Topic: Guitar smashing, yay or nay? (Read 27723 times)

MilkmanDan · « **Reply #50 on:** 19 May 2005, 01:34 »

DJ Swamp did a turntablist set at a DMC competition and at the end he poured lighter fluid all over the still playing records and set them on fire. That was kinda cool, but it only destroyed the records, not the turntables.

Other than that, I've gotta go with no, because that's a serious waste. I'd let 65daysofstatic do it, but that's about it. Actually, the first time I saw them they finished the show with Paul falling off the stage while playing the end of the song, and the drummer threw his whole drumkit at him, and then the mic stand. Nothing was broken, but it was pretty funny. So maybe that counts.

mookers · « **Reply #51 on:** 20 May 2005, 14:46 »

What if they pulled out of their pocket and smashed the cheapest instrument they could find, like a harmonica or a maraca or one of those clicky things on sticks? that'd be cool.

oddball318 · « **Reply #52 on:** 20 May 2005, 18:14 »

it's become a bit too cliche. it's gotta be waaaaaay \m/ moment.

sidenote - I will permit Ted Nugent to shoot a flaming arrow into a guitar for shows.

Hatebunny · « **Reply #53 on:** 20 May 2005, 20:27 »

Nine Inch Nails has a history of smashing expensive keyboards on stage...like, grabbing micstands and beating the hell out of a synthesizer. Huzzah!

Inlander · « **Reply #54 on:** 20 May 2005, 20:30 »

Quote from: Hatebunny

Nine Inch Nails has a history of grabbing micstands and beating the hell out of a Trent Reznor. Huzzah!

What? I can dream, can't I?

Hatebunny · « **Reply #55 on:** 21 May 2005, 06:40 »

actually, he has beat the hell out of himself with a micstand a few times...

zekterellium · « **Reply #56 on:** 21 May 2005, 10:16 »

alex cane from anti-product frequently beats the shit out of himself at gigs. it's actually pretty disturbing.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #57 on:** 21 May 2005, 17:50 »

Profanatica perform naked, smeared in blood and excrement, and have a stage act that includes ramming crosses up their anuses and then shitting them out onto piles of burning bibles.

I need to dig up that old interview with them actually, it's great

"Q: So, I'm hearing one time, you guys got razors and slashed all up your arms before doing a gig. Why'd you do that?
A: We thought it would be a bit of a laugh."

Johnny C · « **Reply #58 on:** 21 May 2005, 18:24 »

Horrifying. Destroying guitars during a gig is one thing, destroying yourself is entirely different.

sliptape · « **Reply #59 on:** 25 May 2005, 21:05 »

I'm seconding the idea of doing a complete deconstruction of the guitar to end one's set. More freebies to throw to the crowd during cleanup!

"HEY! CAN I HAVE THE TUNING KNOB!?!?"

KharBevNor · « **Reply #60 on:** 26 May 2005, 00:36 »

Quote from: Johnny C

Horrifying.

I am pretty much certain that is the point.

I doubt they do it for the chicks, anyhow.

rocklover420 · « **Reply #61 on:** 09 Nov 2006, 10:42 »

Hi guys,
This is my first post to the forum, and its funny that I happened upon this topic. I was pretty sure that the guitar smash had passed, but I saw a video on Google today with the Bass player from the Sammies smashing his bass guitar. I'm not sure if it was the crazy atmosphere or the fact that he threw his beer afterwards, but the smash just seemed to blend in perfectly. I have to vote yay on the smashing.
- John

Scytale · « **Reply #62 on:** 09 Nov 2006, 11:00 »

yay thread ressurection,

It all depnds on the show whether its acceptable or not. At the end of the Peice of Mind Tour, Iron Maiden destroyed the hell out the stage, basically smashed everything they could get there hands on. Dave Murray got so caught up in it he smashed up he's favorite Strat that he'd had since he was 17, he was pretty annoyed about it afterwards.

the craziest/stupidist thing I've seen is a Nargaroth video where Kanwulf gets pissed off at people in the audience for moshing and generally not being "true" so he decides to fire tear gas canisters into the crowd, misanthropy at its finest...

Rizzo · « **Reply #63 on:** 09 Nov 2006, 13:33 »

That tear gas thing is fucking amazing!!

kvlt and nerco out of 10.

Gridgm · « **Reply #64 on:** 09 Nov 2006, 13:46 »

although i'm against guitar smashing i must say if your going to do it, do it right

like what tim rogers did on the chasers war on everything

man that was funny

Trollstormur · « **Reply #65 on:** 09 Nov 2006, 14:12 »

Quote from: Scytale on 09 Nov 2006, 11:00

Kanwulf

http://www.youtube.com/v/k_jqG6NlhPI

Hat · « **Reply #66 on:** 09 Nov 2006, 14:20 »

I find it a great deal more entertaining when it is done by a band that cannot really afford to smash guitars, because at least that means they probably did it because they were drunk and it is going to seem like a hell of a bad idea the next morning.

When you can actually afford to calculate broken guitars as a touring expense, it kind of removes the edge.

SpacemanSpiff · « **Reply #67 on:** 09 Nov 2006, 16:34 »

I think that if you want to destroy your equipment, you had damn well better be creative. Apart from the fact that it hurts me to see someone destroy perfectly good equipment, it's also pretty clich?.
I liked what the guitar player of mclusky did at the end of the show though: He simply grabbed and tore out the strings with his bare hands. Apart from the fact that this creates one hell of a noise, I bet it also hurt pretty bad and it looked a lot more entertaining than someone smashing a guitar.

spinning_Starlet · « **Reply #68 on:** 09 Nov 2006, 16:42 »

i work in a pub, and theres a venue/gig room downstairs. band played, no promo oor anything like that = no fans, no people at all.

they smashed up their guitars at the end of their set. dunno why. i shouted at them anyway, because they threw it into a chair. i did not want to have to tidy up broken chairs.

so i'm a nay.

plus, why smash it up when it could go to a deserving and loving home? (by which i mean me, of course.)

OHsmeat · « **Reply #69 on:** 09 Nov 2006, 22:40 »

Seems like a pretty boring way to say "I'm EXTREME LOOGITMEEE!!!" just rok out and all will be well and I'm sorry you're mad at you phallic guitar symbol. Go hug your dad.

Johnny C · « **Reply #70 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 00:27 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 18 May 2005, 22:22

Quote from: KharBevNor
Rammstein blew up some of their instruments when I saw them.
Like, actually exploded? Because that'd be both a waste and INCREDIBLY COOL.

SOMEONE ANSWER THIS FUCKING QUESTION IT'S BEEN BOTHERING ME FOR A YEAR

Thrillho · « **Reply #71 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 00:32 »

I think it depends. I think sometimes, in the passion and heat of the moment, guitar smashing can work. A lot of my songs are laden with feedback and will end with it, and one day I plan on ending my sets with a cover of 'Climbing Up The Walls' by Radiohead. That ends with lots of discordant feedback and noise and I think you could get a lot of discordant noises from breaking your guitar to shit. However, doing it routinely at the end of every show - like Pete Townsend was reduced to doing for a long time - is shit. If it's the emotion and power of the moment, then sure.

....I just realised this thread is a year old, bumped by Johnny C. I've probably already replied saying this exact same thing.

Johnny C · « **Reply #72 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 00:37 »

DK:

Quote from: rocklover420 on 09 Nov 2006, 10:42

stuff that i didn't write

I've only learned about this "resurrecting threads" thing recently. I like it, but this isn't my work.

ALSO: Seriously someone answer me about Rammstein. It's pissing me off.

Thrillho · « **Reply #73 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 00:40 »

I'm pretty sure that Rammstein genuinely do blow up their instruments. I mean they've done crazier shit. They simulate giant, sperming penises, commit buggery and set each other on fire.

Johnny C · « **Reply #74 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 00:42 »

Well, then, my work in this thread is done. I applaud you, Rammstein.

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #75 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 01:09 »

nay. after seeing townshend and cobain do it, theres no point

valley_parade · « **Reply #76 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 03:21 »

Acceptable. Under conditions of absolute techinical difficulty. Otherwise, quit being lame and just play.

edit: There was a story in Guitar Player a while back about the Hard Rock Cafe opening in NYC with the smashing of 100 Gibsons. I think they called it "the biggest frigging waste of expensive gear ever".

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #77 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 05:01 »

I don't generally approve of completely smashing the thing, but some less extreme methods can be quite good. Stabbing them with screwdrivers, dragging them across the floor, kicking the shit out of them and drilling through them are all perfectly fine gestures.

The Eyeball Kid · « **Reply #78 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 06:10 »

Quote from: Gridgm on 09 Nov 2006, 13:46

although i'm against guitar smashing i must say if your going to do it, do it right

like what tim rogers did on the chasers war on everything

man that was funny

Link to a YouTube?

Man it'd be hilarious to see all the twee/indie-pop bands i like smashing their cheap toy instruments. Take that, xylophone! Die, thing you blow into that also has a keyboard on it that i can never remember the name of!

timehat · « **Reply #79 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 08:20 »

Quote from: La Creme on 18 May 2005, 17:22

I personally, as a guitar player, think that breaking a guitar is stupid. Even the lowliest squier can still make some decent music if you rig it up just right. And why break anything that makes good music, right?

But smashing an accordian...

Somewhere in Astor Piazzolla's grave a body is spinning...

As for guitar smashing, NO! Strange as it is, I think smashing instruments is pretentious, because you're basically rubbing people's noses in your expendable income. It isn't cool and nobody's cool enough to do it. Worse yet, it's less cool than used to be, because it's so over-done. I saw some music video once with some crap band like Creed or Avril Lavigne and at the end of the video someone smashed a fucking PRS! I could have died right there, bunch of idiots.

Johnny C · « **Reply #80 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 08:55 »

Quote from: SpacemanSpiff on 09 Nov 2006, 16:34

I liked what the guitar player of mclusky did at the end of the show though: He simply grabbed and tore out the strings with his bare hands.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #81 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 15:57 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 10 Nov 2006, 00:42

Well, then, my work in this thread is done. I applaud you, Rammstein.

Exploding keyboard during one song, there were also exploding drumsticks (what a way to end a song, I'm still not quite sure how he safely played with them, they were kind of like flares), a guitar that caught fire and possibly a guitar got blown up, I can't quite remember.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #82 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 16:09 »

My criteria for the acceptability of instrument smashing goes something like this:

Ask yourself; Am I a member of The Who?

If the answer is no; then you may not smash an instrument.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #83 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 17:13 »

Save the guitar!

Smash The Who!

Scytale · « **Reply #84 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 17:30 »

Quote from: Trollstormur on 09 Nov 2006, 14:12

Quote from: Scytale on 09 Nov 2006, 11:00
Kanwulf

http://www.youtube.com/v/k_jqG6NlhPI

I've seen that before, pretty amusing, might go some of the way towards explaining he's misanthropy.

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #85 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 18:21 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 10 Nov 2006, 08:55

Quote from: SpacemanSpiff on 09 Nov 2006, 16:34
I liked what the guitar player of mclusky did at the end of the show though: He simply grabbed and tore out the strings with his bare hands.

that is definitely fucking cool

valley_parade · « **Reply #86 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 18:27 »

Anything that Mclusky did ever was fucking cool.

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #87 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 18:37 »

dont know mcclusky unfortunately, what kinda music?

valley_parade · « **Reply #88 on:** 10 Nov 2006, 18:43 »

My gut instinct says to tell you noise rock, but they're so much more.

SpacemanSpiff · « **Reply #89 on:** 11 Nov 2006, 06:49 »

I think every expert would clearly classify mclusky as "awesome".

Johnny C · « **Reply #90 on:** 11 Nov 2006, 11:03 »

Actually, a dissenting group of Mcluskiologists believes a better tag would be "fucking righteous." (bold theirs.)

GebStar · « **Reply #91 on:** 11 Nov 2006, 11:19 »

I haven't seen a band smash their guitars, but I've seen a fair few of them trash their stage. Knocking over amps and trashing the drums, being all round cocks. I personally don't subscribe to stage trashing and I believe the same can be said about smashing guitars.

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #92 on:** 11 Nov 2006, 16:27 »

Nay. I used to hate seeing bands do that because I pretty much couldn't afford a guitar of my own, and I felt pretty shitty about that. I wouldn't want to make anyone feel shitty.

Johnny C · « **Reply #93 on:** 11 Nov 2006, 23:02 »

A local band, Rah Rah, consists of guitar, drums and trumpet, usually. In the intro to one of their songs the only instruments playing are trumpet and drums. The guitarist usually takes the opportunity to grab a drumstick and pretend to conduct them. He then throws the stick out into the crowd. This is the closest I've ever come to seeing a guitar smashing.

strawberry_gashes · « **Reply #94 on:** 12 Nov 2006, 08:25 »

Yes, but that is different, as drum sticks are easily and fairly cheaply replaceable. (When compared to guitars.)
But as for the original question, I say no, why waste a perfectly good guitar? (Esp. when it could have been smashed over the head of a lame emo kid in the suburbs, instead of impressing the "hardcore" kids.)

Kai · « **Reply #95 on:** 12 Nov 2006, 09:57 »

Have you ever been pelted with a drumstick? That shit is painful.

undertone · « **Reply #96 on:** 12 Nov 2006, 10:19 »

well, after playing something really intense you want to continue it with something more intense. smashing the shit out of something ranks right up there.

personally i think bands should cart around highly breakable yet very resiliant fine artifacts to destroy.

Kwi · « **Reply #97 on:** 12 Nov 2006, 11:31 »

This brings up a question;

Ukelele smashing, hilariously cute? Or just pathetic?

Scytale · « **Reply #98 on:** 12 Nov 2006, 14:49 »

Quote from: undertone on 12 Nov 2006, 10:19

well, after playing something really intense you want to continue it with something more intense. smashing the shit out of something ranks right up there.

personally i think bands should cart around highly breakable yet very resiliant fine artifacts to destroy.

What like Ming Vases or something, that would be awesome.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #99 on:** 12 Nov 2006, 17:10 »

That would be WRONG.

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Smashing guitars?

Author Topic: Guitar smashing, yay or nay? (Read 27723 times)

MilkmanDan

mookers

oddball318

Hatebunny

Hatebunny

zekterellium

sliptape

rocklover420

Scytale

SpacemanSpiff

spinning_Starlet

OHsmeat

Vanilla Gorilla

The Eyeball Kid

timehat

Scytale

Vanilla Gorilla

Vanilla Gorilla

SpacemanSpiff

TrueNeutral

strawberry_gashes

undertone

Kwi

Scytale