Band attire

lloyd

This is us at a mid-week gig.






I do try to put my decent gear on if gigging especially on a weekend, but I'm a bit of a snob with clothes anyway.....

hotpickups

lloyd said:

This is us at a mid-week gig.






I do try to put my decent gear on if gigging especially on a weekend, but I'm a bit of a snob with clothes anyway.....

So not a theme as such then Albeit shabby chic ?

hotpickups

viz said:

hotpickups said:

viz said:

http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab217/Vizzage/Mobile Uploads/image_zps683014c2.jpg

Are you a children's entertainment band @viz

it's a bit difficult to explain. http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab217/Vizzage/Live/IMG_4311_zps34e103fc.png

Not UK The Wiggles

IanSavage

Re the waistcoat thing: I hate playing in long sleeves generally and suits most of all, but the blues/funk/soul band I'm with at the minute are called upon to do 'smart' more often than not. Compromised on a waistcoat from a three-piece suit over a linen shirt with the sleeves rolled up, looks smart enough for what we do without being a) long-sleeved or b) naff.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/smokingbeagle/11062944_1625597004336472_3200743112686693823_n_zpsi9nlmm6j.jpg

 

hotpickups

IanSavage said:

Re the waistcoat thing: I hate playing in long sleeves generally and suits most of all, but the blues/funk/soul band I'm with at the minute are called upon to do 'smart' more often than not. Compromised on a waistcoat from a three-piece suit over a linen shirt with the sleeves rolled up, looks smart enough for what we do without being a) long-sleeved or b) naff.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/smokingbeagle/11062944_1625597004336472_3200743112686693823_n_zpsi9nlmm6j.jpg

 

Jeans or trousers? Casual shoes or brogues etc?

lloyd

@hotpickups no theme no, originals indie bands just need to look like indie music fans in my opinion. 

Playing a small venue I think you look like a massive bell-end if you're trying too hard...I've seen some guys skulking in the corner looking 'cool' dressed like rock stars and just think what a knob, you're playing a Wednesday night at a toilet venue with your girlfriends and a couple work mates watching....

EricTheWeary

Somebody I know came to our last gig and knew nothing about the band except knowing me. Afterwards they said they had tried to spot the band members in the pub before we started and it was easy as they were the only people who didn't look like normal people dressed up for a Saturday night. I don't know if that was an insult or not ... but I guess if I came to see your soul band I'd expect something similar, bit of a sharper, more outgoing look than the average punters.
This is a photo from an old band, I think the genre is guessable! http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y513/phlplls/Mobile Uploads/2014-06/F13E59C2-C900-49C8-91F0-F51DFB08A79B.png_zpsarouu5k7.jpeg

hotpickups

lloyd said:

@hotpickups no theme no, originals indie bands just need to look like indie music fans in my opinion. 

Playing a small venue I think you look like a massive bell-end if you're trying too hard...I've seen some guys skulking in the corner looking 'cool' dressed like rock stars and just think what a knob, you're playing a Wednesday night at a toilet venue with your girlfriends and a couple work mates watching....

I certainly wouldn't dress up at a pub. Only corporate/wedding type events or somewhere where it would be appropriate to look our proffsional best

IanSavage

hotpickups said:

Jeans or trousers? Casual shoes or brogues etc?

Smart jeans for most gigs, 'proper' trousers for weddings etc. The nicest shoes I've got are cowboy boots, so those

hotpickups

EricTheWeary said:

Somebody I know came to our last gig and knew nothing about the band except knowing me. Afterwards they said they had tried to spot the band members in the pub before we started and it was easy as they were the only people who didn't look like normal people dressed up for a Saturday night. I don't know if that was an insult or not ... but I guess if I came to see your soul band I'd expect something similar, bit of a sharper, more outgoing look than the average punters.
This is a photo from an old band, I think the genre is guessable! http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y513/phlplls/Mobile Uploads/2014-06/F13E59C2-C900-49C8-91F0-F51DFB08A79B.png_zpsarouu5k7.jpeg

That could work. I have a hat like that too It's just getting the band to follow suit as it were although not exactly. Then it could work as theme

EricTheWeary

lloyd said:

@hotpickups no theme no, originals indie bands just need to look like indie music fans in my opinion. 

Playing a small venue I think you look like a massive bell-end if you're trying too hard...I've seen some guys skulking in the corner looking 'cool' dressed like rock stars and just think what a knob, you're playing a Wednesday night at a toilet venue with your girlfriends and a couple work mates watching....

quite a few name bands where I've read in interviews that they always performed like it was Wembley even to two men and a dog on a Wednesday night. I always remember the story about The Police playing to 3 people, one of them signed them to the record label. I don't see a reason to skulk but if you want to perform and getting dressed up suits you I see no reason why not.

hotpickups

Could be a mix like a smart 'Cool' jacket (could be too restrictive though or hot). Smart shirt, Jeans but not what you just knocked up some cement in, boots and maybe a hat. A picture is forming.

lloyd

hotpickups said:

lloyd said:

@hotpickups no theme no, originals indie bands just need to look like indie music fans in my opinion. 

Playing a small venue I think you look like a massive bell-end if you're trying too hard...I've seen some guys skulking in the corner looking 'cool' dressed like rock stars and just think what a knob, you're playing a Wednesday night at a toilet venue with your girlfriends and a couple work mates watching....

I certainly wouldn't dress up at a pub. Only corporate/wedding type events or somewhere where it would be appropriate to look our proffsional best

I'd get a proof reader to check your web page etc too mate

Haha, yeah you can grab a suit for dirt cheap from Matalan, Primark etc nowadays, read that bands used to take out the lining/shoulder pads and things to keep the heat down which I always thought was a good idea....

DesVegas

When we play weddings we go with black shirts and thin white ties except for the singer who goes for white shirt and thin black tie,

We were far from soul though .. more indie rock

hotpickups

lloyd said:

hotpickups said:

lloyd said:

@hotpickups no theme no, originals indie bands just need to look like indie music fans in my opinion. 

Playing a small venue I think you look like a massive bell-end if you're trying too hard...I've seen some guys skulking in the corner looking 'cool' dressed like rock stars and just think what a knob, you're playing a Wednesday night at a toilet venue with your girlfriends and a couple work mates watching....

I certainly wouldn't dress up at a pub. Only corporate/wedding type events or somewhere where it would be appropriate to look our proffsional best

I'd get a proof reader to check your web page wetc too mate

Have you visited it then?

hotpickups

DesVegas said:

When we play weddings we go with black shirts and thin white ties except for the singer who goes for white shirt and thin black tie,

We were far from soul though .. more indie rock

Again that's what I was thinking i.e. in reverse of what the band is wearing etc so all knows who the front man is

lloyd

hotpickups said:

lloyd said:

hotpickups said:

lloyd said:

@hotpickups no theme no, originals indie bands just need to look like indie music fans in my opinion. 

Playing a small venue I think you look like a massive bell-end if you're trying too hard...I've seen some guys skulking in the corner looking 'cool' dressed like rock stars and just think what a knob, you're playing a Wednesday night at a toilet venue with your girlfriends and a couple work mates watching....

I certainly wouldn't dress up at a pub. Only corporate/wedding type events or somewhere where it would be appropriate to look our proffsional best

I'd get a proof reader to check your web page wetc too mate

Have you visited it then?

Damn caught before my edit!!! That'll teach me for trying to be clever/funny!

hotpickups

Thant's caught me out plenty of times @lloyd LOL

RocknRollDave

I have been playing in the same wedding band for almost 6 years now.

Now, clearly, our dress code has to be smart, but that can actually be quite a wide remit, really.
Originally, we did the cheesy "all wearing the same thing" - i.e. "All in black shirts tonight, chaps? White ties..? OK" or "White shirts, black ties tonight lads.." etc.
But it just felt forced and naff.
Then one of our band happened upon a website of a similar band to us (long time ago, so I can't link to it as I have totally forgotten who they were) and they were all wearing different clothes to each other but, crucially, there appeared to be a "theme" to what they were wearing, so they all looked like they belonged together. They clearly had a colour scheme - blue, white and red, if memory serves - that brought everything together.

What this means now for us is that we limit ourselves to the same colours - usually white/ black/ grey in our case (good easy colours for finding a good choice in things like ties/ waistcoats/ jackets etc) but we are freer in what we each individually wear. I tend to wear smart trousers and a shirt with or without a tie. Others in the band who are younger (read: cooler) can get away with a waistcoat over a t shirt and still look smart (I'd look like it was all I could find in whoever's dustbin I had raided), others still may wear black jeans instead of black smart trousers...doesn't matter as it all looks like it belongs together but isn't forced, if that makes sense?

Danny1969

For weddings and corporate stuff normally Black Suits or black trousers and white shirts :

My suite is an Asda £26 jacket and £12 trousers, all looks the same from a distance