Brooks Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 last night we're 1/2 way thru the 1st set and this sloppy old drunk starts trying to dance w/ this girl, loses his ballance, and crashes right into dave, smacking him in the face w/ his mic and bending back a fingernail (ouch)! for some reason, it pisses me off more to see some ~60 year old guy falling over drunk in public than some 22 year old, you'd think he'd learn his limits by his age. it wasn't even 11:00 and this piece of shit can't keep upright!! i was pissed. to make it worse, he's one of those drunks who, instead of saying "man, i'm sorry" and then getting the hell out of your face, won't quit apologizing until we tell him "it's alright". fuck that, it's not alright w/ me, so i start berating the guy over the mic, telling him "no more dancing, your dancefloor privelidges are revolked", and "switch to water" (i know, bad idea but i was steamed and was not about to tell him "it's cool" like he wanted me to). end of the night when the lights come up, dave has a 3" gash on his godin guitar.
Steve Haynie Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 Too bad you did not have the guy arrested for being drunk in public the minute he walked outside. If your partner could not get a new guitar, he could get even!
princeofdarkness56 Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 When the lights go down, pop, right in the face. That always takes care of a rude and out of control drunk. Sad I know, but it really is useless to try and talk to them.
hamerhead Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 My Studio still bears the scar from a very young and very drunk hottie who managed to fall over my monitor and land at my feet - and, of course, knock my mic and stand into my guitar.It's more of a scuff than anything (thankfully), and someday I'll try to buff it out. Right now I consider it 'character'. It's also why certain pieces of gear won't leave the house.
MCChris Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 More proof that booze should be criminalized and weed should be legalized.
marcnorth Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 More proof that booze should be criminalized and weed should be legalized.+1
kurtsstuff Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 Well....I feel for ya but.....if your going to be playing where alcohol is consumed...expect shit to happen...it's just part of the gig....
Willie G. Moseley Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 Incidents like this validate the existence of "utility" or "player" instruments. Back in early '67, my outfit was playing at a teen party at somebody's house, and a drunk guy walked behind our gear, got tangled up in some cords, and staggered through ALL of our amplifiers except one, taking three amplifiers (all blackface Fenders, pretty much new at the time) with him... to hear three reverb units in the amps all crashing at once was a sonic experience that I don't think I've ever heard again. No real damage, but a worrisome situation.
LordOfTheThighs Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 "Hey Methuselah ... lay off the prune juice."
HamerHokie Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 The other night we were playing at a place called the Double Deuce, a real gold mine, and this drunk girl got up on a table and started dancing. One of the bouncers, a little blond guy, got a cue from the cooler. He went over all nice like and asked the guy at the table to get the girl down. The guy, drunk too, told him to piss off. The bouncer got another cue from the cooler and asked again, but this time the drunk guy punched the bouncer in the face and pulled a knife. The cooler comes over grabs the knife arm, puts the guy's face into the table, and has the bouncers escort him out. Then he helps the drunk girl off the table. Everyone's like 'did you see that, who is this guy?' I thought he was a bit small to be a cooler.
Crwth145 Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 Me and some "good ole boys" played behind chicken wire once... (edited for spelling)
Jeff R Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 Similar situation with my two-man acoustic gig about 10 years ago. Sloppyass drunk knocked a mike stand into my playing buddy, Mark, while he was eating the mike and nearly knocked his front teeth out. He didn't even notice he did it. When Mark pointed it out to him over the mike in front of everyone and told him politely to be careful up close to us, and he got all defensive and told us to shut the f*ck up and play. Mark's roommate, Wes, our biggest fan and the pure definition of a true cornfed shitkicker redneck, came over and told Mark don't worry, he'd take care of it. We went back to playing.Wes took care of it. He followed drunkie when he made his next trip to the bathroom. The only disruption to the gig was the crowd noticing drunkie leaving the bar a couple minutes later bleeding out of his mouth and nose, with soaking wet hair dripping all over his shirt. Wes told us later after he popped some sense of respect into him a couple of times, he figured a toilet basin might sober him up a bit.
MCChris Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 Similar situation with my two-man acoustic gig about 10 years ago. Sloppyass drunk knocked a mike stand into my playing buddy, Mark, while he was eating the mike and nearly knocked his front teeth out. He didn't even notice he did it. When Mark pointed it out to him over the mike in front of everyone and told him politely to be careful up close to us, and he got all defensive and told us to shut the f*ck up and play. Mark's roommate, Wes, our biggest fan and the pure definition of a true cornfed shitkicker redneck, came over and told Mark don't worry, he'd take care of it. We went back to playing.Wes took care of it. He followed drunkie when he made his next trip to the bathroom. The only disruption to the gig was the crowd noticing drunkie leaving the bar a couple minutes later bleeding out of his mouth and nose, with soaking wet hair dripping all over his shirt. Wes told us later after he popped some sense of respect into him a couple of times, he figured a toilet basin might sober him up a bit.Beautiful. A real-world example of what I was talking about in response to some tool's comment in Brooks' thread on The Gear Page:http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showpost....mp;postcount=37
cmatthes Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 It's happened to pretty much all of us at some time or another. Doesn't mean you have to learn to like it or ignore it.Those who know me are aware that I've got an incredibly high boiling point, but I've clocked somebody with a solidbody before.And enjoyed the HELL out of it.
David B Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 It's happened to pretty much all of us at some time or another. Doesn't mean you have to learn to like it or ignore it.Those who know me are aware that I've got an incredibly high boiling point, but I've clocked somebody with a solidbody before.And enjoyed the HELL out of it.Like Keef!
tafkathundernotes Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 Boom mic stands, floor monitors + a room full of drunks is just asking for trouble. I've been popped more than once. It goes with the territory. I use the in-ear monitors and turn my boom sideways to minimize the risk these days.
kurtsstuff Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 Hell.....Half the fun of gigging at the local dives is ya never know what the guys or gals are gonna do once they've had too much to drink. but..seriously....if your not able to handle the enevitable...don't gig...
sirskelt Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 I know, I know.... been seen here before but once again I can not resist..Just Eat ItWhere I used to gig in Orlando the stage was so small that the mic stand had to go on the floor in front of it. Ever since I saw this vid I would freak whenever someone would walk in or out of the club. The tables and such were back from the stage leaving the only walking space between the tables and the stage. It would have helped if the drummer didn't bring his entire 12 piece kit or whatever to a tiny club!!
Boogie1 Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 Similar situation with my two-man acoustic gig about 10 years ago. Sloppyass drunk knocked a mike stand into my playing buddy, Mark, while he was eating the mike and nearly knocked his front teeth out. He didn't even notice he did it. When Mark pointed it out to him over the mike in front of everyone and told him politely to be careful up close to us, and he got all defensive and told us to shut the f*ck up and play. Mark's roommate, Wes, our biggest fan and the pure definition of a true cornfed shitkicker redneck, came over and told Mark don't worry, he'd take care of it. We went back to playing. Wes took care of it. He followed drunkie when he made his next trip to the bathroom. The only disruption to the gig was the crowd noticing drunkie leaving the bar a couple minutes later bleeding out of his mouth and nose, with soaking wet hair dripping all over his shirt. Wes told us later after he popped some sense of respect into him a couple of times, he figured a toilet basin might sober him up a bit. LOL! Old drunkie got a ass-shuppin' and then got a "swirlie!"
Brooks Posted June 3, 2007 Author Posted June 3, 2007 Hell.....Half the fun of gigging at the local dives is ya never know what the guys or gals are gonna do once they've had too much to drink. but..seriously....if your not able to handle the enevitable...don't gig...yeah, kurt, you said that already, thanx.shouldn't you be out chasing your tail buying amps and selling them ten minutes later?the adults are talking real world music experiences here.
MCChris Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 yeah, kurt, you said that already, thanx. shouldn't you be out chasing your tail buying amps and selling them ten minutes later? the adults are talking real world music experiences here.
Bruiser Brody Posted June 3, 2007 Posted June 3, 2007 Damn that sucks brosephus. We had a 1st set drunkerino last night too...standing right in front us screaming jibberish during a couple songs with a roll of cash in his hand..little dude. I finally asked the doosh what the hell he was saying and check this..he wanted us to play a fukkin' Linkin Park song!HAHAHAAAAAAA!!!! Needless to say he got publicy berated in a humorous sorta way (all in good fun. No damage done).
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