Ok so to set up this story I was recording audio for a show, We were all waiting for someone to open the venue. The promoter was 4 hours late and bands were waiting out side the venue, the guys throwing the show where waiting with the pa system and lights outside too. So things where off to a bad start.
Even with the bad start (and the now realized bad venue) the main bands and tour manager got their shit together very fast. 4 hours of work got done in around 2 hours. The opener bands were some locals, one of the bands had a drum set on stage that the tour manager needed moved cuz it was in the way.
The tour manager asked a few times “whos drum set is this? Please move it!” after a few minutes later a kid that probably heard the message the whole time says “yea its mine”. He continues to work on this cymbals and the tour manager repeats him self. Then he and other band members talk and mumble to themselves “who do these guys think they are, this is our town”.
At that point I was just sitting and waiting cuz stuff was everywhere and people were working hard to get things setup to make the show happen. It was ridiculous hearing those kids attitudes. The headliner came out to throw a show in a small crappy town at a shitty venue with shady promoters and these kids are talking shit like they owned the town. The main band brought 200 plus fans to this packed venue and the opener was acting like the fans where there to see them.
Long story short the pathetic opener band was mad there set got cut short so they played again at the end… in front of about 10 people with everyone else that was cleaning up for the night.
Moral of the story, if you going to be in this business get over yourself, put your ego aside and try to have a positive and open mind when working with other people. Its sad to see a small pathetic crap band COMPLAIN about getting the OPPORTUNITY to play in front of a crowd with a hard working established band. I personally know many bands with more talent and drive who would have loved to open the show, even if it was just a few songs.
Grow Up.
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