Then there's bands like the one I'm in...

Audiences seem to like us, but we never expected more than petrol money and a few free pints
if ever offered;
because we almost entirely performed free of charge at benefit gigs
for lefty political causes, trade union events, community projects fund raisers, etc....

To a band like us politics and issues matter more than £££$$$ !!!

I know I'll always be out of pocket by ten to twenty quid in rail fares
before I even meet up with the rest of the band to get in the back of the van.


Ok, when I was much younger there might have been the prospect
of copping off with a drunk randy female at the end of the gig - which was a fair enough additional incentive..