Rock and Roll StoriesMy personal Spinal Tap moment came when we got locked into the Festival Hall in London by accident. We ended up wandering the maze of backstage corridors carrying a three foot high piece of cheese looking for the one door that would lead us to salvation.
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chthonic, Thu 29 Jun 2006, 13:47)
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I have 2 awesomestories from a friend of mine who used to play in a band called Magnum in their very early days (heavy metal, were semi-famous back in the day).
1. Once, they were playing a gig in a medium-sized hall. Because of building works, the layout meant that to get from the dressing room to the stage, you had to go outside, and then back in through the doors to the side of the backstage area.
For this particular tour, they had a pretty epic entrance, where the lights went down, and Carmina Burana ( www.symphony.org/audio/carmina1.mp3 ) started playing, and then they would all appear onstage in a blur of pyros and lights.
This time, however, as Carmina Burana started playing, while making their way backstage, the band realised that they were locked outside, as the fire doors had swung shut.
So, as the huge, swelling chords of Carmina Burana died out, all that could be heard was the pathetic sound of the band banging on the door backstage, asking to be let in.
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