I've been waiting to tell this one:
I had a fairly relaxing summer this year after just having completed my first year of university and this, naturally, involved a fair bit of drinking, so when I saw a sign for a beer festival fairly nearby I jumped on my bike and cycled the four miles or so to get there. I arrived at a large pub in a small village to the sounds of live music from a marquee out back. I strolled around, had a pint, chatted to the rather attractive barmaid, then settled down to watch the band. They played all the old rock classics - smoke on the water, purple haze and so on. I was amazed, at the time, at how professional they seemed. Not the sort of people who I thought would be playing to an audience of less than a hundred people in the middle of nowhere. I mentioned this to the barmaid, and got an unexpected reply:

"Yeah, they should be good. The bassist is from (insert hugely famous rock group here), the drummer is from status quo, and the guitarist and lead singer is from Iron Maiden".

It turned out that they all lived locally and had formed an informal little band to keep themselves occupied when they weren't busy touring or recording.

That day will go down in my memory as one of the best days of my life - limitless cheap beer, a few friends with me, a glorius summer's day, an attractive barmaid and a rock supergroup playing not twenty feet away.



P.S. I've deliberately left out the details and band name - I doubt the musicians involved would appreciate it being spread about too much - but if you want to know, gaz me and I'll drop a few hints.
( MatJ LOOK, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 14:36, 5 replies)

But the guys from Status Quo and Iron Maiden won't mind will they?
That sounds superb mind.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 15:22, closed)

There is that
But I'm prepared to bet that very few people bother asking.
( MatJ LOOK, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 16:53, closed)

Unless the bass player
is from AC/DC, I would rather meet the guys from Maiden and Quo.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 11:57, closed)

I
Genuinely can't remember where the bass player was from - but I don't think it was AC/DC. Tbh the thing that finally convinced me the guitarist was from Iron Maiden was listening to some of their stuff when I got home - the style was exactly the same.
( MatJ LOOK, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 13:38, closed)

Surely you would have noticed
that the singer was Bruce Dickinson, he's got a pretty distinctive voice.

edit - Oh I see, sorry I read it as you removed the name of the bass players band because he might be annoyed at you spreading this around, but you mean the name of the "supergroup".

That makes a lot more sense now.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 15:14, closed)