It's usually done to keep drum sounds from showing up in other dudes' mics.
Problems it solves: Your drummer is a crazy hard-hitting John Bonham kinda guy but you're not a crazy loud band so you need to tame that shit. Or you're a crazy loud band but your loudness is made up of a lot of highly amplified subtle sounds that would get lost if all the mics had cymbal noise coming through them.
These are not Journey cover band situations.
So they're just trying to look "pro," or one of the guys in the band has tinnitus and can't have cymbals smashing by his head, or the drummer has incurable shit-breath, or they like the shitty sound that putting the drummer in a rattling plastic box makes.
Hate to say it, but casino gigs pay pretty well - they have the cash. The downside is you play a LOT of sets in a day, it's pretty grueling.But, people have child support to pay for, bad tattoos to get covered up, and it's not like they're going to just go work in banking or something. I have some guys on my Facebook feed who I used to hang out with and drink with in Hollywood before they got famous, who have gold and in one case platinum albums on their walls, who are doing the casino gigs covering the Rock And Roll Classics 12 hours a day. It's kind of sad...but it's steady work.
I've only seen it used on TV - bands on SNL and Letterman typically will have the plexi up to keep the mics clean for broadcast. Live, they're about as useful as Sam Roberts behind a microphone. Unless they've got acoustic issues on the gambling floor...don't want a shitty cover of "Don't Stop Believing" to bother the grannies at the nickel slots, now.
Are they just using pre-recorded keyboards for this? They should get Opie "The Psycho" Hughes to come do some air keyboard on songs like this. Maybe even a Genesis cover or two.
26 comments
10 iamcolinquim 2014-12-08
the three people dancing are acting the fool, if you'll excuse the profanity
6 thrillated 2014-12-08
Language!
Also, dump casino is my new favorite term.
2 [deleted] 2014-12-08
"I lost my shit at the dump casino."
10 TheMonkfish 2014-12-08
Dear Joe,
Try the salad bar.
Hugs, Your belt.
4 cc1945 2014-12-08
Joe is the worst kind of fat, especially for an older man. He has a feminine pear shaped body
6 dxInt 2014-12-08
Wait a minute, why is the drummer playing behind plexiglass?
7 [deleted] 2014-12-08
He's also running a check cashing concern to make ends meet.
2 Pat_Battle_Storage 2014-12-08
It's usually done to keep drum sounds from showing up in other dudes' mics.
Problems it solves: Your drummer is a crazy hard-hitting John Bonham kinda guy but you're not a crazy loud band so you need to tame that shit. Or you're a crazy loud band but your loudness is made up of a lot of highly amplified subtle sounds that would get lost if all the mics had cymbal noise coming through them.
These are not Journey cover band situations.
So they're just trying to look "pro," or one of the guys in the band has tinnitus and can't have cymbals smashing by his head, or the drummer has incurable shit-breath, or they like the shitty sound that putting the drummer in a rattling plastic box makes.
1 thrillated 2014-12-08
Because the casino wanted to alleviate the suckage that would inevitably ensue for the $20 they paid for the band.
1 PrinceCharmin 2014-12-08
Hate to say it, but casino gigs pay pretty well - they have the cash. The downside is you play a LOT of sets in a day, it's pretty grueling.But, people have child support to pay for, bad tattoos to get covered up, and it's not like they're going to just go work in banking or something. I have some guys on my Facebook feed who I used to hang out with and drink with in Hollywood before they got famous, who have gold and in one case platinum albums on their walls, who are doing the casino gigs covering the Rock And Roll Classics 12 hours a day. It's kind of sad...but it's steady work.
1 NoirMagieGateau 2014-12-08
It's silly, but it's supposed to dampen the noise from the drum set so it doesn't drown everything else out. It's usually used in small buildings.
1 PrinceCharmin 2014-12-08
I've only seen it used on TV - bands on SNL and Letterman typically will have the plexi up to keep the mics clean for broadcast. Live, they're about as useful as Sam Roberts behind a microphone. Unless they've got acoustic issues on the gambling floor...don't want a shitty cover of "Don't Stop Believing" to bother the grannies at the nickel slots, now.
6 vincentgallosdick 2014-12-08
Nothing says rock like baggy jeans with runners.
5 0JRB19690 2014-12-08
This is what AIDS would look like if it had a light show.
4 wifflebb 2014-12-08
The blazer/t-shirt/jeans combo is rough. I'm half expecting David Brent to make a special appearance.
2 fart_yourself_awake 2014-12-08
It's just the same guys haha? 2U covers Journey
8 alexreleases 2014-12-08
Yea what are they called Jourankle or sumthin? Fawkin killed deez cocksuckas, take us out whale boy
2 devilsadvocate33 2014-12-08
And that isn't even their final form. After Journey, they switch to The Busboys.
Not the band the busboys, but actual busboys.
2 anonimescu 2014-12-08
Is that the Opester on bass?
2 Slippery_Slope_Guy 2014-12-08
This makes me want to kill myself.
1 dxInt 2014-12-08
Worst part is the zoom in on the lead singer @ 3:26: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTSVcF1unBY&list=PLudd8NLa3-epwcpd9ym93cKeH3sDApWeW#t=208
1 theronskier1 2014-12-08
Did he pay those 5 people to dance?
1 cc1945 2014-12-08
Nothing cooler than watching "BGene Bono" and "Joe Edge" sharing a moment on stage and flowing off eachother's vibe
1 [deleted] 2014-12-08
I think they're better at Journey than U2.
1 regis69 2014-12-08
Are they just using pre-recorded keyboards for this? They should get Opie "The Psycho" Hughes to come do some air keyboard on songs like this. Maybe even a Genesis cover or two.
1 PigsArePunished 2014-12-08
wish it was a journey to da center of da eart' or sumpthin tss
0 hoogityboogitiesRIP 2014-12-08
13 seconds in... must comment: look at that sashaying ass flying back and forth!
0 truthie 2014-12-08
So many pairs of mom-jeans on one stage!