Accident While Playing Live Options

[Trond Vold]

Anyone had any accidents or incidents happend during a live show?


I have one..
It's been a number of years since i played live, but one time i almost managed to light the floor on fire.
During a break in a song, i fired up a cigarette.. and when it was time to start playing again, i placed the cig on a railing that covered the side of the stage, and being me.. i forgot about it.
Vibrations caused the cig to fall down, and offcourse.. it landed on the carpets we had placed on the floor

Not long after i sensed some smoke in the air, and thought: "Eyh, we dont have a smokemachine", and i turn around and see a soundguy stomping like a maniac on the carpet.

Well, i guess it would have been funnier to see it in action.. but i thought i would share anyway

[Muris Varajic]

Too many but here's my fav

Maybe 10 years ago I had a demo bend,rehearsal "room" was a gallery(5 meters height)
above main stage in local concert hall.
Important thing is,that was an open gallery with only small fence around 30cm height.
And some "wise" guy putted a blanket as "wall" to make some privacy for bend or som.
So,we were playing for few hours,
we took a break and I wanted to have a rest on the wall with my backs....
I was falling down turned back my head in leading position
Luckily,I have had those Ninja reflexes so I grab the fence with my legs
while tearing the blanket with my right hand and holding guitar with my left hand

I thought it was wall,so what?

[Bogdan Radovic]

Too many but here's my fav

Maybe 10 years ago I had a demo bend,rehearsal "room" was a gallery(5 meters height)
above main stage in local concert hall.
Important thing is,that was an open gallery with only small fence around 30cm height.
And some "wise" guy putted a blanket as "wall" to make some privacy for bend or som.
So,we were playing for few hours,
we took a break and I wanted to have a rest on the wall with my backs....
I was falling down turned back my head in leading position
Luckily,I have had those Ninja reflexes so I grab the fence with my legs
while tearing the blanket with my right hand and holding guitar with my left hand

I thought it was wall,so what?

Oh my god! ahahhahaha this is awesome stuff I'm glad everything turned out to be just a funny story ehheehhehehe

[skennington]

Too many but here's my fav

Maybe 10 years ago I had a demo bend,rehearsal "room" was a gallery(5 meters height)
above main stage in local concert hall.
Important thing is,that was an open gallery with only small fence around 30cm height.
And some "wise" guy putted a blanket as "wall" to make some privacy for bend or som.
So,we were playing for few hours,
we took a break and I wanted to have a rest on the wall with my backs....
I was falling down turned back my head in leading position
Luckily,I have had those Ninja reflexes so I grab the fence with my legs
while tearing the blanket with my right hand and holding guitar with my left hand

I thought it was wall,so what?

Oh my god! ahahhahaha this is awesome stuff I'm glad everything turned out to be just a funny story ehheehhehehe

Me too man but that is pretty funny

[Trond Vold]

Haha Thats brilliant

[g-forcelover]

This isn't about guitar, its about my school band concert. I was getting up to go onstage (this was my first concert) and i go, beaver dam, i dont have my music! so i run, tear through my teachers private music to find it, and run back out onto the stage late. then i forgot one, so i had to play it by memory. (that didn't work out to well)

[Muris Varajic]

I could have died guys that's just not funny

[skennington]

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I could have died guys that's just not funny
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Not with them ninja skills

[Muris Varajic]

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Not with them ninja skills
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Yep,guess so

[Smikey2006]

First is a story about mine screw up.. just a short 1.. Was playing a christmas assembly in highschool.. Basically the song starts with a combination of christmas carols played on guitar and bass. After the last bit is played i have to hit distortion and play a single powerchord going into the heavy part of the song Well my pedal was a little far away and well i hit it a little too hard and kicked out my patch chord.. and this song completely relies on when i come in. So instead of the whole band starting and me fixing my mess and carrying on.. i have to go fix my pedal and then play the chord again ( talk about embarrassing)

Second story is one i heard from my bassist. He is also a saxaphonist. Playing a show with highschool again he goes to grab his music and go on stage. He can't find it. So instead he grabs a tuba part and transposes the whole thing on the spot. After doing this in a frantic haste he runs on stage just to have 1 of the Tuba players asking the band why he has sax music and not a tuba part the fact that he had to transpose a 30 minute peice in about 10 minutes right before he ran on stage made me chuckle a bit

[Bogdan Radovic]

I got off the stage after a pretty big gig (competition one also)..At that time I didn't have the pedalboard so I held all my pedals etc in a plastic bag..So I got off the stage and was like crazy - Where is my bag , where is my bag ??!!! I shouted to everyone.I thought I left it on stage.In all excitement I didn't notice that I had my bag in my hands all the time hehehehe

This post has been edited by Bogdan: Feb 20 2008, 02:11 AM

[FretDancer69]

First is a story about mine screw up.. just a short 1.. Was playing a christmas assembly in highschool.. Basically the song starts with a combination of christmas carols played on guitar and bass. After the last bit is played i have to hit distortion and play a single powerchord going into the heavy part of the song Well my pedal was a little far away and well i hit it a little too hard and kicked out my patch chord.. and this song completely relies on when i come in. So instead of the whole band starting and me fixing my mess and carrying on.. i have to go fix my pedal and then play the chord again ( talk about embarrassing)

Second story is one i heard from my bassist. He is also a saxaphonist. Playing a show with highschool again he goes to grab his music and go on stage. He can't find it. So instead he grabs a tuba part and transposes the whole thing on the spot. After doing this in a frantic haste he runs on stage just to have 1 of the Tuba players asking the band why he has sax music and not a tuba part the fact that he had to transpose a 30 minute peice in about 10 minutes right before he ran on stage made me chuckle a bit

was that when you played No Presents for christmas this past christas?

[Xranthoius]

I got off the stage after a pretty big gig (competition one also)..At that time I didn't have the pedalboard so I held all my pedals etc in a plastic bag..So I got off the stage and was like crazy - Where is my bag , where is my bag ??!!! I shouted to everyone.I thought I left it on stage.In all excitement I didn't notice that I had my bag in my hands all the time hehehehe

How'd you manage that!!

[Trond Vold]

I got off the stage after a pretty big gig (competition one also)..At that time I didn't have the pedalboard so I held all my pedals etc in a plastic bag..So I got off the stage and was like crazy - Where is my bag , where is my bag ??!!! I shouted to everyone.I thought I left it on stage.In all excitement I didn't notice that I had my bag in my hands all the time hehehehe

Haha.. that happens to me alot, but usually with smaller items. I can go around looking for a pick then i find out i'm allready holding one.

[Zephyr]

Haha.. that happens to me alot, but usually with smaller items. I can go around looking for a pick then i find out i'm allready holding one.

Oh, man, I do that all the time! I spend 10 minutes looking for something before realizing it's in my hand or pocket. Another thing that annoys the heck out of me is when I set stuff down in random places without noticing it, while I'm walking around or something, and then I can never find whatever it is later on. Or when someone hands me something, and I don't notice. Until 10 minutes later, when I realize it and go, "How the heck did this get in my hand?!" I love being an idiot.

[Nemanja Filipovi...]

well it kinda have some thing to do with me...we were shoting a showe in nationla television....and every thin was falling a part...and my bass player,who by the way have 140 Kg just desapeard from the stage...he went troug the flor of the stage wich was 1,5 m high....but he is is very wide man...so he did not go all the way....

[Trond Vold]

well it kinda have some thing to do with me...we were shoting a showe in nationla television....and every thin was falling a part...and my bass player,who by the way have 140 Kg just desapeard from the stage...he went troug the flor of the stage wich was 1,5 m high....but he is is very wide man...so he did not go all the way....

Haha..

I hope he didnt get any serious injuries..

This post has been edited by Trond Vold: Feb 20 2008, 08:53 AM

[Nemanja Filipovi...]

Haha..

I hope he didnt get any serious injuries..

no no ...his is a big man( 2m high) and very strong.....to bad hi will not play in band anny more...hi is gonig in Africa for 3 years....

[Trond Vold]

Thats a shame

[Nemanja Filipovi...]

Thats a shame

yeah when you are with some one in a band for about 4 years...and you bean trogh so much together...it is hard to continue with playing in the sam band...but we hope for the best...


....sory for off topic