i might leave me band because of difference in music taste... most of the members listen to emo metalcore stuff and my music taste is changing, The songs we cover are mostly suggested by the vocalist and guitarist and sometimes i feel kinda detached from the band.. they might kick me out i dont know.

With my doom metal band at the moment, our drummer is good but he hardly ever turns up to rehearsals.
I ain't leaving no band though, for once, this band is going quite well...apart from the drummer thing.

We're in the early stages though, only started this band a while back, we still need a bassist for live shows (on recordings, I've taken care of the bass parts, as well as guitars and vocals)

I left my old band because people had commitment issues and when they did all turn up they always wanted to take a new direction, fickel people irratate me. Its all gravy now thought i am in band with guys that are totally commited me and the other guitarist get to togther for 4 hours every other day and just write all the time. :thumb:

I left because we had different creative standpoints that couldn't be put under one roof.
I wanted to play more difficult, melodic black metal.
but my guitarist wanted to play easy raw black metal.

[QUOTE=the2stranger]I left because we had different creative standpoints that couldn't be put under one roof.
I wanted to play more difficult, melodic black metal.
but my guitarist wanted to play easy raw black metal.[/QUOTE]
And that good Sir is why you should of played lead and let him play rythm....

One of the bands I played in recently split up, mainly because the guitarist/vocalist was a prick, and our drummer wanted to be with his girlfriend rather than to come to band-practise.

The guy that was singing writes terrible lyrics, and sings like he has a dead bird in his throath, and he was always like: "omg guys, I have this idea for a song, lets go to the studio and spend all our money on my crap music".

So, me and the bassist quit, and the band then went to hell.

[QUOTE=Tele_Dude]One of the bands I played in recently split up, mainly because the guitarist/vocalist was a prick, and our drummer wanted to be with his girlfriend rather than to come to band-practise.

The guy that was singing writes terrible lyrics, and sings like he has a dead bird in his throath, and he was always like: "omg guys, I have this idea for a song, lets go to the studio and spend all our money on my crap music".

So, me and the bassist quit, and the band then went to hell.[/QUOTE]
I people that have no musical talent so there like OK i'll become a singer no hassel and you get all the glory (even thouht they can't sing). You did thr right thing man, write music with your bassist and look for commited people.

Every band practice was a reason for everyone to get drunk or high and we weren't progressing. Playing the same songs over and over for 2 years gets old even if you sound good and all the playing is tight...

I just have a home studio now and write and record... no more playing in bars for me

[QUOTE=metaloz]Every band practice was a reason for everyone to get drunk or high and we weren't progressing. Playing the same songs over and over for 2 years gets old even if you sound good and all the playing is tight...

I just have a home studio now and write and record... no more playing in bars for me[/QUOTE]


Thats what the vocalist in our band wanted to do all the time too. It was pot before every damn practice. It was great, of course, but we didn't progress, and the songs got worse and worse...

im sick of complete morons running the show tbh. I refuse to take orders from someone who has no sense of direction at all.


That and the music was unbearable

I think the main thing is you have to have a LARGE slice of luck to get into a band that you actually love with people you can actually get along with aswell. I mean i am into Metal, the singer likes Indie and is totally hooked on Jim Morrison, rythm guitarist loves Oasis and bassist loves Iron Maiden but we've all been mates for years so we make it work plus i write all the music (thru no choice of my own) so they play what suits. I have no control over the vocals but Gaz does a good job and he is really melodic so i can cope.

/still in my band

Well we were doing great. We had released our third album, and believe it or not, this album sold an impressive ammount of copies. We were in the tour bus, discussing the future, when my main man James turns round and says,

"I have a vision. An album. We will release it fifteen years from now."

"Hmm?" says I.

"[I]St Anger.[/I]" he growled with pride.

That night, when everyone was asleep, I got up and punched the bus driver in the face. The bus crashed. I got my identical twin in the bus, killed him, and ran away into the night. They thought I died lawl :p.

Rofl

[QUOTE=ever eeking always rupert]Well we were doing great. We had released our third album, and believe it or not, this album sold an impressive ammount of copies. We were in the tour bus, discussing the future, when my main man James turns round and says,

"I have a vision. An album. We will release it fifteen years from now."

"Hmm?" says I.

"[I]St Anger.[/I]" he growled with pride.

That night, when everyone was asleep, I got up and punched the bus driver in the face. The bus crashed. I got my identical twin in the bus, killed him, and ran away into the night. They thought I died lawl :p.[/QUOTE]
Whats that all about? Something to do with Cliff Burton? Sorry for being dumb i am not the bigest Metallica fan bad way to go thought being crushed by a bus then having it dropped on you again PWND...

[QUOTE=metaloz]Every band practice was a reason for everyone to get drunk or high and we weren't progressing. Playing the same songs over and over for 2 years gets old even if you sound good and all the playing is tight...

I just have a home studio now and write and record... no more playing in bars for me[/QUOTE]

Sounds like my 'band experience' except, I don't have a home studio...

[QUOTE=Flynn]Yeah, it's really hard to find a good bassist who's willing to work with the music you're playing.[/QUOTE]

The advantages of starting out on bass...I can also play on guitar, but beginning music on bass has made my hands strong as hell.

I often find medium skill level bassists/guitarists more annoying as they've just started nailing the more complex stuff so they constantly say things like:

"OMGZ listen to this super funky-slap/shreddin' solo I can do" and complain whenever you don't fit both a 2 minute duelling guitar solo and a big bass funkiness line into each and every song.

And do all sorts of annoying things like start soloing while everyone is tuning up.

Oh the usual reasons really.
I was a rock/metal player, the Drummer was strictly classic rock stuff like Zeppelin, the singer left eventually and we never got another one, the bassist only played punk, the rythm guitarist was a complete dic[SIZE="2"]k[/SIZE]-hole.

i cant find any people who arent holed into one specific kind of music. They listen to one or two bands and become determined to learn every song by that artist. my bassist is obsessed with metallica, and my other guitarist (we take turns soloing) is obsessed with zakk wylde and dimebag darrell. my drummer is obsessed with neil pert, although he's not too bad about it.

And another thing, they won't play a song if they don't know the exact tabs note for note. Ever hear of jammin= wing it?

I left my first band because the singer and bassist were doing some acoustic stuff together and we kinda just went our seperate ways after our first couple of shows. We weren't any good anyways.
Then I started another band with a really good guitarist and this guy who could scream forever..and never get tired. We practiced a couple of times and got a song or two down, and even made a sloppy home recording, but I left that band to join my next band.
This band, the one I'm currently in and two others, is doing well. We're pretty popular around the area. Playing shows about 2 times a month, sometimes more. But right now we're having problems with our singer. He's got a big head, and a girlfriend who won't leave us the **** alone when we have things to do, and he's starting to be a dick when it comes to writing music. We wrote 9 original songs, and he's unhappy with a majority of them.
I'm also in 2 other bands. One is a band who has been around for a while, needed a drummer to fill in, and I ended up staying in. They're very well known around the area and I've been good friends with the members for a long time. We're low on activity though. Hopefully something will revitalize us soon.
And the 3rd one is a br00tal *** grindcore band. No probelms here. :)

We got back together yesterday, but mainly because of differences in what genre members wantedto play:

I wanted to do power metal
One guitarist wanted to do metalcore
Other guitarist wanted to do prog metal
Bassist wanted to do something more funky (he isn't in at all anymore)
Drummer wanted to do black metal

We've basically decided on melodic death metal as of yesterday :D.

[QUOTE=Eleventeen]We got back together yesterday, but mainly because of differences in what genre members wantedto play:

I wanted to do power metal
One guitarist wanted to do metalcore
Other guitarist wanted to do prog metal
Bassist wanted to do something more funky (he isn't in at all anymore)
Drummer wanted to do black metal

[U]We've basically decided on melodic death metal as of yesterday [/U]:D.[/QUOTE]
Excellent choice.

I left my band 'cause it split up. Ok so I didn't exactly leave.

Yeah, I still kinda want some more of a power metally twist, and I was talking to Kevin and Eddie yesterday (the guitarists) and they were totally down for it, the stuff we wrote yesterday is like a thrashier version of In Flames' Whoracle era stuff, but with more Black Dahlia Murder-esque vocals (I just can't stand staying monotonal).

Sh*t, I'm about to leave my own F*cking band if this sh*t keeps up...I'll fire myself......

I left one band simply because I was helping them out on vocals and I don't like doing just vocals. In my main project which has be going strong for six years now, I play guitar and do vocals. I just feel naked up on stage without a guitar so I left after one show. They also wanted me to change my image. They wanted me to cut my hair and where preppy cloths on stage. I just thought that it would be in my best interest to leave.

[QUOTE=Flower Dance]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.[/QUOTE]
Sup old post.

I'm now in a band with the Bassist of this band I left :lol:

[QUOTE=superflyjojo]I left one band simply because I was helping them out on vocals and I don't like doing just vocals. In my main project which has be going strong for six years now, I play guitar and do vocals. I just feel naked up on stage without a guitar so I left after one show. They also wanted me to change my image. They wanted me to cut my hair and where preppy cloths on stage. I just thought that it would be in my best interest to leave.[/QUOTE]

Heh, I don't like doing anything but vocals anymore... I guess guitar, but I just love being free to move around with the mic, you know?

Another thing that annoys me is people who reckon jam sessions are a waste of time.

[QUOTE=deathscreamingsheep]Another thing that annoys me is people who reckon jam sessions are a waste of time.[/QUOTE]

Anybody who says that is an idiot... if you try to write without jamming everything comes out waaay to formulated.

I left two bands because I didn't want to tour and liked the studio more.
I left another because I'd rather take things in a melodic direction and thus creative differences. Right now, I work with a variety of female vocalists on adult alternative/trip-hop music and I'm happy.

I left my band because of drug use, our singer started doing cocaine and he was forgetting words to the songs so I decided to leave.

Man... weird...

me and my guitar player write awesome songs after we get high.

also the first time he took aderrol (sp?) he wrote an awesome song.. he called me a few weeks ago really late and was like "dude, i took adderol for the first time earlier tonight... i'm ****in wide awake and i havent put my guitar down in hours" - he was speedin his balls off, and the song shows it.


maybe more guitar players should take adderol..

no dedication to the band (other members. not me) So I was like screw it. as good as you are (to the guitarist. he is pretty much a child prodigy lol.) I was like you really have no respect for the band. I'm out.

im in a melodic/death/punkish metal band at the moment... i play rythym guitar, and the songs are quite hard to play. Im fine for the moment and am so busy with school, and im starting to think longterm. If im this busy next year i'll quit so I dont hold anyone back. But we recorded many of our songs last week and they sounded GREAT so im not really in the mood to leave right now.

Well basically with my band what happened was it just started off as me and my [I]two [/I] other friends who played guitar, and another friend who was drummer. Firstly, our drummer wasn't enthusiastic enough as he was in another band, so we both agree'd he had to go. And hence, our knew drummer came into existence;). But the problem was we still had 3 guitarists. And the third one (the one who came after me and my friend who started it off) didn't wanna play bass. And time moved on we got really into it, but we decided that we could definetly not have 3 guitarists. So horibly, we started having band practises without him and without telling him. We then got a proper bassist and scheduled our first gig. By now we couldn't take the guilt especially when he said "so when are we having another practise", so i did tell him, he said it didn't matter but you could tell he was hurt on the inside. I now hate myself forever as a result. however my band rocks my life and we're recording next week so that = pwnage.