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Fuck off.

It winds me up when we're told as performers we have some moral duty to stay for the entire show we're playing.

Example:

The gig started at 3pm. We've been here since 1:30, which means I left home before noon to get to the studio and grab all my things before heading over to the venue. We're on at 6:30, say. Off stage by 7:15. I'll be fucked if I'm going to stand there in a venue that smells of the toilets for another four hours before loading out and getting home after midnight, unless there's a band I want to see coming up.

Life's too short for that kind of shit. I don't care if other bands stay or leave for our set, they've all came to do a job. I've played gigs where all the people in the room are in other bands that are on the bill. I promise you never make fans that way, because they're all, including me, going to be too wrapped up in their own project.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you should be a dick to other bands. Be friendly, make friends, appreciate good music, help each other out. But when it's time to leave, go without shame.

Here ends today's sermon.

its nice if you can, i have nothing against you if you dont. unless you gather up like a 30 person posse and run off to victory dinner at ihop or something. straggle out. oh and if its a small place and you load out in front of me during my set, ill fuck your girlfriend. plain and simple.

billy, move these two posts to stage rules thread. its been dormant for a minute.

Depends on what is going on that night. If we are playing a full set at a good club and the other bands are cool then I will stay. If the line up doesn't make sense and we have a metal band following us then fuck it. Or if the headlining band organizes their fans to show up for their set only then fuck em.

In previous bands we always played with friends bands so we stayed for a reason.

Lol, I've played gigs where some of the opening bands shot out instantly and didn't even collect their pay


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I don't care if they ask. It doesn't bother me. I will still do what I want to do though.

GuitarBilly wrote:I don't care if they ask. It doesn't bother me. I will still do what I want to do though.

This. I will say that when I'm booking a show, I will always try and put the out of town band right in the middle. I've played out of town shows where the local bands are dumb fuck cocksuckers and try and make us headline. Does not compute.