Microphone stand

This post may be made up of two or more telescoping tubes that fit inside each other, allowing for quick height adjustment.

[2] The tubes used on the straight stand usually have a shiny chrome plating to resist scratching, but may also be finished in a matte black.

Most of these are designed to get the microphone closer to the user without placing the upright portion of the stand directly in front of the performer.

Freddie Mercury (the lead singer of Queen), discovered the device by accident: he grabbed a standard microphone stand with such force that it dislodged from its base.

[5][6] Robbie Williams as well as heavy metal singers Joey Belladonna of Anthrax and Chuck Billy of Testament also use bottomless microphone stands.