what have you given to musicians

I gave a package of gummi bears to the Dead Milkmen back in 1993.

― Odyssey Dong (how's life), Friday, September 14, 2012 1:05 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

And a tie to the drummer from Skankin' Pickle ('96)

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Just writing that down for tax purposes.

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(from the Amanda Palmer thread)

Have you ever tangible physical goods to musicians that you were fans of?

Could be food, but not if you've brought them back to your house to crash on your floor. Like, if you've brought a lasagne to the venue or something would be okay.

I was nicer to my support bands than Amanda Palmer was. I even gave one of them the lovely gold jacket right off my back when she asked for it.

I used to write letters to bands telling them I liked them. My mom used to write fan letters as a teen and she made us write letters to musicians or singers as a kid, it's corny but I did it out of respect for her.

This was when I was a teen or in college, though.

I gave Frank Watkins, at the time the bassist in Obituary, a pretty cool Sonic Youth book with a 45 single called "Sonic Life"

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BlImtVwLL._SS500_.jpg

In the area of services, I allowed members of Napalm Death to shower at my house and I am pretty sure I gave vocalist Barney Greenway some Nine Inch Nails CD or two (I worked at TVT Records at the time).

I also gave Mike Patton a Godflesh CD when I worked at RED. It helped to work at a label or distro to do these things, actually, since I was giving away shit I got for free to begin with (or in the case of the SOnic Youth book, paid a small amount).

I unwittingly gave members of Death Angel a small marijuana pipe - it was a promotional item I got from Priority Records for something they released (I forget who it was) and I was showing it off and next thing I know, they say "thanks!" and it is no longer mine. (I don't smoke so it wasn't that big of a deal...)

That happens a lot to people, actually - people are showing off something to a band and they interpret as giving it to them.

Example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FvIsf57U7c&feature=relmfu

Michael Rother had flu so i went to a spanish supermarket to get him some snacks. He wanted pretzels, but I couldn't work out how to explain that to a non-English speaker. He got some nuts and trail mix instead.

He was cool with that - no beef.

I gave a copy of my own band's CD to Susanna Hoffs when we opened for her. /classy

I gave a copy of my band's demo to Steve West when I saw Pavement.

I gave Eric Bachmann a pen at a Crooked Fingers show. (Actually, I gave him a pen to sign my cd, and then I never saw it again.)

Do hugs count?

Advice and shit, mostly.

when i was much younger and much twee-er i gave wayne coyne a stuffed toy giraffe. much much twee-er.

Good grief, that IS twee.

Herpes.

(JOOOOOOOKES)

YOU GOT A PROBLEM BRING IT ON SUNSHINE BRING IT ON.

XXP

I gave a copy of my own band's CD to Susanna Hoffs when we opened for her. /classy

OMG so jealous. <3 her.

Herpes.

Big Interpol fan then? (JOOOOOOOKES)

gave a snare drum to the snare drummer of the rebirth brass band, and some clothes to the snare drummer of the hot 8 bb (both post-katrina).

Apologies for taking that wide-open goal, there.

I actually can't think of that much. I, along with my boyfriend of the time, gave one of my American musician friends one of those '70s green lady paintings to take home post tour. I intended to give Julian Cope a dinky toy police car I had as I knew he collected them, but then I never met him in the end. Wrote shitloads of letters to people.

so, in essence, one could say that you did indeed give the drummer some?

(xpost)

Oh yeah, and I have given my band's 7"s to a few musicians.

The most I've ever given is a couple of tylenol. Sorry that's the only tangible thing I can think of.

My mom used to write fan letters as a teen and she made us write letters to musicians or singers as a kid

!

(Maybe because it's so different from anything my Mum would do.)

Yeah, my mom would never. I think she considered both of her kids emotionally unwell for even liking rock music.

Bought a beer for the lead singer of the Czech Republic's biggest indie band on Wednesday. Gave half a pack of sweets to one of Olivia Tremor Control some years ago.

I think she considered both of her kids emotionally unwell for even liking rock music.

Your Mum = my Dad

If you count my ex that was in a band when we dated, I gave her lots of stuff. But beyond that, I bought a beer for Jay Bennett at a Reputation gig once (and gave a hug to Elizabeth Elmore at the same show). And in lolcollege I served food to various members of the Poster Children, Blue Meanies, and Hum.

drugs

hah, the only things that come to mind for me are handshakes and hugs

lol emil.y, I was going to go down a laundry list

"herpes, the clap, chlamydia, syphilis, crabs, scabies, ptomaine poisoning... you know, the usual"

i was initially going to go with the "a good time, hopefully" route

oh ya i forgot drugs. toy giraffes and drugs, covering all the bases.

I once gave Cosey Fanni Tutti a question card from the Sex Maniacs Board Game which mentioned her name...

once gave a bunch of lousy weed to Iggy and he called me "the benefactor" which was much too kind.

I bought beers for the members of Acid Mothers Temple. I gave Tigerbeat6 artist Cex a beatdown in a freestyle battle royale in a friend's basement in college.

Not quite what's being asked for, but I gave an excessively oversize Celia Cruz t-shirt I bought at one of her shows to a conguero who played live for the jazz samba dance class I used to take (and who I also used to see showing up occasionally with salsa bands, or backing up people singing Cuban standards, etc.).

I smoked an 'imported' cigarette with Thalia Zadek.

That's funny. I'm not bragging because my mom is a pain in the ass, but she used to make us listen to rock radio and read the magazines, know all the songs. Now that I'm older I realize a lot of kids didn't have a mom like that, but that's because she liked rock and roll as a teenager and didn't like people forgetting what it was.

"You are not going outside until you've listened to that stack of 45s and named all four members of Led Zeppelin!"

handed some of my (comics) work to robyn hitchcock after an unannounced show in manhattan. Wonder if it made it back to his hotel with him.

A friend of mine once gave a cassette of his band to Mike Mills and asked him to give it to Robyn Hitchcock.

See, my mom is an old rock and roller and back then she had religious wackos in her family and remembers when they burned records and it wasn't a "cool" thing with her, it's not like she's some dope smoking hippie, it was more, "religious nuttery is un-American"! And stuff like "there are no Satanic messages" and stuff and how we should play the records to see if there was Satan in them.

kudos

I gave Marion from the Dog Faced Hermans my spare "School Crossing Guard" patch one of the times I saw them.

I gave David Baker (then) of Mercury Rev a small plastic dinosaur, and he sang to it onstage.

I love David.

I once gave Carlos D herpes

oh fuck, someone already made my joke. GODDAMMIT

well, AIDS then

clearly i'm a tight fisted f*cker, as apart from money for records, mentions on the blog when appropriate, and beers when i get a chance, i haven't given anyone anything.

I was standing next to my friend when he gave Kris Kristofferson a copy of his own (my friend's, that is) lp.

Oh I gave Jane from Oneida a t-shirt from my college radio station.

I gave Rammellzee a fist bump and bought him a Sapporro tall boy. He thanked me and wandered off gesticulating with the can as he talked but kept it unopened the 20 minutes he was in my vicinity. Second guessed myself that he might be secrete Muslim or a non drinker who was offended but saving me face. A few years later reading the obituaries I was surprised to learn he was a big beer lover.

When opening for Boyracer soon after 2 members had married, I gave them a blender.

Years ago I would give various bands passing through London a place to crash, nicest of whom were Sweep The Leg Johnny.

Gave Mclusky some brownies.

I've never given gifts to strangers because they were musicians but I always let strange musicians crash and make them pad thai.

CTRL+F "head"

p disappointed in you all, both personally and professionally

yeah, i decided to stay off this thread, aero. everyone knows about my days folowing Nelson and Collective Soul around on tour. don't need to rehash those dark times.

To say nothing of Hanson.