Come on guys, really?

You are booked at a venue with a $100 guarantee, bring 2 people and expect to get paid and invited back.

In summer of '08, I booked and hosted a day long metal and hardcore festival, and asked We Die Alone to play it.  Most bands were paid through presale, but a few bands opted to go with a guarantee package... not too clever on my part, but my goal was just to put on a day festival that featured the best underground bands from in town.  We Die Alone was one of my more preferred bands on the bill because I had seen them before live and they played like a band with much more success than they actually had.  I guess you could say that they were a joy to watch.  Now one of the bandmemebers' parents managed the band and said that they would only play for a guarantee of $100.  Now that's more than most venues will guarantee for an entire show, but I figured that if they'd bring 10 people, I'd be covered for that.  They played, very well, I might add and when it came time to settle up, I realized that they had only brought 2 people: a bandmember's grandparents and that was it.  At $10 per ticket, they thought they were getting $100 for $20 worth of work, really?

You book a band with a $100 guarantee, and even though they brought 2 people, you pay them and invite them back.

Yeah, I was an idiot kid... but what's more, I'm a man of my word.  I said I'd pay them $100 and that I did.  I'm not sure why I invited them to play a later date, but never again.  It's funny, when I invited them to the show, they had to turn me down.  Come on Arch, really?

Dumbass