My band practices fairly sober. I'll have a couple Diet Rites, maybe. The joys of being over 30.
One time, though, a storm knocked out the power in the practice space, so we drove to the nearest bar and had quite a few 5$ pitchers.

As a rule I generally don't drink at rehearsals but have been known too. Usually during the time we had a keyboard player who wouldn't pay towards anything if he could help it but always managed to have a bag of beerios with him. If I was paying for his share of rehearsal I could at least get the odd beer token back.

He's long gone now, I don't think I've beered it up at rehearsals since. The results are usually highly amusing but not very productive.

I never drink before a show/during recording and hold off till the last night when on tour before pouring myself a sherry. I don't think one should drink before show time. Those audience members paid £3.50 to see you and should get their moneys worth god damn it.

I think I have drunk twice before playing and once was before playing the 2nd timp part in Mahler 1. I fucked up and it's haunted me ever since. For shame.

The only real rule regarding band practice in Krakoa is: Nobody shows up for practice fucked-up.
You'll notice that nowhere in that rule is the matter of leaving practice fucked-up mentioned.

I drink from the well of eternal sadness.

Tree wrote:

Angus Jung wrote:

And that waiter! What was his name?

Jean-Luc!

I once got really drunk at a gig in London. I totally fucked up and it was an important gig. I never did it again.

I sometimes drink here when I'm recording or mixing. It puts a different slant on things but the output is usually bad. I played a solo the other night after getting back from The Big Day Out festival. I was legless and forgot about it until the morning. When I listened back to it, it was the best, most relaxed weird zappa type solo I have ever played. Totally didn't go with the song but i'm saving it for something that will be in the same key.
I realised long ago that smoking weed is bad too. It just makes you think that you are coming up with good shit at the time. When you listen back to it, it is just half assed stoned bollocks.

yaledelay wrote:

mrdfnle wrote:

Yale-y,

You look so . . .dapper!

why thank you sir... I wish I knew what happened to that shirt...

I'm guessing the flamboyant homosexual you stole it from came and took it back while you were sleeping

I play at my best when drunk. My guitar playing and singing is at it's highest level. However, when I cross that fine line over to really drunk/blacked out drunk then things go downhill quick. Unless you consider; fucking up all the songs, randomly attacking band mates, and kicking equipment as a productive practice.

the band i used to be in drank quite a bit at practice. we figured it was good practice for shows, as none of us ever planned on being sober while playing in front of people.

billtidey wrote:the band i used to be in drank quite a bit at practice. we figured it was good practice for shows, as none of us ever planned on being sober while playing in front of people.

Hahaha...