Cool things a band could do.

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I was thinking about some ideas that would increase the sweetness-factor of a band's live show. Cool in the way that MC Paul Barman was planing on performing live with a brick wall behind him that crumbles progressivly over the course of the show.

I was thinking that it'd be cool if the band all wore matching shirts of some sort. Maybe of great disasters in history, like the picture of the Hindenburg, one of Hiroshima, one of that Vietnameese guy moments before being shot. Or they would all have shirts of other celebrities wearing band shirts, like the picture of Justin Timberlake wearing an MC5 shirt, and Shania wearing a Ramones shirt, things like that.

What do you think would be awesome/x-treme for a band to do?

― David Allen, Saturday, 10 May 2003 02:08 (twenty-two years ago)

POOP IN THEIR HANDS(??????????????????????)

― d k (d k), Saturday, 10 May 2003 02:13 (twenty-two years ago)

increase the pressure onstage until their heads exploded, with a wailing guitar solo

― brains (cerybut), Saturday, 10 May 2003 02:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Break up.

― Nick Mirov (nick), Saturday, 10 May 2003 02:23 (twenty-two years ago)

cover Badfinger.

― hstencil, Saturday, 10 May 2003 02:26 (twenty-two years ago)

ask for more vocals in the monitors early and often.

― Aaron A., Saturday, 10 May 2003 02:27 (twenty-two years ago)

it would be great if they'd come on stage, throw $20 bills out to the crowd and say, "just go buy our CD, we suck live."

― your null fame (yournullfame), Saturday, 10 May 2003 02:28 (twenty-two years ago)

be My Bloody Valentine

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 10 May 2003 02:35 (twenty-two years ago)

You know how some bands won't play their hit single? I think it'd be cool if they came on and only played their hit single, over and over and over. And then did it two more times for the encore.

― JesseFox (JesseFox), Saturday, 10 May 2003 03:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Jesse wins.

Nevertheless, I'll have a crack. I'd like to see a band prepare and serve dinner to the audience over the course of their set. That would be a lovely gesture.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Saturday, 10 May 2003 04:51 (twenty-two years ago)

audience/performer role reversal

― Aaron A., Saturday, 10 May 2003 04:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Jesse: well, europe apparently opened AND closed their shows with "The final countdown"
Those guys were obviously hot stuff!

Anyways, I like bands that improvise, rearrange and generally have fun with the music. Screw all the other showoff crap, stop wasting your energy on running around and making scary faces and play your frigging instrument!

― Øystein Holm-Olsen (Øystein H-O), Saturday, 10 May 2003 04:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Cumshots for all! (works for both male and female bands, just a lil differently)

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 10 May 2003 06:02 (twenty-two years ago)

throw out hundred dollar bills
do your taxes during other member's solos
burn as many things in effigy as possible
enter on elephants
and procede to play the whole show on them

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 10 May 2003 06:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Doctor & The Medics played an hour long version of Spirit in the Sky.

― Cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 10 May 2003 06:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Southern Culture on the Skids threw fried chicken, invited girls out of the crowd to go-go-dance, and then held a limbo contest. That was pretty cool.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 10 May 2003 06:59 (twenty-two years ago)

ZZ Top once brought cattle and various other livestock representation onstage with them to replicate the Texan experience. That's pretty damn cool, if you ask me.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 10 May 2003 07:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Lunachicks passed out donuts once. I love donuts.

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Saturday, 10 May 2003 15:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Please do not throw chicken.

It's cool when bands are on heavy drugs and they still play well.

― Adam A. (Keiko), Saturday, 10 May 2003 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Wear funny hats.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 10 May 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

me and some friends wanted to name our band the Funny Hat Band, all wear funny hats and write songs like "I Love That Funny Hat Girl," and "Funny Hat (Makes Me Where It's At)." I think I'd like to change it to the Jimmy Hat Band now.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 10 May 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Please do not throw chicken.

Prude.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 10 May 2003 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

give out pinwheels at shows.

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Sunday, 11 May 2003 04:58 (twenty-two years ago)

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