what do you do?

i'd say at least stop playing, if not try and break it up. but i want some other opinions before i confront this band. they thought it was best to take their super cool wireless mics, approach the fight, and watch as they continued to play...

Did you pay the band to work security? No?

i'd say congradulate yourself on a good show. thats what i look for during my gigs.

play eye of the tiger.

The band didn't fight so what ever. If I was in a band I'd keep on playing... maybe the singer can shout something over the mic as we carry on. No point in some dumb ass fight ruining someone else's good time.

i didn't book the show, FYI

my comment had nothing to do with booking the show. i just meant playingwise.

hahaha. this is definitely the best response

gotcha, sorry for the misunderstanding

I usually never notice anything going on. Times that we've noticed we've stopped and called everyone assholes. Other times we found out in hindsight.

we keep playing unless someone physically insists we stop.
not everyone in the room is turning their attention to the fight when it breaks out, so why disapoint those who are still there to enjoy the music?
I nearly started another fight in NH one time. A fight broke out 15 seconds into our set and we just kept playing since we noticed that people were still headbanging(haha).
next thing I knew someone was clenching the shit out of the back of my neck. I turned around and figured it was going to be some knucklehead wanting to pick a fight too, so as I turned around to hit whoever this sneaky sammy was with my mic I saw it was some distressed looking old feller trying to tell me to stop.
c'est lavie.

I don't notice fights. I have a small case of stage fright I guess, so if I'm facing the crowd then my eyes are usually closed or looking down or something. I'd just keep playing though. As DYA said, I'm not security, I'm in the band playing so why the fuck should I stop?

yeah we've had fights break out before, just keep playing. give them an epic soundtrack.

"THIS IS SPARTA!"

hahaha sneaky sammy. I agree with you though.

The way I figure it, if you've got an instrument in your hand, it's not your fault. Just keep playing, and let the crowd police the fight on it's own. Never get off the stage. Fights are generally just a cry for attention, if you stop the show so everyone can gaze at the spectacle then you're just giving right into it.

I saw an All Out War show at the El N Gee one time where the craziest fight ever broke out. I don't know how it started but a bunch of the bouncers got beat up, and at one point it seemed like everyone was either fighting, on the floor, or running away except for myself and like 4 other dudes who were still dancing (while dodging the fight) and having a great time. All Out War saw us having fun and never stopped playing even after they killed the PA.

On the flip side of that I've seen bands like Cannae, and Diecast (who seemed to always have fights at their shows back in the day) not stop playing during fights, but 9 times out of 10 they'd say something to break up the fight. It usually worked.

Some bands just don't want fighting at their shows, and they'll stop. That's respectable to a degree. But a lot of those bands take it as an opportunity to grand stand, and show off preaching a bunch of I'm-better-than-you bullshit that they don't even stand behind. It's also a shitty situation to be in because just because a kid won a fight doesn't necessarily mean he's the asshole in that situation. I've seen situations where some douchebag will run around punching girls, and then get beat up for it, and the band (who has no idea what's going on) chews out the kid who beat him up just to make a point, and look cool.

Or you could always pull an It Dies Today, storm off from the show during a fight (even though its your last song), tell everyone you're never playing there again (even though 2 people are fighting out of the 100+ people that are there), accept an apology from the kid who fought, tell him it's no big deal and shit happens, and then turn around and make a self righteous speech on the internet about it the next day. You could do that.

last time a fight broke out during our set i threw my guitar and jumped in the middle of it. but that was because i saw a good friend of mine being dragged out of the pit by his head by some drunk asshole. but i mean, i dunno i think its respectful to always stop playing condiering someone could get hurt. but i think it also depends a lot on the venue/situation. if its a club its the clubs responsibility to break it up. if its at a vfw hall or something i think its responsible for the band to stop and let the promoter settle things. usually fights at these types of places end up leading to the end of shows at that venue, which always sucks.

If I was in your situation, I probably would have done the same thing. haha There's always an exception.

sometimes stopping does some good. Some kids stop hitting people when the music cuts because they don't have a sweet soundtrack to look tough to.

I stop playing. So I can masturbate.

I blindside whoever's losing the fight with a steel chair.

you havent learned to masturbate while playing? what the fuck kinda musician are you.

wtf does this look like? north reading?

[May 19,2008 11:32am - corpus_colostomy]

brian_dc said:my badcat and earcandy transform into high calibur weapons, by which i can neutralize any fracus on the dance floor.





HAHA...yess...my gear that I do not yet have will do that...I hope...if I ever get it

I love paying for things that never get made!

goddamn, I want a transformer amp rig now.

m4y-b u can sho me how sumt1m3 QT lawlerz.

I rip off my shirt to reveal the explosives that I am strapped with. I then scream "Jihad! Jihad!" and blow the entire place including myself to smithereens.

I make sure I have the Bat Symbol queued up next to my rig, in case danger strikes.

I lol'd

its always good stay involved in community events.

GO FOR THE DQ.

*retains title*
-RichHorror

who cares about fighting--what is way more intense is when dood's be farting up at shows. so brutal. i have been to a couple of shows where the dancfloor clears because of a lower GI explusion.

updates from Autobot Amplification:
"brians optimus prime and psyscream cabs are being made as we speak. we're just having a bit of trouble keeping the decepticons from destroying the lab during post production."

[May 19,2008 12:25pm - corpus_colostomy]
who cares about fighting--what is way more intense is when dood's be farting up at shows. so brutal. i have been to a couple of shows where the dancfloor clears because of a lower GI explusion.


Cav was bragging about these activities on friday

HAHAHA i love farting at shows. no one ever knows its you.

I've never seen anybody stop fighting just because the music stops. That's why I'm kind of opposed to the whole idea of it. Two people who are pissed at eachother with music are still going to be pissed without it.

Jay from Feed us Fetus got kicked out of Fat Cats for spraying fart spray. It was absolutely rancid.

i think ill start eating more feta cheese and saurkraut based foods before shows

Everything I ever learned about show etiquette I learned from Ric Flair.

everything i learned about show etiquette i learned from yuckmouth

i pull down my trousers and hope a fist lands in my beckoning anus.

if a fight breaks out durring a show, you probably like shitty music. beat yourself up for liking hardcore.

AMEN! or should i say WHOOOO!!!!

Thats why hardcore sucks. Metal Forever!

start playing Eagles' covers so everyone just commits mass suicide.

"I just hate the fuckin Eagles man."

get the fuck out of my cab!

YOu must fart like a girl.

wait girls fart?

TAKE IT OUTSIDE!
I think Sexcrement has stopped once for a fight only cause a close friend of ours was involved and Adam jumped right into the middle of it. Another time in Oswego, NY we just let the fight happen and watched 20 dudes beat on each other in a cyclone that spun outside.

Catfights though deserve upmost attention, praise and admiration though.

you will yell turtle power.

only skeevy stoners fart.

Girls definitely fart in their sleep.

cool girls definitely fart

THIS DUDE SAID HE'D FUCK A SHEEP!!!

Wasn't the original title for this sketch 'What If Gay People Farted'?

backed. i always respect a girl that will do a put in front of the boys.

my baby momma used to rip some mean farts that would have me looking at her weird.

dont look at her weird! give her a kiss

one of the hottest things i've ever seen was my ex sitting completely naked on my bed saying "i'm going to fart in front of you" and then doing it and laughing hysterically.

I walked in the gym locker room the other day, and there was a naked old dude who looked like an overstuffed pillow ripping the loudest, wettest fart ever.

I haven't eaten solid food since.

I'm happy this is about farting now

farts make everything better.