The Smoking Section Answers Your Questions

God, I don't remember ever crashing somebody's backstage area, uninvited. I hate to ruin the myth, but backstage areas are not always fun. There's just never enough to drink, and unless you're extremely tight with the band, you're essentially stealing their alcohol. But here's a few tips I just thought of. First, you have to be confident that you're gonna get backstage. Like Theodor Herzl said, "If you will it, it is no dream." You barge through security, with intent and purpose. If you show weakness, you're done. Here's a few other ideas:

One thing I've noticed, especially in New York, is that 99 percent of venues use a similar wristband to get backstage. It's a no frills, single-colored wristband. Sometimes they're red, or green, or purple, or yellow -- but I would suggest bringing one of every color in the rainbow to a gig. Idea 2: Get all arts and crafts on that shit and make your own backstage pass. Idea 3: Dress like a roadie, have a bunch of laminates around yer neck, and bum rush. Idea 4: My standby, show security your heaving breasts.