On the stageToo shy to ever appear on stage myself, I still hung around theatres like a bad smell when I was younger - lighting and set design were what I was good at.
Backstage we'd attempt to sabotage every production - us lighting geeks would wind up the sound man by putting the remote "pause" button for his reel-to-reel tape machine on his chair, so when he sat down it'd start running, ruining his cues. Actors would do scenes out of order to make our lives hell. It was great and I don't know why I don't still do it.
Tell us your stories of life on the stage.
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chthonic, Fri 2 Dec 2005, 11:02)
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The band's had a few nightmarish gigs, but 1 sticks in mind.For a start we got bumped from second last in the band list to second, meaning by the time we'd played most people hadn't even turned up yet...turned out to be a good thing.
The Bass amp was royally fucked! Everytime i switched my distortion on it went nearly silent, then when i switched it off again (due to me attempting to let everyone hear it) it nearly blew me across the room.
The Guitar amp wouldn't stop whistling, even with the guitarist actually at the other end of the room.
And the drum kit fell apart. Not as in gently fell to the floor, it went very violently. One crash cymbol flew into a bunch of kids sitting on some stairs, and various drums, beyond repair.
We never played a gig for that 'organiser' again.
(, Tue 6 Dec 2005, 21:10, Reply)
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