The ritualistic scrubbing of the stage floor

[Jetstream]

Dave has mentioned in the past how he would always scrub the floor of the stage before each concert to attain an inner peace or confidence before each show. So, does he still do it and if he does...does he just scrub the hardwood now haha? I'm waiting for that video in fast motion of the stage scrubbing

[Seshmeister]

It's in his book but I didn't believe him.

He's maybe done it once or twice but I really doubt he did it regularly.

[ELVIS]

He did it on YFLM tour but it didn't help much...

[twonabomber]

It's in his book but I didn't believe him.

i don't either.

maybe before opening night, but every show?

[guwapo_rocker]

I don't think he even goes to sound check, never mind scrubbing the stage.

[Seshmeister]

Exactly.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

The topics of these threads lately have been, um, perplexing....

[ELVIS]

How 'bout a killer Dave's hair thread ??

[Zing!]

I took that part of his book to mean he still goes down to the venue after most everyone is gone just to inspect the stage and make sure all looks right, not literally scrubbing every square inch of the stage with a bucket of suds and a toothbrush.

[Nitro Express]

I don't think he even goes to sound check, never mind scrubbing the stage.

I helped set up and worked the barricade in 1984. We were at the venue at sunup until everything was loaded back on the trucks. Sound check was around 4 in the afternoon. Eddie, Mike, and Alex were there but Roth was nowhere to be seen. During dinner after everything was ready to go for the show we could hear Eddie playing (Even warming up he plays loud as hell). Alex came out to get some pasta from the catering table. Seemed like a down to earth guy. No rock star ego or anything and just seemed to want to be one of the guys. Roth was nowhere to be seen. I didn't see Dave until the show started.

I sure as hell didn't see him out scrubbing the stage. LOL!

Dave is a master bullshit artist. It's part of his appeal. A story teller if you will.

All I know is those lighting trusses for that stage were heavy as hell. The lighting rig was the bottle neck to the setup and frankly a scary pain in the ass. It was on winches so it could tilt and move and of course you have to safety wire all the lights. A lot up there to fall on you if someone fucks up. We actually sat around waiting for the light crew to get everything out of the way so we could start building the stage.

I notice now KISS builds the stage in front of the lights while the lights go up and then they push the stage back under the lights. Whoever came up with that was brilliant.

[Nitro Express]

I took that part of his book to mean he still goes down to the venue after most everyone is gone just to inspect the stage and make sure all looks right, not literally scrubbing every square inch of the stage with a bucket of suds and a toothbrush.

I would be looking at the lighting rig making sure all the safety cables were there. A dirty stage isn't going to kill you when it falls on your head. The stage is mopped and cleaned before it's taken down and packed up. There is some tidying up before putting the stuff on it as well but Dave didn't come out with a scrub brush and bucket. LOL!

[Va Beach VH Fan]

How 'bout a killer Dave's hair thread ??

Already got a recent one of those....

[clarathecarrot]

Just because you didn't see him do it doesn't mean he didn't do it.

ttt't and a few more contractions's the mathematics of the radius of the curvature becomes apparent.

[Jagermeister]

The topics of these threads lately have been, um, perplexing....

Yes they have been.

[ELVIS]

Just because you didn't see him do it doesn't mean he didn't do it.

ttt't and a few more contractions's the mathematics of the radius of the curvature becomes apparent.

You should check out this new language called english...