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09-17-2006, 02:50 PM
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This is just an idea I had, and it's gonna be REALLY hard to find musicians who are up to the challenge.
BUT, I baked up this idea last night with a friend. We were thinking, we love metal, we love jam bands.......why not start a metal/jam band? All it would be is a kickass metal band, but we'd incorporate lots of improvised stuff into the mix as well.
I've personally never seen a band like this (with the exception of some minor improv from the late Dimebag during a few concerts), and I think it has a lot of potential.
The same way jam bands will turn a 4 minute song into a 15 minute jam session, we can do the same thing just with heavier music.
If there already exists a band like this, let me know please. If not, what are your thoughts?
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09-17-2006, 02:56 PM
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Designer, 3Leaf Audio | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle / NYC | | | Umphrey's McGee incorperates elements of metal into their jams often. |
09-17-2006, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Spencer! Umphrey's McGee incorperates elements of metal into their jams often. | +1. Umphrey's is amazing. Check out the album Anchor Drops.
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09-18-2006, 08:32 AM
| | | Harvyst, out of Kalamazoo, Michigan, I believe. They call themselves, "The world's only industrial metal jam band." From what I've heard, it's pretty cool. |
09-18-2006, 11:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | Metal has jam potential. A vintage example: Black Sabbath, and the bands that follow in their footsteps. (Stoner Rock).
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09-18-2006, 11:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bowling Green, Ohio | | | Oh, we do that a lot in my band, "Smoke On The Water" is a great song for jamming and improvising... |
09-18-2006, 01:33 PM
|  | A Hard Rockin Lover of GREENBURST Moderator | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Where I lay my head is home | | | Check out some of Metallica's jams. Those metal jams can be pretty fun I have done that alot, bassist can get a great opening riff going.
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11-02-2006, 12:18 PM
| | | | Hi, I'm Aaron, I play (fretless) bass in the band Harvyst mentioned above. I just happened across this page and thought I'd pop in. We're currently working on our new album "Lysergency Resolute" which will represent us much better than our demos, but if you listen to "Ergot" on our myspace page (linked in the aforementined above post) you can hear how it's a sort of jam band format even though it's industrial metal. It is challenging sometimes but we're determined to do something new.
By the way, Umphrey's McGee are one of my favorite bands and some of their stuff is pretty much metal jam for sure, like some of the heavier "Jimmy Stewart"s. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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