English Crowds.
In general, I have been really disappointed with the crowds at the shows in England. Note: Scotland, Ireland, Europe are all pretty awesome (Japan, you KNOW we love you the most!). But ENGLAND, man. Man. Tonight, for a crowd of about 400, it was as quiet and unenthusiastic as an insurance convention, except for the kid in the front row who continually yelled, "You suck! I hate you! Zebrahead!!!" Nate dedicated a song to him, which was kinda funny, but we definitely had some anger in our hearts toward him. Confession: I was angry as well. After we played and I was tearing down my cords, pedals, etc, I lashed back at him a little, purposefully loud enough for the others around to hear.
"What are your songs like?" I yell.
"What?"
"Your band, what kind of style is it?"
He feigns to not hear me.
"Is it like Punk, or like Avant-Noise or what? What kind of sound are you going for?"
The others laugh, and his friend even tells me, "Don't listen to him, it was great, man." The mean kid, who actually caught my pic as I threw it while walking offstage (irony of ironies), throws the pic back at me. I give it to his friend, who thanks me. Later on, I go up to talk to him and simply say, "You're being a punk, but I'm not mad at you, and I hope you will grow up from this sooner or later," but I find that he has been kicked out of the show, and so instead just take a second to talk to the kids in the front who enjoyed the show, and thank them for coming.
Still, I feel like I acted out of anger, not justice or love. So, stupid kid, I apologize, although I doubt you will read this. You probably don't even remember the name of our band. =)
Dan
posted by Dan @ 2:37 PM
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"so, stupid kid, i apologize.."
and apologize for calling him a stupid kid? :)
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Jaffrey = too funny. LOL
Yea, I have never understood it when people act that way. Not everyone will like everything, and it's good that we are all not the same, but some people just too egocentric to see it, I suppose. LOL At any rate, being angry probably doesn't do much good, and hopefully he will outgrow that sort of behavior. IT's a good thing that he was removed. There should be consequences. :)
I wouldn't take quiet crowds to be a sign that you weren't loved. I think here we have certain expectations (like if people are sitting you weren't good enough or something) but not every crowd is the same either. Looks like you were loved by at least some in the front. They know the good stuff. :)
At any rate, hope ther rest of the trip goes well and you are well-received.
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