Famous music people you've met

Jed · 12-27-2004, 08:37 AM

Post any "famous" music people you've met!

I went backstage at The Offspring and met Dexter and Noodles and got them to sign my ticket and a setlist. I also got to meet their support band The Start, they were really really cool!

Met Chris Shifflet from Foo Fighters (and Me First And The Gimme Gimmes and Jackson United) and got him to sign an EP, a vinyl record, 2 tickets and he gave me his plec. I also got Jackson United's drummer's water bottle

Met Mike Mills and Peter Buck from R.E.M. and also met their manager Bertis Downs. Got my photo in a newspaper with Mike Mills too. I got all three of them to sign my copy of Reveal.

El Hefe from NoFX and Matt Freeman from Rancid have both been close enough on the street to talk to and get an autograph or something but there were too many other people crowded around them and I didn't wanna annoy them!

*That Matt Guy* · 12-27-2004, 03:41 PM

I've never met anyone in music. Dimebag Darrell used to buy groceries at my store, but I never actually got to talk to him. My sister has met several musicians unlike me. She's ran across Michael Stipe, The Go-Gos, The B52's etc. Not that I'd want to meet any of those though.

*damnhooligan* · 12-27-2004, 03:57 PM

I saw the fat dude (and the other non-fat dudes) from Blues Traveler a few weeks ago at Chili's. I didn't stick around, but I thought it was pretty cool that they were giving everyone a free show.

Once held the door for and managed a "Sup" to Tré Cool (drummer from Green Day) as he exited around the back of the Filmore Auditorium in Denver. A friend of mine worked there, and we were just running around back stage after one of their shows.

Rupert Holmes is a close friend of my mom, and an all around kick ass guy. His most known claim to fame is the "Pina Colada Song" from back in 1979/1980. He's moved on, presently a writer who's first book is being made into a movie starring

Colin Firth

and Kevin Bacon.

*Kid Icarus* · 12-28-2004, 01:07 AM

I haven't met a single one, sadly. I'd like to chat with Krist Novoselic though. I think he'd be pretty interesting to talk to.

Irfit · 01-03-2005, 05:52 PM

Just Erick avila (six magics) and alejandro silva(alejandro silva power cuarteto) , both popular chilean guitar players....

*raphael_is_cool* · 01-07-2005, 07:11 AM

I met the bassist from Suburban Legends. That's about it

I also met some old Pop Idol contestant that got to the final 10. She's really hot and can now really wail. Her new band played at my uni and I was chatting to her afterwards about music and stuff.

NightwatchersOnlygirl · 01-07-2005, 07:41 AM

Yes I have seen Robbie Willlams

*Hannah* · 01-07-2005, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Once held the door for and managed a "Sup" to Tré Cool (drummer from Green Day) as he exited around the back of the Filmore Auditorium in Denver. A friend of mine worked there, and we were just running around back stage after one of their shows.

THATS NOT FAIR! ;_; Greeeeenn ddaaaayy....

Foxy Boy · 01-15-2005, 09:38 AM

John Tesh. He was at a concert near Concord and near the end, he went up in the crowd. I was only 10 at the time, so it wasn't really any huge thing to me, but now that I think about it, I was really lucky to have him come up my aisle and stop right near me. Ah well, hindsight is 20/20, I suppose.

~~Leo656~~ · 01-16-2005, 10:03 AM

In 1997 I saw The Offspring at the Stone Pony here in NJ, after "Ixnay on the Hombre" had just come out. Insanely great show, with AFI and L7 as the openers. After the show, we were about to leave when we bumped into Davey Havoc from AFI (back when he had short hair and the band's initials stood for "Asking For It") and chatted with him for a few minutes. My friend Rick gave his band's demo tape to Dave and asked him to pass it along to Dexter, but he probably never did. The real kick was that not five minutes later, who happened to be just hanging out right outside the Pony but Dexter, Noodles, and (I think, hard to remember) Ron, who nobody recognized or talked to which I thought was kinda funny and sad at the same time. At first nobody was talking to them, but sure enough a crowd of people soon gathered and we were among the many who got the chance to talk with them for a while. Dexter signed my Ixnay CD cover, and we talked for a few minutes about all kinds of stuff, like why he cut the braids (answer: "I just got sick of it. Time for a change. Plus, it was kinda getting smelly, too.") and stuff. During the show itself, I yelled out a request for "Jennifer Lost the War", and he heard (but didn't see) me and replied "Uh, we forgot how to play "Jennifer Lost the War", dude." When I met him, I asked him if he was serious and he said "Nah, we just didn't feel like playin' it." Overall, really awesome guys who were very gracious to everyone they talked to (even the weird guy who offered Dexter an open beer, which he politely declined before nudging me and mumbling "See? We get all kindsa weird people. Like I know what's in that sh*t.") Great show, very memorable experience.

The only other experience like it (And I know Matt'll like this one) was the time I saw the Misfits at the now-defunct Birch Hill two years ago. At the time the lineup was Jerry Only, Marky Ramone, and Dez Cadena from Black Flag. They put on an awesome show, and as soon as they finished the last song, Jerry jumped up on the guard rail, did a "Jesus pose", and out of all the people reaching for him, he grabbed MY hand and gave it a firm shake before hopping down right in front of me, whipping out a marker and signing autographs for the entire place. The ENTIRE place. At one point when people were getting rowdy, he called out "Hey, hey! You guys are our hometown crowd, man, we ain't goin' nowhere! We ain't leavin' 'til everyone gets SOMEthing!" Along with autographs, a bunch of Misfits memorabilia like shirts and skateboards were given out to whoever happened to be standing closest to the roadie who was handing them out. I got autographs from all three guys, but Jerry was the one who talked the most with me and other fans. For some reason, he paid me and my girlfriend a lot of attention over everyone else, talking with us for a good half hour while he signed autographs for other people. We talked about wrestling, weightlifting, all the line-up changes in the band, tattoos, and the possibility of Danzig one day coming back. My girlfriend also kept smacking his ass randomly, but he didn't seem to mind. Overall, another great guy who went way above and beyond to give back to the fans, and no matter what anyone says about the Misfits post-Danzig, I will never say anything bad about them or Jerry after meeting him.

And this one isn't about me, but one of my co-workers smoked weed and hash with Ozzy backstage at Ozzfest a couple years ago before the show. Or rather, Ozzy saw him smoking and snatched his pipe away, then bogarted it until Sharon called him and told him it was time to go on. Apparently, Ozzy was acting especially wacky onstage that night, no surprise. And my co-worker at one point (since he was sitting near the stage) held up his pipe and started yelling "Yo, Ozzy, what the f*ck? At least put some'a yer own in, ya f*cker!"

**Barkworm** · 01-16-2005, 10:28 AM

Hey but I thought Ozzy quit?
No, I'm just kidding.

raphaelprime · 04-11-2005, 08:08 PM

I've met Mike "Bug" Cox and Meegs Rascon of Coal Chamber after a concert in WS, funniest part was my mom wanted to get a picture with em by our van, and meegs was takin his time and mike shouted at him "meegsy, run like boarder patrol is after you" and boy i never seen anyone run as fast as meegs did, everyone was on the ground laughin it was hillarious.

*Raph's Girl* · 04-11-2005, 09:09 PM

In Sept 1997 I saw The Monkees in concert...it was just the main 3(not Mike "my mom invented whiteout so I quit" Nesmith)... Im a HUGE fan of The Monkees so this was like one of the defining moments of my life.... I went with a co-worker of my mom's who knew their limo driver...so thru this contact I got to meet em backstage after the concert and got their autographs!

I was majorly shy back then so I was too nervous to even talk to em... but ah well... at least I can say I've met em...

My fave is Mickey Dolenze BTW....he's such a hottie

12-27-2004, 08:37 AM	#1
Jed Stone Warrior Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 956	Famous music people you've met Post any "famous" music people you've met! I went backstage at The Offspring and met Dexter and Noodles and got them to sign my ticket and a setlist. I also got to meet their support band The Start, they were really really cool! Met Chris Shifflet from Foo Fighters (and Me First And The Gimme Gimmes and Jackson United) and got him to sign an EP, a vinyl record, 2 tickets and he gave me his plec. I also got Jackson United's drummer's water bottle Met Mike Mills and Peter Buck from R.E.M. and also met their manager Bertis Downs. Got my photo in a newspaper with Mike Mills too. I got all three of them to sign my copy of Reveal. El Hefe from NoFX and Matt Freeman from Rancid have both been close enough on the street to talk to and get an autograph or something but there were too many other people crowded around them and I didn't wanna annoy them! __________________ I am Frank-Zappa-as-imagined-by-the-editor-of-a-famous-rock-&-roll-magazine. I am an anachronism who makes the ugliest music on the planet. I have no right to call myself a member of the human race. I am tasteless, untalented, pompous, arrogant, cruel, insensitive, vulgar and not a fun guy because I don't use drugs.

12-27-2004, 03:57 PM	#3
damnhooligan Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Dorksville, USA Posts: 1,745	I saw the fat dude (and the other non-fat dudes) from Blues Traveler a few weeks ago at Chili's. I didn't stick around, but I thought it was pretty cool that they were giving everyone a free show. Once held the door for and managed a "Sup" to Tré Cool (drummer from Green Day) as he exited around the back of the Filmore Auditorium in Denver. A friend of mine worked there, and we were just running around back stage after one of their shows. Rupert Holmes is a close friend of my mom, and an all around kick ass guy. His most known claim to fame is the "Pina Colada Song" from back in 1979/1980. He's moved on, presently a writer who's first book is being made into a movie starring Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon. __________________

01-07-2005, 07:41 AM	#7
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01-15-2005, 09:38 AM	#9
Foxy Boy Thug Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Charlotte Posts: 82	John Tesh. He was at a concert near Concord and near the end, he went up in the crowd. I was only 10 at the time, so it wasn't really any huge thing to me, but now that I think about it, I was really lucky to have him come up my aisle and stop right near me. Ah well, hindsight is 20/20, I suppose. __________________ Some people are slow to anger and quick to judge. I'm slow to post and quick to maim. Opeth: the true gods of metal.

01-16-2005, 10:28 AM	#11
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,758	Hey but I thought Ozzy quit? No, I'm just kidding. __________________ Make ****, not kill!

12-27-2004, 03:41 PM	#2
That Matt Guy Honey Bunches Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lone Star State Posts: 5,840	I've never met anyone in music. Dimebag Darrell used to buy groceries at my store, but I never actually got to talk to him. My sister has met several musicians unlike me. She's ran across Michael Stipe, The Go-Gos, The B52's etc. Not that I'd want to meet any of those though.

12-28-2004, 01:07 AM	#4
Kid Icarus Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Angel Land Posts: 4,150	I haven't met a single one, sadly. I'd like to chat with Krist Novoselic though. I think he'd be pretty interesting to talk to.

01-03-2005, 05:52 PM	#5
Irfit Random Punk Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Santiago , Chile. Posts: 47	Just Erick avila (six magics) and alejandro silva(alejandro silva power cuarteto) , both popular chilean guitar players....

01-07-2005, 07:11 AM	#6
raphael_is_cool Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: England Posts: 2,151	I met the bassist from Suburban Legends. That's about it I also met some old Pop Idol contestant that got to the final 10. She's really hot and can now really wail. Her new band played at my uni and I was chatting to her afterwards about music and stuff.

01-16-2005, 10:03 AM	#10
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	In 1997 I saw The Offspring at the Stone Pony here in NJ, after "Ixnay on the Hombre" had just come out. Insanely great show, with AFI and L7 as the openers. After the show, we were about to leave when we bumped into Davey Havoc from AFI (back when he had short hair and the band's initials stood for "Asking For It") and chatted with him for a few minutes. My friend Rick gave his band's demo tape to Dave and asked him to pass it along to Dexter, but he probably never did. The real kick was that not five minutes later, who happened to be just hanging out right outside the Pony but Dexter, Noodles, and (I think, hard to remember) Ron, who nobody recognized or talked to which I thought was kinda funny and sad at the same time. At first nobody was talking to them, but sure enough a crowd of people soon gathered and we were among the many who got the chance to talk with them for a while. Dexter signed my Ixnay CD cover, and we talked for a few minutes about all kinds of stuff, like why he cut the braids (answer: "I just got sick of it. Time for a change. Plus, it was kinda getting smelly, too.") and stuff. During the show itself, I yelled out a request for "Jennifer Lost the War", and he heard (but didn't see) me and replied "Uh, we forgot how to play "Jennifer Lost the War", dude." When I met him, I asked him if he was serious and he said "Nah, we just didn't feel like playin' it." Overall, really awesome guys who were very gracious to everyone they talked to (even the weird guy who offered Dexter an open beer, which he politely declined before nudging me and mumbling "See? We get all kindsa weird people. Like I know what's in that sht.") Great show, very memorable experience. The only other experience like it (And I know Matt'll like this one) was the time I saw the Misfits at the now-defunct Birch Hill two years ago. At the time the lineup was Jerry Only, Marky Ramone, and Dez Cadena from Black Flag. They put on an awesome show, and as soon as they finished the last song, Jerry jumped up on the guard rail, did a "Jesus pose", and out of all the people reaching for him, he grabbed MY hand and gave it a firm shake before hopping down right in front of me, whipping out a marker and signing autographs for the entire place. The ENTIRE place. At one point when people were getting rowdy, he called out "Hey, hey! You guys are our hometown crowd, man, we ain't goin' nowhere! We ain't leavin' 'til everyone gets SOMEthing!" Along with autographs, a bunch of Misfits memorabilia like shirts and skateboards were given out to whoever happened to be standing closest to the roadie who was handing them out. I got autographs from all three guys, but Jerry was the one who talked the most with me and other fans. For some reason, he paid me and my girlfriend a lot of attention over everyone else, talking with us for a good half hour while he signed autographs for other people. We talked about wrestling, weightlifting, all the line-up changes in the band, tattoos, and the possibility of Danzig one day coming back. My girlfriend also kept smacking his ass randomly, but he didn't seem to mind. Overall, another great guy who went way above and beyond to give back to the fans, and no matter what anyone says about the Misfits post-Danzig, I will never say anything bad about them or Jerry after meeting him. And this one isn't about me, but one of my co-workers smoked weed and hash with Ozzy backstage at Ozzfest a couple years ago before the show. Or rather, Ozzy saw him smoking and snatched his pipe away, then bogarted it until Sharon called him and told him it was time to go on. Apparently, Ozzy was acting especially wacky onstage that night, no surprise. And my co-worker at one point (since he was sitting near the stage) held up his pipe and started yelling "Yo, Ozzy, what the fck? At least put some'a yer own in, ya f*cker!"

04-11-2005, 08:08 PM	#12
raphaelprime Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Caniac Nation, NC Posts: 416	I've met Mike "Bug" Cox and Meegs Rascon of Coal Chamber after a concert in WS, funniest part was my mom wanted to get a picture with em by our van, and meegs was takin his time and mike shouted at him "meegsy, run like boarder patrol is after you" and boy i never seen anyone run as fast as meegs did, everyone was on the ground laughin it was hillarious. __________________ "Welcome to the south, plan to lose in our house, GoCanes, Carolina is back, and we're all Caniacs, GoCanes, We want more, shutout score, let's go Ward, GoCanes"....the new and improved version of Clapton's classic Cocaine Courtesy of Sliced...Thanks Sliced.

04-11-2005, 09:09 PM	#13
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	In Sept 1997 I saw The Monkees in concert...it was just the main 3(not Mike "my mom invented whiteout so I quit" Nesmith)... Im a HUGE fan of The Monkees so this was like one of the defining moments of my life.... I went with a co-worker of my mom's who knew their limo driver...so thru this contact I got to meet em backstage after the concert and got their autographs! I was majorly shy back then so I was too nervous to even talk to em... but ah well... at least I can say I've met em... My fave is Mickey Dolenze BTW....he's such a hottie __________________