Who is in a band?

[LoserGuy]

Who out there is in a band? I'm the singer for my band, and we kinda suck cuz we never get to practice, but once winter rolls around and marching band for our guitarist and drummer to open up and me to get out of soccer, but yea. I also strap trash cans to my feet and bounce around, just to accent the sound a little. What do you guys do?

[kelly]

I'm not allowed near musical instruments or things that might amplify my singing voice.

[thedude]

i play bass in a little band me and a few others have set up as a fun side project to do. i play the bass, and the 4th person who is supposed ot be practicing wiht us, is never around, but technically he is still part of the band.

[Fae]

I used to drum in a couple of different bands when I was a teenager. My first band was a screechy riot grrrl type band. A few months ago, I found the tapes from when we recorded on some kids 4-track. Frightening. Our name was Dead Kitty. We were so hardcore.

I was also in a band called Doozer during high school. This was a more punky alternative band that probably would have been cool if the lead guitarist hadn't been completely egotistical and insisted on doing loooooong solos during every song.

Despite all that, I sometimes miss being in a band. It was really fun, and I really really miss drumming.

[thedude]

i was thinking actually of band names today when i was comign back form the movies, and i thought up one cool one. "ok co-pilot" whas the one i thought up, then i saw thsi soccer mom mobile wiht a sticker on the back that said Holy Family Wildcats, and i was liek "eurika!! The Holy Family Wildcats!" it just sounded funny as hell to me

[burnpianoxisland]

I am, waddup waddup.

[The Voice]

I don't need a band I sing solo!!

[thedude]

ok Ryan Cabrera, whatever you say

[The Voice]

Who the hell is Ryan Cabrera??

[thedude]

dunno, my g/f listens to him, she thinks he is punk, but he is solo pop ****. it's one of the many cds she burned for me and i made into a coaster for my redbull.

just trust me on this one, if some girls tells you to listen to him, run liek the wind

[The Voice]

Yeah but if she gives me the CD I have a matching coaster....we will be the only 2 in the world with matching coasters it would be tight!!

[SnoChica]

I'm not in a band... but I love me some band guys. HOT!!!

[kelly]

I'm not in a band... but I love me some band guys. HOT!!!
Can't argue with that! ;)

[The Voice]

So that's the trick, I need a band....no wonder this solo career has been so lonely!

[kelly]

I thought you had a girlfriend?

[The Voice]

Well I.......wait are you asking me on a date???

[SnoChica]

So that's the trick, I need a band....no wonder this solo career has been so lonely!
Any guy... don't care who you are... get's 10x hotter once in a band. Girls dig musicians... look at Tommy Lee for chrissake... He's hiddeous. But he pulls some tail.

[The Voice]

I don't think I have EVER heard a girl say "pulls some tail" LMAO!!

[SnoChica]

I don't think I have EVER heard a girl say "pulls some tail" LMAO!!
I have brothers and no sisters.... sorry. I pick up what I hear!

[The Voice]

Well the definetly taught you right!!

[SnoChica]

I'm laughing out loud inappropriately at work right now!

[The Voice]

I'm laughing out lous inappropriately at work right now!
I try to bring joy to the world as often as I can....I can just see people at your work like WTF??? People coming by asking....What's so funny??

[Grill]

If your band sucks then you're going to need a gimmick to get noticed. Might I suggest castration on stage.

[The Voice]

Who do you suggest we castrate?

Is that a new SBA contest?? LoL

[Grill]

Who do you suggest we castrate?

Is that a new SBA contest?? LoL

Society 1 is popular because their lead singer does a suspension act during their set. They suck by the way. I figure castration would pull one over on them. Plus he could finally realize the full potential of his falsetto.

[Bulletman]

Im lead vox and bass in a local band. We play mostly thrash metal. Generally whatever we are in the mood for.

[Gumby21]

ok lets not talk about the castration anymore...it's making me cringe.


i guess i need to start up a band. of course, im terrible at guitar and can't drum, so i guess i'll have to sing. maybe i'll "pull some more tail" then

[wakingtrance]

i am guitarist in a band we r almost done recording a demo CD... 9 outta 12 songs r done.

[cuethebirds]

^usually demos arnt full length CDs..

i'm in a band, check us out on myspace..
oh wait, my band sucked(we never practiced and only wrote like 2 songs) so i deleted it on myspace
but i used to be vocals and i screamed a lot, and then i stopped, and now i cant do it anymore, I kinda sounded lik the guy from grace gale, in case anyone wants to know what i sounded like screaming my ass off for a band.

[burnpianoxisland]

Slamwich NYHC in yo face!

[thedude]

Yeah but if she gives me the CD I have a matching coaster....we will be the only 2 in the world with matching coasters it would be tight!!

lol, that'de be tihgt as ****!

but this is the thign about being in a band though, bass players don't get the chicks unless they are a real hardass or sing for the group too. i'm bas in my buddies and my band, and there have been those girls that comeover and listen to the **** jsut tomake it seem leik they are down wiht whatever you guys are doing. the one kid Pat, our guitar player is all into finger tapping and ****, and girls get all over him, Jason drums and loosk like a gurilla, and i guess some shicks dig short, squat, hairy dudes that look liek ogers. and me, i end up sitting in the corner wiht my headphones on facing my bass just tryign to come up wiht new ****. nobody is like "wow, tha bass sounded full and heavy" but is alway liek "oh, , nobody cares about bass, they are too moody anyways." thats' why bass players are moody, dumb groupies make us moody. if chicks would jsut flatter the bass players a little, we wouldn't be such lonly ********.

[SnoChica]

lol, that'de be tihgt as ****!

but this is the thign about being in a band though, bass players don't get the chicks unless they are a real hardass or sing for the group too. i'm bas in my buddies and my band, and there have been those girls that comeover and listen to the **** jsut tomake it seem leik they are down wiht whatever you guys are doing. the one kid Pat, our guitar player is all into finger tapping and ****, and girls get all over him, Jason drums and loosk like a gurilla, and i guess some shicks dig short, squat, hairy dudes that look liek ogers. and me, i end up sitting in the corner wiht my headphones on facing my bass just tryign to come up wiht new ****. nobody is like "wow, tha bass sounded full and heavy" but is alway liek "oh, , nobody cares about bass, they are too moody anyways." thats' why bass players are moody, dumb groupies make us moody. if chicks would jsut flatter the bass players a little, we wouldn't be such lonly ********.
Only girls who really appreciate music dig bass players. Cause if girls were smart, they'd know that's where it's at! The bass is hot! I love bass. And Bass players!

[Fae]

I know, I always seem to have a crush on the bass player of a band...I think because I always had so much fun jamming with bassists. It's just more fun.

[kelly]

I'm not picky about instruments... although drummers are kinda hot...

[wakingtrance]

lets just say about my band the lead vocals jeff... is an ass and everything has to go his way otherwise he gets pissed therefore it had to have 12 songs.... drummers are hot... although i wont say anything bout the drummer for my band cuz yea its a girl.... cuz hes like a brother to me... but i am dating a drummer right now his name is kyle...

[phillyboy]

I used to play in bands. I played guitar and sang in some punk bands when I was like 13, hardcore bands in high school, I sang and played guitar in this band called Aurora 7 for a while. We were pretty good. I was told we sounded like a slightly poppier Spiritualized. I didn't see it though. I was also told that I looked like Damon Albarn and I don't see that. After we broke up and our drummer sold all our recordings without telling us and made money off it and people actually liked it, I just built a studio and put everything down myself. It became more bass-heavy, ambient, sampler type stuff. Now, some guys want me to play bass in a metal band which I'd like to do but never have time.

[booboo]

lol, that'de be tihgt as ****!

but this is the thign about being in a band though, bass players don't get the chicks unless they are a real hardass or sing for the group too. i'm bas in my buddies and my band, and there have been those girls that comeover and listen to the **** jsut tomake it seem leik they are down wiht whatever you guys are doing. the one kid Pat, our guitar player is all into finger tapping and ****, and girls get all over him, Jason drums and loosk like a gurilla, and i guess some shicks dig short, squat, hairy dudes that look liek ogers. and me, i end up sitting in the corner wiht my headphones on facing my bass just tryign to come up wiht new ****. nobody is like "wow, tha bass sounded full and heavy" but is alway liek "oh, , nobody cares about bass, they are too moody anyways." thats' why bass players are moody, dumb groupies make us moody. if chicks would jsut flatter the bass players a little, we wouldn't be such lonly ********.

It's a well known fact that there are only 3 cool bass players in the world.

In no particular order:
1. Duff McKagan - Guns n' Roses/Velvet Revolver
2. That guy from Green Day
3. Janna - Handsome Geoffery/ Whatever they changed their name to now.

Unfortunately, if you play the bass, unless you are one of these people you can't be cool. Sorry.

[LoserGuy]

that's bull**** my best friend is a great bassist AND cool. BTW, the guy from primus does better stuff on a bass that a lot of good guitarists can't do on a guitar. And the dude from greenday plays like 4 note repeats, he's not that cool. Any band with a singer who wears mascera is not cool. Unless the singer is a chick.

[booboo]

that's bull**** my best friend is a great bassist AND cool.

Whilst I have no doubt that your friend is a great bassist, unless he is Duff, Janna or the guy from Green Day he's not cool. Sorry. I don't make these rules. I just enforce them.

[kelly]

Whilst I have no doubt that your friend is a great bassist, unless he is Duff, Janna or the guy from Green Day he's not cool. Sorry. I don't make these rules. I just enforce them.
I didn't know anyone in green day was cool.

[SnoChica]

that's bull**** my best friend is a great bassist AND cool. BTW, the guy from primus does better stuff on a bass that a lot of good guitarists can't do on a guitar. And the dude from greenday plays like 4 note repeats, he's not that cool. Any band with a singer who wears mascera is not cool. Unless the singer is a chick.
Les Claypool... :)

[booboo]

I didn't know anyone in green day was cool.

That doesn't surprise me.

[Grill]

Whilst I have no doubt that your friend is a great bassist, unless he is Duff, Janna or the guy from Green Day he's not cool. Sorry. I don't make these rules. I just enforce them.

Your opinion is negated by your lack of taste. After all you make no mention of Troy Sanders (Mastodon/High on Fire) and anyone who knows anything is well aware that he is one of the most entertaing and coolest bassists out there.

@Kelly- word.

[kelly]

Yeah, actually I think in a lot of punk bands, the bass player is cool... now that you mention it.. I mean, the guitar guys seem to pretty much just play the same couple o' chords over and over.... but the bass is sometimes doing interesting things.

[kelly]

That doesn't surprise me.
Why not....?

[booboo]

Your opinion is negated by your lack of taste. After all you make no mention of Troy Sanders (Mastodon/High on Fire) and anyone who know anything is well aware that he is one of the most entertaing and coolest bassists out there.

@Kelly- word.

As I said before, I don't make these rules, I just enforce them.

[Grill]

Then who, pray tell, makes the rules?

[booboo]

Then who, pray tell, makes the rules?

That, my friend, is the $129 question.

[kelly]

Yeah, well whoever they are, I don't trust 'em. I know of some way cooler bassists than the guy from green day....

[Grill]

That, my friend, is the $129 question.

That, my friend, is the response of a man desperate to shift the focus of an inane and simply uncultured opinion so as not to take responsiblity for his own bad taste.

[kelly]

Or maybe he just has an illogical fear of bass players.

[e.]

i used to play bass for like 6 years. that was a long time ago.

[booboo]

Les Claypool... :)

I have seen Primus play twice. Once in a small club in Tokyo and once in an ice rink in vail. He is a great bass player and very entertaining but unfortunately he is not cool. Primarily because he is not Duff, Janna, or the guy from Green Day. He was pretty funny though, taking the piss out of a few of his drunk countrymen Vail on the other hand is not cool for a number of reasons including but not limited to: no-one picking me whilst hitch-hiking, closing the lifts because of lightning danger so I only get one run in and then not giving me another pass because it was a comp, the guy at the omelette place chasing me down the street cos he thought I didn't pay then when I pointed out that not only did I pay but left him a $10 tip on a $12 bill all he could say was "well you left so quick I thought you hadn't paid." and being full of rich people who think skiing consists entirely of wearing fur and drinking mulled wine.

[booboo]

That, my friend, is the response of a man desperate to shift the focus of an inane and simply uncultured opinion so as not to take responsiblity for his own bad taste.

I get the feeling you are taking this somewhat more seriously than I am.

[kelly]

I have seen Primus play twice. Once in a small club in Tokyo and once in an ice rink in vail. He is a great bass player and very entertaining but unfortunately he is not cool. Hec was pretty funny though, taking the piss out of a few of his drunk countrymen. Primarily because he is not Duff, Janna, or the guy from Greeb Day. Vail on the other hand is not cool for a number of reasons including but not limited to: no-one picking me whilst hitch-hiking, closing the lifts because of lightning danger so I only get one run in and then not giving me another pass because it was a comp, the guy at the omelette place chasing me down the street cos he thought I didn't pay then when I pointed out that not only did I pay but left him a $10 tip on a $12 bill all he could say was "well you left so quick I thought you hadn't paid." and being full of rich people who think skiing consists entirely of wearing fur and drinking mulled wine.
Yeah, you're right about vail... Hate that mountain... although you forgot: that there are no free parking lots (wtf? like the lift prices aren't already steep enough?), and it takes so long to get to the good runs that by the time you get there, it's time to go home... oh yeah, and if you go early season, no one will be able to tell you where the park is, it'll be like they accidentally misplaced it or something.

[booboo]

And $15 for a burger and coke.

[Grill]

I get the feeling you are taking this somewhat more seriously than I am.

Hardly. Mentally and emotionally I couldn't care less. It's physically that I get upset. My stomach is having trouble digesting your choices as even a remote semblance of taste. :lol:

[kelly]

And $15 for a burger and coke.
And did I mention that the entire mountain isn't actually made up of runs, but instead, just a complex network of cat tracks?

[booboo]

Hardly. Mentally and emotionally I couldn't care less. It's physically that I get upset. My stomach is having trouble digesting your choices as even a remote semblance of taste. :lol:

Your stomach? It appears to me that all your taste is in your mouth.:wink:

[booboo]

And did I mention that the entire mountain isn't actually made up of runs, but instead, just a complex network of cat tracks?

And in both seasons I have spent at Copper, Vail used to get dumped on regularly whist we would get nothing. :cry:

[Grill]

Your stomach? It appears to me that all your taste is in your mouth.:wink:

It hit my mouth right before being hurled acrss the room and coating my wall.

[kelly]

And in both seasons I have spent at Copper, Vail used to get dumped on regularly whist we would get nothing. :cry:
Haven't you heard the cloud seeding rumor?

[phillyboy]

It's a well known fact that there are only 3 cool bass players in the world.

In no particular order:
1. Duff McKagan - Guns n' Roses/Velvet Revolver
2. That guy from Green Day
3. Janna - Handsome Geoffery/ Whatever they changed their name to now.

Unfortunately, if you play the bass, unless you are one of these people you can't be cool. Sorry.

Justin Chancellor from Tool and all Perfect Circle bassists (but Paz is hot)

[kelly]

There is no way that anyone in Tool could ever be cool. Sorry.
Look, I made a rhyme.

[thedude]

liek i said before, is thsoe damn groupies that ruin it for bass players. they make us moody by not showing respect. jsutr because ti is hard as **** to finger tap on thick ass strings, we don't get chicks. that's hwo ti is. you find me a guy who can finger tap on Merkley strings, more specifically Skull Busters (the Jerry Only signature strings that are liek the fattest strings in the world), and i'll tell you it's bull**** and he is probably on 'roids. just because we don't do that kind of ****, groupies go "yeah, it takes no talent to play bass."

you forgot to mention the bass player from Death From Above 1970 as oen of the coolest bass players ever. that dude ****ing rocks.

[phillyboy]

liek i said before, is thsoe damn groupies that ruin it for bass players. they make us moody by not showing respect. jsutr because ti is hard as **** to finger tap on thick ass strings, we don't get chicks. that's hwo ti is. you find me a guy who can finger tap on Merkley strings, more specifically Skull Busters (the Jerry Only signature strings that are liek the fattest strings in the world), and i'll tell you it's bull**** and he is probably on 'roids. just because we don't do that kind of ****, groupies go "yeah, it takes no talent to play bass."

I won't play the Jerry Only's only cause I hate what he did to the Misfits. So corny. I think it's the bassists who just play the same notes as the chords the guitarist is playing that give bassists a bad name. It's the bassists who put together some fat lines and work with the drums that deserve respect.

[IRideASnowboard154]

im in a band: This City Is Ours

i sing/scream

sounds like old/new underoath if that makes any sense to anyone here, evergreen terrace, lovehatehero

yeah we do a variety of music

[thedude]

I won't play the Jerry Only's only cause I hate what he did to the Misfits. So corny. I think it's the bassists who just play the same notes as the chords the guitarist is playing that give bassists a bad name. It's the bassists who put together some fat lines and work with the drums that deserve respect.

i've always been a bigger fan of the days with Danzig on board as the head man of the Misfits. but i liek the Skull Busters, because they are fat, fluid, heavy soundiing strings. i don't think i coudl ever "hot wire" the set up in my bass ever like Jerry did when he built his, because i liek to play around with volume and toen levels. Jerry did that by basically runing straight wires in his set up and not using any volume, tone, or picth controls. i goof arodun with the **** on mine so muhc that i can't ever have one set way to dial in when i play. simethign i have to do is get new pick-ups, because mien are old,a nd are gettign a little shoddy. they are giving off this feedback that is pissing me off.

[kelly]

liek i said before, is thsoe damn groupies that ruin it for bass players. they make us moody by not showing respect. jsutr because ti is hard as **** to finger tap on thick ass strings, we don't get chicks. that's hwo ti is. you find me a guy who can finger tap on Merkley strings, more specifically Skull Busters (the Jerry Only signature strings that are liek the fattest strings in the world), and i'll tell you it's bull**** and he is probably on 'roids. just because we don't do that kind of ****, groupies go "yeah, it takes no talent to play bass."

you forgot to mention the bass player from Death From Above 1970 as oen of the coolest bass players ever. that dude ****ing rocks.
By "showing you respect" do you mean "giving you sexual favors?"

[phillyboy]

i've always been a bigger fan of the days with Danzig on board as the head man of the Misfits. but i liek the Skull Busters, because they are fat, fluid, heavy soundiing strings. i don't think i coudl ever "hot wire" the set up in my bass ever like Jerry did when he built his, because i liek to play around with volume and toen levels. Jerry did that by basically runing straight wires in his set up and not using any volume, tone, or picth controls. i goof arodun with the **** on mine so muhc that i can't ever have one set way to dial in when i play. simethign i have to do is get new pick-ups, because mien are old,a nd are gettign a little shoddy. they are giving off this feedback that is pissing me off.

Hell yeah, that's what I meant by what Jerry Only did to the Misfits. Shouldn't have used the name and wrecked the image the old Misfits had. I'm going to see Danzig on Oct 19, final tour and he's playing with Doyle.
What kind of pickups do you have now?

[thedude]

no, just respecting the way the bassist handles his **** and puts energy into it. you gotta knwo hwo to play before you "play." get my drift?

[kmac32]

i play drums in my band The Rum Runners, we get to practice about 3 times a week in our guitarists garage

[kelly]

Is your avatar a bouncing souls logo?

[kmac32]

ya, bouncing souls are one of my favorite bands, i saw them in san fran last week

[kelly]

Cool... I grew up listening to them, cuz I'm from the east coast originally... (and I'm old) haven't heard any of their newer stuff though.

[Proximate Platypus]

the bass player from Death From Above 1970 [is] oen of the coolest bass players ever. that dude ****ing rocks.
You said it... that band is effing awesome. Coolness to the max!!

[Proximate Platypus]

I am, waddup waddup.
Well then what instrument do you play?
8)

[nikkisixxsburton]

i wish i was in a band i play guitar but im not in a band........

[freestylefrenzy]

oh **** i just saw bouncing souls with the explosion
and they kicked some ass

[IRideASnowboard154]

uh? we asked who was in a band...how does that go along with the topic?

I scream in a band, I get all the girls cuz im the singer.

WHATS UP NOW!?

[thedude]

You said it... that band is effing awesome. Coolness to the max!!
damn straight! i wann learn soem of their songs. i should tab them or something and keep them filed away.