This is ****in disguisting!!

[Fake DJ]

Pardon my bad language but this is a disgrace!!!!! saw this on steve lawlers messge board!!!

http://www.djstevelawler.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1333

[Fake DJ]

OK i'll let you know what went on.

i had played for 2 hours, and things were going fine, and then the owner of the club wanted me to play a 15 min, techno trance record called dance with the devil, which was about 160 bpm!!! so of course i refused to. I knew nothing about this performance and i wasnt about to break up what i had built musically.. so they told me to play the record or get off, so i came off, then when myself, my girlfriend and my agent went to leave the club, they freatened us with 10 bouncers, we were going to get the shit beaten out of us, so they forced us back into the club, litterally thisically forced us, i went back in and was made to play 1 more hour surrounded by bouncers etc..

i have to tell you, in all my career i have never ever had anything like this happen before, i was very worried for my girlfriend and had to do as they said.

i will never again come to gaudalaja, im sorry for those of you that live there, i will how ever be doing shows in other parts of mexico, but i will never step foot into that city again. sorry.

this was a very scary incident that i never want to be in again..

that club can go and **** themselves, and i advise no one to play there, it was completely un real what happened.. words do not describe how concerned i was that evening..

the show in mexico city was great i ended up playing for just over 4 hours to a great crowd. so i will definately be back there again some time in the near future..

i hope this clears all rumours..

Steve


that is the basic story of wat happened

has any1 ever heard of or experisnced anythign liek that?

[Frank Dogshit]

serves him right for playing boring prog.......

j/k :cool:

[Si the Sigh]

Man that's seriously fu*ked up! :shock:

[gumpy green]

totally out of order.....

[S/E]

Not cool. If people want to make requests like that, they should get a jukebox and not Steve Lawler. As much as I may not enjoy prog, this is still improper.

[FUSION]

whos steve lawler?????? one of our residents the infamous `dirty sanchez` is from mexico and judging by the way he acts every time he plays any where (fireing his gun at volume drops , ripping girls clothing off while mixing) this activity doesnt supprise me at all the man is an animal. all the smae though unluckly mr lawler i bet he was scared shitless :shock:

[penthesilea]

I saw him plaS\erbia (state of exit festival) and he was great... (well after 3 days on the go, no sleep and all, I thought he was great... ;) )

Wonder if it wasn't a bit of a misunderstanding...
really shit to be force to play with Bullies around you but mexican blokes can be very macho and touchy, maybe he rubbed them the wrong way???
Easily done if you don't speak spanish...
Anyway, well out of order :rambo:

[Sheryl]

Thats a bit harsh innit!! :nono:

[audioinjection]

damn yeah thats going too far, i've been to guadalajara (my moms hometown) and a lot of clubs are strict, but this is stupid

[dirty_bass]

:shock:

[John Vella]

I was booked for a party once and turns out they were 90% hyppies, druids, and hairy unwashed bearded women....

Well they didn't like any of the techno I had to play... In fact they didn't like techno period and were getting very aggresive in wanting me to play Psytrance. I don't own a single Psytrance record and after about 3 or 4 tracks I was asked to leave in a very threatening way!!!!

:doh:

-j

[viagratek]

thats some ****ed up shit....thanks for the headsup :shock:

[Stella Boy]

Poor sod, nobody should have to go through that. Makes you wonder why they booked a prog dj when they wanted a bit tech/trance :eh:

[dan the acid man]

disgraceful, they really should check out what the dj play's before they book them

[miss bass]

disgraceful, they really should check out what the dj play's before they book them


makes sense

tossers

[scienceofuse]

"Dance with the devil"? :lol: :clap:

[Sunil]

**** him. He probably spent his whole set preening himself and labouring over each EQ movement as if he were performing an important operation. The manager wanted a record played, and Lawler should have played it. He's lucky he got away as lightly. And as much as he says he won't return, I doubt they'd wanna book him again anyway :roll:

[penthesilea]

You might be right Sunil, we will never know...
Me think it's prob a bit of both, proud on both sides I mean...
Comes back to lack of understanding, different languages etc...
Still, would hate to be in that situation!

Heu... what am I saying?!?! :oops: I'd beg for somebody to force me to play!!! ;)
Maybe I could hijack a club and an audience... :rambo:

[borisXHL]

first of all whom is emmmm whats his name "steve lawlers" and second of all 160 bpm is really horrible OMG this is unacceptable hahaha :lol:

i think the story is exaggarated as the man spoke for himself so we dont really know what had happened there hehehe

so again ofcours its up to you what u play, its the vision of art its your basic right as a dj (artist) to be untouchable and crap like that but forreal if u deal with people u dont really know what to expect so like u travell a lot bounce shit at differ places than your hometown, u must be prepare for such "surprises" and i think the matter is be flexible as much as possible, make party go on and if people wanna here this so thats cool let em enjoy the party and spin shit, that say **** ya and note club in your special dj agenda under "nomore" category ;)

[schlager]

serves him right. i'm sure his jet-set dj attitude didn't help.

[Adverse]

**** him. He probably spent his whole set preening himself and labouring over each EQ movement as if he were performing an important operation. The manager wanted a record played, and Lawler should have played it. He's lucky he got away as lightly. And as much as he says he won't return, I doubt they'd wanna book him again anyway :roll:

sunil for president. anyone who starts a thread with **** him is my hero.

[scienceofuse]

:lol:

"Hey Steve... Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

I think I'd play gay disco upon request if I was payed as much as mr.Lawler... :roll:

[MangaFish]

disgraceful, they really should check out what the dj play's before they book them

i remember hearing once: hardhouse DJ lisa pin-up was asked to play at a garage club. she got 3 tracks in before she was kicked off. it really does amaze me how promoters can books DJs with little to no research into the genre they play :roll:

[jonnyspeed]

If he was being paid then you do what The Man tells you, like everybody else does. Imagine if my boss made a reasonable request that I didn't like but was reasonable and I just said no. stop crying like a bitch, imo.

Bollocks, either do it for the art and don't get paid or do what The Man says. Them the rules.

[MangaFish]

If he was being paid then you do what The Man tells you, like everybody else does. Imagine if my boss made a reasonable request that I didn't like but was reasonable and I just said no. stop crying like a bitch, imo.

Bollocks, either do it for the art and don't get paid or do what The Man says. Them the rules.

i kind of agree with you, but there was no need for the force the bouncers used

[Fake DJ]

for example u dont book the red hot chillipeppers and then make them play a nirvana tune do you

[penthesilea]

well no but then, a DJ plays somebody else's tune all the time, the Red Hot chilly Peppers don't...

[davethedrummer]

Pardon my bad language but this is a disgrace!!!!! saw this on steve lawlers messge board!!!

http://www.djstevelawler.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1333

what the hell were you doing on steve lawlers message board anyway???
trying to track down some prog anthems to buy?
or just chipping in a message like:
" i went to see steve lawler last week (with my girlfriend )and he was ****ing great" etc etc etc
i just don't know sometimes i really don't
i mean ..........steve lawler..........c'mon!
you'll be on here wiffling on about boy george next! ;)

[TiagoTechnoHead]

I´m with Henry ..... ;)

[Fake DJ]

Pardon my bad language but this is a disgrace!!!!! saw this on steve lawlers messge board!!!

http://www.djstevelawler.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1333

what the hell were you doing on steve lawlers message board anyway???
trying to track down some prog anthems to buy?
or just chipping in a message like:
" i went to see steve lawler last week (with my girlfriend )and he was **** great" etc etc etc
i just don't know sometimes i really don't
i mean ..........steve lawler..........c'mon!
you'll be on here wiffling on about boy george next! ;)

hahaha nah a mate sent me the link!!!

:oops: no honestly......... :eh: nnooooo really :shock:

:lol:

looking forward to your set up north for binary on the 10th henry!

[DJAmok]

who is steve lawler?


still, horrible thing that... sounds like the owner got a serious coke issue

[Sunil]

**** him. He probably spent his whole set preening himself and labouring over each EQ movement as if he were performing an important operation. The manager wanted a record played, and Lawler should have played it. He's lucky he got away as lightly. And as much as he says he won't return, I doubt they'd wanna book him again anyway :roll:

sunil for president. anyone who starts a thread with **** him is my hero.

Hehe, cheers!

To be honest the club do sound out of line, never heard of that type of thing before. Although after having the 'pleasure' of watching the end of one of Lawler's sets last year, I can't say I have a great deal of sympathy for him.