BlinkTwice
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So I'm sitting around last night doing absolutely nothing at all and I get a phone call from a close friend of mine that manages one of the bigger bars in my city. He tells me he is having a big show last night and a bunch of his security were no shows and asks if I can get some of my guys to work (I manage a bar down the street from his bar). I say no problem and ask him whos playing, and he says "some band call Airbourne." 
I was like fuck dude I'll work security for you just put me in front of the stage! So I worked, they put on an amazing show, played great, everything went well and there were no problems at all.
I couldn't believe how loud the band actually was, each guitarist (2) played through 3 full stacks of dimed jcm 800s. So thats 6 full stacks in a club that holds 500 people
By the end of the night my ears were bleeding.
So at the end of the night a bunch of the staff and I are hanging out having a few drinks waiting for the roadies to start packing up their gear when Joel O'Keeffe's guitar tech comes back into the bar and starts packing up guitars and other shit on stage so I figured I'd take the opportunity to get a closer view of his rig, even though it was fairly simple; Gibson Explorer > 3 Full stacks of JCM 800s, either way I just wanted to get a closer look.
I ended up talking to the tech for a good 20 minutes when all of a sudden he asks me if I want to give the amps a try
Fast forward 5 minutes and I'm inside this club playing Joel O'Keeffe's explorer through his amps when all of a sudden all I hear is someone screaming "bloody hell who the fuck is playing with my shit!" I was thinking holy fuck this dude is gonna be super pissed and I turn around and theres Joel O'Keeffe laughing his head off!!! Turns out he was a super cool guy!
Ended up drinking with the band for the next 3 hours, I'm still hung over right now
I know some of you guys get to hang out with "celebrities" often so this would be no be deal to you but its pretty rare to see someone famous where I live, let alone hangout with them so it was a really cool night for me
Still drunk/hungover, have to cut this short
I was like fuck dude I'll work security for you just put me in front of the stage! So I worked, they put on an amazing show, played great, everything went well and there were no problems at all.
I couldn't believe how loud the band actually was, each guitarist (2) played through 3 full stacks of dimed jcm 800s. So thats 6 full stacks in a club that holds 500 people
By the end of the night my ears were bleeding.So at the end of the night a bunch of the staff and I are hanging out having a few drinks waiting for the roadies to start packing up their gear when Joel O'Keeffe's guitar tech comes back into the bar and starts packing up guitars and other shit on stage so I figured I'd take the opportunity to get a closer view of his rig, even though it was fairly simple; Gibson Explorer > 3 Full stacks of JCM 800s, either way I just wanted to get a closer look.
I ended up talking to the tech for a good 20 minutes when all of a sudden he asks me if I want to give the amps a try
Fast forward 5 minutes and I'm inside this club playing Joel O'Keeffe's explorer through his amps when all of a sudden all I hear is someone screaming "bloody hell who the fuck is playing with my shit!" I was thinking holy fuck this dude is gonna be super pissed and I turn around and theres Joel O'Keeffe laughing his head off!!! Turns out he was a super cool guy!
Ended up drinking with the band for the next 3 hours, I'm still hung over right now
I know some of you guys get to hang out with "celebrities" often so this would be no be deal to you but its pretty rare to see someone famous where I live, let alone hangout with them so it was a really cool night for me Still drunk/hungover, have to cut this short
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