The lesson here, as always, Iggy Pop is not enough of a draw for his band to bring their own gear on the road.
this is a rider for a euro show....not many american bands besides someone like Aerosmith take their own drums and amplification with them to Europe. Most(95%) bands playing in clubs/small theaters have the venue supply the gear. Makes transportation (remember, in europe, some streets are no wider than some hallways) easier and all power/electricity hassels a non-issue.
why is this in Bold? I am not trying to make a "strong" point or anything..it just came out in bold.
Can someone explain what's up with the "Dinner Buyout"? Is a bucket of chicken, 2 large pizzas, fruit trays and sandwich trays not "dinner"?
The dinner Buyout is when the promoter or venue doesn't cater a hot meal for the band & crew so only Cube entourage gets money so they can eat before the show. The Local crew ususally has to fend for itself. The chicken & pizza would ususally come after the show and the fruit & deli trays would be there all day.
The lesson here, as always, Iggy Pop is not enough of a draw for his band to bring their own gear on the road[/b].
Actually, The Stooges dont even really tour in the traditional sense. Iggy decides when and where they play, which is typically for a week or two at a time here and there all over the world. The band and crew just fly in and out, no tour buses and stuff, so it's not really possible to bring the whole backline and all that with them. Probably saves them a ton of $ too.
Junk food figures pretty highly doesn't it? Seriously though, I couldn't think of anything more annoying than having 20+ people following me around and mooching off me. Get out of here you parasites!!!
When I worked at whole foods in philly this chick in my line bought $900 worth of food. All kinds of weird teas, flavored tofu, herbs, candles, and other assorted shit. She told me it was all for backstage at a Stevie Nicks show. She said she still had about 5 other places to go to get stuff for the list.
From that list of riders on the Smoking Gun, I would say the most outrageous request is the Rolling Stones needing a fucking snooker table and an entire snooker room to accommodate it.
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Seriously. Having done some audio work in college, there are some completely absurd riders out there. This is like, still on the planet earth.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1004061iggypop1.html
I dont know if this is
this is a rider for a euro show....not many american bands besides someone like Aerosmith take their own drums and amplification with them to Europe. Most(95%) bands playing in clubs/small theaters have the venue supply the gear. Makes transportation (remember, in europe, some streets are no wider than some hallways) easier and all power/electricity hassels a non-issue.
why is this in Bold? I am not trying to make a "strong" point or anything..it just came out in bold.
Ice Cube - "Enemy"
Can someone explain what's up with the "Dinner Buyout"? Is a bucket of chicken, 2 large pizzas, fruit trays and sandwich trays not "dinner"?
The dinner Buyout is when the promoter or venue doesn't cater a hot meal for the band & crew so only Cube entourage gets money so they can eat before the show. The Local crew ususally has to fend for itself. The chicken & pizza would ususally come after the show and the fruit & deli trays would be there all day.
What does BR stand for?
Actually, The Stooges dont even really tour in the traditional sense. Iggy decides when and where they play, which is typically for a week or two at a time here and there all over the world. The band and crew just fly in and out, no tour buses and stuff, so it's not really possible to bring the whole backline and all that with them. Probably saves them a ton of $ too.
not when it has to be set out at 3:00pm as specified.
pizza and chicken is snack foods and shit. Mostly for the entourage to munch on.
But this is really a very reasonable list. You should see diddy's.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/index.html
I am assuming BR are the initials of the road manager, and he will take the bottle after he is paid the money for the gig.
hahahahahaha
I didn't neccessarily think this rider was 'hilarious'
From that list of riders on the Smoking Gun, I would say the most outrageous request is the Rolling Stones needing a fucking snooker table and an entire snooker room to accommodate it.