The reason why you left your band
 

Alright, for those of you that ever left band, what was the logical reason?

For me, iv'e been playing bass for a year in a band, in which the band is almost a 1 year old. We just recently played a show at my school and a few days after the show i heard that people talking trash about how our band sucked.

Iv'e noticed that my band isn't making much progress. I mean, we've been around for almost a year and we only play easy cover songs. We have a few of our own songs, but they suck like hell. My guitarist is consumed in his own egotism and think he's the Sh!t, but he really sucks at playing the guitar.
When i go to school, i get ridiculed everyday for making a fool of myself while on stage, and i watched the video of us performing and yes, we did suck hard.

I was wondering if i should quit? I can't stand the guitarist anymore cause he is very conceited and self centered. He ridicules the other members just to feel better about himself sometimes. And the top of all that, he really sucks!!! He's been playing guitar for 4 years and can't play a single solo.

So yeah, i wanna know if its a good idea to quit while I'm ahead, before i make an *** out of myselft at another show.

Oh yes, and don't forget to say the reason why you left your previous band.
THX!!!!

I left my band because I was going to University in a different city. It made sense.

I left my band because they werent playing the kind of stuff i'm into or wanted to play, the lyrics were embarassing too..

[QUOTE=DisposableHeroes]I left my band because they werent playing the kind of stuff i'm into or wanted to play, the lyrics were embarassing too..[/QUOTE]

Thats pretty much why I left my old band.

I remember one of the lyrics as "someone please give to charity"

lol i remember you showing me that lyric :lol: if i remember rightly though the rest werent too bad.

Clash of opinions.
I wanted to play one style, they wanted to play another.
Luckly for me I found a new band, I only play rhythm guitar in it instead of lead, but I'm happy. We play music I like and I like the people in the band more. Also much more talanted too.

[QUOTE=WhenWillTheForestSpeak]Either be in a band you would never leave (which is what I have)
Or just don't be in a band at all :thumb:[/QUOTE]


Yes.

And if you just noticed this after a year, then there's really something wrong. And if the main problem is the guitarist, kick him out of the band, talk to the other band members about the direction you should take, and if they don't agree, quit. You can't be a in a band where not everyone's 100% satisfied with the results.

Come on, someone say creative differences, it's so rock cliche!

My friends had a "band" last year which i was supposedly in as rhythm guitarist. The lead had been playing for 2 years and i was already better than him, the bassist and drummer had no instruments and the vocalist changed every week. Once i found out i was in this band i quit.

Well, my bandmates liked to play The Trooper all day long. It wasn't that boring, because we had fun together and in a way a good chemistry, but since I was most of the time into rehearsing stuff like Deicide, Obituary, Mokoma and some old In Flames songs (from Lunar Strain, I mean) the whole thing just got out of hands. I was either kind of restless all the time due to my long hours at school or then I was playing some riff from Jotun when I was supposed to take the lead in The Trooper or Die With Your Boots On.

I don't have a thing against playing Iron Maiden (except the fact that it gets boring at some point), but because I was more into other stuff and I even seemed to be crossing the hands of my bandmates at the time, we decided I should go. There was no argue because they understood me very well. Now I'm playing pretty much death metal with my own band, although I haven't forgot the fact that it's important to play Paranoid or The Trooper sometimes.

Excuse my bad English.

[quote] Come on, someone say creative differences, it's so rock cliche! [/quote]

I shall. Creative differences.

Well actually not, it was cause our bassist is a jackass who reckons rhythm guitar is a waste of time, doesnt think it's possible to play and sing and finally was an egoist.

[QUOTE=BassISaWEAPON]Alright, for those of you that ever left band, what was the logical reason?

For me, iv'e been playing bass for a year in a band, in which the band is almost a 1 year old. We just recently played a show at my school and a few days after the show i heard that people talking trash about how our band sucked.

Iv'e noticed that my band isn't making much progress. I mean, we've been around for almost a year and we only play easy cover songs. We have a few of our own songs, but they suck like hell. My guitarist is consumed in his own egotism and think he's the Sh!t, but he really sucks at playing the guitar.
When i go to school, i get ridiculed everyday for making a fool of myself while on stage, and i watched the video of us performing and yes, we did suck hard.

I was wondering if i should quit? I can't stand the guitarist anymore cause he is very conceited and self centered. He ridicules the other members just to feel better about himself sometimes. And the top of all that, he really sucks!!! He's been playing guitar for 4 years and can't play a single solo.

So yeah, i wanna know if its a good idea to quit while I'm ahead, before i make an *** out of myselft at another show.

Oh yes, and don't forget to say the reason why you left your previous band.
THX!!!![/QUOTE]

y not get the band to kick him out

My band just split last week after three years together. A few months ago we recruited these two female vocalists. At first they seemed great, but as time went on they got worse and worse. It got to the point where we were getting comments about how amazing our instrumentals were, but how horrible our vocals were. Now, we would have kicked them out of the band and been done with it, but the problem is we had a constant stream of shows coming in all over town, and we realistically couldn't remove them from the band without sacrificing a lot with them. Tensions grew high, fighting increased, and then a couple of weeks ago our slide guitarist quit. I decided last week that I'd had enough and packed up my drums and went home.

Our guitarist, bassist and I plan on starting a new project in a couple of weeks, but the old band is sunk.

Wait did you say the guitarist was playing for four years and can't play a single solo??
That weak man. :upset: I would leave.

Like others have said, kick the guitarist out and find a new one. Unless you don't like the other people either. In that case, just find a new one.

I'm having to kick my drummer out of my band at the moment. He's a decent drummer, but he always slacks off and instead of coming to practice he goes off with his girlfriend. We plan a practice, and instead of planning his other stuff around that, he ways "well, if nothing else comes up, then I'll come." And, usually other things come up. Lately, when he does show up to practice, he's unlively and downtrodden. He loves playing shows, but refuses to practice...

And, you know when a person can leave his instrument at someone else's house for over a month and not go insane, you're not dealing with a person with enough musical drive to be in a band. He's left his drums at my house for over a month. At first, it was just for a few days...and they're taking up space in my house and he obviously isn't passionate enough about his instrument to be in a band at all.

I left my band because the lead singer/guitarist and bassist were immature. I would have contributed so much to the style of music if they gave me more than just 3 chords. When I joined the drummer and I became really good friends, so we both decided to break off. Another major reason is that it wasn't my style of music, they wanted to play "grunge" and I listened to metal. Grunge is a lame/dead genre, no point in playing a grunge band.

To threadstarter: Leave the band if you're not happy with it. It's as simple as that. Don't stay in a band just to be in a band, because thats what I did and I wasn't happy at all. Good luck.

I left because my band never listened to anything I had to say. The drummer also had no sense of time and I honestly was the only one who knew anything about music. They were all pop punk fans and I was the only one who had a decent taste in music. All they wanted to do was sound completely like Green Day and I'm not into that kind of stuff.

[QUOTE=Metal_Head_617]I left because my band never listened to anything I had to say. The drummer also had no sense of time and I honestly was the only one who knew anything about music. [b]They were all pop punk fans and I was the only one who had a decent taste in music[/b]. All they wanted to do was sound completely like Green Day and I'm not into that kind of stuff.[/QUOTE]

Ouch, my arrogance detector just exploded. There's nothing wrong with pop-punk. You just picked the wrong people to play with is all. It happens.

To the threadstarter, if you're not happy in the band then leave. Music is about enjoying yourself. If you aren't, then don't play with them, find a new band.

I left my band because I moved 3000 miles away.

For about two weeks I was in a band and in that short period we had written 7 songs. I enjoyed all of them and I enjoyed playing with the guys in the band.
The thing I most enjoyed is when we let loose and jam to a few sets of chord progressions and we would jam it out for 20 minutes or so.
I didn't really like playing our set songs or set solos and such.
That is what they liked to do, rehearse our material and stay away from the free form jamming.
They also took it way to seriously and wanted to start playing shows right away, for me it was just a fun little thing to practice my improv skills.
So I told them I wanted to go in a different direction, kind of a bluesy Jam Band and if we didn't I didn't feel like playing anymore.
That was it, they didn't want to do that and we got really mad at eachother and I quit.

They told me they will never jam with me again, but withing a week I was over jamming again and we made up 3 songs in one night... It's insane how much we did in such a short time, and I totally enjoyed it.
But... they want to go in totally different direction than me so that's it, but we still jam once in a while. :)

I quit my old band because we almost never practiced.
The bassist wanted to practice, but the drummer never really seemed to get into it that much...

I left my band because my drummer started trying to rule everything and my singer would not stop singing about stupid **** like girls breaking up with him no matter how much we begged him not to.

I recently left the bad. I'm through with the guitarists' BullSh!t. i got into a huge arguement with him earlier and almost punched him in his-4 year playing the guitar but cant play a single solo-face.

Band** lol

i left my band because we weren't challenging anybody's ideas... we were playing a 'safe' type of music and it just didn't make my dick hard

Does anyone have a problem with their band members being devoted to the music and the idea of being in the band not just be somthing to pass the time but somthing serious? I'm starting a band and the guys I'm talking to just don't seem into it and I can't find anyone who seems as adrenaline packed to make the music and preform as I am.

[QUOTE=ZoSos_axeman]Does anyone have a problem with their band members being devoted to the music and the idea of being in the band not just be somthing to pass the time but somthing serious? I'm starting a band and the guys I'm talking to just don't seem into it and I can't find anyone who seems as adrenaline packed to make the music and preform as I am.[/QUOTE]


i know what you mean... but you'll either find people like you or have to do it yourself

And the kids that I'm talking to are all into this extremely heavy music, not to say that that music is terrible, but its just not my thing. I'm into classic and hard rock, such as led zeppelin, black sabbath, ozzy, and ac/dc. I want to make actual music that has meaning as opposed to just screaming, which attracts most possible band mates my age that I'm considering. This is all my opinion and I'm not trying to start a fight so nobody interpret this that way if you're into the heavy stuff.

anyone else?