Playing when drunk

[nitrovo]

I curious to see how many people are able to play drunk, and not miss nots, screw up the speed or forget the notes and things like that.

I was trying last night when playing guitar and I was horrible, couldnt play simple riffs

I wanna know how big bands are able to do it, like tallica or pantera.

 

[Phil]

The riffs and everything else's probably so deeply ingrained and embedded that they could play in their sleep.

 

[unsane]

yup just be familiar with your material. alcohol makes you loosen up and relax and i find that kind helps with tricky riffs hahaa

 

[nitrovo]

Depends how much you've had. You can be loosened up or you can be smashed and misss strings, fall over, not speak properly, like I did the other night

 

[Anirudh]

i really feel that there is no need to consume aslcohol or smoke in order to play a gig.People pay to watch u perform and give your best,they dont wanna see a band which is all drunk and cant even play properly.

Imagine you call a plumber to your house to fix a pipe and he comes all drunk..would u take hs serveces?

so hope i managed to get my point across.

PS:i dont smoke,drink or gig

cheers

GMA

 

[nitrovo]

Yeah I get what you mean, but back in the day it was widely accepted, the bay area thrash scene and metal/rock/punk bands getting messed up before a gig.

nowadays it doesnt happen so much.

I've got bootlegs of the tallica boys in their early days with dave - wasted

 

[Ichiro]

although drinking and playing.. i might not play that well, but it gives me that "high" feeling i like it actually... but however i would like to stress that i am not telling u guysl to drink and play.... coz drink might harm yr health depending on how much u drink....

 

[emzster]

bahahha another drunken adventure for jarrod eh?? :wink:

 

[Guest]

Hahah. Drunk --> I think I'm playing better than I actually am.

 

[nitrovo]

bahahha another drunken adventure for jarrod eh?? :wink:

HELL YEAH!

Woke up in the morning with a splitting headache and my guitar still strapped around me. I was playing until i fell asleep. just laying their drifting off to sleep slowly, playing anything until my fingers got slower and slower and damnit its making me sleepy just typing this.

 

[Phil]

i really feel that there is no need to consume aslcohol or smoke in order to play a gig.People pay to watch u perform and give your best,they dont wanna see a band which is all drunk and cant even play properly.

Imagine you call a plumber to your house to fix a pipe and he comes all drunk..would u take hs serveces?

so hope i managed to get my point across.

PS:i dont smoke,drink or gig

cheers

GMA

But if it helps with the performance, who cares?

 

[MichaelAngelo]

haha, actually u can still play properly after drinking, just that will feel extremely lethargic and distracted...and u...might...just suddenly sit down on the floor to rest whilst playing cos u feel so tired...but forgot that u are actually performing....lol...

 

[nitrovo]

yeah becuase everythings delayed, you sorta forget where you are and might play a note too many times or forget how many times you've played a riff.

 

[strats]

i know there was a band who was drunk and recorded a song, only having to rerecord everything because they could hear someone puking at the background. GnR i think.

 

[Guest]

i'm not old enough to drink lol.....

 

[RazrAsh]

being drunk can help you loosen up.. but before a gig, just 2 shots of vodka good enough.. just enough to loosen up, not enough to make u piss drunk and unable to know whats going on.. unless u have a low tolerance for alcohol :lol:

 

[MichaelAngelo]

i'm not old enough to drink lol.....

Me too!!! Hi five!! lol...we are the young ones!

but i still drink a lot anyway...

 

[Guest]

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[Stairwaytoheaven]

if u drink, don't drive....
but if you play guitar, DRINK!

 

[litford]

hahaha, it happens.. its not very professional when you can't put on a good show, but hey.. even if you miss a few notes and the punters have fun that night, its all in the name of good fun -)