Whoa! Maybe it'll start a trend!
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anorakDan
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So much for professionalism. Just suck it up, get through the gig and have it out later, away from outsiders and video cameras.
"I'll finish the set solo" is a great way to treat the innocent guys in the band. I bet this guy finds himself very lonely for awhile.
What a schmuck.
"I'll finish the set solo" is a great way to treat the innocent guys in the band. I bet this guy finds himself very lonely for awhile.
What a schmuck.
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Old trend. The Jesus and Mary Chain did this (and amphetamine) regularly back in the 80'es.
Oh mi - I can write amphetamine but not SG.
Oh mi - I can write amphetamine but not SG.
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Not the way I'd have handled it, but then I wasn't there and hadn't put up with weeks of poor performance, disappointment, and hardship. Everybody has a breaking point, but they had to see that coming and to snap on stage smacks of the same lack of professionalism. I'm not sure an apology fixes that, regardless of the delivery. It would have been a simple matter to just ask the audience if there was a drummer in the house, yank the alky, and put a volunteer on stage. Even if the volunteer wasn't Neil Peart, somebody could probably have done a better job and the band as a whole wouldn't have looked so juvenile and irresponsible.
But, that's just armchair quarterbacking with 20-20 hindsight, so it's easy to say.
But, that's just armchair quarterbacking with 20-20 hindsight, so it's easy to say.
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That sure was nice of the lead singer to finish out the set by himself. I mean, I wanted to hear the full band do their hit, Boys of Summer. But hey, he has the microphone and is the front man, which automatically makes him the most rational, grounded person in the band with no need for ego reassurance. I got my red solo cup. Proceed to party.
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Handled very poorly, and he admits it. That's great, but there are two other guys in the band. People paid to see The Ataris, not AN Atari. Wanna stop the show, fine. Kick the drunk off the stage and grab a drummer from the crowd or the drum tech if they have one. Hell, even a roadie who messes around would've worked.
Poor handling of the entire situation. Onstage was not the place to lose his cookies.
Poor handling of the entire situation. Onstage was not the place to lose his cookies.
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I just thought it was some kinda noise punk thrash band anyway - couldn't really tell that he was standing out from the rest of the band.
I remember seeing the jazz/fusion band Fat Burger in college - their bass player was so tight you got the impression you could hear slop in the metronome when he played.
I remember seeing the jazz/fusion band Fat Burger in college - their bass player was so tight you got the impression you could hear slop in the metronome when he played.
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JaySwear said:
What's wrong with Sweetwater.com? I quit doing business with Musician's Friend after finding out the (other) idiot running for the presidency was an investor in the company who owns them. I had to find another "supplier," so I go to AMS and Sweetwater. No problems with either one of them.
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Bagman67 said:
Oh... :tard:
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The auto correct appears to have been altered, bit it's still funny.
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