Comments on: The drink nazi’s tighten their grip, for what?

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Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:28:59 +0000

[...] Weekly explains why artists aren’t allowed to drink onstage [sots], but there’s still no good explanation of why the police are increasingly enforcing an [...]

By: josh

josh — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:52:18 +0000

Fair enough. It being a separate area where underagers are allowed to be for performance reasons means that it probably should have a special status, along with the backstage area, with regard to alcohol consumption. Whether or not I agree with the age of choice being 21 is an argument for a different time. But should that special status exist if no underagers are expected to be? In other words: if everyone is over 21, why should the stage be dry?

By: Paul Turpin

Paul Turpin — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:34:01 +0000

One of things this rule accomplishes is allowing underage musicians to perform on the stage. Of course we’d all prefer to drink onstage and allow underage performers - but under our prudish states rules - if 18-20 year olds can be on stage, liquor can’t be. Actually that is supposed to be backstage too! Obviously it should be more liberal - but I’d not like to see good young musicians kept off the stage just so old bad ones can get sloshed there.

By: Kevin Ledoux

Kevin Ledoux — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:40:28 +0000

I gotta say I was a little taken back when “crew” poo-pooed the lead singer from the Shackletons the other night for getting his swerve on stageside. I’ve never seen that before. I had always thought of the stage as sort of a sovereign nation. Bands drink, smoke, get naked, and do whatever the hell makes them bands on stage. I mean it’s part of the performance we “paid” to see right? Can you imagine Tom Waits on stage without whiskey or butts. Please. The Fun Police blow.

By: Ashmatty

Ashmatty — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:04:32 +0000

drinking everyhwere should be outlawed, especially onstage.

By: Jason Josephes

Jason Josephes — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:39:05 +0000

You know my thoughts on this. I’m required to keep the alcohol off stage as we’ve been written up before, but personally, I don’t care if a band drinks while playing. That said, the only good to come of any additional heat around town re: onstage drinking is that I won’t get the blank looks or a “Really?” when I tell a band not to drink on stage, nor will I have to remind them a second time. Laws suck.