The strange places we do gig's

Posted on Jul 21, 2008 01:36 pm
Rob Stemple
The Czar of BS
Member Since: Dec 31, 2007

So we have all done the gig in a place that you just have to shake your head. And ask yourself, "Why the hell are we doing this here?"

Now I know that the place I just did a gig in, may not seem all that strange. But it's the second time I worked there.

And each time I just have to wounder why people want live music here?

The place was the Camden Aquarium, in Camden N.J.

Once again, a lot of you are thinking, what's so strange about that.

Well here it is. You set up right next to the shark tank.

Which looks like a great back ground for a gig. Right?

That is, until the man in charge of the aquarium starts to yell that you have way to much bass in your mix.

I turns out that sharks hear the bass, and confuse it for a fish in distress.

So they start to go mad looking for the fish that is in bad shape.




after a while. They start getting more agitated looking for the hurt fish.

Then they start to jump out of the tank in frustration. As a final measure, they start to hurtled themselves against the glass of the tank. In a desperate attempt to find what is making the sound.

The final step, is to start chomping anything that is close to them.

Which the guy that runs the tank which just love you for.

Even when you explain to him that the bass player is not in the rig. That the bass is just all him on stage.

So my question to him was, "If the sharks are that sensitive to low end? Why do they allow events in the room?"

After a lot of hand jesters, and some rambling about the fund raisers. He concentrated his energy back on the bass player. to the point of ripping the 1/4" cable out of the head.

During all of this. The mascot for the company came out.

A giant inflatable chicken. With some poor soul trapped inside.

I didn't know at the time, that the gig was for Tyson chicken.




Never been so tempted to throw someone into the shark tank. I figured that just might appease all parties involved at that point.

The sharks would have something to chomp on. And the aquarium guy would be happy to have his sharks calmed down.

Plus, I really wanted to see if the guy in the chicken suite would be able to get out of the suite, before the sharks attacked.

A dark thought, I know. Just couldn't help myself. After the guy crawling up my butt about the bass. And the band being one of the worst wedding band type. Playing every bad disco hit that we have all had the misfortune of mixing.

By the way. I'm instituting a $20 dollar fee for anyone who plays "Brickhouse" on one of my gig's. I figure if I have to suffer though it. I might as well get paid of it.

So, how else had to suffer though one of these corporate gigs? And what was the oddball place that you had to do it in?

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