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Almost all established and budding musicians dream of givingthat electrifying performance. The one which leaves the audience in awe oftheir musical ability; screaming and begging for more. However some musicianshave been part of an electrifying performance, but for all the wrong reasons. Irecall as a child watching the Royal Variety Performance and eagerly awaitingone of my favourite bands at the time, Shawaddywaddy. Their slot in theschedule arrived and the compare introduced the band, but the curtain did notopen. The compare introduced them a second time, but still nothing happened.After a few minutes passed, the curtain finally opened and Shawaddywaddy atlong last performed their latest hit. The following day it was revealed in thenewspapers that one of the band members touched his microphone and suffered aminor electric shock which caused the delay. Although of little consequence,the incident could have easily been averted with adequate electrical testingprior to their performance. A similar thing happened to Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley in1976, this time he touched an ungrounded metal railing during a concert andreceived a considerable shock. Luckily, Ace Frehley survived and the experienceinspired the song 'shock me', penned by Frehley himself. But it just goes toshow how the slightest bit of negligence with regards to electrical testing forsafety can have potentially disastrous effects. That very same year, formersinger and harmonica player with the legendary Yardbirds was killed whenplaying his electric bass guitar in his basement. His death being caused by afault (presumably) in his amplifier which meant his guitar strings carried liveelectricity. A few years earlier in 1973, John Rostill, the former bassplayer with The Shadows and Tom Jones' backing band was also killed byelectrocution whilst playing his guitar. Again his death was entirely due toimproperly grounded electrical equipment, sending enough electrical currentthrough his strings to kill him on the spot. Equally tragically in 1972, LeslieHarvey of Scottish band Stone The Crows died on stage after touching hismicrophone. For some reason the microphone was not properly grounded and thisoversight cost the 27 year old musician his life. Although portable appliancetesting was not mandatory back in the 1970's, even rudimentary electricaltesting on a regular basis could have saved all these lives. These days, most electrical equipment is designed in a sucha way that the risk of electric shock is highly unlikely. However theunexpected can easily happen, especially where electrical equipment such asamplifiers are moved frequently when a band is on tour. To ensure everybody whowill be using such equipment is safe it is essential that all electricalequipment undergoes portable appliance testing using a dedicated PAT tester.This will tell you whether or not each piece of equipment is safe for use bychecking that it's polarity is correct, that it is properly insulated andearthed. After all, you want your performance to be electrifying for all theright reasons.
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