How many bands have you been in?

[And I]

Doesn't have to be regular gigging bands, but you've played in front of other people at least once maybe... Don't count subbing for a band, don't count pit orchestras and the like (though the few that I've been in have kicked ass). And if you are really ambitious, name them all!

1. Colonel Mustard Trio
2. Hip Blaster Monkey
3. Universal Truth
4. 3rd Party
5. Davinchi and the Wrong Crowd
6. Big Ol' Dirty Bucket
7. The Source
8. Rememory
9. Bomb Chomsky
10. The Othership
11. The Dorks
12. True Monks
13. SlowPokeNTurtle
14. Johnny Hi-Fi
15. Money In The Bank
16. Assorted Images
17. The Mudrats Revival
18. 40 Ounce Coffee
19. Scepter

 

[guy n. cognito]

Not counting sub gigs.......somewhere between 16-20.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Can't remember them all, but in no particular order
B.C. and the Cavemen
The Firebirds
Looking Glass
George and the Diminished Fifth
The Hal Willis Band
The Modernaires
4 Against the Current
Captain Colleta and the Fright Crew
Doc Hogan's Bad Habit

Some didn't even have names. Many I don't remember.

 

[Stevorebob]

All of them.

 

[JRA]

i voted 30+ because i think that's accurate, but i can't be sure (too many years = too much to remember, for me!). most were concurrent with others. all have been gigging outfits.

i can only remember the names of some:
moderngroove band
smalltalk trio
smalltalk quintet
tantrum
t and the gypsies
speakeasy
take wing
joys of life
park avenue
new dimensions
acrosonics
???

i can 'see' some of the bands, in my 'mind's eye', but for the life of me: just can't remember the names we used --- ha! tough stuff!

 

[socialleper]

Since I don't do covers, it hasn't been that many. Only two have ever gotten as far as playing shows and releasing a CD.

 

[Jimmy4string]

1. Federation of loose Musicians
2. 2 J's
3. Big Rocks
4. Hell yeah and the Maybes

 

[And I]

4. Hell yeah and the Maybes

Best band name I've heard all day!

 

[FutureTense]

1) FourPlay
2) Lovedogs
3) K12
4) Blitzkrieg Squid

 

[Jimmy4string]

Best band name I've heard all day!

Thanks And I - still in that band! I actually named this after an old band where i was a budding bass player always wanting to play and I would blast out a reply to any email regarding practice or gigs with "hell yeah" and the rest were always maybes....

 

[Josh Kneisel]

I think 11... Anorexic Pigs, Public Access, Three Penny Opera, Three Letter Word, The IiFS, Banned From Japan, Terragaia, Bogan Via, Quick Henry, Rebecca McGowan Band, What's The Big Idea

 

[And I]

I think 11... Anorexic Pigs, Public Access, Three Penny Opera, Three Letter Word, The IiFS, Banned From Japan, Terragaia, Bogan Via, Quick Henry, Rebecca McGowan Band, What's The Big Idea

The IIFs? Is that by any chance a VBASIC reference?

 

[Josh Kneisel]

The IIFs? Is that by any chance a VBASIC reference?

It was because the drummer wanted to be In It For Sex.... I talked him into an acronym that was less obnoxious and that I thought could also be a VBASIC joke.

 

[dtripoli]

Hey, no one told me we were supposed to be keeping count.
It's exhausting trying to keep up with all the requirements for band membership.

How many bands have I been in?
To be precise,
More than some, not as many as others

 

[Ben B]

5 that actually gigged. Plus a few more that were attempts to become gigging bands that failed, and a few more "just for fun" garage bands.

 

[Bunk McNulty]

Aw, c'mon, you expect me to remember? I've been doing this for...dear God, 30 years?

 

[Oddly]

Not 100% sure (started out 35 years ago!) but I'm fairly certain if I get my current outfit on to a stage that'll be fifteen that made it that far.
Mind you, some folded immediately after, and one during a gig.

As for names...all I can remember right now are...
Iwo Jima, Dubble Trubble, Time Machine, Sally Bites, The Dublin Blues Experience.

 

[lbbc]

The Rod Slayton Band
Fun n Games
Whirlwind--several variations
Sneak Preview--several variations
Dealer's Choice
'Toons
Double Nickels

There's more that never played out...But these were all gigging bands!

 

[silvertone]

Many -
I am currently in 2 active bluegrass bands and a very busy and active rock band.
Barely a week goes by where I am not playing upright, electric bass, mandolin or guitar at some gig or monthly jam.
Tomorrow I am playing a wedding in Sonoma, County on upright bass.
Sunday I'll be playing the Mod Q5 at a Street Fest in my neighborhood in SF.
Here's a few bands I've played or still play in:


The Atonal Dirt Band *
MT Set^
Old Jael House Rockers^
The Dean's List^
The Flashbacks^
Poultry in Motion
Subspace Chatter
The Chazz Cats
The Good Looking Corpses
The Bastard Brothers
Reese's Pieces
Nobody From Nashville
West of Kentucky
Jimbo Trout and The Fish People
Hoarse Chorus
Omega 3 Phatty Acids
The Atlas Cafe House Band
Savannah Blu Bluegrass Band ~
Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys ~
The Stary Plough House Band ~
The 47 Hills Brewery House Band ~
Fog Swamp ~

* - High School (early 80s)
^ - College (mid to late '80s)
~ - Still actively gigging.

 

[And I]

Aw, c'mon, you expect me to remember? I've been doing this for...dear God, 30 years?

Only 27 for me... And I think I remember maybe 95% of the bands I've been in. I've probably forgotten more ex-girlfriends than bands!