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Why is backline called backline?!

  • 20-05-2009 03:49PM
    #1
    frobisher
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    Someone once told me it's because it's what's behind the front line of the stage. Doesn't ring true for me though :-)


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  • #2
    madtheory
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    Front line is the talent, back line is the gear. Fightin' talk?


  • #3
    PaulBrewer
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    Cos it's at the back of the stage .... usually in a line ! Doh ...


  • #4
    madtheory
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    Actually, backline is guitar amps, frontline is PA speakers. Backline gets used to refer to all stage equipment tho.


  • #5
    jtsuited
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    madtheory wrote: »
    Actually, backline is guitar amps, frontline is PA speakers. Backline gets used to refer to all stage equipment tho.

    what he said!


  • #6
    Soundman
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    Frontline is also the performers and their monitors at the front of the stage (downstage).


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  • #7
    clint_silver
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    for sake of clarification, are drums considered backline? I would have always thought so.


  • #8
    madtheory
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    OK, I'll say it again...

    The original meaning has been lost. Frontline was never the talent, that's an assumption. It was simple: back= guitar amps + speakers, front= PA amps + speakers.

    These days, backline refers to all on stage equipment that is not part of the PA. It gets a bit hazy, it usually means the big stuff like drums and keyboard rigs, not guitars. So backline hire companies carry keyboards, but not guitars, usually!


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