So...we were playing and almost got caught up in this BIG fight......

[g.]

Ah, I've seen a lot of wierd stuff but typing it is a drag, and a lot of it is pretty dark - I've seen a man get killed in Seattle for instance. Though some are hilarious (especially when they happened to someone else).

 

I'll just mention a short one from a couple months ago where a guy threw a big mushy gloppy wad of potato salad at one of the guitar players because he was so frickin' loud, hitting him more than the guitar. By the time we were on break the guy had already passed out. I have to admit I kinda laughed because it deadened the strings considerably ; }

 

This is the same bar I talked about a while back, where a fight in the parking lot drew everyone out of the bar while we played on, wondering... where a guy nearly killed another - in fact most people thought he was dead. It was gruesome. Blood everywhere including on the welded angle iron bumper his head had been pounded into. This put the guy that got blindsided in intensive care for many weeks in critical condition.

[jeremy c]

Man, and people say that going out at night in Oakland is dangerous!

[Mr. Phil]

Originally posted by Tedster:

I was pretty confident, too. In those younger and crazier days, I carried a Fender Jazz Bass case to certain gigs. I don't recommend this, but, there wasn't a Jazz Bass in the case, if you get my drift. I never had to open the case. But I knew it was there.

heh. Were you a Boy Scout? Always Be Prepared!!!

[Mr. Phil]

Originally posted by getz76:

Random public service announcement: be smart, walk away. The instigating meat-head tends to have a miserable life with nothing to lose; this is usually a person with L.P.S., a lack of intelligence, no joy, and no true friends. I see a lot of these type in my area and see a lot of people walking in handcuffs over something trite.

oooo Maury getting all Philosophical...Move over DBB

[Mr. Phil]

on the topic of carrying weapons to gigs, I have a knife that I have in my equipment (cords and stuff) bag, but I don't bring to intend to use it on someone, but I will if I have to. lol. Just thought you like to know...if you ever come to one of my shows....

[g.]

on the topic of carrying weapons to gigs, I have a knife that I have in my equipment (cords and stuff) bag

"OK, mate, you want to rumble?... Well - could you wait til I get to my equipment bag? Oh, that's ever so thoughtful of you. Could you hold this wadded up cable - "

[The Guy]

Well, I've never crossed the big blue wet thing, and I don't own a gun, much less carry one in a bass case, however, I do enjoy carrying a knife with me at all times, and the easier to open with one hand the better.(Usually for completely work related functions - but you never know)

 

Anyways, I've been fortunate enough to avoid most gig related fights that I've been faced with. The only fight I've ever been in was while playing a Battle of the Bands in a near by town, there was a couple guys trying to get a little friendlier with a some girls than the girls wanted them too, after the show. My lead singer, guitarist, my drummer(a 6ft 3, 220 lb football player and weight lifting feind), and I decided that this was inappropriate and these guys should be stopped, and maybe get their butts kicked at the same time. So we approached the guys(4 of them) and intervened on the behalf of these girls.

 

To make a long story short, the ensuing fight eventually included a few more of their friends, as well as a few bloody noses, a few cracked ribs and fingers, and lots of bruises - lets just say that by drummer had fun. Subsequently, they left the girls alone and we were asked to not ever play at that school again: we were happy to oblige.

 

In all seriousness, fighting is only worth the effort, and the risk, if there's a good reason. My bandmates and I feel that any violence or disrespect towards woment deserves such treatment: women are the best part of God's creation, and they deserve better than to be treated like property and/or prey.

 

That's my sermon for this sunday.

Mark

[Rik]

a mime troop

Well there's reason for a fight right there!

[BigKahuna855]

because these stories make me chuckle, i think i shall bump this thread

[ATM]

Only fight I almost got in musically was an orchestra/band trip to Chicago. At one point they dropped us all off either at the aquarium or natural history museum with instructions to be out front at a certain time. I was with a small group that decided to hit the museum. The rest went to the aquarium and for some reason or another, got bored very quickly.

 

When the time came to depart, we assembled in the prearranged place and waited, and waited, and waited. Finally, somebody found us and brought us over to where the buses were parked.

 

Evidently, because they were all so bored, they decided to jump on the busses early, and for some reason, the original plan was forgotten. When I got onto a bus filled with mostly band members, a few were throwing some nasty comments my way and almost all were pretty ticked off at having to sit on the bus all this time. I'm normally quite laid back, but a couple of guys pushed the right buttons and I stood up and let them know that we did what we were told and if they would want to discuss it further, I was more than ready to clear the path. Dead silence. Good thing too, as I was ready to beat them quiet. Damn brass.

 

ATM

[ATM]

I lived in England for a year. Had no problems there. Visited France a Germany a couple of times, had no problems there either. Of course, I was engaged to a German born American who was raised in Europe and spoke quite a few of the languages.

 

In Provance, France, I kept my voice low and let my girl do most of the talking. Although, she said, that there was no doubt me being an American. One little hilltop town, we were walking through the streets and I hear shouted in a Texas drawl, "Hey Mabel, come look at this!" I shudder and try to disappear. I'm not afraid or embarrassed about being American, but there are some places where an American accent just doesn't feel like it belongs. This includes historic St. Paul de Vance.

 

ATM

[Bass_god_offspring]

I was pretty confident, too. In those younger and crazier days, I carried a Fender Jazz Bass case to certain gigs. I don't recommend this, but, there wasn't a Jazz Bass in the case, if you get my drift. I never had to open the case. But I knew it was there.

 

from now i would like to replace the word "Fire arm" with "Tedster's jazz case" on this forum.

 

(as we did with the Geddy Lee bass)

[ATM]

You know, in the old days, it was a violin case.

 

ATM

[Tenstrum]

Hassle-Free Travel? 'Go Canadian'

 

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Dec. 7, 2004

 

A 'Going Canadian' travel kit. T-shirtKing.com

 

(CBS/AP) Planning a European vacation and don't want to talk American politics with an inquisitive foreigner? Or worse yet, get kidnapped by an angry one?

 

A New Mexico T-shirt company suggests going Canadian.

 

For $24.95, T-shirtKing.com offers the "Go Canadian" package, full of just the kind of things an American traveler can use to keep a vacation free of U.S. politics.

 

There's a Canadian flag T-shirt, a Canadian flag lapel pin and a Canadian patch for luggage or a backpack. There's also a quick reference guide "How to Speak Canadian, Eh?" on answering questions about Canada.

 

The company touts the shirt as a "thoughtful gift for loved ones going overseas."

 

It is the brainchild of employees at the Mountainair, N.M.-based company known for comical T-shirts it sells worldwide on the Internet.

 

"It's not meant as a slight against the United States or Canada," explained T-shirtKing.com President Bill Broadbent. "It was meant as something Republicans could give their Democrat friends to say 'C'est la vie.' ... But maybe not c'est la vie because that's a French word."

 

This isn't the first time the company has poked fun at politics. They held a political slogan T-shirt contest for the election. Among the favorites: "Might as well vote Republican, because they'll say you did anyway."

 

The "Go Canadian" idea emerged while Broadbent and several co-workers were chatting about a possible product to fill the gap between the end of their political slogan contest and another contest they plan for January.

 

One of Broadbent's colleagues had heard of someone harassed about U.S. politics during a recent overseas trip.

 

Some people might not mind, but others "just want to be on vacation," Broadbent said. "So we were joking that they could just go as Canadians, and that just kind of evolved."

 

The package went up on T-shirtKing.com's Web site Nov. 12 and the company sold a couple hundred in New Mexico and elsewhere in the first two weeks or so.