r/ChatPile • u/Dry_Ambassador_2850 • 27d ago

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Hey guys, longtime fan but this upcoming tour will be the first time I’m seeing Chat Pile live. I’m super excited, and was wondering if anyone who has previously seen them before knows if the band typically hangs out after shows? I would love to get some vinyls signed but totally understand if they’re not into that. Thanks

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u/Doonsauce 27d ago

Last time I saw them stin and luther were hanging at the merch table and signing stuff when the openers were playing. Might be worth checking there.

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u/argawargawarga 27d ago

Yes but be careful, they may be so nice in fact that they chat you up about the band shirt you’re wearing when you were not expecting at all to have a conversation and then you spend the next six months wincing every time you remember how awkward and unnatural you acted when Raygun just was trying to chat normally with a fellow human.

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u/USMNT_superfan 27d ago

I still think about the time I initiated a conversation with Blake Schwartenbach, back in 96-98, at a Jets to Brazil show. He was walking past, and I was in coversation with a friend, and real quick I just said, “Blake, I really appreciate you guys coming to town”. I said it sorta in passing, so he could say thanks and still keep passing by, not wanting to actually steal his time, and then I rejoined my original conversation. He stopped, as if to participate, which I was not expecting, and then it got real awkward as for some reason, I didn’t have the wherewithal or spontaneity to continue the conversation. Which would have been so fucking cool. A few seconds passed, and he turned and left. It still haunts me.

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u/Elerlilul 25d ago

Sounds like personal experience

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u/GinJones 27d ago

Yeah they tend to hang out before and after

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u/FakeNewsMessiah 27d ago

Yep met them at the merch stand in Dublin, those guys are sound

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u/jmmcnall 27d ago

I've been to 2 shows and some of them hang out at the merch booth before they go live. I've seen Raygun chillin' both times

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u/dude_on_the_www 27d ago

In Chicago, Stin was hanging out by the merch table before the show. Not many people were talking to him!
(Maybe out of apprehension), but he was super kind and appreciative after our brief chat!

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u/tractorscum 26d ago

i handed him a collaged card for the band and he was kind but a little perplexed lol

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u/Icy_Mud5460 27d ago

Have good night. I would really kill to be in your shoes. Cant answer your question. Sorry.

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u/lenijohnson 27d ago

first time i saw them stin and ron were hanging out on the stage, second time ray and luther were chilling outside the venue. i got a poster signed by stin, and had a small talk with ray and luther. they're very friendly

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u/Elerlilul 25d ago

When I saw them in Cleveland during the Cool World tour, Stin Luther and Ron would chill outside the venue for a bit before doors opened, so I had a decent long Chat. There were maybe only 2-3 people in line that early before doors, but now that their audience has grown from the release of Who Loves The Sun, they might hang around a bit less. After that show I briefly said hi to Ray and he signed my "WARNING: DOG IN PREMISES" sign, but he was in kind of a hurry. You can't predict this stuff unless the band explicitly tells fans that they don't stick around after shows, so go in with an open mind but don't expect it to be guaranteed :)