Peter F Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 But one rider I do like is for Def Leppard, who give the venue a menu so they know what day it is. -e.g Tuesday is baked potato day, therefore if it's baked potatoes it must be Tuesday. :( There's an idea to keep you sane on tour. :) Owen R It would also be a very effective method of ensuring every day doesn't become "Lasagne Day" One band, I think it was Carter USM, but I might be wrong used to have a specific catering exclusion for the venue my partner used to cater at: "If tonight we are playing XXXXXX Uni, please no bolognese" 10 years on and I'd still be wary of bolognese in our household! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksmith Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 A friend in a band said that they put single colour M&Ms on riders not because they wanted the sweets but because if the sweets turned up they were more confident that the more important items on the rider would be OK.No sweets meant a closer inspection of what else might be missing / fudged / ignored.I think in this case it was just a case of taking the p. They were lucky to get them, but a member of the previous night's band asked me for a cigarette to use in his 'roll-up' and happened to be eating M&Ms at the time, so I did a swap.They did explain about the socks though and as has been mentioned already, they are a blessed relief for the touring band, who may not have the luxury of clean laundry. (Our dressing room was the union launderette so they had the chance to get their washing done). cheers Dave J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadhippy Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Apart from the usual booze and food one rider asked for "an intresting postcard of the area". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
back_ache Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 My cousin had a rider with a "rubber chicken" on it, he assumed it was a joke and didn't supply it As result of it's absense the band refused to go on. However the big-biker-guy promoter explained the "conseqences" of not going on and they quickly changed their minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.calder Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 A lot of groups have weird rider requests that they use to ensure the rider has been followed to the word. If the rubber chicken was one of those, I am surprised it was not more outlandish (ie a rubber chicken with CM painted on it's chest in size 24 Helvetica in a shade of dark purple) Like the famous brown M&M's 'thing' the level to which you have followed the rider will be indicated by the length you have gone to fulfil that one request. It is also quite often placed within the middle of the text and made as unassuming as possible. Then again, some groups are just picky - more than once I have been told exactly which toilet paper to buy (down to the design on the paper), the exact wattage and globe numbers all backstage lights are to be and what brand of coffee to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seano Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Many years ago I came across a rider with a few footnotes that made me chuckle. Annoyingly I can't remember who the band were, they were unknown at the time but went on to become quite famous. The rider itself was very basic and straightforward, the bit that sticks in my mind was that where the riser specced "a drum riser, 8' x 8' x 18" or thereabouts, with carpet if possible" there was an asterisk. The accompanying footnote read:"Carpet, where provided, should have beery smell and (most important) should stick to shoes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Coker Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 With the Hank Wangford Band we always use to ask for inflatable or cut out cacti for both dressing rooms and stage. Oddly, some venues supplied them................. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammymj Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 This story comes from before my time here at Uni (and may be Urban myth but it made me laugh)... A band that once played here at Bath is reported to have asked for 'a PA that can kill a cow at 20 paces.' Could make for an interesting soundcheck! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seano Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 A single Bose 101 can kill a cow at 20 paces.(If you have a big enough catapult.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solstace Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 A single Bose 101 can kill a cow at 20 paces.(If you have a big enough catapult.) An interesting image... The riders we receive are usually fairly boring, if indeed they exist at all. C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoketech Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 ** laughs out loud ** at the idea of catapluting speakers at cows! the most amusing riders we get are those asking for a sober crew! (p.s. we are all sober... they funny thing is that they would expect us to supply anything else!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecey Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Surprised no-one has mentioned this page yet. List of riders a certain venue has received from hundreds of international bands, ranging from Foo Fighters to Van Halen to Britney. Whilst they're not all neccessarily comedy, they do highlight and summarise the more random requests :) Go now and check out your favourite band! Excerpts: Flea from RHCP prefers that the room set aside as his meditation room should not be painted blue...Guns N Roses require a few porn mags for before-show entertainment...Van Halen requires his celery to be "trimmed, not peeled"...James Brown requires a room near to his own for his "wardrobe mistress"... Enjoy [edit] My bad, PeterT already posted it...oh well I'll leave it here anyway seeing as I missed it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 The Smoking Gun doesnt actually work for me, they must hate me specifically as if I use a UK or US proxy it works fine. By "not work" I mean I can get up the index but not the actual riders. Anyone else get this??? Update: Oops. It is in fact the home firewall that is blocking the site, not quite sure why. Could have been a tad embarassing if I'd actually got as far as emailing the domain owner, which I was close to doing..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 I particularly like this rider - it's technically complete whilst still having some humour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlyfarly Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Yep! That was a truly great rider. You just know that you are going to have a fun time with this guy.Or maybe it was a ruse......he's actually a complete a*hole! http://www.smileypad.com/v10/Cache/Funny/Explode.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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