What's your most embarrasing moment in performing live?

ED1G · PIGGY MOONRUST Joined: 31 Oct 2002 Posts: 2644

Yeah very good :lol

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RonOnGuitar · Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 1916

Very funny stuff! :wgrin

One could reasonably assume that, according to many accounts here, performers should avoid alcohol and handbags while onstage.

One time while singing/playing in a small place that used no monitors, I thought the mic volume seemed low but finished the set anyway. Afterwards, I just figured the soundperson slipped up. But then the guy who followed me got on stage, sat down and clicked the mic switch to "on"...

Another time in a group I was with, the lead guitarist liked to walk around while he played. (A real ham, with a great deal more ego than ability - he eventually found his real calling making sausages.) Once he walked too far from his amp, the slack ran out in his cord and his piggyback amp took a dive. The amp's reverb let out a wonderful and prolonged "Bwoinggg-nong-nong-nong!!" when it hit the floor.

RonOnGuitar · Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 1916

<I think I look pretty good,>

The flash of leg is a nice touch. :fg

debbie mannas · Joined: 30 Sep 2002 Posts: 1352

And the shoes seem sensible enough.

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bygon · Joined: 20 Nov 2001 Posts: 57

Thank God I don't have the voice anymore to

be a front man... I never knew what to say

between a song and another... sometimes I was

really inspired and I went with jokes and funny things

to make the audience feel at their ease, but sometimes

I didn't know what to say... that was always embarassing.

But nothing beats the time when our drummer (1988,

the band wa called "46XY") was so drunk that he started

Toto's song "Hold The Line" as a latin-jazz-fusion thing at

nearly 150 bpm (now you could call it Jungle!) and luckily

we were good enough to follow him and make an amazing

version of the song... pity no one recorded the gig, we tried

to do it again during the rehearsals, no way...

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RON! hahahahaha How embarrasing!!!!! hahahaha (the 'on' switch one!!) :banana

Lord Bygon!! hahaha That's the way it goes sometimes......

Phil Frazier · Joined: 04 Aug 2002 Posts: 823

Seems that quite a few drunk stories. Sorry to say this one was real awkward for me but prolly not funny.

I was playing bass for a band that hired me. I hadn't eatin much but a sardine sandwich that day. Got to the gig and started drinking rum and cokes. Well, they were free. Had one every set. On the 4th and last set I started feeling woozy. Then about 4 songs later I was having a hard time playing. On the last song I felt like I was gonna heave,so I wobbled to the back of the stage and tried to hold it in. I managed till the song ended then I blew it out all over the band leaders monitor. I could barely walk. Man, I was feeling like I got shot at and missed @#%$ at and hit.

Lucky for me that the only thing I had to carry was my bass because they had provided the amp and that I wasn't driving. I was mortified.

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hahahaha Phil!!! :aua

At least you weren't video-taped and made to watch it over and over again!!!! :laugh

debbie mannas · Joined: 30 Sep 2002 Posts: 1352

all the other stories hahahahaha

poor you Phil! eeeeeeeeeew.

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droolymutt · Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 5:08 pm Post subject: Re: well that probably tops

Poor PHIL....???

Damn - what about the band leader? - having to look at that monitor??????????

yikes.

Phil Frazier · Joined: 04 Aug 2002 Posts: 823

Yeah the band leader was not pleased. He had to take the monitor apart and clean it. Believe it or not I did about 8 more gigs with them until their bass player who had a brocken arm had healed up. Uh...of course I never got drunk again. :ft

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bbchris · Posted: Mon May 19, 2003 1:25 am Post subject: Re: well that probably tops

hahaha I learnt the same lesson

debbie mannas · Joined: 30 Sep 2002 Posts: 1352

I just remembered something. It involves skates and being dragged backwards ... Thank god the lights were being slowly dimmed...

arrrrrrrrrrrgh. long story maybe over a beer or 10!

bbchris · Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 5:49 am Post subject: Re: oh hell

hahaha I just remembered another cringe moment - I was wearing a PVC dress and fell backward off the stage onto these two guys, my legs flaired into the air, dress rolled down and exposed my knickers. I was mortified! I got a round of applause though..

PLX180 · Joined: 02 Aug 2002 Posts: 320

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On the last song I felt like I was gonna heave,so I wobbled to the back of the stage and tried to hold it in. I managed till the song ended then I blew it out all over the band leaders monitor. I could barely walk.

ahahahahaha! Classic. Phil, you are always the height of professionalism

Chris, L7 were a great band, but did have some strange habits. I saw them on the Word years go (UK tv music show) and the singer dropped *all* her lower clothes, and stood on an amp while still playing the song on her guitar. Quite memorable I suppose

Embarrassing gigs? Well of course mine is drink related too. My old band hit the bar, and decided to play a number or two borrowing the resident bands equipment. I was so drunk I didn't know what I was doing. Within 2 minutes we were politely asked to leave the stage HAHAHA!