odysseus

Only if I'm looking to buy. I've got a couple of mates who work in music shops, and it really boils their p!55 when people mess them around.

So.... a mid-teenager wants strangers to give them money..... what could possibly go wrong?.... 😳

There's nothing quite like getting hit on the cranium by a flying bottle of p!ss. Happy days.... 😬

Nice pair of strides there, sir! 😎

On his facey…. 😊

"My old man stuffed 17 candles up a poor slut's butt. Well done, dad" Not saying they're my favourite lyrics, but it was a bit of an eye-opener the first time I listened to Freak Kitchen's 'Porno Daddy. 🙉

If there's someone in the band who regularly doesn't do their homework, then I'm out of there.

I was at a Saxon gig with a mate, getting a couple of pints in before the set and some guy comes up to me and says, "Hey, you're the drummer from Saxon, ain't ya?" P*ssed me right off.... Nigel Glockler is about 20 years older than me... 😠

6 right now: Status 4 string Status 5 string headless Yamaha JM6 Dingwall NG2 5 string Marusczyk 4 string fretless Musicman Stingray HH

That could well be why...

I'm a life member of SBL. To be honest, I've learned a hell of a lot and more than had my moneysworth. As for GW... I guess his time costs money.... if you don't like it, don't do it. It ain't for everyone. I didn't because I'm still working my way through a lot of other stuff, and I felt I didn't really need it right now. That may or may not change, I dunno.

Yeah I know what you mean. I loved RCHP up to BSSM but live performances always underwhelm me for some reason....

With those kind of influences, I'm sold already!! Umm.... last band I saw was my mate's classic rock band Loco, in Tyack's Hotel, Camborne. The last 'name' band I saw was Saxon at Falmouth Pavilions probably 4 or 5 years ago....

Surfing With The Alien by Joe Satriani. I got asked to play bass in a band because they knew I played classical guitar, and wanted a finger-style bassist.

I see where you are coming from and I agree up to a point, but I find that playing with 'just for fun' guys can minimise the potential for some idiot disappearing up their own fundament trying to be a 'star', and sundry other diva-esque behaviours. Bit of a double-edger that one

Right on the money! A couple of times I've been lured into bands with the promise of much jamming and egalitarian creativity, only to realise some weeks later that the general form from the guitarist is, "I wrote a song... learn it." Other reasons have included people not learning songs, not turning up to rehearsal, being more interested in talking about being in a band than actually doing it, and on one occasion a drummer being dumped by his gf and making the whole band suffer too for weeks, getting a hissy fit if he fluffed a fill and kicking his kit around the room before storming off to sulk in his bedroom.

You don't see wordsmiths of this calibre very often nowadays. I doff my cap to you, Mr. Delvar.

Wendron Cricket Club in darkest Cornwall, in 1989 when I was 19 years old. We were called Cut Loose. Played a metallic pink Charvel bass which I thought was great until I played a bog standard 2nd hand Ibanez Roadster that knocked spots off it and prompted a swift trade-in. Songs included Bon Jovi's Runaway, All Right Now (of course), You Really Got Me (yeah, I know..), Waiting For an Alibi, Closer To The Heart (brave effort!), More Than A Feeling.... can't remember much else. It was OK,... no disgrace...

"I wish he'd tune that bloody guitar...."

A metallic pink Charvel which one of my friends (a drummer) assured me was a great purchase. I thought so too until I played another bass. Pinky got traded in for an Ibanez Roadster shortly afterwards.

Yes it's great when that happens. My current band have been together for 18 months now. Writing our own stuff, playing a few festivals, nobody wants to be a star or is concerned about getting paid for playing, as we all work jobs. Going to do some recording, make a couple of vids for a giggle, write more stuff, rinse and repeat. It's a nice, and rare, place to be!