lurksalot Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I don't mean that people recognise your talent ( or lack of on my case ) , just that you actually get recognised in a different place or context for being in a show or a band from a stage performance. I did a survey appointment a few weeks ago and the customer looked at me quizzically and asked me if I was in the band he saw at a pub a couple of weeks previously Yes, yes I was, it made my day in a curious faux celebrity kind of way . It's not that I now have to wear a disguise when I go to tesco or anything. Has anyone else had surprise recognition that has brought a smile to your face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Last year I worked for a local gas company. In the course of a conversation I mentioned I played in a band (true) and that I was a well known local rock star (boll*cks). After much leg pulling and shouts of "your talking mince" and X factor type jokes, a couple of days later, a customer comes in and says that he knew me from a pub I have played on many occasions and I was indeed a member of a really good band and could play and sing a bit as well. That shut the others up for a few mins. I was also spotted by a the pharmacist in a local Lloyds chemist. Ah Fame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I was once recognised at the Download festival by someone who'd seen my band a few months previously. That was nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 That's exactly the sort of stpries that I was thinking of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_skezz Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Happened once or twice when I was playing with my punk band - a few times I went up Birmingham or to another band's show and would run into someone who'd seen us play before and recognise me from it. Really meant a lot to me that we were leaving an impression, and that they remembered the bass player of all people - hopefully for the right reasons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymondo Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I used to play in a band that played every last Friday of the month at a local venue that was always packed..... I was stopped a few time whilst out in Nottingham and asked .."aren't you in The Diamonds?" (we didn't know there had been a band with a big hit in the fifties called The Diamonds) " We have seen you loads of times at the Vic"... "you're great!" .... .It used to lead to much leg pulling from friends and just a tinge of envy as it was usually a female that recognised me!!! In a different way... I was asked (twice) if I was Shaun Lock (before i put weight on I did look a lot like him ....now people in the street shout "shauns Dad"!)....It confused me because at the time I was living in Tenerife and had never heard of him. I did comment the second time..."If I was a successfull TV comic....what makes you think that I would be playing bass in a bar in Tenerife?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I've stood next to punters in the toilets at my own gigs and not been recognised ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_skezz Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1377002483' post='2182017'] I've stood next to punters in the toilets at my own gigs and not been recognised ... [/quote] In all fairness, most people spend their time in toilets trying looking anywhere but the bloke piddling next to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1377002483' post='2182017'] I've stood next to punters in the toilets at my own gigs and not been recognised ... [/quote] That must have stretched the curly lead a bit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziphoblat Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I was recognised once, although it wasn't outside of a musical context (it was by the guy who served me when I was buying some new strings at the music shop). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneyg42 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I used to play in a band called Goliath in Exeter, all big lads, very recgonisable and always spotted walking round the town as my then g/f always noticed. We were waiting outside the back of Bristol Colston Hall for Level42 to come out post gig and a guy standing up on a raised bit holding on to a railing suddenly starts shouting "Goliath Goliath" at the top of his voice and pointing at me in amongst this big crowd of L42 fans!! Needless to say the only comment the g/f could make was "can't f**king take you anywhere!!" 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamPodmore Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I was recognised by a bloke who served me a burger at a local festival, who asked me why we weren't playing. I've been recognised in Wigan town centre too, about a week after we'd opened for a small time band who'd just been on tour with McFly. Liam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 In my current band I've become mr anonymous and in truth I think that's exactly how the singer wants it, along with the other two of us backing him. In the past I've had the usual 'well played mate' stuff on my way to the bar at the end of a set but I don't recall actually being recognised entirely out of context which I think is what the OP was about. However in most previous bands I've played with hair down and in clothes I wouldn't be wearing on the street and looked quite different so not surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceonaboy Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Years ago, we played on the isle of Mull at a dance in the hall. Next day on the ferry home, I was asked by a guy if I was in the band that had been playing last night. I was like, yeah man, proud as hell (it had been a great night) and he said, "you should be called the f***in loud machine, what a racket!" Fair took the wind out of my sails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Never as a 'musician' (I prefer the faceless [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Resistance_%28band%29"]Undergound Resistance[/url] approach). Although I used to occasionally get recognised when I worked for our local rag, the Manchester Evening News (my clubs/gig column had a byline photo)... but 99% of the time it was by scroats wanting me to help them blag their way into gigs. I also used to get mistaken for looking like Leigh Francis during his Bo' Selecta days. Flattering, I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 My late-band had a guitarist for a while who also plays in another high-ish profile local band - 2 guitars, drums, bass, singer. He said one day someone came up to him in the street and said - 'hey, don't you play in X?' Feeling pretty good he said, 'yes mate, I do'. Guy said 'your guitar player is the nuts, isn't he'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 [quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1377008387' post='2182123'] I used to play in a band called Goliath in Exeter, all big lads, very recgonisable and always spotted walking round the town as my then g/f always noticed. We were waiting outside the back of Bristol Colston Hall for Level42 to come out post gig and a guy standing up on a raised bit holding on to a railing suddenly starts shouting "Goliath Goliath" at the top of his voice and pointing at me in amongst this big crowd of L42 fans!! Needless to say the only comment the g/f could make was "can't f**king take you anywhere!!" [/quote] With Big Norm and Mike Soundy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkin Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 " 'Oi!, don't you play in that crap band with the really fit singer?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I was on holiday and got recognised. I was with my girlfriend in the early days of us going out and it impressed her. I played it with a swan like cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneyg42 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 [quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1377010262' post='2182177'] With Big Norm and Mike Soundy? [/quote] Me and Big Norm started it early nineties with a singer, Dave Wells, drummers Dave then Phil. Then we got a welsh guy on vocals called Clive, who I believe is still with Norm now, along with Mark Ford on drums. I left for while having fallen out with Norm then came back for bit until Norm went off to do something else. As far as I know it's still going as Goliath, the story is that Norm and Clive decided to get the original band together, I'm still waiting for the phone call 😉. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneyg42 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 [quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1377010262' post='2182177'] With Big Norm and Mike Soundy? [/quote] As you can see we were big lads!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superclive Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Years ago I was asked for my autograph in WHSmiths. I was late for work and extremely hung over and didn't think to ask who they thought I was. Still bugs me now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Occasionally, usually in Weymouth or Dorchester and then only if I'm wearing my stage clobber. I once played a gig in Poole where I went for a pi** in the interval. The bloke standing next to me at the urinal started talking to me about how great the band were and how he'd seen them loads of times. "How many times have you seen them?" he asks me I replied that I'd never actually seen the band play, but that I'd been to every one of their gigs since 2011.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 [quote name='superclive' timestamp='1377015712' post='2182260'] and didn't think to ask who they thought I was. Still bugs me now. [/quote] Fran Pettifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 after our gigs ive been asked on two ocassions if i play drums in any other bands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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