Your reasons for quitting bands

[Tonywhite985]

Left a covers band due to the Guitarist who could not sing constantly pushing songs into the set to sing himself whilst alienating our new singer at the time.

He even had the cheek to take off his guitar and sit on a stool and have the vocalist play guitar whilst he sang lead vocals on a song terribly, it was time to leave at that point.

Edited April 29, 2016 by Tonywhite985

[RhysP]

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I can, The Verve.
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Fair point.

[interpol52]

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Fair point.
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I'm glad its not just me.

I do agree though that the Beautiful South is grounds for band divorce though.

[RhysP]

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I'm glad its not just me.

I do agree though that the Beautiful South is grounds for band divorce though.
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I probably hate far more bands than I like...

[TimR]

I wanted to gig regularly.

The rest of the band only seemed to want to gig occasionally and only in front of their mates.

The last two bands - exactly the same.

I've finally found a band that have some drive.

[interpol52]

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I probably hate far more bands than I like... [/quote]

Me too, I know what you mean. Maybe I need a new band playing a totally new genre. I am oddly drawn towards country and bluegrass right now!

Edited April 29, 2016 by interpol52

[Lightlyseared]

One major factor was the drummer's "edgy" sense of humour which ranged from cringeworthy to "Ok this guy is an utter social liability" after a few pints. Confronting him about it only made him worse. Years later his name cropped up on the leaked BNP members list and the penny dropped.

[RhysP]

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Me too, I know what you mean. Maybe I need a new band playing a totally new genre. I am oddly drawn towards country and bluegrass right now!
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Funnily enough, after a lifetime of old school metal & prog rock, country & bluegrass is pretty much all I listen to now!

[interpol52]

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Funnily enough, after a lifetime of old school metal & prog rock, country & bluegrass is pretty much all I listen to now!
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http://youtu.be/qQ4PZVj66ac

Like this? I am obsessed with the first song. It sounds like we have the same old school musical tastes.

Edited April 29, 2016 by interpol52

[RhysP]

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[media]http://youtu.be/qQ4PZVj66ac[/media]

Like this? I am obsessed with the first song. It sounds like we have the same old school musical tastes.
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Yeah, I love the Watkins Family stuff & their other band Nickel Creek.

[TheRev]

2 x band not gigging or getting better.
2 x dictatorship/narcissistic control freakery.
1 x band leader's inability to manage a calendar.
1 x guitarist shagging my girlfriend.

[interpol52]

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1 x guitarist shagging my girlfriend.
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Yep, that'll do it.

[interpol52]

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Yeah, I love the Watkins Family stuff & their other band Nickel Creek.
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I discovered Nickel Creek and the Watkins Family Hour through my Fiona Apple obsession. Just watch her singing 'when I get low I get high '

http://youtu.be/0FeBRGJ3Lxs

Edited April 29, 2016 by interpol52

[Hobbayne]

I left one band as they were utterly dreadful!
The singer/Guitarist couldnt tune his guitar or change a string.
The drummer was so bad, he would do a fill and come back on the offbeat completely throwing the beat from Om Pah to Pah Om.
I told him to stop f***ing around but it turned out he wasnt!
I told them I got a job doing permanant nights and could not play any more.

[luckydog]

It's not you, it's me................

LD

[leschirons]

My main reasons are 1) other people not living up to my (probably) unreasonable expectations and 2) yes it should be fun, but not at the expense of quality.

[Delberthot]

In the last couple of years it's been a case of:[list]
[*]Dreamers - all talk and at least a year away from a gig if at all
[*]The singer kept tried to tell me how to play songs that I was already playing as per the originals despite not actually playing herself
[*]Great guys but I felt that I wasn't being challenged enough
[*]The drummer had some kind of psychotic event that he still to this day isn't aware that he has had and still believes that this is real life despite falling out with almost every friend he ever had
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Edited April 30, 2016 by Delberthot

[discreet]

Three main reasons, in no particular order:[list]
[*]Other people's inability to separate dreams from reality.
[*]My own inability to separate dreams from reality.
[*]Assholes.
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Edited April 29, 2016 by discreet

[alyctes]

People inviting their mates to join without asking the rest of us.

Being told what to play by someone who couldn't be arsed to tune his own instrument.

(Getting fired doesn't count... - "okay, I'm breaking the band up" and then inexpicably reforming with different members a fortnight later counts as getting fired IMO.)

Edited April 29, 2016 by alyctes

[skankdelvar]

* Selfishness - too loud, too long, too lazy, too absent

* Mission creep - if you start a blues band don't suddenly decide that what it needs is a half-set of 60's pop covers

* Gig-shyness - 'We just need another six months in the rehearsal room and then we'll be ready'.

[Painy]

Ummmmmm. I joined my current band in 1996 so.......

[ivansc]

Egos and income. Really the only two factors that are likely to split a halfway decent band.

[Dom in Dorset]

I joined a band because I fancied the singer, when it became obvious that she wasn't interested in me I quit.

[Rich]

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I joined a band because I fancied the singer, when it became obvious that she wasn't interested in me I quit.
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I bet they were well pleased that you wasted their time.

[JapanAxe]

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Ummmmmm. I joined my current band in 1996 so.......
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...and you're already thinking of leaving? How fickle!