Topic: Ruined Gigs. (Read 24884 times)

doombilly · « **Reply #50 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 05:32 »

Black Flag @ the Milestone. Douchebag club owner oversold the show, then proceeded to CALL the fire marshall to close down his own club. The idea was that BF had only played 3 songs so he could justify stiffing them on the money he'd already collected. The future and ex-Mrs Mike Watt(Kira R) was way more livid than Rollins.He seemed to take it in stride.it's been 25 yrs. I am still pissed.

Inlander · « **Reply #51 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 07:20 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 08 Mar 2009, 12:02

St. Jerome's Laneway Festival '09

Presumably you saw it in Perth? Apparently the Laneway Festival in Melbourne was a complete shit-fest this year, too. So much so that the organisers put up a message on the website explaining exactly why everything went wrong: among other things, apparently they hadn't anticipated that some acts on some stages would be wildly more popular than others, and that this would cause severe traffic-flow problems with vast numbers of people trying to get to those stages. The event was so unpopular that it even made the front page of the Age.

The Laneway Festival in 2007 was my worst gig experience, too. Too many people, too small (and smelly) a site, too much booze, too much music all day, every day, without stop, without respite, for ten hours. My poor ears! Though I guess I wouldn't say it was a gig "ruined" seeing as how it went off exactly how the organisers intended it to. It's just that the way they intended it to go off was absolutely horrendous.

Ballard · « **Reply #52 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 23:19 »

Quote from: doombilly on 10 Mar 2009, 05:32

Black Flag @ the Milestone. Douchebag club owner oversold the show, then proceeded to CALL the fire marshall to close down his own club. The idea was that BF had only played 3 songs so he could justify stiffing them on the money he'd already collected. The future and ex-Mrs Mike Watt(Kira R) was way more livid than Rollins.He seemed to take it in stride.it's been 25 yrs. I am still pissed.

This is pretty much the Worst Thing.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #53 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 05:03 »

Quote from: Inlander on 10 Mar 2009, 07:20

The Laneway Festival in 2007 was my worst gig experience, too. Too many people, too small (and smelly) a site, too much booze, too much music all day, every day, without stop, without respite, for ten hours. My poor ears! Though I guess I wouldn't say it was a gig "ruined" seeing as how it went off exactly how the organisers intended it to. It's just that the way they intended it to go off was absolutely horrendous.

This is really weird because before this year's Melbourne Laneway I had always heard that it was a very well-organised, good time of a festival.

Inlander · « **Reply #54 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 07:13 »

It probably was a good time for the people who'd been drinking for ten hours straight and had lost 90% of their spatial awareness.

The rest of us were sober and jammed cheek-by-jowl with half-a-dozen sweaty dudes in a back-alley that smelled like rubbish while every five seconds some drunk dickhead tried to force his way through the log-jam so he could get right up to the edge of the stage to hear the Sleepy Fucking Jackson.

doombilly · « **Reply #55 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 09:35 »

Quote from: Ballard on 10 Mar 2009, 23:19

This is pretty much the Worst Thing.

Yeah actually the same douchebucket owns the club but some nice kids lease it from him and they do an fantastic job running it now. I had played there in the 90's when he had a hand in things. You never were sure if your booking was a go. Like you'd get there and no one would be around. Or the Soundboard looked like someone had thrown it in a combine. I actually left my 78 Mustang there once because well other people were helping me get my gear out. It took 2 weeks until they had another show and tracking him down from his tax records to get in touch. There it sat, still in the case, on the flloor.

But yeah, major jerkstore there on the BF show. I did get to see all of Saccharine Trust and Tom Troccoli's Dog (sp?). But I think you know why I was there.

KeepACoolin · « **Reply #56 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 14:13 »

I wasn't actually there, but... My alltime ruined show story, because it involves my second favorite band and one of my least favorite rappers, takes place last year at Lollapalooza (this is probably fairly well known). Li'l Wayne shows up a half hour late to his set, and performs for a half hour longer than he was intended to. The Black Keys are the next act on (and apparently a majority of the crowd was there for them). They get up, get to play for about twenty-five minutes to half an hour and are forced to leave. They slam down their instruments and Dan Auerbach looks into the crowd and says, very loudly and clearly, "You can thank Li'l Wayne for this."

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #57 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 14:53 »

I don't believe Lil Wayne was at Lollapalooza last year. That was V Fest I think?

Avec · « **Reply #58 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 19:05 »

This happend at a bar in the city; my friend convinced me to see his brother's band first gig. That part was fantastic but soon after 25 Ta' Lyfe came on. The lead singer spent about fifteen minutes talking about his addiction to cocaine back in the 90's, when the music finally had begun a group of drunk rednecks stormed into the middle of the crowd and began to mosh with their fists. Way too Rock N' Roll for me. To this day I have no idea what 25 Ta' Lyfe is.

KeepACoolin · « **Reply #59 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 19:32 »

Quote from: KickThatBathProf on 11 Mar 2009, 14:53

I don't believe Lil Wayne was at Lollapalooza last year. That was V Fest I think?

Well, somewhere, anyway. As I said, I wasn't actually there.

The extra letter · « **Reply #60 on:** 12 Mar 2009, 05:19 »

Big Day Out 2005. Firstly, the Spiderbait set. It was an awesome set, but a drugfucked asshat came careering through the throng and through some cruel twist of fate decides that the place he wants to be most in the entire world is right in front of me. So he's swaying and waving a lit cigarette of questionable provenance around and howling unintelligible drugfucked sorts of things. By this time more people have turned up to see Spiderbait, so what was originally fairly sparsely populated became fairly packed. The dickhead chose that exact moment to finally lose whatever vestiges of co-ordination he had left and fell backwards, clutching at everyone and anyone around him to steady himself, with the result that said cigarette got dragged well and truly up my arm. I wasn't very impressed.

There were a few other minor drugged-up/drunk asshat encounters that BDO that made me decide that music festivals would be awesome and all if it wasn't for all the bogan dickheads they attracted.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #61 on:** 12 Mar 2009, 05:32 »

The main reason I don't 'do' festivals is that there are too many free range idiots around.

My girlfriend thought that the Metallica concert she saw in Nijmegen in 2007 was ruined because the band did not play For Whom The Bell Tolls. Now, that's her opinion. However, this was the tour which celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Master Of Puppets album which they played in its entirety. She has weird priorities.

The extra letter · « **Reply #62 on:** 12 Mar 2009, 06:11 »

Free range idiots. I like that. That sums it up far better than I did, I think.

Ballard · « **Reply #63 on:** 12 Mar 2009, 09:09 »

The cool thing about belligerent drunk dudes is that it's perfectly okay to use force to get them to move if they are intent on being dicks. Worst case scenario, I punch a drunk bro in the face and don't really feel guilty.

What's truly a problem is belligerent drunk ladies. You can't reason with them so there's really nothing to do but move back or deal with it.

Trollstormur · « **Reply #64 on:** 13 Mar 2009, 08:20 »

Quote from: BeoPuppy on 12 Mar 2009, 05:32

My girlfriend thought that the Metallica concert she saw in Nijmegen in 2007 was ruined because the band did not play For Whom The Bell Tolls. Now, that's her opinion. However, this was the tour which celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Master Of Puppets album which they played in its entirety. She has weird priorities.

i agree with your girlfriend dude everything but Ride The Lightning sucks

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #65 on:** 13 Mar 2009, 08:32 »

You are literally the first person ever to say something like that in my vicinity.

I applaud your originality.

Dazed · « **Reply #66 on:** 13 Mar 2009, 16:53 »

Man, I went to this Metallica gig and they totally ruined it by playing their instruments and singing.

elizaknowswhatshesfor · « **Reply #67 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 07:51 »

Quote from: Spluff on 05 Mar 2009, 01:11

If Henry Rollins does it, it's okay by me.

If you don't mind I've made this my sig. I agree. Wholeheartedly.

Shows ruined by drunk idiots/brahs (That weren't me)

Shellac.
Grade.
Boris. (Although that was lot's of people smoking pot right next to me and I don't really like that. Then they were all stoned and falling over. They sucked.)
Melvins (Although they stopped playing and got them thrown out.)
Dallas Green (Drunken tweens yelling rude things they wanted him to do to them)
Blur (How did I get a broken nose at this show, really?)
Death Cab For Cutie
Fucked Up
Pissed Jeans ( Write up in Vice = hipster douche Nathan Barley fest. Toss.)
Lot's of house & basement shows
Every show someone REALLY tall has stood infront of me

I'm sure there are more, these just stick in my head I guess....

All pretty much the same story unless otherwise stated. Beer goes in your belly, not all over my head, grrrr!

Catacombs · « **Reply #68 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 09:26 »

Quote from: elizaknowswhatshesfor on 14 Mar 2009, 07:51

All pretty much the same story unless otherwise stated. Beer goes in your belly, not all over my head, grrrr!

The last gig I was at this happened to me. As soon as the lights dimmed and everyone started standing up, all of a sudden i felt weird and was like "Yep, someone just spilled a beer all over my back."

BrittanyMarie · « **Reply #69 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 19:39 »

The one and only time I've ever punched someone was when they did that to me. I wasn't even drinking and I had to drive home... smelling like beer. It wasn't really a punch either so much as a shove by my fist to his stomach.

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #70 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 19:42 »

Not gig ruining, but it definitely put a downer on the ending.

Saw The Decemberists at the House of Blues in Vegas. They put on a really fantastic show, and then went off. We yelled and screamed for an encore, and it took them awhile, but they finally came back out.

All of the members looked really oddly sad. Colin Meloy explained that they had a 45 minute encore planned, but they were just informed backstage that they could only play for 7 more minutes, as the House of Blues scheduled a band that plays covers of 70's disco songs that started at 11 o' clock, and they had to be off stage by then.

So then they quickly played a faster and shorter than usual version of The Mariner's Revenge and left the stage.

Hat · « **Reply #71 on:** 14 Mar 2009, 20:27 »

Quote from: Ballard on 12 Mar 2009, 09:09

The cool thing about belligerent drunk dudes is that it's perfectly okay to use force to get them to move if they are intent on being dicks. Worst case scenario, I punch a drunk bro in the face and don't really feel guilty.

Yes because picking a fight with someone under the influence of alcohol is an idea that could never backfire.

eddie · « **Reply #72 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 12:09 »

Quote from: BeoPuppy on 12 Mar 2009, 05:32

The main reason I don't 'do' festivals is that there are too many free range idiots around.

My girlfriend thought that the Metallica concert she saw in Nijmegen in 2007 was ruined because the band did not play For Whom The Bell Tolls. Now, that's her opinion. However, this was the tour which celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Master Of Puppets album which they played in its entirety. She has weird priorities.

I saw that tour as well, it was terrible they played for 3 fucking hours!

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #73 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 18:30 »

Quote from: RallyMonkey on 14 Mar 2009, 19:42

Not gig ruining, but it definitely put a downer on the ending.

Saw The Decemberists at the House of Blues in Vegas. They put on a really fantastic show, and then went off. We yelled and screamed for an encore, and it took them awhile, but they finally came back out.

All of the members looked really oddly sad. Colin Meloy explained that they had a 45 minute encore planned, but they were just informed backstage that they could only play for 7 more minutes, as the House of Blues scheduled a band that plays covers of 70's disco songs that started at 11 o' clock, and they had to be off stage by then.

So then they quickly played a faster and shorter than usual version of The Mariner's Revenge and left the stage.

Man, i would've been so pissed at the venue for doing this.

Inlander · « **Reply #74 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 20:26 »

On the other hand, a planned forty-five minute encore is a bit of a wank.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #75 on:** 15 Mar 2009, 20:30 »

I'm pretty sure the way their shows work on this tour is they play the new album all the way through, leave for a bit, and then come back and do a big set of other, older songs. So...more like a 45 minute part 2 than a 45 minute encore?

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #76 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 09:13 »

This was the Crane Wife Tour, so they didn't play all the way through. But, the thing is, they were planning on playing the Tain, so they only needed to decide to play two songs to make it forty five minutes. A Thursday night disco cover band made me miss a live performance of The Tain.

The Joker · « **Reply #77 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 11:18 »

A buddy of mine went to some punk show (which in my opinion qualifies on its own for this thread) but he was in the middle of the mass of jumping crazy people and he got a faceful of beer. He describes it as seeing it in slow motion, a plastic cup full of beer flying toward him and only having time to think "aahhh shit this is gonna be gross" and then getting it in the face. Lame.

Catacombs · « **Reply #78 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 14:18 »

Quote from: TheFuriousWombat on 15 Mar 2009, 20:30

I'm pretty sure the way their shows work on this tour is they play the new album all the way through, leave for a bit, and then come back and do a big set of other, older songs. So...more like a 45 minute part 2 than a 45 minute encore?

45 minute part 2 makes more sense than a 45 minute encore, which is ridiculous. The only performer that can pull of an encore (IMO) like that is Bruce Springsteen, and even then it's spread over two or three or four encores.

RallyMonkey · « **Reply #79 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 16:03 »

Well, the Mariner's Revenge Song is about 10 minutes long, The Tain is about 20 minutes long. They never said "We had a 45 minute encore planned" but they said they were going to play some other songs, including The Tain, so it would be 30 minutes plus "some other songs".

rynne · « **Reply #80 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 17:36 »

Maybe they just had a 20-minute encore but upon hearing they only had seven minutes of stage time they were all, "Oh yeah, guys, we were gonna play for you for, I dunno, like another 45 minutes or something, but management are being douchebags. Seriously it would've been so awesome."?

Trollstormur · « **Reply #81 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 20:04 »

Quote from: BeoPuppy on 13 Mar 2009, 08:32

You are literally the first person ever to say something like that in my vicinity.

I applaud your originality.

I'd say you should give me her number because clearly we are a like mind in this, but the only woman that could be attracted to a C.H.U.D. like you must be a butter-troll of mid-cosmic proportions

valley_parade · « **Reply #82 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 22:24 »

Vinny Stigma, fuck that old-ass hasbeen.

Spluff · « **Reply #83 on:** 17 Mar 2009, 01:59 »

I don't know, it sounds like he's got her pegged.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #84 on:** 17 Mar 2009, 02:08 »

Your collective wit has me in awe. Insulting someone from behind a PC half a world away is such an internet cliché. I deleted my previous post. It was pretty much pointless. It's depressing to me that you would see the need to insult someone whom you've never met and know nothing about. Next time, try to be a little more human, okay? For all you know, my girlfriend might be teaching your children how to be good people ...

Inlander · « **Reply #85 on:** 17 Mar 2009, 03:29 »

Trollstormur, what the fuck?

valley_parade · « **Reply #86 on:** 17 Mar 2009, 05:07 »

Quote from: The Joker on 16 Mar 2009, 11:18

A buddy of mine went to some punk show (which in my opinion qualifies on its own for this thread) but he was in the middle of the mass of jumping crazy people and he got a faceful of beer. He describes it as seeing it in slow motion, a plastic cup full of beer flying toward him and only having time to think "aahhh shit this is gonna be gross" and then getting it in the face. Lame.

A person with great timing senses free beer in this situation and opens their mouth.

Trollstormur · « **Reply #87 on:** 17 Mar 2009, 09:38 »

Quote from: Inlander on 17 Mar 2009, 03:29

Trollstormur, what the fuck?

I never miss an opportunity to insult a metallica fan.

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