Cat Burrito

You have some personal experience?

In the early days we had problems with LSD (Lead Singer Disease) in a couple of my early bands but once you all start getting a bit older the egos calm down.

Rockin' Around the Xmas Tree has come up a couple of times with me and is a real crowd pleaser.

"Patronising your bass player: intermediate level inflammatory comments"

We played a Skinhead pub in Brockworth in '94 looking like below. The lowest point was when a bar stool was thrown at the band onstage.... so we did an encore! They offered what could only be described as a "carry to the car" service once we finished. Apparently the pub closed down in the late 90s.

I did a session with Andy Lewis (ex- Paul Weller) circa 1999 / 2000 & was blown away by his Danelectro Longhorn to the point I recorded all 5 tracks with it. I've always said I'd get one & 18 years later I still haven't.

Hanoi Rocks. Lords of the New Church. Johnny Thunders. Dogs D'Amour. This was pretty much the soundtrack to my teens & although my tastes have broadened over the years, I still regularly play those bands now

SkinTrade. We had single of the week in RAW magazine, appeared on ITV but people had stopped making this sort of music around '91 / '92. We were still a couple of years behind the times. Good times. Sadly, I'm the only one who kept playing.

Gentlemen, I can't help but admire your brickwork! I'm 2nd left circa 1994.

Giving my age away but this... I'm sure the forced happiness inadvertently inspired the Goth movement!

I play in a CCR tribute called Creedence Clearwater Revival Revival. It formed largely as a jokey conversation down the pub but we take it pretty seriously now. Two of the band are ex-pro (Chris the drummer was in Mega City Four and Richard the guitarist had some success with the Britpop era). Most of us do other bands but it's very much a social thing.

When you consider it is a business selling and they are going to milk The Pretenders link, sadly it isn't overpriced - just overpriced to about 99.9% of potential buyers! (but yeah, a bit of a stretch when you consider Nick isn't from the classic line up)

I'm in a couple of local bands but my main act are based from just outside Swindon to South London. We meet in High Wycombe, which for me is an hour away.

Just to rival this, John Paul Jones recognised the singer in my band. He did reply, "shouldn't this be the other way around?"

Probably a million things that sound impressive to those on the outside but actually achieved little - from playing the O2 in London to being featured on Prime time CBS TV in the US. To be fair I was happy when we first had an LP pressed on vinyl and back when I played London's Marquee. Getting to play bass on a session for Total Guitar magazine was also pretty cool too.

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Presumably new products to come (not that I need any more Ampeg gear, as I'm sure my wife would agree)

Many years ago (early 90s) Live at The Marquee. We went to obscurity after the show! (in case you haven't grasped that this is Basschat, I'm on the bass - one would hope that didn't need pointing out!?).

I definitely looked the part - I did miss the part with the £10m beach hideaway however... unless by £10m beach hideaway you mean getting signing on and going back to a grotty bedsit?! In which case, I can tick that box 100%!

The strap button was moved by Gibson on my 2013 Thunderbird and it balances perfectly. Not quite sure why it took them so many years to work that one out but needless to say the problem is no more on my bass. Enjoy your bass. I love mine

Don't fret, Eric!

A lot of my heroes were only in cult bands and never "made it" in the sense of being massive. I love the Stones but I'm not selling a kidney, just to get a ticket that has me standing 1/2 mile away, surrounded by a load of disinterested people watching the show through their iPhones. if you are making music, inspiring people and can keep going, this is success in my eyes. This can be done at club or Arena level or even working sessions.

You'll all feel pretty stupid - I've just seen it says "100% authentic" so there's nothing to worry about after all

In my rock 'n' roll band we use Elvis mics but this is very much an aesthetic thing.

Nice. I was hovering over that but space at home was a factor.