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I am thinking of sporting my long black skirt when we start taking the stage. I helped start a rock band just a few weeks ago and we should be doing live gigs here in and around Seattle in about two months, perhaps a bit sooner. The skirt itself has to slits in the back corners, makes a sort of long flap in the rear. There are two pockets up top on the sides and two dark greenish draw strings in the front. I really want to wear it with my regular black boots and perhaps a plain black shirt (perhaps a black shirt with a logo). This would be my very first time performing live in a band. I will just be playing bass and perhaps backing vocals. The bottom of my skirt covers the tops of my boots.
It is not my intention to be different and stand out. It is really going to matter how we play as a band. It just feels so good wearing it, physically and uh, mentally I suppose you could say.
Has anyone ever done this?
Does anyone here have any experiences similar to this?
We have a number of musicians in the community who sometimes wear skirts to performances. It's always about the music, and almost never about the skirt. If the skirt feels good to you, and enhances comfort and confidence, then I'd say, "Go for it."
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I definitely think you should, you will probably find it will just become a normal part of the bands image. I don't know what sort of music you play but if it's goth or grunge influenced then a long black skirt would be perfect.
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Big and Bashful wrote:I definitely think you should, you will probably find it will just become a normal part of the bands image. I don't know what sort of music you play but if it's goth or grunge influenced then a long black skirt would be perfect.
I was also thinking about it becoming part of the band's image, though it is more about the music/songs, visual aspects determine an image. We are going to be doing cover songs from Johnny Thunders, Sex Pistols, The Yardbirds, and some originals.
If the performances are memorable for their musical content that is all to the good.
The choice of outfits could make the band doubly memorable and that can only be better.
There are many fine musicians who cannot "perform", there are more that are pretty mediocre musically but stage amazing acts.
Ask yourself, which of these are most in the "public" memory.
Steve.
For the love of PLEATS !
Definite kudos for the guitarist in the blue pleated (s)kilt !
That is right up my alley !
"Pleated-To-Please"
rma
"YES SKIRTING MATTERS"!
"Kilt-On" -or- as the case may be "Skirt-On" !
WHY ?
Isn't wearing a kilt enough?
Well a skirt will do in a pinch!
Make mine short and don't you dare think of pinching there !
r.m.anderson wrote:For the love of PLEATS !
Definite kudos for the guitarist in the blue pleated (s)kilt !
That is right up my alley !
"Pleated-To-Please"
rma
That chap is Brian Molko of Placebo. Back in the 90's he'd often perform on UK music TV shows in a short black dress. Not only did nobody seem bothered by this but he actually looked pretty good in it!
BIlly Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins used to wear a skirt on and off stage as well which prompted his manageress at the time (Sharon Osborne) to dismiss him as a 6 foot baldy tw*t in a dress .
Pleats for me too---brilliant. Got a dozen or more of pleated skirts---they look so clean and efficient somehow. Efficient in that they keep their shape and room to move.
You said it all, Gregg. I'm a sucker for pleats, too and I think the guy in the blue with the ghee-tawr looks fab.
Some years ago I attended a hippie colony celebration (they had just had electricity laid on) in Leiden in Holland and they had a band, one of whom wore a plain shift-type dress on stage. OK he was young & skinny, so in a twiggy sort of way he looked all right, but the dress was shapeless and my impression was, why bother?
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