The AC/DC Sound Check

After I had gotten to the club, and realized that we were being thrust into a nightmare scenario by the AC/DC roadies, I got on the phone and called Annie in New York. She was just about to leave for Conn. to come to the show. I explained what was happening, and how I wasn't getting anywhere with this Australian crew, and she simply told me "Mike, they are the headliners...deal with it." Although I had no idea how I was supposed to do that, I said "OK" and told her I'd see her in a few hours. When our crew finally started to set up our gear, over two hours later, our amps were where we would normally be standing. Mark and Dave had to set the strobe tuners up off-stage...Barry's drums were at the very front of the stage, where Charles would normally be. After the gear was set up, there was less than twelve inches from the front end of the stage for us to stand, and the Marshalls we used were less than twelve inches behind us..and we knew that the playing that night was going to be very difficult, and literally painful, the amps were on top of us. As we set up our recording mics on the drum set, one of AC/DC's roadies stuck his head into the room. His jaw dropped as he looked at our customized  Marshall Stacks, and when he noticed the mics...he came right up to me, and in a heavy Austalian accent asked..."hey mate...are those Sennheisers? " I looked at him and said.."they sure are"...and he shot right back at me..."hey mate, do ya think we can use them?".. and I looked him straight in the eye and said.."absolutely...all you have to do is move your amp line and drum riser back 18 inches, (which he could have easily done) and I'll let you use every mic I have." He glared at me, and without wasting a second he just screamed..."no fuckin' way, man!" I just smiled at him and said..."well then, I hope you enjoy the Shures. He sputtered something and stormed away, very pissed. I just smiled to myself and thought "cooperation is a two way street." We finished our sound check well after 6:00, and I knew that this was going to end up being more like a battle of the bands, than the concert I had thought we were going to be playing only 24 hours earlier. And I thought to myself, if that's what they want...then that's what we'll give them...