… 😂 Did you think of that joke on the (Mc)Fly? 😆 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 22 hours ago, Greg Edwards69 said: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, biker clubs and hells angels are a lot less bother than regular pubs for misbehaviour. Dude. I'm in a hard rock band and an indie band. Every summer both bands play (and I'm choosing my words carefully here) 2-wheeled-transport rallies. The biker rallies with the hard rock band would look terrifying to the casual onlooker, but they are the best people. The scooter crowd are all far too cool for you, like corksniffy bands that you've never heard of, and are always starting drunken fights. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 (edited) I finished work yesterday morning at 7am and drove an hour to Bristol for a support slot as part of a cat charity gig. Amazed how on it I was considering my levels of tiredness. Pleased I brought the small rig as load in was a bit of a challenge but the whole night was worth it as an old mate I haven't seen for 20years came down especially for us. Edited September 12, 2022 by Cat Burrito 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 On 11/09/2022 at 21:29, yorks5stringer said: Invited to a jam in a local studio tonight with a noted pedal steel player. Wow, what a difference it made to our sound ( 3/4 of our band could make it too). He's called Mark from Suffolk and was playing in Dorset yesterday. We need a pedal steel in our lineup too! Got to love pedal steel - we have one in our country band and it’s great. Our guy is a superb player (coincidentally originally from Frome too), and he’s also a very nifty guitarist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 15 minutes ago, casapete said: Got to love pedal steel - we have one in our country band and it’s great. Our guy is a superb player (coincidentally originally from Frome too), and he’s also a very nifty guitarist. Our guitarist has one as I've seen it at his house, when I said he ought to bring it along he said 'It takes a long time to set up'. As I witnessed the one being set up on Sunday night in about 10 minutes I can only assume our guitarist is not that skilled or confident! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said: Our guitarist has one as I've seen it at his house, when I said he ought to bring it along he said 'It takes a long time to set up'. As I witnessed the one being set up on Sunday night in about 10 minutes I can only assume our guitarist is not that skilled or confident! They can be a bit tricky if you’re not used to them I guess, but our steelie gets his set up on stage in around 20 mins. They don’t appear to go out of tune much, but strings on his get changed one at a time to minimise the whole thing going out. This is the second band I’ve been in with a pedal steel player, and love the textures they create, either on chordal stuff or soloing. Mind you, they do need to be played well - I’ve heard other bands where they’re so out of tune it’s painful. You need a great picking hand too, which has always ruled me out of having a try. (Seen some recent clips of Ronnie Wood playing steel with the Stones and it’s been, err....basic at best. He seemed okay back in the day too.) Apologies for the derail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 16 hours ago, Jack said: Dude. I'm in a hard rock band and an indie band. Every summer both bands play (and I'm choosing my words carefully here) 2-wheeled-transport rallies. The biker rallies with the hard rock band would look terrifying to the casual onlooker, but they are the best people. The scooter crowd are all far too cool for you, like corksniffy bands that you've never heard of, and are always starting drunken fights. First band I was in played a biker rally - it was probably our 4th or 5th gig ever, acquired through a friend. We were naive and had a set of largely originals that with hindsight were not suitable for that kind of gig. We played, they yelled for heavier/faster/rockier songs that they knew. We put all the rock stuff we knew in but we were stopped after about an hour (it seemed like 20 hours 😃). We were expecting to be shown the door and, indeed, we were taken to one side. But they said thanks but it wasn't what they wanted. They got we were new and paid us in full. A decent bunch of guys and gals. 30 odd years later and I've played 'nice' venues with 'nice' audiences and had to put up with far worse behaviour and attitude than that rally. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 (edited) It’s been a while , but I’ve played a ton of bike rallies. Never seen any problems , but they self discipline , if anyone acts like an ***hole the hive quickly steps in. I’ve only been told that , never seen any issues. Edited September 13, 2022 by msb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Edwards69 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Franticsmurf said: First band I was in played a biker rally - it was probably our 4th or 5th gig ever, acquired through a friend. We were naive and had a set of largely originals that with hindsight were not suitable for that kind of gig. We played, they yelled for heavier/faster/rockier songs that they knew. We put all the rock stuff we knew in but we were stopped after about an hour (it seemed like 20 hours 😃). We were expecting to be shown the door and, indeed, we were taken to one side. But they said thanks but it wasn't what they wanted. They got we were new and paid us in full. A decent bunch of guys and gals. 30 odd years later and I've played 'nice' venues with 'nice' audiences and had to put up with far worse behaviour and attitude than that rally. We played for a Hells Angels chapter last year, got to the end of the set and they asked for more. I started playing the riff to Love Shack for a giggle. Then they asked us to play it. We happily obliged. I recall playing September by EWF and Disco Inferno at another biker club in amongst the hard rock and metal. They enjoyed that too. Edited September 13, 2022 by Greg Edwards69 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 43 minutes ago, Greg Edwards69 said: We played for a Hells Angels chapter last year, got to the end of the set and they asked for more. I started playing the riff to Love Shack for a giggle. Then they asked us to play it. We happily obliged. I recall playing September by EWF and Disco Inferno at another biker club in amongst the hard rock and metal. They enjoyed that too. I love playing bikers rallies. We were first asked to play one about 5 years back, we said we didn’t think 70s glam rock would work but did it anyway. We wuz wrong and the cheesier the better. 5 years on we normally do 3 or 4 per year to packed ‘houses’. Nothing like a couple of thousand bikers singing along to Shang a Lang 😂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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