Gig Quotes
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You hear about bands who say, "We did one show where only 20 people showed up", well that was our average gig for five years.
Dexter Holland
The Offspring
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When we started this band, we always concentrated on the songs. If we had five good songs together, we wouldn't just slap four more 'okay' ones together just so we could go out and play. That's why we spent so much time in that spoon factory in Sheffield before we went out to play. We did that first gig only because Steve was so pissed off and threatening to quit if we didn't go and play a gig. But there was always that feeling there - that we have to do it right. Or we don't do it at all.
Rick Savage
Def Leppard
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You often see lifestyle over substance in L.A. Some rock stars dress up like they're going to play a gig when they're just going to the 7-Eleven store on a Tuesday night.
Joe Bonamassa
Black Country Communion
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The worst gig story I have is from a club in Alabama that I think is still up and running, so I won't name the name of the club. We got hired in there to play, and the owner was pretty annoying. He kept coming up to me during the show and asking me to play 'Purple Rain.'
Jason Aldean
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Playing in the Neurotic Outsiders with John Taylor was great. A lot of pussy every time we played a gig. So many chicks. It was, like, 'Wow, John, really? So this is what it was like, huh?' And there would be like a couple guys with mohawks and a guy with, like, a jean jacket coming in to see me and Jonesy!
Duff McKagan
Guns N' Roses
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I drink loads of water, so I'm always nipping off for a piss when we're doing a gig.
Phil Collen
Def Leppard
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Now that the fair is moving on and the Puppets are off to the next gig, I wanted to thank everyone for the nice wishes, both from the social media and from those of you I saw in person Thursday night.
Derrick Bostrom
Meat Puppets
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When you play a gig in Poland or Australia, or you play a gig in Toledo, they all clap at the same parts of the show. They're clapping for the solos in the exact same way.
Joe Bonamassa
Black Country Communion
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My first gig with Metallica was at San Quentin State Penitentiary.
Robert Trujillo
Metallica
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My very first gig was with the Sex Pistols, and it was also our first-ever gig. It was a very short set, and it was at Saint Martins College of Art in 1975. We were opening up for a band called Bazooka Joe, and their bass player at the time was Adam Ant, who went on to form Adam and the Ants.
Steve Jones
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The day we struggle to enjoy what we do and just get the gig over with we'll quit.
Winston Marshall
Mumford & Sons
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My mother and father definitely encouraged me. People used to tell my mom that I should be in commercials, and then everything kicked off from there, and my first gig was some print work.
Raven Goodwin
