Talk:Guerrilla gig

Bands
This article probably include something about the band Friends Forever, Lightning Bolt's Load labelmates who tour and play in their VW van and are notorious for this sort of gig style!

I just moved this article to one with more appropriate capitalization. Please lodge any complaints with the proper authorities. :) &mdash;  Stevie is the man!  Talk 21:05, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Im not sue about the White Stripes being guerilla giggers. Have they ever done one?

So, I guess Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi" video could be used as an example of a guerilla gig? --Enigmatick 16:36, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
 * uggh, I knew someone would mention that. Don't mention it, it just encourages her.

might this page be a bit biased? guerilla gig succeeding where punk failed isn't exactly a statement you can make with absolute objectivity.

Rewrite
I re-wrote the article to provide a clearer and more concise description of the phenomenon and its core features, provide concrete examples, and remove some of the idealistic hyperbole. I also added geographical sections for future development. I took out this massive, rambling, and self-promoting quote:

The earliest precedent for a guerrilla gig were gigs by the heavy metal band Hawkwind and their sister band, The Pink Fairies. As Twink explains:

''"In 1969 my world collided with the likes of Paul Rudolph, Duncan Sanderson and Russell Hunter, and for the next two years we felt like we could inherit the earth. Pretty large aspirations for four hippies from Ladbroke Grove. Remember, this was the dawn of stadium rock, with bands like Led Zeppelin rearing it's ugly head. The era of rock gods, inflated ticket prices, and total inaccessibility for fans. We wanted to tear it all down. Pick by pick. The thought of our fans PAYING to see us was incomprehensible. We played only for free, after all money was the root of all evil, right? We waved two fingers at corporate rock by setting up and playing OUTSIDE of huge rock events. Why pay? We'll give it to you for free. We bewitched people from the entry gates at the Isle of Wight and Bath. We got naked at Phun City, played benefits for the underground press, rocked a gay pride rally, and helped organize the very first Glastonbury Festival. We shamelessly promoted ourselves by spray painting our name on the sides of express coaches that crossed country. We influenced everyone, from Hawkwind to the Sex Pistols. We were the peoples' band. Long live rocknroll." -Twink'' I didn't make any other reference to Hawkwind because, other than this quote, I couldn't find any real information about their role, besides a brief reference to free festivals in their article, and that is a very different phenomenon from a guerrilla gig. Instead, I added a reference in the second paragraph to bands playing outside of proper events.  It would be useful to have a Precursors section, but this particular quote is inadequate to function as a source (and is itself unsourced) and doesn't present specific examples which could be referred to.  OneVeryBadMan 11:22, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm not completely sure you did take it out, as when I came to copyedit the article it was still there. Unless our edits crossed over. The quote is too long, though it would be good to find sourced material on these precursors. Things like playing outside commercial festivals do sound relevant. Notinasnaid 11:25, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, indeed, we did cross edit paths. It would be a good section to develop, which is why I moved the quote over here first so that I or someone else can come back later and research it.  It didn't think it seemed appropriate for the article as it stood.  OneVeryBadMan 11:32, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Added a word!
I've changed the sentence: The earliest example of a guerrilla gig was on January 30 To: The earliest known example of a guerrilla gig was on January 30

Because there may have been lots of those kinds of performances earlier, just none that were as famous. Gumdropster 15:27, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

NPOV removed
The article has been changed since 2007, I've removed the NPOV template, please use or better yet  for sentences, then detail issues here. This will help address them in a timely manner. - RoyBoy 19:06, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Aerosmith
Would the 1325 Commonwealth Avenue Aerosmith Concert count? If so, someone needs to add it, as I will be very busy for the next few months. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drlf (talk • contribs) 01:20, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

in popular culture section
thought it might be fun if someone (not me, im not a vandal ) added this lyric from half man half biscuits song ...

Asparagus Next Left

We’ve just been performing a guerrilla gig In the middle of another group’s guerrilla gig Well surely that’s the ultimate guerrilla gig But still they cried like girls — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.155.145.143 (talk) 14:44, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

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