Jackroadkill

I use an old 1970's Trio amp and some 1990's JPW Gold speakers if I'm at my desk and a JBL Charge 5 bluetooth speaker if I'm not. Both sound good and let me jam along with songs that I'm learning.

You need to form a band and have that as the name. It would be a waste to let it go begging!

This.

@E sharp, that's really hard news. Best regards to yourself and your bandmates, especially the poor man with the horrid diagnosis.

Your secret is safe with us, Rob!

Luckily he couldn't play the guitar either!

I joined my first band before I'd owned or played an instrument (and no, I don't mean I was the singer!) - my honest advice would be to get together with some friends and just have a jam, and at that point you'll know what you're looking at a bit more clearly. One thing's for certain - playing with other people will bring you on in leaps and bounds.

Excellent! That's one more of us, and one less of them!

It's official. You are my hero.

Love a bit of Ramones, so I've been listening to this cheery little number a lot recently.

Oooh, hello! I'll enjoy watching this come together. What a cool project!

Who did that to that 1950's LP Special, that's what I want to know. Bloody philistines!

Jesus, if you'd released this while I was in uni you'd have had to get an injunction in order to get me out of your garden.

Yeah, that. Years ago I roadied for a reasonably popular death metal band (semantics, semantics!) and we played at a popular and now-defunct venue in Brum, with a big Swedish band headlining. We turned up with all our gear, got set up etc etc. No sign of the headliners yet, but no bother, early enough in the day. Eventually they turned up and said "We use your gear". I wasn't happy about this, as a) we hadn't been asked about this by anyone prior to the event, and b) they didn't even say please. I asked the band what they wanted to do, and they agreed to lend their gear (I wouldn't have done this, but they were in awe of the Swedes). When I say their gear, I mean all of it. This band hadn't brought any equipment with them at all, other than plectrums and drumsticks. We had to hang around until the wee small hours before we could load out and we didn't even get paid for the gig, let alone the hire. From that day onward I've insisted on knowing the exact crack with everything to do with the stage and gear before committing. I don't mind helping out when there's a crisis but I'm buggered if my band is going to be used as a fee-free rentals service whilst someone else takes the bunce and skips merrily off into the sunset.

And it doesn't sell saveloys, either!

Oi, what happened to Progressive Vegetarian Grindcore, that's what I want to know! I'd say that with the exception of emo (which is middle-class white kids moaning about how hard they have it) that all the genres named in the title have their origins in the late 1980's or early 1990's and are just rock music at heart.

Touche, mon frere!

You don't look much like your avatar...

It sounds like the circular saw of musical pedestrianism hitting a nail in the plank of nasality.

I suppose the really pressing question is which Gallagher is best for metal?

Blimey, not sure I can wait that long!

I have to say I'm heavily invested in this. Sad, I know, but I keep logging on in the hope that there's an update!

I'd have come down to see you if I'd known! Let me know when your next gig is and I'll drop in.