Sound guys ALWAYS suck. I know this from gigs I've played. I've had my bass cut out in the middle of a song because the sound guy tripped over a wire... ugggh. We stopped right there, and the guitarist said (naughty language coming) "FIX THE FUCKING PROBLEM!" into the microphone, staring at the sound tech. I've had cassette decks and tapes stolen by the sound guy ("Where'd deck go?" - "I dunno.."walks away...). I've had my monitors not turned on, or picking up the wrong instrument, because of sound men. And worst of all, I've had sound men bitch at me because of MY sound. I'm sorry, but no asswitch is EVER allowed to tell me "Lower the eq in the higher frequencies, and put the midrange higher," ... EVER! during a show, if we play 8 songs, I'll change the settings on multiple pieces of equipment, sometimes quite drastically, between 2 and 4 times, and do minor adjustments during the actual songs sometimes. You don't tell me how I should sound, I KNOW how I should sound... I hate sound guys...