It's always been my experience that EVERYONE loves the drummers!
Yep ... we're much more fun than those poor sods weighed down by boring old scales, chords, harmonies, modes and all the rest of the voodoo ... we represent the Great Unwashed
... unless we're too loud. If we're too loud then we're about as loved as people with bad B.O. and flatulence on public transport.
Weren't we first put down the back to keep the out-front volume balanced? Apart from, say, Phil Collins, Levon Helm, Andy Sturmer etc you'll almost never see the drums near the vocalist on stage. If you've ever tried doing lead vocs and drums together, you'll see why. If you ever heard me try to sing lead vocs, you'll know why I don't
What's going on? Yesterday, a beef about being mentioned last on band lists and now about us being at the back of the stage. Did someone unlock the Drummers' Union cage? Seems like we need to get out the electric prods ...
As a few people in this and the other Drummers Union thread suggested, be glad you're safe at the back of the stage behind your kit. And we're the only ones who can get away with taking our shoes off (at least since the 60s).