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- staxofmax, on 03/18/2008, -2/+76If I were president I'd have all blowhard celebrities and anyone featured on "My Super Sweet Sixteen" arrested, caged, and shipped to Somalia.
- VeniceCA, on 03/18/2008, -1/+53I've worked this industry for years and there is a secret many don't know about... product placement. It's not always the bands/actors that make these demands. There are pros (less today) that had the sole job of getting product into the hands of celebs, even better if added to contracts. Nearly all the stuff mentioned in the article was provided free (spoils of war) in hopes of getting photos, video, testimonials of celeb using product. An investment that was well worth it for marketers.
- mruocky, on 03/18/2008, -8/+59Buried. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/index.h ...
Way to steal info from tsg. - amanilaenvelope, on 03/18/2008, -6/+36i read that steve jobs likes to be followed by his servant yelling out "Your the greatest supreme being to walk the earth " " god bows down to you" "apple would be nothing if not for the ipod"
- ThinkBox, on 03/18/2008, -4/+33The idea that you people are on Digg scares me.
Go back to fark - VladislavIII, on 03/18/2008, -0/+28There's a platform everybody can stand behind.
- merripen, on 03/18/2008, -1/+29My roommate works in Guest Services at the Ritz Carlton. The best story I've heard from her so far is in regards to Tom Cruise: the guy apparently requires a pack of Trident gum to be placed on every flat surface in his room, prior to his arrival. Bed, desk, television, bathroom counter, everything with a level surface.
Crazy? Flaunting his stardom because he can? Seriously worried about halitosis? Who knows the answer. - wes00mertes, on 03/18/2008, -0/+26Why is there a question mark after "crazy"? You said Tom Cruise right?
- Tomboys, on 03/18/2008, -0/+25so that explains the "box of Rough Riders condoms (ribbed)."
- rainydaywoman, on 03/18/2008, -1/+21So there, I am, in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, at about 3 o'clock in the morning, looking for one thousand brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass, or Ozzy wouldn't go on stage that night. So, Jeff Beck pops his head 'round the door, and mentions there's a little sweets shop on the edge of town. So - we go. And - it's closed. So there's me, and Keith Moon, and David Crosby, breaking into that little sweets shop, eh. Well, instead of a guard dog, they've got this bloody great big Bengal tiger. I managed to take out the tiger with a can of mace, but the shopkeeper and his son... that's a different story altogether. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes. Nasty business, really, but sure enough I got the M&Ms, and Ozzy went on stage and did a great show.
- inactive, on 03/18/2008, -0/+18That is a typo. He wants Trident/GUN hybrids to fight anon with. Trident for melee, gun for range.
- tgrokz, on 03/18/2008, -0/+17i once catered a Prince concert, and on his list of demands was, and im not making this up, "Do not look Prince directly in the eyes"
just when i thought the guy couldn't get any ***** weirder... - WMGoBuffs, on 03/18/2008, -1/+17That's rather egalitarian, doesn't sound like pampering at all. Good on them.
- bakeyman, on 03/18/2008, -1/+16Maybe Thetans are scared of Trident?
- Mongolai, on 03/18/2008, -2/+14Hmmm, I don't know why you're being buried, you're absolutely right. This list *is* essentially plagiarized, and the first comment dated 11-16-07 helps to prove this. "Mental floss" is even advertising their book for sale at the bottom of the article. Shame on them.
- pagno, on 03/18/2008, -0/+12Dont forget the naked pictures of Bea Arthur.
- dafragsta, on 03/18/2008, -0/+12This was pretty ***** lame. It almost smacks of jealousy more than anything. First of all, the Van Halen thing was definitely a technical test, and the amount of alcohol? Are you ***** me? Do you think it's just THEM backstage before and afterwards? It's probably them, two roadies, ten members of their entourage, and countless groupies. Extravagant is having your lunch flown in from London for a meeting in NYC, like some company did for a meeting with Kanye West. That's ego feeding, not hooking up your friends with free booze that equates to about an eighth of a wet bar.
- mruocky, on 03/18/2008, -8/+20Way to steal all of these from THE SMOKING GUN! Lame.
- borez, on 03/18/2008, -1/+12Van Halen: "One rider specified that their dressing room was to contain a case of beer, a pint of Jack Daniel’s, a pint of Absolut, a 750 ml bottle of Bacardi Añejo rum, three bottles of wine, small bottles of Cointreau and Grand Marnier, and a 750 ml bottle of one of five specific premium tequilas"
This is nothing for a band rider, in fact it's lame. You gotta remember that when others show up for the backstage party this amount of alcohol can ( and will ) be demolished in very little time at all.
Wanna see some real rock-n-roll riders, check out the riders on this site:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/ - paperclipsNsoup, on 03/18/2008, -0/+11If I had the chance to make ridiculous demands, I would require a pregnant red-headed Chinese midget to get me a beer before every show. Good luck finding that!
- staxofmax, on 03/18/2008, -2/+12Actually, one of those statements is accurate.
- Tracknod, on 03/18/2008, -0/+10This article is just stupid. I deal with booking talent and their riders are a pain, but 95% of the time it isn't even the artist making all of these claims. Normally it is managers and agents living their lives vicariously through the artist. One example is one of the Diva's rider that was 16 pages long... and people stopped booking her. After telling her it was because of her rider, she said she had never even seen a copy of it and proceeded to cut it down to three pages. Also, most long riders artist have, that are their own... tend to result from bad incidents with terrible venues and promoters. Their thinking is that they might get ***** once, but it won't happen again. Also, their riders are very particular. One example of this is asking for 4 full length mirrors at least 54"x 18" instead of asking for 4 mirrors. If they only asked for 4 mirrors, they could and would get little hand mirrors by the promoter saving money saying they supplied mirrors. . Secondly, fire detection systems are always turned off if there is any kind of Pyro or Hazing used for lights. This is why you pay about a grand for every off duty fire chief to stand on "Fire Watch" Every venue is like this.
All that being said, It can also get pretty expensive for rider fulfillment, as just last week, I was working on a show with another Diva and her rider fulfillment cost roughly 18k. This was not including the 750k appearance fee or any travel and lodging. - dwninjungleland, on 03/18/2008, -0/+9When Coolio came and performed at my school earlier this year, his payment was: a two nights stay in the hotel on campus, and 5000 chicken wings. I kid you not.
- bxblox, on 03/18/2008, -0/+9Then you're fair game.
- Shadic, on 03/18/2008, -0/+9God forbid somebody forgets to put a packet of gum on the FLOOR.
- inactive, on 03/18/2008, -0/+9What would he do if you missed a level spot?
- whereiseljefe, on 03/18/2008, -0/+9Your own brain rickrolled you, nice.
- spinjim, on 03/18/2008, -0/+8Will Smith has an outrageous trailer. No only is it 50 feet long it pops out and up.
http://flickr.com/photos/28252015@N00/253754756/in ... - Rsulliv1, on 03/18/2008, -0/+8I believe it was Van Halen that pioneered this (as noted in the article) mainly because they once had a gig where the techs didn't read the contract properly. This led to overloading the stage and having the stage collapse with all their equipment.
- oilcan, on 03/18/2008, -0/+8if you could have everything exactly as you wanted, wouldn't you?
- TheG2, on 03/18/2008, -3/+11You fail for not using the reply button and thats why you're getting dugg down. But those of us with reading skills know what you meant.
- bxblox, on 03/18/2008, -0/+7Xenu forbid!
- jake8689, on 03/18/2008, -1/+8maybe he just wants to see what he can get away with, you know for fun
- Stettenbauer, on 03/18/2008, -15/+22Jay Lo seems like a beotch .(Id still bone her though)
- inactive, on 03/18/2008, -0/+7Well it doesn't explain J LO and her white dressing room or flowers unless those have been patented.
- jaxett, on 03/18/2008, -1/+7"Cambodian breast milks, only the finest of breast milks"
- Coffeedemon, on 03/18/2008, -0/+6I thought you were kidding about the Coolio part. He's now doing campuses?
- inactive, on 03/18/2008, -3/+9One of the radio stations where I grew up would read all of the strange requests for every act that came through town. I seem to remember the Smashing Pumpkins requiring buffets and other items be made available to the entire crew, not just the band.
Still, you do have to wonder about the people that let all of these bands think it was ok to make the demands in the first place… - schwallman, on 03/18/2008, -0/+6i remember when Melissa Joan hart from that Clarissa show came to our ruby Tuesdays. She was with mark Wilkerson from course of nature(hes from my town). She was acting like everyone was supposed to know who she was. Nothing to do with the article but that's my experience with "celebrities"
- thedogfatherx, on 03/18/2008, -2/+8Prince is a ***** tool.
- mrswirl, on 03/18/2008, -1/+7I catered a blues festival a few years back where the headliner was 60's British icon Eric Burdon and the Animals... (House of the Rising Sun, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, We Gotta Get Out of This Place, etc)... The guy is in his mid-60s now but still milking it whenever he can. One of their contract riders stipulated a ***** of booze in two trailers.
We cooked him and the band a hot meal before the show and he was pissed because it wasn't chicken. Then there were sound problems with the stage so he walks out on the audience after just 2 songs (he's the ***** headliner for christ sake!). He and the band take all the booze back to the hotel and end up trashing the place like it's 1982 or something.
The guy was (is) a major ***** and total douchebag. I can't stand to listen to any of his songs on the radio anymore after that. - TheG2, on 03/18/2008, -2/+8Yet another blog stealing content from somewhere else to pimp their book/ad/penis enlargement pill.
- minnymoo, on 03/18/2008, -3/+9pfft, makes sense now. btw, don't call me *****, unless you're an immature 10 yr old who doesn't know any better.
- fancyj, on 03/18/2008, -0/+5Spinal Tap's bread demands
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_aRqZ7DeQJI - abran1984, on 03/18/2008, -3/+8Steve Jobs is God??
- scoetrain, on 03/18/2008, -0/+5If you read the article, it says exactly that. It's a very small article.
- mikelist, on 03/18/2008, -2/+7i used to play in a country-rock bar band. once we got a gig opening for a b-list country band, and they didn't show. we palyed all night and got all the swag from the green room (which wasn't green, wasn't even painted). several weeks later the b-list band returned and we once again opened for them. we just kinda lightly grazed the green room spread, and the other band went ballistic. ***** 'em nobody told us, we blew them away in spite of our being an amateur band, and they were never heard from again on the radio. prima donna bitches don't need to waste my time.
- kingmanic, on 03/18/2008, -0/+5He fries you with his mental powers.
- staxofmax, on 03/18/2008, -0/+5Go out and get some fresh air, you need a break from teh internets.
- AngryAngryBrian, on 03/18/2008, -0/+5Doesn't help that they're dicks.
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