When the drummer hasn't showed up for 6 weeks, and the guitar player and singer wont let you fire him because they are friends.
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You Know You Should Quit the Band When
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... When the vocalist posts lyrics online with copious spelling and grammatical errors, refuses to edit them, and refuses to let anyone else edit them, and then gets irate with you for suggesting this.
thats when i join the band..
falloutboy may not be the greatest but its fun to play
When you ask the drummer to count it off so the guitard can come in on the 3 and......and he says, "no.....he can just come in."
When two of the brothers in the band get into a brawl at practice and you have to pull one off the other, jamming your thumb in the process and killing practice.
When one of the band members gets into it with the lead singer, and they start asking who's written more songs to solve the arguement....***??
When two of the brothers in the band get into a brawl at practice and you have to pull one off the other, jamming your thumb in the process and killing practice.
When one of the band members gets into it with the lead singer, and they start asking who's written more songs to solve the arguement....***??
- When the drummer can't tell the difference between a chorus and a verse... When you call him on it, he claims that he's not 'wired that way,' and he sees the songs in different 'parts,' not choruses or verses. :scowl: He couldn't tell you the 'chorus' of any song he ever heard, too. UG! So frustrating.
- When the drummer (same one as above) doesn't want to hear about writing a song in the pop format (i.e. prechorus, verse 1, verse 2, chorus, verse 3, chorus, bridge, chorus) since everyone else does it that way and he doesn't want to tie the band down to a format. Somehow, I think that he thought we were so great of a band, that we could happen upon or design a brand new song style that had never been done before, but will totally win over the crowds. Jackass....
- When the same drummer who hated the "pop song" formula and railed against it constantly, claims that our band's most popular song doesn't follow the format at all. I then specifically pointed out how it's an absolutely textbook perfect example of the "pop song" formula. Raging jackass...
- When the guitarist is so blaringly loud, that no one can hear the lead vocals. Mind you, this was in a funk band, where the guitar should be fairly low. He didn't last long. Good player, but after asking him repetitively to turn down, and he'd put it down 1/2 a click, then put it right back up... Adios!
- The one that really got me is this one: I met a guitarist, who brought in his buddy who played drums. Good players, but they met each other at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting (I was young, this should have been a big red flag). One practice, the guitarist shows up without his amp. He said that the drummer, who had his amp at the time, pawned off all his drums, and the guitarists amp when he had a heroin relapse. End of band...
- When the drummer (same one as above) doesn't want to hear about writing a song in the pop format (i.e. prechorus, verse 1, verse 2, chorus, verse 3, chorus, bridge, chorus) since everyone else does it that way and he doesn't want to tie the band down to a format. Somehow, I think that he thought we were so great of a band, that we could happen upon or design a brand new song style that had never been done before, but will totally win over the crowds. Jackass....
- When the same drummer who hated the "pop song" formula and railed against it constantly, claims that our band's most popular song doesn't follow the format at all. I then specifically pointed out how it's an absolutely textbook perfect example of the "pop song" formula. Raging jackass...
- When the guitarist is so blaringly loud, that no one can hear the lead vocals. Mind you, this was in a funk band, where the guitar should be fairly low. He didn't last long. Good player, but after asking him repetitively to turn down, and he'd put it down 1/2 a click, then put it right back up... Adios!
- The one that really got me is this one: I met a guitarist, who brought in his buddy who played drums. Good players, but they met each other at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting (I was young, this should have been a big red flag). One practice, the guitarist shows up without his amp. He said that the drummer, who had his amp at the time, pawned off all his drums, and the guitarists amp when he had a heroin relapse. End of band...
- Aug 5, 2005
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...when the girls flock to the bassist instead of any other member of the band.
Wait, I think I have this thread backwards. Let me try again:
...when every other member of the death metal band agrees on "Blinkie Wiggles" as the title of the first written song.
...when you're forced to have your drummer play in a different room because he can never hold onto his sticks and your head doesn't need any more dents.
Wait, I think I have this thread backwards. Let me try again:
...when every other member of the death metal band agrees on "Blinkie Wiggles" as the title of the first written song.
...when you're forced to have your drummer play in a different room because he can never hold onto his sticks and your head doesn't need any more dents.
When you get to open for a band that is much more well known than you, in a concert house that most local bands don't get the chance to play in, infront of alot more people than you have ever played infront of, and after the night is over while even sober, the guitarist walks over to the band leader of the headlining band and says "hey sorry that we stole the show from you, hope there is no hard feelings" with a staight face. Trust me, we didn't even come close. I overheard him say that and I was like, 'did he really just say that?' Luckily the other guy just laughed and said "right".
When you show up to the practice space, only to find out you are locked out by the landlord. Because prior to you joining & moving your stuff into the room, they were 8+ months behind on rent!
I paid enough to get my stuff out of there & haven't been back since!
I paid enough to get my stuff out of there & haven't been back since!
I heard BB King introduce Greg Allman as Greg Ozmond one night. Now that's got to piss you off.
"Do you mind, we're on our honey moon! "
He's gotta be a base player!
Alan Rickman ROCKS!
- Aug 5, 2005
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When the guitard/lead singer/"band leader" brings porn to gigs instead of merch, has a "dildo holster" for the massive pink dildo he wears on his hip the whole night and uses on 1 solo, the band has gone through 3 drummers while you've been in it for 6 months, and after every gig you have random people come up to you saying "Man your a hell of a bass player, what are you doing with this band???"
I was in it for fun, I have "serious" bands and enjoyed the ridiculous aspect of that one, but after a while it just got old.
I was in it for fun, I have "serious" bands and enjoyed the ridiculous aspect of that one, but after a while it just got old.
