Conference napalm::guitar

    There used to be a place in Southern NH called "Heads Up Botique".
    A lot of musicians used to shop there for stage clothes.  It all
    depends on what type of look you are after. I think the days of
    everyone wearing the same outfit are passe, even for GB. Granted,
    you are expected to look presentable regardless what type of gig
    you are playing.
    
    A lot of people I know where black Rebox sneakers when they play out,
    because they look like shoes, and are comfortable.
          
    To each, their own.
    
    Mark
    

    
    Heads Up is in Lawrence MA, and is pretty easy to find, from what
    I can remember. Haven't been there in a while but they sell spandex
    everything.
    
    /prc

    A nice shirt, Slacks and a tie are usually all that you need to look
    reasonable for many gigs. Occasionally I like loud and obnoxious
    hawaiian shirts, but not at a wedding. I play mostly covers & mostly
    private parties. I try to avoid lounges (they don't pay as well & are
    usually not as much fun).

							Jens

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    	Nice shirt and a tie might work out there, but, hey this is
    Beantown :^)!  LA fashions a year later.
    
    	No really.  Heads Up used to be very progressive, but they've
    had the same leopard and tiger print spandax for three years.
    Unless you're looking for a psuedo heavy metal look, it'll probably
    be dissapointing.   One caveat:  On their discount/close out rack,
    you can often find interesting stuff real cheap.  I picked up
    a silk jacket there for $20 that's been great.
    
    	Since I know Dan, I can guess what he's looking for.  Go to
    Merry Go Round, His Place, Chess King type places at your local
    mall.  They can get you into the mod, sophisticated look at reasonable 
    prices.  
    
    	While you might scoff at leather, a good pair of leather slacks,
    properly fitted, will look great and wear forever.  Any leather
    shop can do you well.

    	By the way, stage clothes are tax deductions.  Remember, buy
    for comfort and wear!

    
    	Heads Up, by the way, is on Broadway in Lawrence, Mass.  Another
    place that deals in the same type of clothes is the Fame Conservatory
    of Music in Worcester.  Stairway to Heaven (one in Downtown Crossing,
    one across from Fenway Park), a poster/pinup/t-shirt chain that caters 
    to the rock crowd occasionally has a few of the splashy clothes.
    There's a very wild leather/S&M (!) shop called Hubba-Bubba who can do 
    customized leather things (located between Harvard and Central squares 
    in Cambridge on Mass Ave).  Also has a good collection of ear, neck
    and nose stuff.
    
    
    
    
    

    I think that anything really origional is good on stage. In this
    band i know, the guitar player went to the Ramses exhibit in some
    science museum. They had a gift shop and he bought a yellow and
    black egyptian print shirt. Also the bass player went to a square
    dance clothing store and bought a really origonal shirt. If you
    go and buy weird and origional clothes it looks good on stage. At
    least that is my opinion. :^)
    
                                              -laurie

    Allston Beat on Newbury St in Boston (just a block down from EU
    on the same side o teh street) has some really cool clothes.
    The lastest fashions in black would be a good description. They
    have really wild styles. Not recommended for those who worry about
    'what people will think' (if you get my drift).
    
    For leather stuff, I recommend Snyder Leather for metza-metz leather
    stuff (limited to black, of course), Wilson's for less-than-admirable
    leather stuff, and Vanson's Leathers for those who take their leather
    clothes seriously.  Vanson's is the best, but for the $$$, Synder's
    is the best bet for the $$$, Wilson's if you're cheap and don't
    care either way.
    
    For the more dressy look, go to the Pheasant lane mall in Naseau
    NH...they have some stores in there that are very contemporary in
    style (and not too $$$).  
    
    
    Buck

    Always seems strange to me that so many bands dress in black...
    
    Get out on stage and fade into the backline ( or the backdrops of 90%
    of venues ) ? Is it to show off the make-you-puke coloured guitars ?
    or are they all overweight ? or shy ? or what ???
    
    Bright is best ; and they might be able to see you further back
    than the second row too...
    
    Dave. 

    I often wondered the same thing.
    
    Buck who dresses to compliment his make-you-puke guitar

    
    Remember, there are two colors that match *anything*....
    
    ......black and white.

    

    I'm a firm believer that originality in dress is almost as important
    as the song itself, the two go together.  Most artist have there
    own look which turns out to be a trend type thing for the kids,
    example, the Metal look, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince, U2,
    Phil Collins, Cindy Louper, etc.  Find clothes for bands many times
    I've found the best places to look are the thrift shops, and come
    up with your own idea.  I found a 1940 over size suit (the Clark
    Kent look) for about $15.00, in real good condition.  I 've found
    the old short Army jackets dyed them black and they look good. 
    A nice Marine jacket, pad the shoulders, add some pins or jewelry
    any thing that shines with a nice pauir of baggies and that works. 
    The female lead singer in or band, went out and bought 
    a band marching jacket, kept a small tail, added real big pads
    on the shoulders, and where's it with a black leather mini skirt, (deadly).
    For the more conservative look places like Casual Male, The Merry
    Go Round, Tellos, and Chess King are usually pretty good, and priced
    right.
                                                                    
    
                                                      Howard
    
    

    
    
    	I usually wear a white tee shirt with the sleeves torn off and
    a plastic knife with fake blood sticking out of my back.
    
    	Doesn't everybody?.................Rich
    

    I always liked the make-you-puke shirts.  I make it a point to rifle
    through dept. store fabric counters for the ugliest, loudest bolts of
    paisley/mandala material, buy 2-3 yards + a pattern and go home and bang 
    it out myself, because you'll never find a shirt that ugly in a store...
    
    For Real Cool clothes, check out Shaky Jakes Vagabond Emporium, on
    Highland Ave in Worcester, right in back of WPI, near the boynton
    restaurant.  Old 40's-50's sport jackets, Varsity jackets, Army digs,
    and a wide-wide selection of vintage 60's collared shirts.  Most
    everything in there is under $10.00, too.

    
    	Those places are pretty hard to check out when you live in
    NYC..........            
    				Rich
    
    

    George Lynch has a *very* cool shirt that would fit in with my style
    quite well.  Imagine our friend George standing in front of 8 Marshall
    stacks, reared back in a pose, fixin' to rip off a nasty solo and
    his red shirt simply sez:
    
    "BALLS" on it.  Very cool.  Very appropeau.
    
    One day I'll go to the T store and have one made for me.
    
    ;^)

    
    	There have been some things i've wanted to put on shirts, but
    I can't stand the 'iron-on' letters. Is there a place to go to have
    designs made up?
    
    						Thanks,
    						   Les
    

    
    
    	Les, one good place for custom stuff on T-shirts is your local
    personal computer.... yup, most of them support packages that print
    custom graphics onto transfers which are in turn transfered onto
    shirts, petticoats, etc.  A frind of mine uses his to take pictures
    of the boats owned by the yuppies that visit his seashore paradise
    each summer, and then sells them to the yuppies....  
    
    
    	Imagine it... Each member of the band with a graphic of the
    band playing in the gig they are curently playing in, each member
    of the audience with a shirt graphic of that night's audience...
    help .... I'm losing it.....  ahhhhh
    
    
    Steve

    
    	Good idea! The only problem is I have an Atari 16-bit computer,
    and there isn't too much out there for it. I will certainly have
    to do some looking!
    
    	Think of it...a shirt with your set list on it...
    
    						Les
    

    Better than that !
    
    Imagine using Duct Tape to hold the tee shirt on the floor next
    to the monitors so you can see your set list !!
    
    Sorry, it's Friday.
    

    Are there mail order places that are worth checking out?  
    
    Thanks,
    Mike

    Fredrick's of Hollywood .....  8^)
    
    
    Scary

    Scary, are you wearin' women's lingerie again? ;-)

    No, but I get in it as often as I can .....  ;^)
    
    
    Scary .... on the prefered customer list with Fredrick's of W. Pelzer

    
    
    
    	Whoa, Scary, I always pictured you as a chamo-boxer-shorts kind of
    guy...  Maybe if we had a photo album of all of us... Hmmmm....  Nah
    
    [;^)
    
    Greve Unit

    Photo album ?  What a great idea !  Someone should put one together. 
    Any volunteers ?
    
    
    Scary

    The thought of Jerry White in ladies underwear is indeed a   S C A R Y
    
    mental picture......yow!
    
    Bulldawg lives....