Neil Landstrumm had either his 909 or 303 swiped at a gig here in the UK, he told me about it once and said that he got it back - turned out that guy who had stole it was known to the promoters who got a posse together and retrieved it, I wouldn't like to have been in his shoes....patrick bateman wrote:Is this something everybody has seen, because I never saw this in Denmark, Germany and UK, where I have been partying the most.
There's always a danger of this sort of thing happening, and unfortunately, If people get carried away it makes it all the more likely.
I dunno - I expect it probably happened more back in the day, there certaily were a lot more gangsters running around at events (in the UK anyway - I dunno about abroad) - to me , techno clubs seem a much safer place to be these days, the crowd isn't so criminal looking and there's more of a wide selection of people.
Anyway - back to the point - this isn't a new thing, but my heart goes out to Magda, it's a shitty thing to happen, and no - It's hardly her fault If it got stolen, but I'd say that security is always an issue at these sorts of things and should never be taken likely.
It's not just people stealing that's the issue - I've in the past taken an issue with people crowding me when I'm playing or generally being in the box/sound/light booth from a safety point of view.
Once when I was doing Sound and helping with Equipment at a club Speedy J was playing a girl burnt her arm on a power pack from some of Jochem's equipment - I happened to be helping tidy up the equipment and had to push her arm off it cos I knew it would be hot - she never noticed until afterwards and had a big burn mark on her arm to show for her night out.
Thing is - it's always been my impression that the Bouncers should have more of an active role in this sort of thing, but to be honest - I find most bouncers to be a law unto themselves.
Other times I've had punters climbing up on stage and trying to pull cables out of drum machines etc, thinking they are helping to clear up.
Basic fact - people on drugs and drink are unpredictable, and must be kept away from expensive and/or potentially dangerous equipment at all costs If you want to avoid injury, theft or mindless destruction.
