My 2 standouts were Glen Danzig and Eddie Vedder. Vedder was amazing and solidified my already amazing impression of him. Glen surprised me. I met him at a meet and greet. His security was being strict about 1 item only and I had a bunch. Including Black Aria on vinyl which I learned from Glen he had no clue that even existed. But he was so cool and said he’d sign everything I had. Super nice guy.
Dave Wynforf was the greatest, gave me a hug when we met back in Oct 2018 after the show. Great guy fantastic. CJ Ramone also fantastic and down to earth
One of the nicest people I met was Rick Allen . He was doing an Art Show in NJ and I bought a piece. I asked him who designed a particular backstage pass. He chuckled and explained that it was his lighting guy. I told him I collect art from musicians and Michael Godard. He asked what pieces I had, and I showed him pictures ( by doing that I got a minj interview about him. I got stories about him and Randy Rhoads and how he did crew work for Motorhead
I've met a handful of artists at either meet & greets or after shows, and thankfully have never really had a bad experience. But the one who stands out is Ben Folds. I've gotten to meet him 3 times, and each time he was remarkably friendly. Once was at a book signing, where you'd expect him to be nice. Another was as an extra on one of his music videos. He was extremely gracious to me and all of the other extras. And then I met him at the airport, pre-7am. I didn't want to bother him, and told him as much, but I just wanted to say how big a fan I was. Even in that early hour, he was so nice, extended his hand for a shake, and when I mentioned being an extra in one of his videos, said "Oh, I thought you looked familiar!" - I'm sure I didn't look familiar, but it was nice of him to suggest so. Really nice guy.
My favorite musicians I've met are Dio, Kerry King, Blitz from Overkill, Danzig, Richie Blackmore, Buck & Eric of Blue Oyster Cult, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Vinnie Appice, Chuck from Testament, Rob Halford and Bruce Dickinson on a solo tour for Chemical Wedding.
My band in San Diego, CA opened up for Stephen Pearcy in the mid 2000's. He took pics with me & was really cool. PS - GN'R is what I consider street rock, hard rock. There's nothing glam about them. And finally, I've met all of Overkill & they're all really cool. Especially Dave Linsk - I hung out with him till they had to kick us out of the club at 2am. I could listen to him tell his war stories about all the bands he was in. Awesome dude!
Great show and I believe you and Anthony have a great perspective on the artist Performers, world and it’s always the moment in which we live whenever you meet your favorite artist… The perspective of caring mix with kindness always goes a long way for all🎉
Have met Bruce Dickinson, Dave Mustaine, Kip Winger, Devin Townsend, Children Of Bodom, Nevermore, Cannibal Corpse, Trevor Peres of Obituary, Hammerfall, Chuck Schuldiner, Evergrey, Angela Gossow, Richard Christy, Stu Block of Iced Earth, In Flames...probably more over the years. Everyone was honestly super cool. They're just people. That's what always comes through. Just regular people who happen to have a really cool job.
All in the last 15 years - Dave Gilmour, Slash, Duff, Iron Maiden (Bruce Dickinson x 2 , Steve Harris x 2, Janick Gers, Nicko McBrain, Blaze Bayley x 2), Vain, All great, especially Maiden guys very down to earth. Only asshole was Blackie Lawless in 2006, told me he was signing Crimson Idol in black pen not my silver pen and told me not to step onto his bus 😂
I've met a couple, Alice Cooper - really nice guy, down to earth. Treats his fans very well. I live near Bob Seger, also a very nice guy, will stop and talk with you. Loves to talk music. But the nicest I ever met was Smokey Robinson. I was playing in a golf outing and he was playing in front of us with his friends. When the round ending, he was eating lunch in the clubhouse. About 20 of the outing folks wanting photos with him and autographs. Once he finished his lunch, he spent about 45 minutes posing for pictures with fans, signing autographs. Made sure everyone had a chance, all on his day off playing golf. Nicest celebrity I've ever met, period!
Met Budgie back in the day, really nice blokes. Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash, the late Jon Hiseman, Colloseum 2. More recently Angry Anderson, Rose Tattoo and last but not least The Long Ryders.
People like to favor Martin Turner and disregard AP's run of Wishbone Ash but hey.. who's put out more albums since? I love both Andy and Martin don't get me wrong but hell these WA albums post 1991 are really fantastic too. Martin's solo album from 2015... Ehh... Doesn't really cut the mustard
I’ve met Diana Ross, Rudy Sarzo, CC Deville, Deen Castronovo and several others. All were very kind to me and signed autographs which included picture taking too. I really enjoy your channel. God bless!🙏🏼
Met the dudes from Attacker and Mark The Shark from Manilla Road at Dingbatz a couple years back. All super cool dudes. Also met Halestorm when they were just starting out at some underage nightclub in the Frackville mall (PA) in the early 2000’s.
I've been blessed to get to both meet and work with many of my music heroes 🎶 🎉 Bruce Springsteen, at a book signing, Pat benatar, on multiple occasions, Prince, who I spent hours working on his equipment with. George Michael, we had a very heavy conversation with... Mick Jagger, for a few minutes, Billy Idol and Billy Morrison, Ric Ocasek, Elliott Easton, and Greg Hawks, Lemmy, who I got to talk with at The Rainbow, all of Metallica, for over six months... and many others. As I've stated, I've been blessed to meet so many of my idols.
I really enjoy your content, and this is a great video. I spent a few years in the music business in the '80s and '90s. Worked at a record store at 15, moved to "corporate" record stores at 17, and then a buyer for a big box retailer. I've had an opportunity to meet quite a few people. I met Stevie Nicks backstage after a show in Chicago, I am a huge fan, and some might say I have an obsession with her. Typical meet and greet but everyone left the room except me and my girlfriend, and we stood around talking to her for about 10 minutes, just the 2 of us, Stevie, and her assistant. Had dinner with Judas Priest backstage after their show during the Painkiller Tour, I met Alice Cooper backstage (nice guy!), the Scorpions, Stanley Jordan, Janet Jackson, Bob Seger, Boz Scaggs, Poco (in 1988), Jimmy Buffett, and Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. All thanks to my job. There were a few others too. Including a band called Cold Sweat in the early 90s at a coffee shop in Denver after their gig with Dio and Love/Hate. Positive experiences overall, got pictures with some of them, had conversations with others. Nobody was really a dick, their "handlers" were the dicks.
That's awesome Brendon that Vinny gave you his drum stick..The early nineties my friend Vicki won two tickets I believe from WSOU radio to see Pantera opening up for Skid Row in NYC ,.She was more for Skid Row me more for Pantera.Anyways we were way up front a couple of rows from the stage in front of Dimebag and till this day I was lucky to get one of Dimebag's guitar picks.
Ive met zakk Wylde a few times and he was really the only person I ever wanted to meet. Well him and Ozzy but I've never had the chance to meet Ozzy. But the first time I met Zakk was in 2000 but I've also met a shitload of other people from other bands and never had a bad experience
Been very fortunate with meeting Rockers and no negative stories. Gene, Paul (twice) and Bruce from KISS awesome, Nikki, Mick, Tommy and Vince from Motley amazing (1997), George Thorogood many times-and his band, invited us backstage for a drink, All the Jackyl guys, also went drinking with Jeff and Tom back in the day, Tom Morello Mark and Dana from Slaughter, Jani from Warrant was such a dude, Kirk and Rob from Metallica-Kirk chatted to my 12 year old about guitars, Adrian Belew was mint, Johnny Rod and Stet from WASP had a beer with me-and I had a chat with Rod Stewart in a pub in NY-an amazing person. Probably a few more I'm forgetting.
I had dinner with Primus once. Les didn’t want to be there and it showed. The only time he perked up was when he told us a story about the crew catching a bootlegger. Larry and Brain were both totally cool though.
Met Buck Dharma a couple of times and he was a gentleman and signed my CD. When I last saw Don Felder, even though he wasn't busy and I was the only person there, he refused to sign my CD.
Just about every show now has VIP w meet and greats, but I've not $$. I did meet Wayne "The Train" Hancock. It was at a local brewery where he was to play later and I was able to talk with him after the show. He was down to earth easy going. Got a photo and autograph. It was an amazing experience.
I never wanted or tried to meet anyone but ended up hanging out with Firehouse one day, they played in a friends back yard through a contest. The singer, CJ, talked crap about other artists who were not there and it never sat well with me and I have not listened to their music since. That kind of story is why I never wanted to ever meet someone, and it happened the one time I did. I always went out of my way to not meet bands back in the day, friends would go hang at the tour buses and such and I would just hang back just talking with non star people. lol
That's awesome about Dave Wakeling. Great band! I haven't met anyone HUGE, but I had a great conversation with Victor DeLorenzo of Violent Femmes. My best story is when I went to this amusement park in RI to see Mojo Nixon play. He played a little and then the park was struck by lightning and lost power. He tried to do an acoustic set, but without it being mic'd up he could barely be heard. Then there was a torrential downpour. About 20 minutes later it stopped and the park reopened the rides. I got in line for the log flume and ended up in front of Mojo. We talked. He signed a soggy matchbook. Then we rode in the same log together.
It's always cool when you just meet organically like that. I used to hook up with the Violent Femmes manager's nanny... she got me to a backstage situation and to the manager's home. They were pretty cool guys, and I do love their music. She was amazing. 😊
June of 2005, I attended an invitation only Great White show. They had a room set up for after the show, we could go and meet the band, get autographs, etc. Met and got my pic taken with Jack Russell. Had I stuck around longer, would've met Mark as well. In 2000, I met and got autographs by Chris Connelly (Ministry, Pigface) and Martin Atkins (Public Image Ltd, Ministry, Pigface). They were at a local record store doing a meet and greet.
Really enjoy these conversations guys. I feel like I’m there in the record store. Ps. I’m from New Zealand and have never heard of that band so I’ll check it out. That’s funny they were offended by the comment😅. I could possibly see that being an issue.
There are musicians that I idolize and would love to meet one day, but I would rather not meet them and still enjoy their music, than meet them, find out they're jerks and have that change my perspectives of them negatively.
An advice when you meet your heroes. Make sure you bring their latest album to sign and try to talk about the new material. Like some would let you sign a couple of albums. For example, with Sebastian Bach, be sure to bring or buy his latest solo album at a meet and greet at a record store in addition to a Skid Row record but talk more about his solo album.
Yes that's true. Lemmy's been my hero since I was 10 along with Cronos and Dee Snider, I'm now 48 and I met him in 2002. I was so gobsmacked that I asked him only the questions that first came to my mind. What's Philthy doing these days, why don't you ever play songs from Another Perfect Day? I should have at least sang the praises about the albums from 1916 through Sacrifice, since those are as good as the classic stuff or maybe even better. So, he wasn't much into those questions and the experience was not great. Didn't listen to Motörhead for a long time after that. On the positive note Graham Bonnet, Joe Lynn Turner and Barney Greenway are some of the nicest guys you could meet. I could even say that Graham was down to earth.
Hi Brendon. I was totally joking on the Corey Feldman comment. I was just watching some of his videos of him opening up for Limp Bizkit. I enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work!
I’ve met some musicians. I met Jess Margera and Matt Deis from CKY. Both very nice and very down to earth and took the time to talk to me briefly outside a restaurant near the venue they were playing. I met Danko Jones and the bass player JC. JC was nice and said hello and briefly spoke to me. Danko on the other hand totally rock starred me. Wouldn’t say hello, wouldn’t shake my hand and completely ignored me. I’m still a fan of the band and buy all their albums but haven’t gone to see them live ever since. If someone is standing outside a venue in the middle of a cold Canadian winter in December to see you play and you can’t say hello or acknowledge them then fuck off.
@@bmardon2112 Yeah man, it is what it is. Musicians are people just like us, could have been possible he was having a bad day or was running late. But like Brendon and Anthony always say though “don’t be a dick”.
My gold standard for musical heroes are Marillion, whom I"ve met each of several times. They have conventions where they just hang out with fans all the time, and I'm friends with people who are genuine friends of the band at this point. It's a great vibe. Another person I've gotten to the point where we always talk at her shows is Jill Sobule. Again, just cool and down-to-earth. On the flip side is Joe Jackson. I met him once at a signing and he didn't say anything. He's notoriously shy and not the kind of guy who comes out to meet fans after a show. Whereas I've met and talked to many of his band members over the years and they're all super nice. But overall, I don't think musicians owe us anything other than what they give us on stage and on the recordings. Having them interact outside of that is gravy but not what we're paying for (unless, of course, you're actually paying for the meet and greet, which I just did with Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew Saturday night, and they were both extremely nice).
Met Tom Petty in 2017 in Baltimore the day before their show and he was AWESOME…a car pulled up to Jimmys Seafood in Baltimore and I was working across the street….had tickets for the show the next day and I walked over curiously…was Tom and his wife Dana and their driver and security…NOBODY was around and I shouted to Tom, “love you man, see you tomorrow night “…he looked over and waved me over….I was wearing a Full Moon Fever t shirt under my work shirt and Tom loved that…signed my shirt and I talked to him about guitars for like 5 minutes…dude was my number one ALL TIME and was so damn awesome in person….my Pops grew up best friends with the roadie for ZZ Top and have eaten crabs a few times with him…and smoked a ton of pot with him too…GREAT man Billy Gibbons is
And yes you could see Tom was hurting physically…was relying on Dana to kind of lean on when he was upright…poor dude… courageous..what REAL rock N roll is all about
Was lucky enough that someone dropped a backstage pass at a Van Halen show in 1979. It was in LA at the Forum. After the show I met Eddie. He was a super nice guy, He signed an empty guitar string package I found. It's funny.. I remember he wasn't much taller than me in person. Michael was cool also. Never saw Alex backstage. There was a huge party going on. I think it was their last show of the year & They ended it in their hometown. Oh Dave.. Yea he was an asshole. Unless you were some hot chick he wasn't signing anything or saying anything to you. Wish we would have had cell phones back then.
Hi Berdon great subject i meet Mikki Dee who then was with the Great Motorhead i meet him in my home town of South Australia Adelaide i saw him waliking into surf shop i decided to follow him and say hello i said Hi areyou Mikki Dee from Motorhead and he said yes i am i went to shake his hand but he refused he said i dont shake hands ok but he was cool they were touring with my Favorite Band Rose tattoo we spoke for about 5 min and i wished him luck and let him get on with his shopping keep posting you videos i enjoy them so much all the best Oh i just found Anthonys band Long Gone day on you tube i thought the song was really good hopefully one day i can get their CD in Australia would be great
My wife is a huge Miranda Lambert fan. She got backstage passes for a meet and greet and Miranda was a total a-hole - in attitude and in actions. It actually took a while for my wife to even listen to her music again because she was crushed.
When Bon Jovi released These Days i had won backstage passes and front row seats. I actually was more excited to meet Richie more than Jon. There was probably about 12 of us waiting. We waited for like an hour then they said the band was running late and they weren't sure if they were going to come out. The only member to finally come out was Tico,the drummer. He was the nicest guy,signed stuff,took pics and said a few words. It was just so disappointing not to meet the rest of the band. They split up the group that were wating and we got to sit on stage for 4 songs each ...they had actual bars set up on stage behind the band, with alcohol😊 . Although a cool experience was still a let down. Have met Kenny Wayne Shepherd so many times after shows outside ....he had one tour manager we got friendly with because we went to so many shows,33 , he would just bring us back stage to get our pics and stuff signed. Kenny and the guys always so kind. Met David Johansen at my local record store in the 80s. Didnt know he was going to be there and they didnt have anything left of his to buy so they were giving people album flats for him to sign. He was such jerk about it ...made negative comments to everyone about it. Like you we were just teenagers....
Cool stories. I took my wife to meet Bon Jovi, he was without Richie at that point. But she was like a teenager again... when she had to hug him and apologized... he said, "That's alright baby." We recorded him saying that from in her pocket. She will never forget. Sorry about you D.J. meeting, some are like that. I met Quentin Tarantino at one of his music soundtrack shows in Hollywood... and was asking if we could get a Pic 📸... he's like no that would embarrass you and me. I'm like 😮 What? But then Robert Rodriguez was super cool 😎 so it was a great night after all. I just sum it up to Q being Q.
@@Jhon-Rocks I'm sure some fans are out of control but for the most part we are just people who want to meet our heroes...they wouldn't be much without fans
99% of the time it's all about the approach you take when meeting the bands and making an assessment of the situation. If you run up like a maniac with 20 things to get signed expect to be rejected. Being sane , level headed and undemanding is the best way. I've met everyone from Stevn Tyler, Jon Bon Jovi , Dave Mustaine, Stephen Pearcy, Robin Zander etc and they've all been cool as f***. Some I've even become friends with like the guys from Vain. Davy even took me and my friend on a nature tour of SF and we hung out at his house and studio. Got to hear Enough Rope months before it was released on his balcony!!
I used to live in New Haven, Connecticut and in 1999 I saw a sign at toads place that ratt was performing there. I was so nervous to walk up and buy tickets cause I was so nervous? They were my idols. So I didn't go. And I really regret it!
I think like the majority of our hero encounters .. I met my favorite singer and it lasted about 3 seconds he gave me a fist bump and a nod in an autograph line so I’m pretty fine with that I’ll never know if he was a jerk or a nice guy 😂
Met a few , some good exchanges , some not . Most were alright . Worked for a year as a runner backstage locally for a sound production team when bands came it was a co-op program for high school , later I worked at a local theater for a few years cleaning backstage and setting up the " green " room . Met folks from the likes of Alice Cooper to Natalie Cole ..., also met Meatloaf purely by accident helping a buddy out who ran a food stand at our local Aud , he just wanted some drinks and hot dogs for the crew , lol ..,
I ran into J Mascis after a show, I was 16 or 17. He wouldn't speak, only nodded 😅. I walked away thinking he wasn't nice but turns out he's very quiet and low key. My initial response was wrong. He's pretty mellow in interviews I've seen, not too chatty.
I acknowledge they’re a “Rock” band but they were “Glam Metal” in 1987 when they released Appetite For Destruction. That album is a classic representation of Glam Metal. It dirty, sleazy, hard rock at its best.
In 2006 i met Henry Rollins (Black Flag/Rollins Band) at a grocery store line up. I noticed he was buying 2 bags of "organic potato chips" I forgot he's a "straight edge" health nut, but i said "you're buying organic chips ? weird i didn't know that exist". Rollins looked at the copy of Rolling Stone magazine i was buying & said "You still read Rolling Stone ? Nobody reads that crap anymore, buy a book instead" He smerked & looked away. Our chat ended there.
Met Firehouse back in the day super cool guys. Shotgun Messiah super cool. Lynch Mob every was cool, but George Lynch wouldn't come out of the bus to meet the fans. Vinnie Moore was great. Quiet Riot was cool.
I worked at Whole Foods in Nashville for 5 years and Tower Records in the 80's and have met probably over 200 famous people and the nicest was Ronnie James Dio and Taylor Swift when she was 16, and the biggest jackass's were Peter Frampton and Slash. Slash was rude, hammered and had some weird white crap all over his face. I've never, ever payed to meet someone. LOL
I’ve had great experiences meeting bands and a couple bad ones …it was more exciting to meet them after the gigs or just hanging out ..now with the pay to meet greet it makes it kinda odd …I do those but it doesn’t seem as real and rushed …but I’m a sucker to do it lol I have meet greets with Dave Mustaine and King Diamond coming up soon …met Pearcy last year he was awesome actually met him twice …I ran into him at the same hotel I was checking into in the lobby and he was down to earth and took time to talk to me but at the meet greet it was rushed and not as much fun but he was still great …worst band I ever met was singer for band Lucifer in Atlanta back in 2016 …long story but she was completely awful and I quit buying her albums and even ran into her again at another gig in NC and I walked by her and ignored her lol sometimes it’s best not to meet them
Ive had great luck some of the cool people were Love/ Hate (90ish), Lizzy Borden was very cool guy (91ish), Bang Tango guys were cool ( 90)..Peter Criss ( 2010ish) .Al from Ministry 2018, Brad from Night Ranger 2009, OK was Dee Snider, Dave M from Megadeth, Anthrax guys, and the only total jerk was j.j. from twisted sister.
Have met a lot of artists over the years. Some of the standouts were Brett Michaels, Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian), Matt Barlow, Mark Slaughter. As Anthony says, Dave Wakeling is a super nice guy. Met Sting twice, very cordial, and polite. Jackson Browne seemed shy and a little uncomfortable, but nice enough. The one seriously negative experience I had was Paul Stanley. He was a total ass.
Guns n' roses is not glam metal. In my humble opinion I think that's what killed glam metal and people just assumed it was grunge. But there's a lot of people that just don't realize how Big guns and roses were in the late 80s early 90s and they pretty much killed every goddamn thing. And I think it was a combination of Metallica and guns and roses that was Glam metals downfall.
@@BrendonSnyder man I just want to say it's a really cool thing that you respond to people! That's a really cool thing and I thought the Mike tramp interview was really good
Brendan love your channel but one thing I noticed is slow down if you’re going to have Anthony on let him talk anyways met many of my idols mostly good experiences with a few bad ones couple probably my fault for being like Anthony a little inebriated
I've purposely never have met any of my musical heroes, although I had the chance many times. I love the music so much for so many decades that I can't take the chance of my hero being a wanker. It would ruin the music for me moving forward. That's just how my brain works. Sure, I may have missed out, I may not have any autographs and may not have any pictures or memories but it's all about preserving the music for me. Just my opinion.
My friend said George Thorogood came across with a bit of an ego, kinda silly. I hardly had much time with Geddy at the book signing in 2019, so I can't say whether or not he's a cool guy. He probably is
God I must be a massive loser. I’m 50 years old and have been going to concerts and shows since I was 13 and not one time have I ever met a famous musician. Never been backstage, never had good seats to shows. I hear stories of people meeting these people and realize how much I suck.
Bro, you're just a lover of music... nothing sucks about that. Some people just live in certain circles where it works out. I've got friends that lived in Hollywood all their lives and never met a famous person. Just keep loving music...
Most of my instances come from sneaking back stage or waiting by the tour bus after the show. Some are meet and greets (before you had to pay for it) and others are in store signings when they were promoting albums. But all in all, you have to want to meet the bands in order for it to happen. Back in the day there were so many ways. I pursued them all and have met more than 60 of my heroes.
Dave Mustaine is a jerk no matter what. Alice Cooper Was a Saint! I loved being around him. I loved Faster Pussycats, those guys were so fun. The guys of Def Leppard were a blast to. When I meet them they always treated me with total respect. There is others. Merlyn Manson Hated to get blasted by adults but always took time with Kid fans at Ozzfest! I personally have met a few bands but only one bad experience. Gotta love the bands and show respect to them since their time is very limited. Treat them as people and you go far in conversation. I got backstage passes from the radio stations that is how I was able to meet my heros back in the day. Sorry but Dave is just rude. He doesn't like to meet people that are his fans. He is just get out of my face type of guy. RIP Steve Clark he was a great guy behind stage. I was young and he also gave me a hug. I will forever miss him.
I’ve met guys I feel like that about but if you can hold it together you get more out of the experience. My time with The Edge was 30 mins or so because I was just being a regular guy with him. If you act like the Uber fan then it’s awkward for them and they want to move on. So I’ve found just being a regular guy is the best way to act as they’re just regular guys too.
Hey Brandon, maybe next time you should buy the guitar picks or drumsticks so they can sign them. Nowadays, most musicians can no longer afford to keep buying stuff just to keep giving them away to fans.
Bro this was 30 years ago and the guitar picks and drumsticks were given to them free as promotional items because they were sponsored by the company. That said, guitar picks and drum sticks get worn out and can’t be used forever so giving them away is better than throwing them in the trash. Finally if they’re so expensive then why do musicians throw guitar picks and drum sticks out to the fans in the middle of concerts?! 🤷♂️ Give me a break 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Holy Shit! Just spinned my Too Fast For Love vinyl … all I could think of was what a great rock anthem … maybe you can make a video about your albums you consider to be the rock anthems! Northern New Jersey loves you :)
Only artists been able to meet in person are Phil Anselmo, Alejandro Escovedo, Rick Derringer, and Billy Joe Shaver. All four were cool as fuck and seemed genuine. Edit #1: Anthony is correct: Guns n Roses are rock n roll, not glam. Don't care they came out in glam metal era. Edit #2: Why not call out who the guitar wannabe thief is? Talked about it for two minutes and don't drop name? Wtf
My 2 standouts were Glen Danzig and Eddie Vedder. Vedder was amazing and solidified my already amazing impression of him. Glen surprised me. I met him at a meet and greet. His security was being strict about 1 item only and I had a bunch. Including Black Aria on vinyl which I learned from Glen he had no clue that even existed. But he was so cool and said he’d sign everything I had. Super nice guy.
Dave Wynforf was the greatest, gave me a hug when we met back in Oct 2018 after the show. Great guy fantastic.
CJ Ramone also fantastic and down to earth
One of the nicest people I met was Rick Allen . He was doing an Art Show in NJ and I bought a piece. I asked him who designed a particular backstage pass. He chuckled and explained that it was his lighting guy. I told him I collect art from musicians and Michael Godard. He asked what pieces I had, and I showed him pictures ( by doing that I got a minj interview about him. I got stories about him and Randy Rhoads and how he did crew work for Motorhead
I've met a handful of artists at either meet & greets or after shows, and thankfully have never really had a bad experience. But the one who stands out is Ben Folds. I've gotten to meet him 3 times, and each time he was remarkably friendly. Once was at a book signing, where you'd expect him to be nice. Another was as an extra on one of his music videos. He was extremely gracious to me and all of the other extras. And then I met him at the airport, pre-7am. I didn't want to bother him, and told him as much, but I just wanted to say how big a fan I was. Even in that early hour, he was so nice, extended his hand for a shake, and when I mentioned being an extra in one of his videos, said "Oh, I thought you looked familiar!" - I'm sure I didn't look familiar, but it was nice of him to suggest so. Really nice guy.
My favorite musicians I've met are Dio, Kerry King, Blitz from Overkill, Danzig, Richie Blackmore, Buck & Eric of Blue Oyster Cult, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Vinnie Appice, Chuck from Testament, Rob Halford and Bruce Dickinson on a solo tour for Chemical Wedding.
My band in San Diego, CA opened up for Stephen Pearcy in the mid 2000's. He took pics with me & was really cool. PS - GN'R is what I consider street rock, hard rock. There's nothing glam about them.
And finally, I've met all of Overkill & they're all really cool. Especially Dave Linsk - I hung out with him till they had to kick us out of the club at 2am. I could listen to him tell his war stories about all the bands he was in. Awesome dude!
Steven Tyler, Kid Rock and the guys from Lynyrd Skynyrd are on my bucket list to meet in person. 🇺🇸🔥🤘🏾
Great show and I believe you and Anthony have a great perspective on the artist Performers, world and it’s always the moment in which we live whenever you meet your favorite artist… The perspective of caring mix with kindness always goes a long way for all🎉
Have met Bruce Dickinson, Dave Mustaine, Kip Winger, Devin Townsend, Children Of Bodom, Nevermore, Cannibal Corpse, Trevor Peres of Obituary, Hammerfall, Chuck Schuldiner, Evergrey, Angela Gossow, Richard Christy, Stu Block of Iced Earth, In Flames...probably more over the years. Everyone was honestly super cool. They're just people. That's what always comes through. Just regular people who happen to have a really cool job.
Nevermore & Hammerfall are some of the coolest dudes!
All in the last 15 years - Dave Gilmour, Slash, Duff, Iron Maiden (Bruce Dickinson x 2 , Steve Harris x 2, Janick Gers, Nicko McBrain, Blaze Bayley x 2), Vain, All great, especially Maiden guys very down to earth. Only asshole was Blackie Lawless in 2006, told me he was signing Crimson Idol in black pen not my silver pen and told me not to step onto his bus 😂
I've met a couple, Alice Cooper - really nice guy, down to earth. Treats his fans very well. I live near Bob Seger, also a very nice guy, will stop and talk with you. Loves to talk music. But the nicest I ever met was Smokey Robinson. I was playing in a golf outing and he was playing in front of us with his friends. When the round ending, he was eating lunch in the clubhouse. About 20 of the outing folks wanting photos with him and autographs. Once he finished his lunch, he spent about 45 minutes posing for pictures with fans, signing autographs. Made sure everyone had a chance, all on his day off playing golf. Nicest celebrity I've ever met, period!
Met Budgie back in the day, really nice blokes. Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash, the late Jon Hiseman, Colloseum 2. More recently Angry Anderson, Rose Tattoo and last but not least The Long Ryders.
People like to favor Martin Turner and disregard AP's run of Wishbone Ash but hey.. who's put out more albums since? I love both Andy and Martin don't get me wrong but hell these WA albums post 1991 are really fantastic too. Martin's solo album from 2015... Ehh... Doesn't really cut the mustard
I’ve met Diana Ross, Rudy Sarzo, CC Deville, Deen Castronovo and several others. All were very kind to me and signed autographs which included picture taking too. I really enjoy your channel. God bless!🙏🏼
Met the dudes from Attacker and Mark The Shark from Manilla Road at Dingbatz a couple years back. All super cool dudes. Also met Halestorm when they were just starting out at some underage nightclub in the Frackville mall (PA) in the early 2000’s.
I've been blessed to get to both meet and work with many of my music heroes 🎶 🎉 Bruce Springsteen, at a book signing, Pat benatar, on multiple occasions, Prince, who I spent hours working on his equipment with. George Michael, we had a very heavy conversation with... Mick Jagger, for a few minutes, Billy Idol and Billy Morrison, Ric Ocasek, Elliott Easton, and Greg Hawks, Lemmy, who I got to talk with at The Rainbow, all of Metallica, for over six months... and many others. As I've stated, I've been blessed to meet so many of my idols.
Same history and I grew up in the 70s (the apex, in my opinion) in my teens!
peter garret ( midnight oil ) great guy. great to see business is booming.!
I’d love to meet him one day
I really enjoy your content, and this is a great video. I spent a few years in the music business in the '80s and '90s. Worked at a record store at 15, moved to "corporate" record stores at 17, and then a buyer for a big box retailer. I've had an opportunity to meet quite a few people.
I met Stevie Nicks backstage after a show in Chicago, I am a huge fan, and some might say I have an obsession with her. Typical meet and greet but everyone left the room except me and my girlfriend, and we stood around talking to her for about 10 minutes, just the 2 of us, Stevie, and her assistant.
Had dinner with Judas Priest backstage after their show during the Painkiller Tour, I met Alice Cooper backstage (nice guy!), the Scorpions, Stanley Jordan, Janet Jackson, Bob Seger, Boz Scaggs, Poco (in 1988), Jimmy Buffett, and Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. All thanks to my job. There were a few others too. Including a band called Cold Sweat in the early 90s at a coffee shop in Denver after their gig with Dio and Love/Hate.
Positive experiences overall, got pictures with some of them, had conversations with others. Nobody was really a dick, their "handlers" were the dicks.
That's awesome Brendon that Vinny gave you his drum stick..The early nineties my friend Vicki won two tickets I believe from WSOU radio to see Pantera opening up for Skid Row in NYC ,.She was more for Skid Row me more for Pantera.Anyways we were way up front a couple of rows from the stage in front of Dimebag and till this day I was lucky to get one of Dimebag's guitar picks.
I interviewed Alice Cooper around a decade ago and he was so cool to me that I wound up becoming more of a fan.
Ive met zakk Wylde a few times and he was really the only person I ever wanted to meet. Well him and Ozzy but I've never had the chance to meet Ozzy. But the first time I met Zakk was in 2000 but I've also met a shitload of other people from other bands and never had a bad experience
Met KK Downing from Judas Priest as I played golf at his course in UK. He was a top fella and very friendly
Been very fortunate with meeting Rockers and no negative stories. Gene, Paul (twice) and Bruce from KISS awesome, Nikki, Mick, Tommy and Vince from Motley amazing (1997), George Thorogood many times-and his band, invited us backstage for a drink, All the Jackyl guys, also went drinking with Jeff and Tom back in the day, Tom Morello Mark and Dana from Slaughter, Jani from Warrant was such a dude, Kirk and Rob from Metallica-Kirk chatted to my 12 year old about guitars, Adrian Belew was mint, Johnny Rod and Stet from WASP had a beer with me-and I had a chat with Rod Stewart in a pub in NY-an amazing person. Probably a few more I'm forgetting.
I had dinner with Primus once. Les didn’t want to be there and it showed. The only time he perked up was when he told us a story about the crew catching a bootlegger. Larry and Brain were both totally cool though.
That's a shame and for some reason I'm not surprised and I love Primus but ya I can see Les maybe being a bit of a dick perhaps eh
Or just an off day maybe
Quite possibly.
Slaughters stick it to ya album cover turned me off and I never gave them a chance. Ant here made me check them out and I’m glad, band is great!
Met Buck Dharma a couple of times and he was a gentleman and signed my CD. When I last saw Don Felder, even though he wasn't busy and I was the only person there, he refused to sign my CD.
I can see the Eagles guys being total dicks. Sans Joe Walsh, I'd like to think of Joe as just a regular dude
Just about every show now has VIP w meet and greats, but I've not $$.
I did meet Wayne "The Train" Hancock. It was at a local brewery where he was to play later and I was able to talk with him after the show. He was down to earth easy going. Got a photo and autograph. It was an amazing experience.
Damn I might need to visit this place looks awesome
The coolest musician I’ve ever met was Mike Roche from TSOL. Super nice, signed my records and couldn’t have been cooler. Best experience ever!
as a former caterer for rock stars, i have met a multitude of them. it,s often a let down, although sometimes they suprise you.
I never wanted or tried to meet anyone but ended up hanging out with Firehouse one day, they played in a friends back yard through a contest. The singer, CJ, talked crap about other artists who were not there and it never sat well with me and I have not listened to their music since. That kind of story is why I never wanted to ever meet someone, and it happened the one time I did. I always went out of my way to not meet bands back in the day, friends would go hang at the tour buses and such and I would just hang back just talking with non star people. lol
Trust me when I tell you they are not all that insecure. Maybe the Bullet Boys, but that's the only bad interaction I've had.
Met the guys in Firehosue too they’re very cool
@@BrendonSnyder Good days, bad days... they are human. You can only hope to have a positive experience ✨️ happy you di exactly that!
That's awesome about Dave Wakeling. Great band!
I haven't met anyone HUGE, but I had a great conversation with Victor DeLorenzo of Violent Femmes. My best story is when I went to this amusement park in RI to see Mojo Nixon play. He played a little and then the park was struck by lightning and lost power. He tried to do an acoustic set, but without it being mic'd up he could barely be heard. Then there was a torrential downpour. About 20 minutes later it stopped and the park reopened the rides. I got in line for the log flume and ended up in front of Mojo. We talked. He signed a soggy matchbook. Then we rode in the same log together.
It's always cool when you just meet organically like that. I used to hook up with the Violent Femmes manager's nanny... she got me to a backstage situation and to the manager's home. They were pretty cool guys, and I do love their music. She was amazing. 😊
@@Jhon-Rocks now that’s a great story!
June of 2005, I attended an invitation only Great White show. They had a room set up for after the show, we could go and meet the band, get autographs, etc. Met and got my pic taken with Jack Russell. Had I stuck around longer, would've met Mark as well.
In 2000, I met and got autographs by Chris Connelly (Ministry, Pigface) and Martin Atkins (Public Image Ltd, Ministry, Pigface). They were at a local record store doing a meet and greet.
It was fun for me I've met David Crosby Graham Nash Neil Young both logins and Messina not to mention Peter Frampton
Really enjoy these conversations guys. I feel like I’m there in the record store. Ps. I’m from New Zealand and have never heard of that band so I’ll check it out. That’s funny they were offended by the comment😅. I could possibly see that being an issue.
Met Dave Gahan from Depeche Mode, my favorite band in 2001 on a street in New Orleans. Caught him off guard, but he was very nice.
That’s cool!
There are musicians that I idolize and would love to meet one day, but I would rather not meet them and still enjoy their music, than meet them, find out they're jerks and have that change my perspectives of them negatively.
An advice when you meet your heroes. Make sure you bring their latest album to sign and try to talk about the new material. Like some would let you sign a couple of albums. For example, with Sebastian Bach, be sure to bring or buy his latest solo album at a meet and greet at a record store in addition to a Skid Row record but talk more about his solo album.
Yes! I agree. I always take a copy of the latest release as well as my favorite release of theirs in case I can get more than one thing signed.
Yes that's true. Lemmy's been my hero since I was 10 along with Cronos and Dee Snider, I'm now 48 and I met him in 2002. I was so gobsmacked that I asked him only the questions that first came to my mind. What's Philthy doing these days, why don't you ever play songs from Another Perfect Day? I should have at least sang the praises about the albums from 1916 through Sacrifice, since those are as good as the classic stuff or maybe even better. So, he wasn't much into those questions and the experience was not great. Didn't listen to Motörhead for a long time after that. On the positive note Graham Bonnet, Joe Lynn Turner and Barney Greenway are some of the nicest guys you could meet. I could even say that Graham was down to earth.
Hi Brendon. I was totally joking on the Corey Feldman comment. I was just watching some of his videos of him opening up for Limp Bizkit. I enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work!
These videos are really cool! I want to know who tried to steal the guitar...
The stories are true, but the names are changed to protect the innocent 😂
I’ve had it go both ways Brendon! I still would love to meet Peter Criss!!!
I’ve met some musicians.
I met Jess Margera and Matt Deis from CKY. Both very nice and very down to earth and took the time to talk to me briefly outside a restaurant near the venue they were playing.
I met Danko Jones and the bass player JC. JC was nice and said hello and briefly spoke to me. Danko on the other hand totally rock starred me. Wouldn’t say hello, wouldn’t shake my hand and completely ignored me. I’m still a fan of the band and buy all their albums but haven’t gone to see them live ever since. If someone is standing outside a venue in the middle of a cold Canadian winter in December to see you play and you can’t say hello or acknowledge them then fuck off.
That sucks man, I too am Canadian brother
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Yeah man, it is what it is. Musicians are people just like us, could have been possible he was having a bad day or was running late. But like Brendon and Anthony always say though “don’t be a dick”.
My gold standard for musical heroes are Marillion, whom I"ve met each of several times. They have conventions where they just hang out with fans all the time, and I'm friends with people who are genuine friends of the band at this point. It's a great vibe.
Another person I've gotten to the point where we always talk at her shows is Jill Sobule. Again, just cool and down-to-earth.
On the flip side is Joe Jackson. I met him once at a signing and he didn't say anything. He's notoriously shy and not the kind of guy who comes out to meet fans after a show. Whereas I've met and talked to many of his band members over the years and they're all super nice.
But overall, I don't think musicians owe us anything other than what they give us on stage and on the recordings. Having them interact outside of that is gravy but not what we're paying for (unless, of course, you're actually paying for the meet and greet, which I just did with Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew Saturday night, and they were both extremely nice).
Darn, now I’m really curious about who you guys were talking about at 14:09 🤔
Same lol
Met Tom Petty in 2017 in Baltimore the day before their show and he was AWESOME…a car pulled up to Jimmys Seafood in Baltimore and I was working across the street….had tickets for the show the next day and I walked over curiously…was Tom and his wife Dana and their driver and security…NOBODY was around and I shouted to Tom, “love you man, see you tomorrow night “…he looked over and waved me over….I was wearing a Full Moon Fever t shirt under my work shirt and Tom loved that…signed my shirt and I talked to him about guitars for like 5 minutes…dude was my number one ALL TIME and was so damn awesome in person….my Pops grew up best friends with the roadie for ZZ Top and have eaten crabs a few times with him…and smoked a ton of pot with him too…GREAT man Billy Gibbons is
And yes you could see Tom was hurting physically…was relying on Dana to kind of lean on when he was upright…poor dude… courageous..what REAL rock N roll is all about
Was lucky enough that someone dropped a backstage pass at a Van Halen show in 1979. It was in LA at the Forum. After the show I met Eddie. He was a super nice guy, He signed an empty guitar string package I found. It's funny.. I remember he wasn't much taller than me in person. Michael was cool also. Never saw Alex backstage. There was a huge party going on. I think it was their last show of the year & They ended it in their hometown. Oh Dave.. Yea he was an asshole. Unless you were some hot chick he wasn't signing anything or saying anything to you. Wish we would have had cell phones back then.
David Crosby said in an interview with Robin Williams that it is not cool to be mean tour kid because it will crush them
Hi Berdon great subject
i meet Mikki Dee who then was with the Great Motorhead
i meet him in my home town of South Australia Adelaide
i saw him waliking into surf shop i decided to follow him
and say hello i said Hi areyou Mikki Dee from Motorhead and he said yes i am
i went to shake his hand but he refused he said i dont shake hands
ok but he was cool they were touring with my Favorite Band Rose tattoo
we spoke for about 5 min and i wished him luck and let him get on with his shopping
keep posting you videos i enjoy them so much
all the best
Oh i just found Anthonys band Long Gone day on you tube
i thought the song was really good
hopefully one day i can get their CD in Australia would be great
My wife is a huge Miranda Lambert fan. She got backstage passes for a meet and greet and Miranda was a total a-hole - in attitude and in actions. It actually took a while for my wife to even listen to her music again because she was crushed.
Artists really should be nice to their fans....without them where would they be?
I very briefly met THE most talented keyboardist on the planet..... KEITH EMERSON
back in 1988. May he rest in peace !
You mean you met Rick Wakeman?! JK 😂
I wish I could have met my music hero, Josquin Des Prez, but he lived 500 years ago, so I only got in touch with him through his music...
When Bon Jovi released These Days i had won backstage passes and front row seats. I actually was more excited to meet Richie more than Jon. There was probably about 12 of us waiting. We waited for like an hour then they said the band was running late and they weren't sure if they were going to come out. The only member to finally come out was Tico,the drummer. He was the nicest guy,signed stuff,took pics and said a few words. It was just so disappointing not to meet the rest of the band. They split up the group that were wating and we got to sit on stage for 4 songs each ...they had actual bars set up on stage behind the band, with alcohol😊 . Although a cool experience was still a let down. Have met Kenny Wayne Shepherd so many times after shows outside ....he had one tour manager we got friendly with because we went to so many shows,33 , he would just bring us back stage to get our pics and stuff signed. Kenny and the guys always so kind. Met David Johansen at my local record store in the 80s. Didnt know he was going to be there and they didnt have anything left of his to buy so they were giving people album flats for him to sign. He was such jerk about it ...made negative comments to everyone about it. Like you we were just teenagers....
Cool stories. I took my wife to meet Bon Jovi, he was without Richie at that point. But she was like a teenager again... when she had to hug him and apologized... he said, "That's alright baby." We recorded him saying that from in her pocket. She will never forget. Sorry about you D.J. meeting, some are like that. I met Quentin Tarantino at one of his music soundtrack shows in Hollywood... and was asking if we could get a Pic 📸... he's like no that would embarrass you and me. I'm like 😮 What? But then Robert Rodriguez was super cool 😎 so it was a great night after all. I just sum it up to Q being Q.
@@Jhon-Rocks I'm sure some fans are out of control but for the most part we are just people who want to meet our heroes...they wouldn't be much without fans
99% of the time it's all about the approach you take when meeting the bands and making an assessment of the situation. If you run up like a maniac with 20 things to get signed expect to be rejected. Being sane , level headed and undemanding is the best way. I've met everyone from Stevn Tyler, Jon Bon Jovi , Dave Mustaine, Stephen Pearcy, Robin Zander etc and they've all been cool as f***. Some I've even become friends with like the guys from Vain. Davy even took me and my friend on a nature tour of SF and we hung out at his house and studio. Got to hear Enough Rope months before it was released on his balcony!!
I met Geoff Tate a couple weeks ago really nice guy
I used to live in New Haven, Connecticut and in 1999 I saw a sign at toads place that ratt was performing there. I was so nervous to walk up and buy tickets cause I was so nervous? They were my idols. So I didn't go. And I really regret it!
Well, it just wasn't meant to be. Hopefully, you got past your nerves in the future.
I think like the majority of our hero encounters .. I met my favorite singer and it lasted about 3 seconds he gave me a fist bump and a nod in an autograph line so I’m pretty fine with that I’ll never know if he was a jerk or a nice guy 😂
Met a few , some good exchanges , some not . Most were alright . Worked for a year as a runner backstage locally for a sound production team when bands came it was a co-op program for high school , later I worked at a local theater for a few years cleaning backstage and setting up the " green " room . Met folks from the likes of Alice Cooper to Natalie Cole ..., also met Meatloaf purely by accident helping a buddy out who ran a food stand at our local Aud , he just wanted some drinks and hot dogs for the crew , lol ..,
I ran into J Mascis after a show, I was 16 or 17. He wouldn't speak, only nodded 😅. I walked away thinking he wasn't nice but turns out he's very quiet and low key. My initial response was wrong. He's pretty mellow in interviews I've seen, not too chatty.
GNR= Rock n Roll
I acknowledge they’re a “Rock” band but they were “Glam Metal” in 1987 when they released Appetite For Destruction. That album is a classic representation of Glam Metal. It dirty, sleazy, hard rock at its best.
In 2006 i met Henry Rollins (Black Flag/Rollins Band) at a grocery store line up. I noticed he was buying 2 bags of "organic potato chips" I forgot he's a "straight edge" health nut, but i said "you're buying organic chips ? weird i didn't know that exist". Rollins looked at the copy of Rolling Stone magazine i was buying & said "You still read Rolling Stone ? Nobody reads that crap anymore, buy a book instead" He smerked & looked away. Our chat ended there.
Met Firehouse back in the day super cool guys. Shotgun Messiah super cool. Lynch Mob every was cool, but George Lynch wouldn't come out of the bus to meet the fans. Vinnie Moore was great. Quiet Riot was cool.
I worked at Whole Foods in Nashville for 5 years and Tower Records in the 80's and have met probably over 200 famous people and the nicest was Ronnie James Dio and Taylor Swift when she was 16, and the biggest jackass's were Peter Frampton and Slash. Slash was rude, hammered and had some weird white crap all over his face. I've never, ever payed to meet someone. LOL
Bach is EVERYTHING good about rock n roll
Someone once met Keith Jarrett and asked for his autograph. Jarrett replied, "You don't need it...if you like my music that's all you need."
Don't. If you insist, be prepared to be disappointed.
I agree to disagree. They are human just like you. 👍
I’ve had great experiences meeting bands and a couple bad ones …it was more exciting to meet them after the gigs or just hanging out ..now with the pay to meet greet it makes it kinda odd …I do those but it doesn’t seem as real and rushed …but I’m a sucker to do it lol I have meet greets with Dave Mustaine and King Diamond coming up soon …met Pearcy last year he was awesome actually met him twice …I ran into him at the same hotel I was checking into in the lobby and he was down to earth and took time to talk to me but at the meet greet it was rushed and not as much fun but he was still great …worst band I ever met was singer for band Lucifer in Atlanta back in 2016 …long story but she was completely awful and I quit buying her albums and even ran into her again at another gig in NC and I walked by her and ignored her lol sometimes it’s best not to meet them
The Abbott brothers were the best dudes
Ive had great luck some of the cool people were Love/ Hate (90ish), Lizzy Borden was very cool guy (91ish), Bang Tango guys were cool ( 90)..Peter Criss ( 2010ish) .Al from Ministry 2018, Brad from Night Ranger 2009, OK was Dee Snider, Dave M from Megadeth, Anthrax guys, and the only total jerk was j.j. from twisted sister.
Have yet to have a "bad" experience with any bands or "celebrities" I have met.
Have met a lot of artists over the years. Some of the standouts were Brett Michaels, Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian), Matt Barlow, Mark Slaughter. As Anthony says, Dave Wakeling is a super nice guy. Met Sting twice, very cordial, and polite. Jackson Browne seemed shy and a little uncomfortable, but nice enough. The one seriously negative experience I had was Paul Stanley. He was a total ass.
I’ve met Bret Michaels and Poison. But I’d love to meet Mark Slaughter.
Guns n' roses is not glam metal. In my humble opinion I think that's what killed glam metal and people just assumed it was grunge. But there's a lot of people that just don't realize how Big guns and roses were in the late 80s early 90s and they pretty much killed every goddamn thing. And I think it was a combination of Metallica and guns and roses that was Glam metals downfall.
Haha…yes they are 👍
@@BrendonSnyder man I just want to say it's a really cool thing that you respond to people! That's a really cool thing and I thought the Mike tramp interview was really good
Brendan love your channel but one thing I noticed is slow down if you’re going to have Anthony on let him talk anyways met many of my idols mostly good experiences with a few bad ones couple probably my fault for being like Anthony a little inebriated
Slow down? It’s not an interview, it’s a discussion. Anthony and I like our rhythm and interplay.
I've purposely never have met any of my musical heroes, although I had the chance many times. I love the music so much for so many decades that I can't take the chance of my hero being a wanker. It would ruin the music for me moving forward. That's just how my brain works. Sure, I may have missed out, I may not have any autographs and may not have any pictures or memories but it's all about preserving the music for me. Just my opinion.
met thunderhead 1994, great guys
and Mike tramp 2002, very down
to earth rock star, he like Budweiser
the original 🍺👍✌️
My friend said George Thorogood came across with a bit of an ego, kinda silly. I hardly had much time with Geddy at the book signing in 2019, so I can't say whether or not he's a cool guy. He probably is
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God I must be a massive loser. I’m 50 years old and have been going to concerts and shows since I was 13 and not one time have I ever met a famous musician. Never been backstage, never had good seats to shows. I hear stories of people meeting these people and realize how much I suck.
Don't put yourself down dude
Bro, you're just a lover of music... nothing sucks about that. Some people just live in certain circles where it works out. I've got friends that lived in Hollywood all their lives and never met a famous person. Just keep loving music...
Most of my instances come from sneaking back stage or waiting by the tour bus after the show. Some are meet and greets (before you had to pay for it) and others are in store signings when they were promoting albums. But all in all, you have to want to meet the bands in order for it to happen. Back in the day there were so many ways. I pursued them all and have met more than 60 of my heroes.
@@BrendonSnyder I guess I just never wanted it enough. Yup, I suck.
Dave Mustaine is a jerk no matter what. Alice Cooper Was a Saint! I loved being around him. I loved Faster Pussycats, those guys were so fun. The guys of Def Leppard were a blast to. When I meet them they always treated me with total respect. There is others. Merlyn Manson Hated to get blasted by adults but always took time with Kid fans at Ozzfest! I personally have met a few bands but only one bad experience. Gotta love the bands and show respect to them since their time is very limited. Treat them as people and you go far in conversation. I got backstage passes from the radio stations that is how I was able to meet my heros back in the day. Sorry but Dave is just rude. He doesn't like to meet people that are his fans. He is just get out of my face type of guy. RIP Steve Clark he was a great guy behind stage. I was young and he also gave me a hug. I will forever miss him.
I couldn’t meet Def Leppard. I would be a blubbering crying speechless fool. That’s how much those guys mean to me
I’ve met guys I feel like that about but if you can hold it together you get more out of the experience. My time with The Edge was 30 mins or so because I was just being a regular guy with him. If you act like the Uber fan then it’s awkward for them and they want to move on. So I’ve found just being a regular guy is the best way to act as they’re just regular guys too.
@@BrendonSnyder I will practice in the mirror lol
Hey Brandon, maybe next time you should buy the guitar picks or drumsticks so they can sign them. Nowadays, most musicians can no longer afford to keep buying stuff just to keep giving them away to fans.
Bro this was 30 years ago and the guitar picks and drumsticks were given to them free as promotional items because they were sponsored by the company. That said, guitar picks and drum sticks get worn out and can’t be used forever so giving them away is better than throwing them in the trash. Finally if they’re so expensive then why do musicians throw guitar picks and drum sticks out to the fans in the middle of concerts?! 🤷♂️ Give me a break 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Dude, picks, especially for a big band cost NOTHING…really?
Holy Shit! Just spinned my Too Fast For Love vinyl … all I could think of was what a great rock anthem … maybe you can make a video about your albums you consider to be the rock anthems!
Northern New Jersey loves you :)
I met Justin Bieber and he was really mean
Only artists been able to meet in person are Phil Anselmo, Alejandro Escovedo, Rick Derringer, and Billy Joe Shaver. All four were cool as fuck and seemed genuine.
Edit #1: Anthony is correct: Guns n Roses are rock n roll, not glam. Don't care they came out in glam metal era.
Edit #2: Why not call out who the guitar wannabe thief is? Talked about it for two minutes and don't drop name? Wtf
Love music. But I have no interest in meeting them .
Bobby dall total a$$
What It’s Like To Meet Your Musical Heroes? Don't do it.
Have those same exact headphones, they rule
they are in fact human beings, they have bad days just like we do.