monitors are for the artist only, and if they’re too loud, they start messing up the mix coming through the mains–after a lot of time spent by the sound guys ringing out the monitors, pre-sound check, depending on the acoustics of the room. a lot of artists don’t know and don’t care how any of this works-- they want what they want and don’t care what “problems” they’re causing for everyone else.

hence the pretend turning up the monitors