SteveXFR

As others have said, get along to jam sessions. I went to one, it was mostly pop/blues/jazz but I got chatting to one of the drummers there and we're now in a stoner metal band together.

I've been listening to Brutus a lot since seeing them last week at Arctangent Festival. Great band and I've never seen anyone drum and sing at the same time while doing both to such a high level. A seriously talented lady

My wife wants to wear our bands t shirt at a gig and I'm unsure whether even that is acceptable. We will absolutely not wear our t shirt while playing. Me and the drummer have turned up with the same unicorn death metal t shirt purely by coincidence once though.

I did an engineering degree through OU. It was f*****g hard

Thanks. That's something we've talked about. She's also be offered an apprenticeship as a veterinary nurse so maybe that plus session work on the side might be an option. I think I'd be happiest to see her in a stable job and enjoying music with her band, I may be biased but I think they have potential as an alt rock originals group with some real talent. But it's all her choice as long as she can pay for a nice care home for me!

This morning it's Birds In A Row. A French post hardcore band who I really enjoyed at Arctangent festival last week. The bassist is a bit of a beast, mostly playing a rhythm guitar part. The music just has a ton of energy.

I started out with an Ibanez SR300 and after going through Fender, Epiphone, Squier, Peavey and Musicman, I'm back at Ibanez again. This time it's an SRMS805. I'm really liking it. It plays beautifully and I'm getting some evil distorted sounds out of it.

I wanna be your daaaawwwwggggg - The Stooges

Unfortunately it's often near impossible to play stuff originally in C on a 5 string tuned to B because you're playing off that open low string so much.

I know what you mean. I've not bothered with much in C because my 4 string won't go that low and my 5 won't go that high.

If the Wurzels had shown up and played there, I'm fairly certain they'd have had a huge crowd singing along and moshing! Wurzels used to be regulars at my mates local pub, a couple of the Stranglers were regulars as well. All top blokes

Our local butcher makes bloody lovely faggots and they're dirt cheap. A couple faggots with some well seasoned mash and a good gravy with some fried onions is my favourite winter warmer.

Are non standard tunings common outside of hard Rock and metal? I'm constantly changing tunings anywhere between drop A and E standard for metal covers but if I try anything like soul, pop or reggae it is almost always in E standard tuning.

Do the Scottish drink?

Paranoid by Sabbath is the dead easy song that gets me. It's one of the first songs beginners learn but I can fork it right up

I was at a music festival in Somerset last week. They had doom metal, black metal, prog metal, post metal, blackened post metal, symphonic metal, pagan folk metal, deathcore and blackened doom metal. No Wurzels

Easy lover - Phil Collins

A mate of mine worked with them a couple times. Apparently they hate each other. Arrive at the venue separately, separate dressing rooms, don't speak to each other and leave separately.

I have used Luminlay markers and they work great. I'd pay someone else to fit them but that's just me. It only cost £60 for fitting them a few years ago

Black hole sun - Soundgarden

Space Race - Skulls Awake

Blood & Thunder - Mastadon

Bob Dylan wrote brilliant songs for better musicians to cover. Having said that, here's the Ministry cover of Lay Lady Lay. I don't know what I like about it but I do so here it is.

Well I've picked up a bargain Ibanez SRMS805 on ebay Thanks for all the replies.