Post by Leewah Brown on Aug 23, 2002 1:24:22 GMT -5
A ROCK band plugging their new album Songs For The Deaf at a club were stunned when 37 deaf people turned up for the gig.
Posters and leaflets for the performance by loud American group Queens of the Stone Age were distributed before the show in Hull, East Yorks.
And the hard-of-hearing party arrived expecting a special event for the deaf.
They gestured in sign language to puzzled doormen at Spiders club.
And when it finally became clear that they had misunderstood the preconcert publicity, they became angry and stomped off.
A spokesman for the band said yesterday: “We can see the funny side now but it was a bit baffling at the time.
“The group never thought their album would cause such confusion.”
The rockers - fronted by singer Nick Oliveri and guitarist Josh Homme - were promoting the album prior to its release next Monday.
Their last offering, Rated R, was voted best album of 2000 by magazines Q and NME.
A manager at the club said: “Fifteen minutes after opening, I got a message from the door saying a large party had turned up.
“The doormen got a bit confused when they started using sign language. Some of their gestures were very descriptive.
“One of the crowd said they were here for the Songs For The Deaf night and that they would call the Trading Standards Commission if they didn’t get in.
“That’s when the penny dropped - there had been a huge misunderstanding. After my staff did a lot of explaining, the group also understood what had happened.
“They were angry and said they had phoned us to check we were holding a Songs For The Deaf night.
“They didn’t see the funny side at all and left straight away.”
;D ;D ;D
Posters and leaflets for the performance by loud American group Queens of the Stone Age were distributed before the show in Hull, East Yorks.
And the hard-of-hearing party arrived expecting a special event for the deaf.
They gestured in sign language to puzzled doormen at Spiders club.
And when it finally became clear that they had misunderstood the preconcert publicity, they became angry and stomped off.
A spokesman for the band said yesterday: “We can see the funny side now but it was a bit baffling at the time.
“The group never thought their album would cause such confusion.”
The rockers - fronted by singer Nick Oliveri and guitarist Josh Homme - were promoting the album prior to its release next Monday.
Their last offering, Rated R, was voted best album of 2000 by magazines Q and NME.
A manager at the club said: “Fifteen minutes after opening, I got a message from the door saying a large party had turned up.
“The doormen got a bit confused when they started using sign language. Some of their gestures were very descriptive.
“One of the crowd said they were here for the Songs For The Deaf night and that they would call the Trading Standards Commission if they didn’t get in.
“That’s when the penny dropped - there had been a huge misunderstanding. After my staff did a lot of explaining, the group also understood what had happened.
“They were angry and said they had phoned us to check we were holding a Songs For The Deaf night.
“They didn’t see the funny side at all and left straight away.”
;D ;D ;D
i was a bit dissapointed
They toured a lot with David Grohl as drummer... May i say: FUCKING HELL!!! 
He's a true animal and you can see that he L O V E S playing drums... I like that when i see that artists truely love their instrument and go completely into it! wow! 
My friend works at HMV head office and got us VIp tix to a record signing that the Foo Fighters were doing when the last came over here - i got to see 5 songs played live (with me only 2meters away!) and then got to chat to the band.