For me, when my right hand finger nails grow up a bit, the quality of my bass playing badly slips off. Balanced volume, speed.... Of course when it happens - at once trim the nails. For some one else - is it the same?
No bands......there are a lot of different bands for everebody, all around the world - any time. So get the hell out of here and others get your belowed bands as close as you can. This is just a friendly recommendation.