dear bands i like, stop doing shows here before the summer starts

Derek · 03.26.2011, 08:36 AM

I'm 18 in June this year and I just read that LOW are playing an 18+ show a MONTH before my birthday. Damn.

This is just a warning to any band I like that posts here. Thanx.

Savage Clone · 03.26.2011, 08:45 AM

Could be worse.
Could be 21.

Derek · 03.26.2011, 08:53 AM

Good thing I don't live in a country where you can kill yourself in the armed forces before you can have a beer.

Savage Clone · 03.26.2011, 08:55 AM

Yes.
I missed a LOT of good shows before I turned 21.
Notably Nirvana at a tiny bar that I was too young to enter.
I did see them in a small club later, though. Don't worry; you'll more than make up for this. Trust me.

Glice · 03.26.2011, 09:43 AM

I don't remember ever having a problem going to 18+ gigs. Smaller venues tend to turn a blind eye. Go see smaller bands. Is King Tuts still there?

Genteel Death · 03.26.2011, 10:34 AM

Never had this problem. I do feel for those who do though.

EVOLghost · 03.26.2011, 11:13 AM

I remember when I had this problem.....Though didn't stop me from much.

only and I was't able to see were The Raveonettes and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

Derek · 03.26.2011, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice

I don't remember ever having a problem going to 18+ gigs. Smaller venues tend to turn a blind eye. Go see smaller bands. Is King Tuts still there?

Yep, no one good ever plays there though.

The problem is that smaller venues around here are always 18+ (and I've been rejected from a few of these venues). The bigger venues are no problem because they're always 14+ but the majority of acts I'd prefer to see only play in small 18+ clubs.

narlus · 03.26.2011, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by EVOLghost

I remember when I had this problem...

i barely remember what being 18 was like.

Glice · 03.26.2011, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Derek

Yep, no one good ever plays there though.

The problem is that smaller venues around here are always 18+ (and I've been rejected from a few of these venues). The bigger venues are no problem because they're always 14+ but the majority of acts I'd prefer to see only play in small 18+ clubs.

There was a point when I realised that I enjoy live bands more than I do seeing bands I know. Some of the best nights out have been watching bands that I don't necessarily like.

Anyway. I don't know your locale, but... well, I don't remember having any problems... and I was probably about 14 when I started going to gigs.

Kids these days eh? Poor buggers. I hope you're out taking drugs and threatening old ladies to make up for it.

Glice · 03.26.2011, 05:00 PM

UK - 18+ is the drinking age. Otherwise, sage advice.

Derek · 03.30.2011, 06:42 AM

If I have to buy a ticket on the door then they'll definitely check my age. If I go with a ticket then there's a chance they won't let me in and that'll be wasted money.

A Thousand Threads · 03.30.2011, 07:03 AM

As if it were yesterday, I still remember remembering nothing about the gig I went to last night, waking up in puke, not knowing where I am.
Confused, little, 14 year old fucker I was.

Funny how different protection of minors/memories is handled.

SpaceCadetHayden · 03.30.2011, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

Yes.
I missed a LOT of good shows before I turned 21.
Notably Nirvana at a tiny bar that I was too young to enter.
I did see them in a small club later, though. Don't worry; you'll more than make up for this. Trust me.

I've missed so many. It's tragic really.

At least you aren't in America, Derek.

_slavo_ · 03.30.2011, 08:11 AM

one hell of a luck that music show are not age limited in my area.

Phlegmscope · 03.30.2011, 08:58 AM

I didn't start to go to shows regularly until I was 19. Before that I didn't pay much attention to local or even domestic bands in general. Which is a shame, in retrospect, because I did miss few things. Most of the places in the town I grew up had age limit and the concert scene was mostly uninteresting anyway.

Most of the bands I liked at that time were foreign and / or broken up so I wasn't even hoping to see em. (few I later did though)

03.26.2011, 08:36 AM	#1
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	I'm 18 in June this year and I just read that LOW are playing an 18+ show a MONTH before my birthday. Damn. This is just a warning to any band I like that posts here. Thanx.
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Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,286	Could be worse. Could be 21.
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Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Good thing I don't live in a country where you can kill yourself in the armed forces before you can have a beer.
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Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,286	Yes. I missed a LOT of good shows before I turned 21. Notably Nirvana at a tiny bar that I was too young to enter. I did see them in a small club later, though. Don't worry; you'll more than make up for this. Trust me.
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Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Never had this problem. I do feel for those who do though.
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EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	I remember when I had this problem.....Though didn't stop me from much. only and I was't able to see were The Raveonettes and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
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03.30.2011, 06:42 AM	#12
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	If I have to buy a ticket on the door then they'll definitely check my age. If I go with a ticket then there's a chance they won't let me in and that'll be wasted money.
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A Thousand Threads expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,000	As if it were yesterday, I still remember remembering nothing about the gig I went to last night, waking up in puke, not knowing where I am. Confused, little, 14 year old fucker I was. Funny how different protection of minors/memories is handled.
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_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,886	one hell of a luck that music show are not age limited in my area. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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03.30.2011, 08:58 AM	#16
Phlegmscope expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 1,246	I didn't start to go to shows regularly until I was 19. Before that I didn't pay much attention to local or even domestic bands in general. Which is a shame, in retrospect, because I did miss few things. Most of the places in the town I grew up had age limit and the concert scene was mostly uninteresting anyway. Most of the bands I liked at that time were foreign and / or broken up so I wasn't even hoping to see em. (few I later did though)
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