What Not To Do As A Band

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:19 pm

I recently attended a wedding rehearsal dinner which featured a live rock band of three young musicians. The event was outdoors (in August), and was located at an exclusive and expensive B&B, with the guests in dressy casual garb, befitting the special occasion.

There were several things I noticed about the band immediately. Their attire was dirty jeans, limp t-shirts, old sneakers. OK, maybe that’s the “image” they desired to project…though certainly nowhere remotely near the attire of the dinner guests.

All three band members made a bee-line for the bar as soon as their setup was complete and started ordering beers. Ummm…well, it was hot…but they continued to do this during their many breaks.

The dinner buffet was brought out, the guests filled their plates and sat at their tables, as did the band members, sitting at a table near the stage, that only had a few guests seated at it. After a bit of time passed, the father of the groom (who was paying for the shindig) got up to the microphone and asked, “Has anyone seen the band?” An uncomfortable intermittent laughter flickered across the tent. He followed that up with, “Can anyone play guitar?” with a muffled mention along the lines of ‘that hasn’t been drinking’.

The band immediately arose and got back to the business of playing. For the remainder of the evening, the band breaks were not as frequent and their path towards the bar, though still included some beer, also included some water and soda. They did redeem their reputation a bit, later as they finally did start “rocking” the tent and got the guests to dancing. They really could play pretty well…but some may say the guests were feeling pretty good by then (I wouldn’t want the father of the groom’s bar bill for this event).

The lead singer did say at one point, close to the microphone, hence most heard it, “I need a @#$%ing beer, is there an open beer?”

I heard since that the band was an acquaintance of the groom, so I do not know the arrangements of how this gig was setup. Ultimately though, out of the 125 or so guests attending the event, plus staff, the overall impression for this young band was their lack of professionalism.

You can only hope that they will see the faux pas of their evening and move forward.

By an Artistopia Staff member
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Anyone have a band story to tell on what not to do?

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:14 pm

lol thats quite a good story it was an interesting read

Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:10 pm

What a poor excuse for a band. No matter what your job is, you should be professional about it. Mad

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:21 am

Haha.
I love when bands aren't professional, because it's just so pathetic and such.
I once saw one band take an hour to set up at a local hall, and then swear at the sound technition so much he just decided to screw up their sound.
It was the worst, and funniest thing I've seen in a while.

Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:40 pm

Do you remember the band?

Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:19 pm

Uhh, no, sorry.
It was just some random Metal event. 6 bands for $15.

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:03 am

at a wedding a few years back this band also hit the suds in their far too regular intervals. The bassist kept staring at the bride (who was drop-dead hot) and ended up hitting on her.

There were stern words from the groom and best man, could have got ugly, but from then on the atmosphere was pretty heavy whenever there was an interval.
quite funny really

ubw newbie Joined: Jan 06, 2007 Posts: 26

dude dont f**king try to change a f**king bands image
or get pissy about it
every f**king band has an image
and if there image is to
dress shity
and drink booze than so be it
my bands image is dress all black + corpse paint
dont tattle tale to us
act liek a big kid c' mon

ubw rookie Joined: Jun 27, 2004 Posts: 108

I got a few:

If you're in a battle of the bands that takes place at the fairgrounds and starts at 5:00, do not go on first. No one will show up. Your audience will arrive after the tractor-pull event is over.

Also, if you return to your hometown with your new band to compete in such an event, make sure the first place prize isn't playing a free gig at the contest organizer's failing teen club.

ubw newbie Joined: Jan 06, 2007 Posts: 26

hahaha

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