getting watsed at PJ shows?

jorgems
jorgems Posts: 275
edited January 2008 in The Porch
Is it worth it? youre not gonna see the band probably in 2 or 3 more years...I think its better to be plain sober and enjoy the show?

any good stories about getting wasted at the parking lot?
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  • pjtaper
    pjtaper Posts: 3,020
    I would have to say this totally depends on the venue... if you are in Camden, or pretty much anywhere in Jersey, you will get faded before and after the show!
  • jorgems
    jorgems Posts: 275
    is it officially legal or illegal to get wasted at the parking lot??? Ive never seen cops take away somebody for example...
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  • pjtaper
    pjtaper Posts: 3,020
    really depends on the venue... at alpine valley, people are drunk and wasted everywhere in the lot, and in the venue... at tinley park(chicago, not too far from alpine, also an outdoor venue) they make you go straight into the venue, as soon as you step out of your car, or they will give you a ticket. I haven't been there in years, but that was how it was for a Who show...
  • Come Back in Black
    Come Back in Black Posts: 659
    jorgems wrote:
    is it officially legal or illegal to get wasted at the parking lot??? Ive never seen cops take away somebody for example...


    I have.. If you are underage you can get carted off by the cops for drinking. Different rules apply to different venues but for the most part if you are over the legal age and not causing any trouble than they won't bother you much.
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    pjtaper wrote:
    I would have to say this totally depends on the venue... if you are in Camden, or pretty much anywhere in Jersey, you will get faded before and after the show!


    FUCKIN CAMDEN KNOWS HOW TO PARTY> HOLY SHIT. i tell everybody about that tailgate party. the second show 06. goddam!
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  • lilreds9121
    lilreds9121 Posts: 128
    i dont drink at all at PJ shows. i have seen sooo many people soo wasted they didnt even go into see the show. I am totslly sober and enjoy every second of the show when im there.
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  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    there's for irony:
    in most of Europe, you can legally drink anywhere in the street, so whilst queuing too.
    But being GA shows, you better not or you won't last long in the heat and shake of a pit.. (not even considering the loo breaks, beer is a BIG no-no!)

    that said, Verona 06, seated show, pouring rain, got drunk and enjoyed the show far more than I would have sober (boring setlist).. and Pistoia and Dusseldorf queues were all the nicer for the wine (but sobered up before the show started)

    but gosh did I miss being able to have a couple of pints whilst queuing for the Vic! stupid American laws :rolleyes: (I mean, come on..you can drive, have sex, vote, go to war, be executed before you can drink? that's fucked up!! )
  • ECM
    ECM Posts: 1,687
    alcohol is bad.... now paint thinner, different story
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  • bigeyedfish
    bigeyedfish Posts: 7
    i'm usually so hopped up on PCP that i don't need alcohol as a crutch.
  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    Evil Closet Monkey wrote:
    alcohol is bad.... now paint thinner, different story
    you didn't seem to mind it last time I saw you :p
  • Funkdog
    Funkdog Posts: 85
    well when a beer is $12 a pop inside the BG Civic Auditorium you try to get your fill outside the venue from the liquor store around the corner who sells you the same size beer for $2.50 a pop. That is until some security person tells me to dump the last swig of it, resulting in pure alcohol abuse!
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  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    i dont need to have a good time to drink
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  • Hawkshore
    Hawkshore Posts: 2,185
    restlesssoul wrote:
    i dont need to have a good time to drink

    that a good philosophy ....why any time will do! :cool:
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  • jorgems
    jorgems Posts: 275
    Lets Get Trashed People!
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  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    getting wasted at a Pearl Jam show?

    seems stupid to me...especially after so many times having people falling into/over me, my wife getting elbowed in the head, and people wanting to start fights...

    it's my favorite band...i prefer listening to them the way i do in my car...sober.

    now, i have been to a couple of audioslave shows and i have enjoyed myself as far as the booze goes.


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  • drtyfrnk29
    drtyfrnk29 Posts: 846
    bigeyedfish wrote:
    i'm usually so hopped up on PCP that i don't need alcohol as a crutch.
    :D That's so God damn funny :D

    As for me, I've had a few beers before the shows but nothing too crazy. However, in Vegas '06 I grabbed two beers and walked into the row, looked around, and asked the guy next to me where my wife was. His expression was great as he told me he had no idea. Then I look down three rows and see my wife saying, "What the hell?" I was in the wrong row. I probably looked like the biggest jackass.
    I'm so dangerous I smoke dynamite.

  • jeffer96
    jeffer96 Posts: 136
    jorgems wrote:
    Is it worth it? youre not gonna see the band probably in 2 or 3 more years...I think its better to be plain sober and enjoy the show?

    any good stories about getting wasted at the parking lot?

    I love a good drink as much, if not more than, than the next guy - but why in the hell would someone pay $100 for a couple of tickets to a show, then proceed to drink themselves to the point where they can't remember where they are, let alone what is going on right in front of them? I just don't get it.
  • Redmosquito91
    Redmosquito91 Jackson, WY Posts: 59
    i dont get wasted at shows anymore.... there was an incident the second time i saw the Chili Peppers...basically i dont remember seeing them at all. but i do remember getting sick multiple times in the Mellon Arena bathroom...


    but anyways... i do enjoy getting a slight buzz before a show... a few beers and then a good strong piss after the pre-set or opening band and then its time to rock!!

    but n o i think its fucking a waste to get housed beyond belief
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  • TheGossman
    TheGossman Posts: 1,120
    Camden 06 was the biggest tailgate show I've ever been to, INSANE! I enjoy drinking a few beers before the show, but I never let it get out of hand, most I ever drank before a show was DMB in 05, I drank a whole 12 pack, then went in and kept buying beer after beer, I don't even remember the show. But all my friends said the show sucked!
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  • Rider
    Rider Posts: 129
    I must admit to having split an entire case of beer with my buddy before the show in Camden (06). Still, I had a great time and thankfully they cut off beer sales early so I was sorta sobered up for the encores. Usually, I try to keep it to a sixer.
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