Several weeks ago, I decided that I wanted to leave an originals band I've been part of for almost a year. If it makes any difference, the music was never an issue. It was the politics that bothered me.
There were several reasons, and I'll explain as per each band member.
Vocalist; Lazy - Perpetually cancelling rehearsels for crap reasons, not writing lyrics away from band rehearsel, not driving the band forward as the fronting member, not booking gigs, etc.
Drummer; Ridiculously talented to the point where he will be making a living as a session player when he is older. He lives 200 miles away so will be moving back home very shortly as his studies have finished(Very professional and helped give us our internet presence so will remain in contact)
Guitarist; Rude and egotistical. Constantly berating me for not putting work in when I'm doing the majority of it. Having been through several bands himself where other members are lazy, he has always done all the work. This band he has taken a back seat and constantly takes it out on us on the basis that he has paid his dues already with previous bands. Making this worse, he has been a long time close friend of mine which puts me in an awkward situation.
We had a permanent place of rehearsel where we paid rent every month and could come and go whenever we pleased. The guitarist decided to hand in a months notice a month ago due to the drummer moving away and him going on holiday for several weeks next month. He was still trying to book gigs months ahead eventhough we had no place fo rehearsel. I had to call him to tell him to not book anything until we found out what was going on with a rehearsel room and a replacement drummer. He then berated me for constantly bitching about politics and that he didn't want to know.
We've got one gig at the end of the week and I'm honouring that one. I've cancelled our gigs that are booked in 2 months time.
The point of this. You would think that this band breaking up would have been inevitable on the basis of the above, yet the guitarist is still acting like an idiot. He hasn't got over it.
He posted a facebook status yesterday saying "Guitarist available, call me on 07xxxxxxxxxx, please pass my details on if you know any musicians who aren't a waste of space". At our gig last weekend, he called our band as a whole "a complete joke" to a friend who had come to see us.
You would think at his age of 32, that he would be a bit more mature, dignified and professional.
Any others had problems like this with band breakups?
There were several reasons, and I'll explain as per each band member.
Vocalist; Lazy - Perpetually cancelling rehearsels for crap reasons, not writing lyrics away from band rehearsel, not driving the band forward as the fronting member, not booking gigs, etc.
Drummer; Ridiculously talented to the point where he will be making a living as a session player when he is older. He lives 200 miles away so will be moving back home very shortly as his studies have finished(Very professional and helped give us our internet presence so will remain in contact)
Guitarist; Rude and egotistical. Constantly berating me for not putting work in when I'm doing the majority of it. Having been through several bands himself where other members are lazy, he has always done all the work. This band he has taken a back seat and constantly takes it out on us on the basis that he has paid his dues already with previous bands. Making this worse, he has been a long time close friend of mine which puts me in an awkward situation.
We had a permanent place of rehearsel where we paid rent every month and could come and go whenever we pleased. The guitarist decided to hand in a months notice a month ago due to the drummer moving away and him going on holiday for several weeks next month. He was still trying to book gigs months ahead eventhough we had no place fo rehearsel. I had to call him to tell him to not book anything until we found out what was going on with a rehearsel room and a replacement drummer. He then berated me for constantly bitching about politics and that he didn't want to know.
We've got one gig at the end of the week and I'm honouring that one. I've cancelled our gigs that are booked in 2 months time.
The point of this. You would think that this band breaking up would have been inevitable on the basis of the above, yet the guitarist is still acting like an idiot. He hasn't got over it.
He posted a facebook status yesterday saying "Guitarist available, call me on 07xxxxxxxxxx, please pass my details on if you know any musicians who aren't a waste of space". At our gig last weekend, he called our band as a whole "a complete joke" to a friend who had come to see us.
You would think at his age of 32, that he would be a bit more mature, dignified and professional.
Any others had problems like this with band breakups?
Damn, that sounds like an a***le 
