Being a bit pissed, i think i went on a bit of a rant and slightly off the point i was trying to make. OK you didn't like the Locust. Fair enough, but why stand there, throughout their entire set booing, shouting "fuck off". Of course you have the right to let your feelings known, but if you didn't like them, why subject yourself to it? If a song comes on the radio that you hate, do you stand beside it, booing? No you turn it over/off.
I just didn't understand why the people not enjoying the Locust didn't bugger off to the bar, instead of creating a hostile atmosphere.
I also thought that when the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were on, the atmosphere was incredible.
I didn't mean to pontificate about peoples musical tastes and the whole "cooler than thou" attitude, but you know when you're bladdered, you're right and everyone else is wrong. But i think in the cold light of day i've made the point i intended to.:)

Perhaps they feel that, seeing as they've given the wretched sods some of their hard-earned cash, they have the right to stay and register their disapproval at such a sham. Besides, imagine the amount of shite bands who would still be dragging their sorry arses round pubs had not a few bad gigs convinced them to forget it.

Booing at bands is a sad and childish affair.

throwing plastic bottles of piss is where its at!

Ok let them know you think they're shite, but to spend the whole 30/45 minutes listening to something you don't like whilst annoying other people who do like it, seems a bit silly. Shout "fuck off", jeer or whatever and then go off and do something which isn't going to annoy you.

tweez spouted:

Shout "fuck off", jeer or whatever and then go off and do something which isn't going to annoy you.




Nahhhhh, I think I'll just stay here and boo this band for a bit longer...

Lintuk spouted:
throwing plastic bottles of piss is where its at!

Was it you that reduced the Sugababes to tears at Glasgow Green two years ago?


Top man

Their main thought is probably, if they leave they'll lose their place. Being stuck probably makes them even more angry, too.

I have seen some god awful bands mostly support ones, but Placebo do stick in my head for being the single worse band I willingly paid to see but I never booed I simply went to the bar and got pissed
I would never boo at ayone its very rude at least they are up there having a go. Like lintuk said throwing things is a different matter.

Booing at bands is not as good as throwing beer over the cunts.

Hello, Justin Hawkins!

When did the Darkness support the Bangles?

Har har.
I saw the carrot crunchers at some shitey pub in Lowlystoft, where, coincidentally, an all-girl pop band I'm friendly with are based. I was so disgusted with the cunt's whiney singing and pissy guitar licks that he got a faceful of Guinness. WHOOSH!

I used to boo at bands in my local shite hole. They were all 16 year old muppets who barely knew what a guitar was. Some were pretty cool though.

Godsize went onto to bigger things. Saw their debut gig.

I saw placebo and thought they were quite a good laugh, on the other hand I Saw EMINEM at Reading and stood there smugly not enjoying it! (The stage was too far away to fling my piss at)

I've booed before.

Why the fuck shouldn't I? I'd payed to get into the venue and the band weren't entertaining. I'm in the venue waiting for the main event... I don't want to go to the bar and leave my place, so I booed and made appropriate "wanker" and "fuck off" hand shapes.

If they don't like what I am doing to them... maybe THEY should fuck off to the bar or get some talent.

No, I don't recall which band it was.

I saw Mogwai play here in Ireland last October. Mogwai are kind of a "big noise" band, who do a lot of "loud bit, quiet bit" stuff, to great effect.
The support band were just a loud band, which is grand, but the amps had to be loud for Mogwai's set to have full effect, so we all got destroyed by whoever the warm-up was. Didn't boo though, not that they would have heard me.
Mogwai were excellent, by the way.

I saw the yeah yeah yeahs and yes the hostile attitude towards the locusts was shit. I thought they were shite but i didn't stand and shout because i know it must be hard to get up there and play to a big crowd. I think that the reason why people did shout was because all they could hear was the awful speed banging of drums. Man, i had a headache after that.

It would help if the promoters picked a support act whose music at least bore a passing resemblance to the genre of the music of the headliner act. Saw Fear Factory at the Perth Metro a couple of years ago. One of the support acts would have been just fine if they'd been supporting Grinspoon or someone like that.
Same with the bloke they had on the bill with Alice Cooper. He'd have been OK on someone elses show.

magicguppy spouted:
Was it you that reduced the Sugababes to tears at Glasgow Green two years ago?


That was nothing. Do you remember the last time Sheena "Im an American honest" Easton came back to Scotland?

I hear they were handing out empty bottles to punters as they arrived. Glass bottles.