Drummers who wait until they're on stage to get their kit together...

[Uladyne]

How about bands that show up, load in, wait outside till its their time to play, then leave right after their set with their friends, and not sticking around for any of the other bands. Total rockstar behavior.

Then a few months later they send you an email asking to get them on a show in your area so you can bring your fans out to watch them.

 

[Trevoire520]

He had no front head on his kick drum either!Im not saying he had the head with a huge hole, no head at all, whatsoever, motherfucker accidently the whole thing!@#$$%%%$&&$#^

???? Don't quite understand the beef here. I'd much rather have a kick with no front head as it's much easier to get a mic in there.

 

[Chryst Krispies]

I hate when you backline and the band before you doesn't plug the speaker cable back in and you almost fry your amp.....

 

[Dalinkwent48@aim.com]

???? Don't quite understand the beef here. I'd much rather have a kick with no front head as it's much easier to get a mic in there.

Id prefer the head with a hole. Its all down to preference but i get realllyyyy angry when I see a kick drum with no head in the front.

 

[ahjteam]

How about bands that show up, load in, wait outside till its their time to play, then leave right after their set with their friends, and not sticking around for any of the other bands. Total rockstar behavior.

Personally I understand this one totally, and I think it's normal behaviour if they unload their stuff after the gig also. You are "out of the way" if there is no backstage or if the backstage is especially small. And if the band is on tour and have a bus or hotel accommodation or they have to go back home or start going to the next city, they might want to maximize their rest time instead of being home at 5.30am and at day job at 9am.

...and if in their opinion the other band is not their cup of tea, you usually don't want to listen to the band either.


edit: but the email was pretty dick'ish move if there was no "thank you for the last time"

 

[if6was9]

Love this thread! Every one of those things you've said Trevoire520 has happened at gigs I've worked/played.

- I hate bands that try use the sound check as a last minute practise. Get your shit together before the gig, not at it.

- I also hate bands that turn their volume fully down then turn their amps off once a sound check is done! What the hell, we've just spent ages getting the balance between your amp and everything else on stage right. They never have a clue what they had it set to either. Might as well not have bothered checking cause when they start its gonna be totally different.

- Bands that show up to a gig without the backline they were asked to bring, without giving us notice. If a certain piece of gear you can't bring, leave us know we can sort it. Especially when it's breakables. They never have the balls to ask the other bands if they can use theirs either, I end up having to.

- Band members that turn up on stage during a gig. I've had some bands be complete dicks about it too. Outright lie about it when I can see them doing it and have their level at the desk jump up after every song. Ruins the sound on stage for everyone else and can often ruin the sound out front too. You'd think their interest would be in having their band sound good. I've said it to other members of bands that are repeat offends- this guy is ruining your bands live sound every time you play, sort it out!!

- From a promoter stand point I hate bands who turn up and give out about how they have to open- it's your 2nd gig and you brought no one, why would you not be opening?

- Also hate bands that NEVER bring any of the main backline even for their own gigs, even though they play often, have transport and have decent gear. There's a few bands locally for me that this happens with. I've organised gigs for them where I've supplied a chunk of the backline even though I'm only doing sound, not playing and then they have the cheek to give out about the quality of it? If you turned down bringing backline then you've no right to complain about what you have to use.

 

[SimonTaddio_Qc]

- Band members that turn up on stage during a gig. I've had some bands be complete dicks about it too. Outright lie about it when I can see them doing it and have their level at the desk jump up after every song. Ruins the sound on stage for everyone else and can often ruin the sound out front too.

Loudness War between band members is a real common thing, consciously or not.

 

[arv_foh]

How about backline companies that bring you shit that is broken? Yesterday I had a blown bass head, a drumset with the wrong cymbals, and a wireless mic that was not working properly.

 

[Force666]

Drummers should always set up everything they can before the set. BUT, I gotta say our drummer annoys the fuck out of me cause he sets all his shit up and always blocks all of our other gear so no one can get to it. Wanna warm up? Wanna change strings? Well now all your shit is piled 5 feet behind his whole setup. Friggin annoying!

 

[Russtopher]

- From a promoter stand point I hate bands who turn up and give out about how they have to open- it's your 2nd gig and you brought no one, why would you not be opening?

Pretty sure earlier in the thread someone mentioned bands that bring a crowd, then immediately pack up and leave as soon as their set is done, bringing their crowd with them. In my area, that got to be so big of a problem that bands would WANT to open shows and not go on later in the night I remember getting into an argument with another band about who was going on first - we BOTH wanted to, and each thought the promoter had told our respective bands we were on first. It's been a good 6+ years since I've played a show around here though, so here's to hoping that's changed....