I think if I were looking for a new band I’d ask what type of music they played, some example songs, and take it from there. Hanging out with a bunch of people twenty years younger or twenty years older can be pretty fun as long as you’re all on the same page musically.
Amazing! Two and a half hours, too! That is a long time to fly by the seat of your pants. I hope it does lead to a change in a jazzier direction for you.
This thread has made me realise that I don’t actually play any of our songs exactly like the original. I get close on a few occasions but on the whole I make it up as I go along and then if I like what I’ve played and nobody complains I try to remember it next time. That’s worked for me for the last 30 years. Our guitarist is the complete opposite to the point where he nails not only the song note for note but also the guitar and amp sound. He makes up for my shortcomings. It seems to work.
They’re huge fun. I could watch their videos on YouTube for hours, and probably have. I thought of them a moment ago when reading the thread about covers bands’ most popular songs, wishing that more covers bands (mine included) were as talented and creative as PMJ.
I played BSSM to death and then did the same with their earlier albums. Some of the first songs I ever learnt (badly) were off those albums. Didn’t John Frusciante play with Mars Volta for a while?
Where The Streets Have No Name tends to kick our gigs off with a plodding rumble. Not the most exciting way to start a gig but I feel fairly settled in afterwards.
We've been doing it for a while to aid our aging singer in his singing of the higher pitched songs, which seems to be most of what we play. The only problem I had was a loss of tension in the strings, losing that zing that some have spoken of. Thicker gauge strings sorted that out though.
They work a treat! I've given it a few days to get used to the extra tension - and there is a little more tension than I'm used to, even at my previous standard tuning, but I don't mind that at all. Thanks all, and to @verb for the strings!