xilddx Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Interesting .. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-10-most-annoying-rock-star-behaviors-20130604 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I would have thought "drive a Rolls Royce into a swimming pool" or at least "hurl the TV out of the hotel window" would have been in there. There's no excuse for lateness though - do they have something better to do with their evening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Interesting read, possibly a couple of items I would not agree with, but just my views really. Other possiblilities might be: Weird duets, maye a bolt-on to weird arrangements. Once you've made it never playing smaller venues like you used to. I have pretty much stopped going to arena shows as I feel no connection to the band anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChick Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Book marked incase I ever make the big time About it break one though, the band are throwing around ideas for a medley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Liked suggestion #9 about solos: [quote]John Entwistle is basically the only man ever born who could make a bass solo entertaining, and he is gone; this window is closed, rockers.[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I liked #8... I went to see a well-known folk-rocker last year, and I heard him say stuff I'd seen directly quoted in a newspaper review of a London gig a week earlier. IMO, that's going a little far with the choreography, Richard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I would have thought ignoring your fans and thinking you're above them socially would be in there somewhere. Signing autographs and talking directly with your fans is something all starts should do. Its the fans that put them there. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Really enjoyed reading that article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1372712407' post='2129119'] Book marked incase I ever make the big time About it break one though, the band are throwing around ideas for a medley! [/quote] [size=4]I quite like medleys, well not [/size]medleys[size=4] of whole songs, but I quite like it when there's the odd verse, or even single lines[/size][size=4] of another song thrown in, but the the transition must not be too slick and, as a general rule, the sequence must end back on the original song![/size] OK - I guess what I'm saying is; I like some medleys, but not others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1372720056' post='2129229'] I liked #8... I went to see a well-known folk-rocker last year, and I heard him say stuff I'd seen directly quoted in a newspaper review of a London gig a week earlier. IMO, that's going a little far with the choreography, Richard. [/quote] In theory I agree, but on the other hand if you're touring and gigging 3 times a week it must be difficult to stay fresh and spontaneous after 5 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1372768369' post='2129624'] In theory I agree, but on the other hand if you're touring and gigging 3 times a week it must be difficult to stay fresh and spontaneous after 5 weeks. [/quote] Hire a body double Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I think taking your fans for granted, refusing to meet competition winners after a show, sodding off before the encore, being rude to the organisers and generally being a total d**k is one of the biggest sins. Especially when your last big hit was more than 20 years ago...... yes you may have written one of the biggest songs of all time but remember it was us that brought the bloody thing! Naming no names but of the two I definately prefer Bob Geldof and I have never met him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1372782129' post='2129923'] Naming no names but of the two I definately prefer Bob Geldof and I have never met him! [/quote] I have. Well, I stood next to him at the V&A one Sunday afternoon. He seemed like a nice chap, none of those sidelong glances to see if anyone was watching him. Wiffed a bit though. Thing is, the article's more about behaviour during performance, so I suppose this doesn't count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1372720056' post='2129229'] I liked #8... I went to see a well-known folk-rocker last year, and I heard him say stuff I'd seen directly quoted in a newspaper review of a London gig a week earlier. IMO, that's going a little far with the choreography, Richard. [/quote] 95% of acts do this. All that 'ad-lib' stuff in between songs? All rehearsed and worked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Bob Geldof is okay hy me. He was playing in The Fruitmarket venue in Glasgow (really fantastic place to play) about 10 years ago. His guitarist (an ex blockhead no less) has trouble before the gig - his Parker Fly went on the blink. I loaned him a replacement Fly for the gig that night. The nect day I received a coupke of bottles of very nice wine asca thank you, and a call from Sir Bob to say thanks for helping out. Seems like a decent sort to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeponehandloose Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 #11 Give your kids names that will make them outcasts Zowie Moon Unit North trixabelle ? Frogmella etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commando Jack Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Seeing it was on stage I agree with most of the list, except the medleys and solos stuff. A good medley is a real good way for bands with a large back catalog to nod to their fans. Of course a bad medley is horrible to sit through, but a good one can make a fantastic piece of music, and its even better if its a "spot the obscure album track" sort. As for solos, there are ways to do this too, and maybe it's because I'm a musician, but I like to see solos from at least some of the band members. If the band is backing a solo artist, the last thing I want to see is them sitting in the back, playing off sheet music exactly as the artist demands. It adds so much to the show when the artist becomes part of the band for the night, and these often excellent musicians are given a chance to show off and entertain us in their own way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Adams Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Nothing wrong with Frogmella. I have named all 6 of my daughters Frogmella. (and 7 of my sons) Originally it was Spud-U-Lika if I remember correctly. It's exotic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I like solos! :-) But apart from that I agree with everything on the list. Especially about medleys. They are hugely annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 The only band I can think of who don't do any of that are NOFX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alstocko Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1372883932' post='2131239'] The only band I can think of who don't do any of that are NOFX. [/quote] Exactly, and this is why I love waynepunkdude, he rivals my love for NOFX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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