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mostdefiledmostdefiled Posts: 158
edited May 2009 in The Porch
I'm seeing one of the EV solo shows in Albany, and would desperately love to get an autograph. Is there a stratagy to this? What's worked for other people. I'm not going to chase him or do anything crazy or threatening, I just want to know what, if anything, tends to work.
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 93,964
    while hanging out hour's before or minutes after the show, behind the back alley where his bus is, scream & tell him you want his baby. that might get his attention for a sig or 2! :P
  • evenflowmanevenflowman Posts: 1,347
    mostdefiled wrote:
    I'm seeing one of the EV solo shows in Albany, and would desperately love to get an autograph. Is there a stratagy to this? What's worked for other people. I'm not going to chase him or do anything crazy or threatening, I just want to know what, if anything, tends to work.

    Just wait after the show he usually leave really really late and he will sneek out the front sometimes so u have to have all areas covered.
  • mostdefiledmostdefiled Posts: 158
    while hanging out hour's before or minutes after the show, behind the back alley where his bus is, scream & tell him you want his baby


    I can totally do that !
    she holds the hand that holds her down, she will rise above!
  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    be careful...after the Jeff "incident"...his bodyguard might just jump on you and beat your ass...i'm just fucking wit you..when Ed was in Boston i went to the back ally behind the Opera house to smoke my blunt about 3 ft from the back door...i went back to the bar after i was done but this girl who is on here stayed there all day and got to meet Ed and gave him a letter which he read during the show and he even dedicated a song to her...it was really cool!! i know she was flying high,,prob still is..and my dumb ass could of met him too...dam cold frosty beer calling me..calling me....gotta go!!


    hey...maybe i'll see you in Albany..i mean..i do need a new ally to smoke in!
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,070
    demetrios wrote:
    while hanging out hour's before or minutes after the show, behind the back alley where his bus is, scream & tell him you want his baby. that might get his attention for a sig or 2! :P
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  • Pushin Forward BackPushin Forward Back Posts: 890
    autographs are for kids. shake a hand and move on-
  • LiteTheMatchLiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    Flash him your mosquito bites

    :lol:;)
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  • mostdefiledmostdefiled Posts: 158
    Flash him your mosquito bites

    That is another option I have! And I don't drink, so I'm not going to be tempted to make a beer run half-way through...

    Handshakes are cool, too.
    she holds the hand that holds her down, she will rise above!
  • I'D RATHER BEI'D RATHER BE Posts: 551
    Go early before sound check and wait by the backstage entrance. If you are unsure where that is, make some calls ahead of time or get there earlier. I have had a lot of success before sound check. There are less fans there. I would say that typically, depending on the start time of the show, artists will get there between 3:30 and 4:00.
  • RoughMixRoughMix back of a lorry Posts: 385
    MH80359 wrote:
    autographs are for kids. shake a hand and move on-

    I thought Trix are for kids. ;)
    "They don't give a shit Keith Moon is dead,
    is that exactly what I thought I read."
  • kurtdiedforyoursinskurtdiedforyoursins Posts: 149
    Best strategy: enjoy the show, don't bother the talent.

    P-R-I-V-A-C-Y is precious to me...
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  • PJ Fan est. 1990PJ Fan est. 1990 Posts: 1,788
    anything else other that mass amounts of waiting or is that it?
  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    kurtdiedforyoursins wrote:
    Best strategy: enjoy the show, don't bother the talent.

    P-R-I-V-A-C-Y is precious to me...
    :roll:
  • benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,223
    kurtdiedforyoursins wrote:
    Best strategy: enjoy the show, don't bother the talent.

    P-R-I-V-A-C-Y is precious to me...
    I always thought it was "priceless", not "precious".
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    kurtdiedforyoursins wrote:
    Best strategy: enjoy the show, don't bother the talent.

    P-R-I-V-A-C-Y is precious to me...

    Ed was pretty forthcoming on the last solo tour. You go wait by the bus ... behind barricades, obviously ... and he'd come out of his own volition and chat with fans, sign a few autographs.

    This isn't 1995 anymore.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • icemanapicemanap Posts: 406
    I was walking down Oxford Street in London the other day and Noel Gallagher from Oasis walked past me. I don't mind Oasis but I am a massive Noel fan, he seems a quality guy. I started to talk to him for a bit, and he was really sound. It's amazing one of the biggest artists in the UK, one of the most well known faces can walk down the busiest shopping street in the country without bodyguards.
    :D Rock on!!!! :D
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  • kurtdiedforyoursinskurtdiedforyoursins Posts: 149
    benjs wrote:
    kurtdiedforyoursins wrote:
    Best strategy: enjoy the show, don't bother the talent.

    P-R-I-V-A-C-Y is precious to me...
    I always thought it was "priceless", not "precious".
    :o You are CORRECT, sir! http://www.pearljam.com/song/pry They've never played it live, so, I wasn't able to verify. :mrgreen:
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  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    kurtdiedforyoursins wrote:
    Best strategy: enjoy the show, don't bother the talent.

    you must work at a strip club...seems you got it twisted...we are talking about Ed...not ho's wit no clothes.
  • CalumCalum Posts: 635
    I'd love to get a pic with eddie, or a handshake or autograph. anything lol
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  • lowlight79lowlight79 Posts: 205
    I would love to get my sealed into the wild vinyl signed by eddie and then sell it for 1 billion dollars!
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  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    Calum wrote:
    I'd love to get a pic with eddie, or a handshake or autograph. anything lol
    in ny he was shakin everyones hand that rushed the stage after arc. was pretty epic
    i had it all on video and it mysteriously vanished from my camera :evil:
  • CalumCalum Posts: 635
    oh that sucks dude..
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  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Ed was pretty forthcoming on the last solo tour. You go wait by the bus ... behind barricades, obviously ... and he'd come out of his own volition and chat with fans, sign a few autographs.
    You can't plan on it happening though. In Montreal, he left the fans in the dust while he escaped through another venue door and took off in a van. It takes pure luck and timing to get a chance to meet him.
  • Vedder_Girl77Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,335
    People should not stalk for an autograph. If you happen to bump into him then great get an autograph but the whole waiting outside a venue for him to leave thing seems very creepy to me. :o
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  • ARazorbackguy1ARazorbackguy1 Posts: 456
    MH80359 wrote:
    autographs are for kids. shake a hand and move on-

    Silly Wabbit!
    Straight down the center for a hot chicken dinner!
  • Wrongly AccusedWrongly Accused Posts: 334
    Bruce Springsteen was arrested once for climbing the wall to Graceland trying to meet Elvis... He must be the most creepy... Mike McCready also waited outside the hotel to meet the Scorpions when he was younger... dude must be insane!
  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    Vedder_Girl77 wrote:
    People should not stalk for an autograph. If you happen to bump into him then great get an autograph but the whole waiting outside a venue for him to leave thing seems very creepy to me. :o

    the lengths some fans go to to meet their favorite group/artist are legendary and totally a part of what Rock n' Roll is...long as no one gets hurt.

    stalking is on a vastly different level and you shouldn't make someone feel like an asshole for wanting to wait around to meet Ed...or anyone for that matter.

    Ed can tell you about some creepy shit and it won't involve someone chilling outside a venue.
  • springsteenfanspringsteenfan Posts: 383
    I'm going to wait outside the Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta covered in my own shit and see if Ed comes over to me to sign my copy of Yield.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Vedder_Girl77 wrote:
    People should not stalk for an autograph. If you happen to bump into him then great get an autograph but the whole waiting outside a venue for him to leave thing seems very creepy to me. :o

    It's really not creepy. Following him down the street, hiding out in the bushes --- THAT'S creepy. Hanging out in a public area where Ed might happen to walk by (ie, the street by the bus) ... there's no harm in that.
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    for the least they could possibly do
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    U R A Crazy Breed wrote:
    Vedder_Girl77 wrote:
    People should not stalk for an autograph. If you happen to bump into him then great get an autograph but the whole waiting outside a venue for him to leave thing seems very creepy to me. :o

    the lengths some fans go to to meet their favorite group/artist are legendary and totally a part of what Rock n' Roll is...long as no one gets hurt.

    stalking is on a vastly different level and you shouldn't make someone feel like an asshole for wanting to wait around to meet Ed...or anyone for that matter.

    Ed can tell you about some creepy shit and it won't involve someone chilling outside a venue.

    "Last I heard the freak was purchasing a fucking gun ..."
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
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