What are you listening to?
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Inferno Mike
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I did not work this show BUT I was THERE!!!!
1,500 ppl capacity BAR with Rob Zombie full on stage show in the SMALL!!!! You’ve never seen White/Rob Zombie until you see him perform in a small venue without STADIUM sound (speakers, mixers, etc). My wife actually bought tickets as a birthday present to me. She said her and 10 friends all started calling the moment they became available. I don’t normally like live music but THIS was a bucket list item. Seeing Rob Zombie perform for 2+ hours on a SMALL stage when he was HUGE!!!
I haven’t ever looked at these videos but over to the right there was a spiral staircase about 30 feet from the stage. My wife and I are about 5 feet up it with a perfect view of the stage. Funny little story here, the guy behind my wife kept shoving her. So I put her in front of me (remember what I had been doing for 13 years at this point for a living) and he started shoving me. It wasn’t a crowd thing.... he was just periodically pushing me like he wanted to see us all tumble down the steps. Well at the time I worked for The Virginia Dept of Juvenile Justice and had an actual badge that had the Virginia Seal on it and looks EXACTLY like a RPD badge (shape, size, seal, etc) except it says Dept of Juvenile Justice. We’re supposed to carry in a special wallet to identify ourselves as trained first responded in emergency situations. I’ve actually had a bad crash happen at a intersection in front of me and have had to use it. Police officer, paramedics, and doctors don’t just let anyone help. But that’s another story.... We (myself and fellow officers) called it our “free stuff” badge. It got us free coffee and discounts at the range etc. ANYWAY.... I pulled out this badge (I couldn’t do anything to the guy, I was not security there) and flashed it at him without IDENTIFYING myself (no laws broken. I was a sworn Law Enforcement Officer just not the kind he thought) and told him if he tried to push me down the steps one more time it was going to ruin the concert for both of us, as we’d then be talking outside.
NOW.... want to talk about a deer in headlights look??
He apologized (and kept apologizing every 15 minutes) and it didn’t happen again. My wife didn’t catch any of this except me honestly yelling in the guys ear (Rob Zombie’s playing). When I told her exactly what happened, she spit her drink all over me laughing. Toad’s place was also a restaurant and we were eating dinner after the show.
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RIP Bris. Positive vibes...
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