Imagine that you in nine times out of ten never get the kind of instrumental rig you want on the stage. Very often you loose the relaxed approach, which should be there naturally. While playing you constantly go through the upcoming bars and the future arrangements in the songs, even though you’ve rehearsed and played them live tons of times. At the same time you also have to watch over the drum kit itself, just to make sure nothing has broken or is out of place due to bad stands or something else you can't control.
This is a typical situation for a live drummer. You didn’t want the crappy stands or the crappy instrumental rigs but you adapt to it, and try to make the best out of it. Any rational and flexible musician realise that. There’s always a limit to how much you’re willing to compromise on the precious rig of your drum kit or what you’re willing to help others with. But you can’t expect to be treated like a prince if you treat people like shit. That’s simple logic.
And of course you’re not a particularly flexible musician if you refuse to move any of your stands before your own show, not even when it’s just one stand that’s easily moved. Given the fact that the stage is very small, and there’s two other bands playing at the gig besides yours, the most practical solution is obvious. All you have to do is to move your fat ass a couple of feet and use those muscles you try to flex in front of a camera. Oh, didn’t I mention that it’s not so smart to also nail the stands of the drum kit to the stage floor, so it’s impossible to move anything?
The grade of stupidity and arrogance is striking, but hey, what can you expect from a fat, bald metal dude with a bad spider tattoo on his sweaty forehead.
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