just yer harmless common or garden notrights!
Was wondering a) how many have you encountered and b) how do you deal with em?
Im not talking about the violent morons who delight in telling you about the time they hit four men with a pool table for drinking bacardi breezers because it wasnt a mans drink.
Im talking about the poor unfortunates who have an almost christian like glaze to their eyes as they come along for a night of 80s american rock (or whatever your particular brand of art is) and ask in the half time interval .... why dont you play some shadows ... you would be really good at it ... all the time smiling in a way that makes you wonder if one day they will finally snap in a busy shopping arcade and 'off' a few people with a hot greggs pasty.
They are attracted by the bright lights and loud music i think.
I have been approached by more than my fair share in my time in various bands (maybe i look approachable I dunno but it is a worry), and have now developed and fine tuned a number of actions to avoid 20 minutes of hopping from one foot to another saying the universally recognized (but ignored in these guys cases) "anyway" as a means to ending the conversation.
first (and lousiest) - make sure one of the band members is an all round decent type (you know good family, good upbringing, polite to a fault - you know the type (our keyboard player for instance!)), point him out to nutter and say "oh if you are talking about the shadows you should talk to him, he chooses all our music". Then you can retreat to the bar, get a beer and watch your collegue hop from one foot to another for 20 minutes whilst you gurn and laugh at his expense. I have done this one several occassions with our keyboard player and bless him he is such a sweet bloke he wouldnt dream of telling them to sod off.
Secondly (and nastiest) - Hold your hand up in mid flow from said nutter and say "Are you fooking crackers!". Not nice and some of these guys can be quite big buggers, quite capable of grabbing your head in their vice like paws and wringing your neck like a chicken.
Thirdly (and grubbiest) - simply say "are you here for my blowjob?" This gets them scarpering most of the time, however if it doesnt you may be in for the donkey ride from hell on a wheelie bin behind the venue and could even end up wearing a wedding dress the following morning.
This is just a curious post from a concerned member of NWB, i guess what im saying is "Is it just me ... or do you all get accosted by these guys" - and they are always guys - cos when approached by a mental woman ..... well lets just say Im a hypocritical bastard and let that problem deal with itself the following morning ha ha ha ha ha.