ever played live indoors with sunglasses on?

hollywoodrox · July 2019

I always say wear what you want , have fun do what makes you happy n f**k the rest

Adey · August 2019

Don't sunglasses indoors make you look cool?

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(argh. Why can't I post images!!!!)

hollywoodrox · January 2023

ICBM said:

Yes.

Stage lights can be really bright.

Now that is COOL
sorry for the necro thread

mrkb · January 2023

What sort of knobbers do that?

Must have a chat with our old drummer - he was letting the side down!

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rze99 · January 2023

Yep

Paul_C · January 2023

I did once, because someone in the band brought along two 500w spotlights that they decided to shine up through my kit (I was drumming) and I couldn't see a thing.

Because of the spotlights and the shades I couldn't see anything beyond my kit so it felt like playing along to a backing track - weirdest gig ever.

I once wore some shades outdoors on a very sunny day, but they kept sliding down my nose so I had to take them off.

Sporky · January 2023

thecolourbox said:

What on earth is a Goth country and Western band? Any listening suggestions??

Fields of the Nephilim flirted with country on occasion.

Supportact · January 2023

I definitely have (to look 'cool', and not for any practical reason), but I used to be a massive twat. I'm still a bit of a twat, but I'm much more self conscious now so I wouldn't attempt it.

bbill335 · January 2023

i don't know why some people really do not care to see someone else wearing shades inside. who fuckin cares! all the harsh stage lighting situations as described already is more than enough justification. on occasion, i've even donned shades as a gig punter coz the dolt on the light board is blasting me in the face with harsh light and giving me a migraine.

JazzBean · January 2023

Old bands can look like bus stop queues. Put some shades and pork pie hat on to give the boozers something to look at.

maharg101 · January 2023

Yep, this poster was for a do at the BBC social club at Caversham Park

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Danny1969 · January 2023

Loads of times ...... the least coolest thing someone can do is worry about whether something is cool to do or not.

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mrkb · January 2023

Danny1969 said:

Loads of times ...... the least coolest thing someone can do is worry about whether something is cool to do or not.

Agreed, it’s not as bad as someone wearing shorts on stage…

HAL9000 · January 2023

p90fool said:

Sunglasses in a pub gig are in the grey ponytail bracket for me, sorry.

We need a separate thread for grey ponytails, and maybe another for pork pie hats

Rowby1 · January 2023

Low ceiling pubs with stage lighting is a recipe for a migraine. I don’t often wear them but sometimes it’s a better option than making yourself ill.

stickyfiddle · January 2023

I have no issue with rock bands wearing sunglasses but y’all have some bloody awful sunglasses…

maharg101 · January 2023

stickyfiddle said:

I have no issue with rock bands wearing sunglasses but y’all have some bloody awful sunglasses…

Like the Reverend says, they gotta be Cheap Sunglasses

Blueingreen · January 2023

I need to wear reading glasses for playing with charts. Up until now I've just been sticking on a pair of cheap Primark readers, because that's what I use for reading at home. Having seen how naff they look on a recent video of a gig I think I'm going to invest in a couple of pairs of tinted aviator readers purely for gigs. I've worn "novelty" shades a la Bootsy on stage in the past but it was an exercise in obvious and deliberate bad taste. This will be the first time I will look like I've actually joined the shades-on-stage-indoors set. A bit naff, but the lesser of two evils.

ICBM · January 2023

stickyfiddle said:

I have no issue with rock bands wearing sunglasses but y’all have some bloody awful sunglasses…

Those are my 90s Lara Croft specials

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stickyfiddle · January 2023

As far as I'm concerned there will only be one style of sunglasses appropriate for rock & roll

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Devil#20 · January 2023

stickyfiddle said:

As far as I'm concerned there will only be one style of sunglasses appropriate for rock & roll

Rayban Wayfarers then. I prefer Persols myself though.

p90fool · January 2023

HAL9000 said:

p90fool said:

Sunglasses in a pub gig are in the grey ponytail bracket for me, sorry.

We need a separate thread for grey ponytails, and maybe another for pork pie hats

And leather cowboy hats. In fact I've never seen one of those without a grey ponytail - are they sewn into the back of them?

Gassage · January 2023

A mate of mine used to.

Mind you, he was a TIG Welder.

Grangousier · January 2023

I want to commend the restraint of Fretboarders for not posting pictures of Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder.

(As opposed to people like me, who want to do the gag, but are too lazy to go and look for the pictures.)

ScreamingDave · February 2023

I quite often wear sunglasses because it stops the stage lights dazzling me and also because sometimes I close my eyes when I'm singing and that make sme look weird.

Petepassion · March 2023

In the early days I used to wear glasses and was very uncomfortable about my look, so very quickly started wearing contact lenses. But before I started wearing lenses I remember a gig at a local pub called the Salutation, I was about 17 and wanted to look cool, so took my glasses off and wore a pair of dark shades.

Unfortunately, a combination of no glasses, a dimly lit pub and a pair of dark shades meant I could not see a bloody thing. All I remember about the gig is struggling to even find my overdrive pedal…let alone my pint which always say on top my amp(yeah, not the best of idea’s).

Gassage · March 2023

My mate did.

But he's a welder and he'd caught an arc earlier that day.

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