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342 by simmo_Archive
daniel robert chapman wrote:From what I can gather, your distance from London is directly proportional to the amount of equipment London bands will want to borrow from you.


"ZING".

nb: this is not a "ZING!!!!!!!!!!" of comedy joy, but rather a laconic and world weary "ZING", uttered like the sigh of a beaten man.
Rick Reuben wrote:
daniel robert chapman wrote:I think he's gone to bed, Rick.
He went to bed about a decade ago, or whenever he sold his soul to the bankers and the elites.


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343 by Rimbaud III_Archive
simmo wrote:YES!

For some reason, it would seem that the vast majority of bands in London are incapable of bringing their own equipment to a gig. Instead, they rely on you to provide it for them - often not even mentioning that they want to share gear. So one invariably ends up bringing an entire backline from 200 miles away so they don't have to make the effort.

Worse still when you are a tour booker, and receive an email from the band 6 hours before soundcheck asking to borrow "a bass amp, a guitar amp and a drum kit" from the band who have come from Chicago and are currently in France.

London band: you might want to have mentioned this 3 MONTHS AGO.

FUCK OFF.


That's pretty sucky, especially when you consider the cost of a rental vehicle. One Car One do van rental for £30 a day. What's that between the average sized band?
Stockhausen!

The FUCK OFF Thread.

344 by Rotten Tanx_Archive
simmo wrote:London bands who ask to borrow your backline ON THE DAY OF THE FUCKING GIG:

FUCK OFF.


I feel for you dude but there is a flipside to this.

Being told by the band member who booked your gig "Nah, I checked, they said you can use their amp" and then getting to the gig to find out that "checked" meant "assumed".

Fellow band members who assume everything will work out with no planning: FUCK OFF.
simmo wrote:Someone make my carrot and grapefruits smoke. Please.

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345 by simmo_Archive
Rotten Tanx wrote:
simmo wrote:London bands who ask to borrow your backline ON THE DAY OF THE FUCKING GIG:

FUCK OFF.


I feel for you dude but there is a flipside to this.

Being told by the band member who booked your gig "Nah, I checked, they said you can use their amp" and then getting to the gig to find out that "checked" meant "assumed".

Fellow band members who assume everything will work out with no planning: FUCK OFF.


Yup, I hear ya. There is also a third flipside to this coin (which strangely defies all laws of physics):

The promoter who tells the support bands that they just need to bring their cymbals, snare and guitars, without actually asking the headliner if they mind lending everything else.

There are countless variations, but they are all variations upon the theme of TWAT.
Rick Reuben wrote:
daniel robert chapman wrote:I think he's gone to bed, Rick.
He went to bed about a decade ago, or whenever he sold his soul to the bankers and the elites.


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346 by chairman_hall_Archive
Agreed with most of what's written on this page.

This is why whenever I put on a gig, I always makes sure I have sorted this all out with bands at least a week before the gig.

There is nothing worse being in a band and having to constantly message promoters in the days running up the gig about what equipment is needed to be brought and what time soundcheck will be.

Maybe I am just an anal stress head but things run much more smoothly with a bit of prior planning and thought.

The FUCK OFF Thread.

347 by simmo_Archive
chairman_hall wrote:Maybe I am just an anal stress head but things run much more smoothly with a bit of prior planning and thought.


No, you are not an anal stress head, you are RIGHT.

The older I get, the more I love people who think like you.

Can I book shows with you in the future please?
Rick Reuben wrote:
daniel robert chapman wrote:I think he's gone to bed, Rick.
He went to bed about a decade ago, or whenever he sold his soul to the bankers and the elites.


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350 by Rotten Tanx_Archive
The PRF being down for hours at a time so I have to sit here doing work? Fuck right off.


Proposal for a SMOKING LICENCE? Jesus shitcocking hell I hope whoever came up with that has children who are killed to death when every smoker in the country puts their fags out on their angelic little faces. I'm going to start smoking twice as much AND setting fires everywhere I go.

And I'm gonna buy a gun.
simmo wrote:Someone make my carrot and grapefruits smoke. Please.
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