Suggestions for Helloween Gig?
We are booked for our first ever Helloween gig this year. We plan on doing a \"Rock and Roll Freak Show\" type of event with costumes and party atmosphere. I know some of you here have probably already done this in the past, so I am asking for your suggestions on how to pull this off successfully.
The questions I have right now are what kind of songs fit that Helloween theme. I was thinking of Black Magic Woman and a few others, but would love to hear your suggestions.
Any costume suggestions for the band?
Any suggestions for party favours and/or treats for the audience. We are willing to spend a little out of pocket money from the band's take to make this a successful night.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions. We have 2 months to prep for this gig, so we still have time to learn new songs and gather our supplies. Any help?
The questions I have right now are what kind of songs fit that Helloween theme. I was thinking of Black Magic Woman and a few others, but would love to hear your suggestions.
Any costume suggestions for the band?
Any suggestions for party favours and/or treats for the audience. We are willing to spend a little out of pocket money from the band's take to make this a successful night.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions. We have 2 months to prep for this gig, so we still have time to learn new songs and gather our supplies. Any help?
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And the band should wear costumes too, to be part of the atmosphere. 8)
Party favors? Maybe those glow sticks, in orange??
And if it's going to be \"Helloween\" instead of \"Halloween\", consider playing lots of headbanging ultra-depressing goth Satan-worshipping metal. :roll:
Yeah, we are playing around with the spelling to get a darker theme. We are not into Satan-worshipping, but a healthy bit of mockery on Halloween does seem appropriate.
We do plan on dressing up for the band. However, some things I have been concerned about are making sure the costume does not affect my ability to play, and that the costume is not too hot that it makes playing uncomfortable. After all, we are talking about 4 hours on stage.
Monster Mash is a great song suggestion. I'll be looking up the tab tonight. Just thought of a song with the lyrics \"she's just a devil woman, with evil on her mind....\" I don't remember if the song was \"Devil Woman\" or who wrote it. Any help?
Please keep those suggestions coming. Thanks guys.
I have an MP3 of it, which I'll trade you for a setup with your wife's hott single friend. :twisted:
Didn't the Eagles write a devil woman song? \"Witchy Woman\"? (great lyrics: \"Raven hair, and ruby lips...sparks fly from her fingertips...\")
I download midi files onto floppy disks, and put them into my Yamaha keyboard for Halloween parties.
Some of my favorites that I use, and can play (on keyboard and guitar):
Midnight Express (instrumental)
The Exorcist theme/Tubular Bells (Fact: Castle Walls/STYX was inspired by this themesong!)
Werewolves of London/Warren Zevon
Halloween (The Movie) Theme
Living Dead Girl, More Human Than Human/Rob Zombie
Bark at the Moon/Ozzy
Hotel California/Eagles (reminds me of The Shining, the hotel that won't let you leave)
So, you have Witchy Woman, Devil Woman, Black Magic Woman, and don't forget Evil Woman/ELO...
Just a few ideas, hope it gives you a good start! 8)
That's something I never thought of. I wonder if there is some kind of invisible black light ink that we could temporarily put on our guitars and stuff that would only show up with a black light. That would be cool. I imagine that we would have to have a pretty strong black light in order to light the stage. But we could hit the black light and all those crazy things would be jumping off our guitars/gear. Sounds cool.
That sounds right. I think I have a cassette of Cliff Richards greatest hits in my collection. I'll have to dig out the cassettes to see if I still have it. I remembered that song from way back in the day....long before CD's and mp3 files. Thanks for the help.
That sounds right. I think I have a cassette of Cliff Richards greatest hits in my collection. I'll have to dig out the cassettes to see if I still have it. I remembered that song from way back in the day....long before CD's and mp3 files. Thanks for the help.
Song choices given are really good. Munsters theme is fun for fillers, but add a few songs in to your regular sets. We once went crazy with a whole set of Halloween type songs and our audience was sort of ummmm, yeah about it.
Sabbath tunes, Kiss, those work too.
Costumes- worried about a hot stage? Just wear ripped up shorts and an old shirt. Get some of that fake cut stuff and bloody up the legs arms etc. Hockey masks, other masks can work. If you are in a club, great. Last year we did a Halloween gig in a horse stable. It was around 38 degrees at start time. None of the instruments stayed in tune as it dropped to 31 !
Props work. Get some plastic pumpkins around the stage, maybe put a skeleton off the drums. Prop some ghoulish creatures on stage monitors. Get the wives, gf's and kids involved with that part. Sometimes they are a little more creative.
I have seen where they rigged up a skeleton off the Hi hat so everytime it was used the skeleton moved/jumped.
And I just want to add. That whatever costume you go with if it isn't super simple and definitely know it won't be a problem, you may want to do the last practice before the gig in full dress. Just to make sure it won't interfear with your playing or the instrument.
FRANKENSTEIN-EDGAR WINTER GROUP
RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL-VAN HALEN
CREATURES OF THE NIGHT-KISS
LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT-JUDAS PRIEST
DREAM WARRIORS-DOKKEN(THEME TO NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST.)
NIGHT CRAWLER-JUDAS PRIEST