On July 2nd, I had 3 bands out doors.. Two hours a band with ipod in between for an hour. It was hot and jam packed. I was rotating ice-buckets in front of my amps to lower the temp of the air going into them..
I had tied up my speakers so they couldn't fall (Two are on stands).
Its around 9pm and its almost over and I see these 4 drunk guys and one drunk girl.. the guys have their arms around each other's shoulders. They are right on the other side of two metal barriers standing their sort of wobbling in drunkness.
I didn't like what I was seeing but didn't want to be a douche and ask them to move..
so I have my earbuds on and I'm just listening to add delay to vocals.
I look away for a second.. look back and it was as if a magic chloraform cloud from hell descended and hit them all at the same time.. In unison, all of their legs buckled and they came crashing through two barriers right through my umbrella snapping it like toothpicks.. Barriers down.. once guys legs are aiming to the east, one pair to the west, one pair north.. and the 4th guy had sort of bounced off the top of one guy and rolled up hill over to the second then on to the third then he popped up and ran off..
I uttered "DANGIT GUYS!!!" jumped up and started picking them up and picked up the barriers..
My umbrella stand was still up bu the top was just half-way down due to snapped rods..
I was pretty aggravated.. the guys had walked away... no "I'm sorry" or "my bad".. nothing...
then I look at my board and the 3 metal insert cables on the vocals were all bent down at a 35 degree angle.
brand new cables..
Trauma to the back of the board. I was super pissed..
so now I have an umbrella with 3 kinds of glue holding it together. SUCKO