Are YOU in a band?

[The Subliminal Messenger]

A few people talk about being in bands around here. I was wondering how many people are or have been in a band? I play lead guitar in a Punk Rock band myself (http://www.subliminal-message.co.uk/), and wanted to see how many other people are into stuff like that.

[dasjoe]

bass guitar in a alternative-rock-band (at very beginner's stage)

[The Subliminal Messenger]

Yeah, our band are in the begginer's stage too. It's hard to find gigs when you're just starting out though.

[rtf]

I have been playing for 6 years, but it's impossible to find band members at my age. 

I was in 2 bands, the first one was going great except they all moved to Alaska within 2 weeks (no joke). 
My second band expirience started in about September last year, and ended in November.    We just couldn't play a song together.  We learned one song in 2 weeks, played it at the school talent show, and we thought everything sounded great.  However, the following factors contributed to our demise.

1) The other guitarist started focusing on what our Demo CD would look like, instead of practicing.

2) Our bassist sucked, and he wasn't loud enough.

3) Our drummer turned into a dickhead.

4) They only like modern rock, and anything else to them is crap.  So screw doing any other styles of music. 
I like modern rock, but I like jazz, funk and classic rock a whole lot more, so I really wanted to encorperate the genres. 

Then we got into a fight, and the drummer became a dickhead and I forgot if the bassist is in existance any more.
The other guitarist is still my friend, but we havent seen each other in a while.

Hopefully when I get into High School, I'll find some kids who have appreciacion for all genres of music.

Hopefully...

[Fabiano]

Today im not.
I were in 2 bands b4, one heavy metal about 4 years ago and the second one rock blues style (got off in march this year).

[PaulSC]

I've never been in one, but I NEED to start a band sooner or later. If I don't I'll eventually go crazy.

If I ever form it, my band's gonna have a violin and cello doubling the lead guitar and bass respectively, with stacks of complex intertwining lines. The music'll be some sort of ultra-melodic, groove-based acid rock/electronica hybrid with occasional touches of jazz and classical, with tons of shifting dynamics, quiet/loud bits, builds and climaxes etc.

Man... we'll be the worst band of all time! I still really want to do it, though...

[BerserkerTails]

Yup yup. I actually have TWO gigs coming in the next week. Thing is, they're for two DIFFERENT bands. I have a Jazz combo called "The Freeloaders" (Listen to Miles' Kind of Blue again to see where we took our name), and another Funk/R&B group called "Thruster Bomb". Whoo.

[Al_Ninio]

I play rhythm guitar in a ska band.
Our first practice with our new singer is tomorrow, w00t w00t.
Also, there are plans for an emocore band (yes angsty, a bit silly and too trendy, I know, but I like it).
I'd really love to play in a blues band, but I don't really know anyone who wants to.
I was in a few bands before, but most of them parted after a month or less.

[| Bass |]

Lead guitar in a country/alternative rock - beginner/intermidate(sp?) stage.  We've had a few gigs.  None of them have been big, mainly just school dances

[shbaz]

I've been in a few bands.. we thought we were punk rockers, but it was the biggest pile of garbage I've ever heard in hindsight.

In my last band I tried to play 70'ish rock with modern undertones and it sounded allright. We had some gigs, but when I went to college we stopped playing. It was just me and a drummer.

Right now my amp won't even work, I think my filament winding went out because the pre-amp tubes won't heat up. 

[Tiki]

Heh, funny this thread should come up.  I have some close friends that have been in a band for a while, doing mostly school gigs, though some were pretty big.  Their bassist dropped out, and they want me to step in, doing guitar and occasionally bass.  If anything, its an alternative band, with occasional hints of the blues, jazz or punk.

[Gregjazz]

Keyboards and bass guitar in the Pyrotones! (http://www.pyrotones.com)

We play every style of music except for Polka. Not even a bit.

[Haddas]

I like polka, and I was willing to pay you 1,000,000 dollars if you played one polkasong for me, but... me forget it, I'll just buy some tacos instead.

[Sylpher]

Yes, I am.

3rd band as a matter of fact.

[Moox]

Im a manager for an alternative rock band at my highschool. Heh...

[Al_Ninio]

Man, Geoffkhan, I really like your songs.
Holy Land Groove is fantastic.
It will always have a special place in my playlist .

And Sylpher, you know I love your band.

[Mr Jake]

I was gonna call my friends and get 'em all together, I was gonna go and start a band.

But everything I wanted to do had alreayd been done, why would I want to go and do it again?

[Sylpher]

Thanks Highway.. Homepage with a lot of crapola coming to a theatre near you soon. So keep an eye out.

[ryanlandry]

I play lead guitar and sing in a few different bands, none of which are serious.  One is a "The Darkness" cover band, one is an original band called "Ghost Hunter X" that writes meanspirited songs about people we know and love/hate, and in september when i go back to college i'm starting up a thrash metal band with a few guys i met last year( a band called "primeval" ), as their drummer is leaving and they don't want to continue under the same name with the same originals (i'll only be singing in that band, no guitar. Well, maybe like 2 solos per song, hahahahaha, thrash...).

[remmies]

I'm not in a band but i help with doing the cover art for my friends band, I will ask him for a song to post later, right now were out of touch. I will also post the art with the song, it's slowing up the production on doll