BLS Behind the curtain

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 13396 Location: Earth

Just in case anyone was wondering what happens behind the curtain at the start of a BLS show I shot this little clip. The sound quality is not good because it was so loud but I thought some of you may enjoy this...

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-hV5lJBD0hdVFJjaWpzM251cDA

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 12247 Location: PEORIA ILLINOIS

epic fail on the link my friend.

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 1:57 pm

Works for me Kris

Joined: 03 May 2008 Posts: 6624 Location: Minnesota

Thats pretty bad ass. I dig when the curtain drops more though.

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 3:36 pm

Cool! and LOUD!!!! Cool

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 3:49 pm

how exciting! so cool that you were able to be backstage. what was the crowd singing along with and what was that tune zakk opened with?

Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 379 Location: Kent, UK

Usually they open with Crazy Horse... Wonder why Godspeed Hellbound. Interesting.

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longhurstgb wrote:

Usually they open with Crazy Horse... Wonder why Godspeed Hellbound. Interesting.

That was last year... Before that they used to open with Fire It Up and before that they opened with The Beginning At Last.

Brave Dave wrote:

how exciting! so cool that you were able to be backstage. what was the crowd singing along with and what was that tune zakk opened with?

The opening tune was Godspeed and Hellbound... The crowd sung along with the whole show. I think they were louder than the band, at least from the perspective on stage. Here was someone else's perspective from the exact same show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYUWLIvso5U&feature=related

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Northwinds wrote:

Works for me Kris

it was going to a screen that said video not found, this is a private account. it is working today.

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:40 pm

Lanning is Killdozer wrote:

longhurstgb wrote:

Usually they open with Crazy Horse... Wonder why Godspeed Hellbound. Interesting.

That was last year... Before that they used to open with Fire It Up and before that they opened with The Beginning At Last.

Brave Dave wrote:

how exciting! so cool that you were able to be backstage. what was the crowd singing along with and what was that tune zakk opened with?

The opening tune was Godspeed and Hellbound... The crowd sung along with the whole show. I think they were louder than the band, at least from the perspective on stage. Here was someone else's perspective from the exact same show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYUWLIvso5U&feature=related

and the Crowd was singing along to "Oh Canada" Eh! Before the Guitar Started! Wink

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Cool Vid, bet you had a blast

Joined: 09 Jan 2012 Posts: 62

Possibly a lame-ass question but it looks to me like Zakk's pedal board is covered with something?

Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 5593 Location: phoenix az.

time before the last time i seen them i left during the big zakk guitar solo went to the bathroom came back 20 minutes later and he was just finishing up must have heard the same licks and runs like 20 times over all the way into the portajon .dont get me wrong zakks a great musician and song writer .But a 20 minute solo then 5 minutes of extreme delay and feedback was just ridiculous.this was at ozzfest a few years back.I think 3 minutes is sufficient to get the point across.

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etrigan69 wrote:

Possibly a lame-ass question but it looks to me like Zakk's pedal board is covered with something?

It's in a plastic bag to keep beer and sh1t off of it.

Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 5593 Location: phoenix az.

did u wash the man sweat off the vest?I noticed he said a prayer then took a drink reminded me of ministry chagga chugga...drinkin the blood of jesus...

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that was f'in badass!!

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RobBouchardDeanml wrote:

did u wash the man sweat off the vest?I noticed he said a prayer then took a drink reminded me of ministry chagga chugga...drinkin the blood of jesus...

Yea, as soon as we got home Andrea hand washed it in the tub. I wasn't going to but she said it stunk... lol He drinks O'Douls now so it's not the normal "pre-game" drink lol

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wow non alcohol good for him Wink

wonder if he is doin aa now.

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RobBouchardDeanml wrote:

wow non alcohol good for him Wink

wonder if he is doin aa now.

No, he quit cold turkey on his own. In his book he said he tried rehab once a long time ago and it lasted about a day. He said when the doctor told him he had to stop what he was doing or he was going to die he just said "OK I'm done" and that was it. He just decided it was time to slow down and did it. I'm sure he had problems stopping but either way it's been a few years since he cleaned up.

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I was expecting a circle jerk Laughing

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Really cool lanning, i was happy for ya when you got the vest and got to meet zakk.
About 4 years ago i got to meet zakk and hang backstage before the show and watched the show from the side of the stage and it was one of my favorite experiences ever. My son was 10 at the time and zakk gave him the mic a couple times and let him talk to the crowd, nick and zakk kept giving my wife guitar picks they used during the songs.
We had so much fun that night and he signed some autographs and took pics with us. We didnt do anything special either, before the show we was standing by the back door where zakk walks in and my wife made a joke about my son being a lil guy and its kinda hard to see because its so crowded and the next thing i know zakk gave us 4 backstage passes.

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Yeah, he's one of the most genuine nice guys out there. Absolutely first class personality. I think Andrea (my wife) has a crush on JD. Laughing

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Lanning is Killdozer wrote:

Yeah, he's one of the most genuine nice guys out there. Absolutely first class personality. I think Andrea (my wife) has a crush on JD. Laughing

my wife thought jd was nice, to be honest about it everybody in BLS is cool dudes. i hope i can meet them again someday.

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zao wrote:

Lanning is Killdozer wrote:

Yeah, he's one of the most genuine nice guys out there. Absolutely first class personality. I think Andrea (my wife) has a crush on JD. Laughing

my wife thought jd was nice, to be honest about it everybody in BLS is cool dudes. i hope i can meet them again someday.

Yea when I walked in the venue I wan't paying attention and Nick came right up to me and put his arm around me and said "hey dude, thanks for coming".... I didn't even realize who it was for a second because he had a hoodie on with the hood up. I was like "oh, thanks... Oh HEY NICK!" Genuinely nice guys. Not a rockstar among them. They didn't have Chad playing drums because of a visa issue so they had the drummer from In This Moment playing with them. He's a cool dude and also really nice.

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RobBouchardDeanml wrote:

time before the last time i seen them i left during the big zakk guitar solo went to the bathroom came back 20 minutes later and he was just finishing up must have heard the same licks and runs like 20 times over all the way into the portajon .dont get me wrong zakks a great musician and song writer .But a 20 minute solo then 5 minutes of extreme delay and feedback was just ridiculous.this was at ozzfest a few years back.I think 3 minutes is sufficient to get the point across.

I can Vouch for the Solo thing, 2008 OzzFest Texas, Zakk had a Solo , Geez Louise Shocked

! I went and got a drink cuz it was by my seat , came back & he was still going at it, I mean that was by FAR the Longest Solo I have ever heard , seen , wether T.V. or whatever , damn thing was Epic!!! Twisted Evil

And WOW u got "Knighted" with the BLS Vest, You My Friend must be Someone Special, I bet it stunk , screw it tho just Frame that Sucker with one of his Guitars! Unless you plan to wear it again then I understand the "Wash" thing, take it to a cleaners or put it on a Delicate cycle, that Baby is Awesome! I saw a guy out at Dime's Grave Marker with that exact same one, didn't recognize him but people were saying he was someone of importance and close to the Group of Friends...Anyways , Awesome stuff dude!

Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 5593 Location: phoenix az.

Im pretty sure he has a grip of those vests pre made like that ive seen alot of pics of him giving them away to fans.still cool though.so u going to clear coat the guitar?im sure it wouldent take much playing to rub off the writing.

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It always depends what it's written with...Never sign one with a Highlighter , always use Permanent Black or those White or Silver Markers...I have had 3 autographed since 95' and they were Never Clear-Coated & still going strong! But if u have the chance to get it Clear-Coated the "Right Way" , then by all means do it! Cuz I have seen some bad Make-Shift clear-coat jobs that make me wanna cry and slap a guy for even attempting it...But I am sure you will know what to do..& yeah I know Zakk has a Ton of those Jackets as I see em' everywhere ,but still doesn't take the fact away that it's cool he gave him one! Wink

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The easy way to tell if the jacket is "official issue" or not is if it's cut up the sides and there are grommets up the sides with leather strapping holding it together. Not that, that can't be duplicated by someone at home but the replica ones don't have that. I just have the photos to prove mine came from Zakk. I wear mine under a hoodie jacket. I was going to frame it but I would rather wear it. Maybe some day I'll do that though.

As far as the guitar goes my bassist is a carpenter and is building me a living room table that's black with chrome diamond plating with lights inside and the guitar will be framed into the table. I'm not going to play it out anymore... I have beat on it for 2 years and now would rather preserve it. It's signed with a gold Sharpie. There was a little spot where he signed that's just a dot and I tried to rub it off and it's not rubbing off. I'm sure it's fine.

The only ZW thing I play live now is the JCM800 which is custom framed into a super heavy duty road case so it's protected from everything except tube failure.