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November 5th, 2006
Question: For all you musicians and band members out there, share some your most memorable show moments?
Ever play with a big name band? Have something crazy happen at one your shows? Win a Battle of the Bands? Or just some random moment or thing about performing that you love?
One of the biggest shows I ever played was at the Ottobar here in Baltimore with Me and Him Call it Us. It was our first time playing with a semi-big name within our genre.
Other great show moments for me and my band:
- Inciting mosh pits and dog piles in a row home basement
- Constantly catching people off guard with our "bait and switch" intro, and then hearing about the audience's reactions fro our friends
- Making really bad jokes on stage
- Almost getting my face broken by our bassist mid song
- Playing shows in a barn in 30 degree weather
- Having random people buy me drinks because they liked our set so much.
Just a few examples. Let's hear your stories and such
Answer: A couple of my favorites...
-The guy who recorded our 1st EP put together a showcase of local bands, recorded it, mastered, etc. and planned to air it on local cable access. We were one of the last bands to record, and there really wasn't anyone there to watch the bands, just the video crew. We broke into our opening number, and I noticed two kids (maybe 8-10 yrs) sitting in the audience. After we ended the 1st song, these kids jumped out of their seats and applauded like there was no tomorrow. I just about died laughing on stage.
-The first show our bass player played, he was so nervous, he started doing shots of absolut before the show. I'll never forget him fumbling around the stage drunk off his ass.
-We entered a battle of the bands after getting a new drummer (and a lazy one at that). The 1st song of our 4 song set was supposed to end very abruptly....guitar, drums, etc. Because this guy never showed up to practice, he kept playing for two measures after everyone else stopped.
-The lead singer & I played a coffee house show that was double booked. The venue's solution was to divide the set amongst the two acts. Well, the other act got to go on first. The only thing worse than listening to an Indigo Girls knockoff band is watching them go beyond the halfway point and cut into 20 minutes of our set.
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