Leonard Smalls

Louie Louie - the Kingsmen

That's not exactly free-form jazz! That's playing by ear... This is a touch more free-form, but not quite free-improvisation. If you need some of that. try Han Benninck, Evan Parker, Lol Coxhill (*) or Derek Bailey! * I briefly played in a free-funk-jazz thang with some of Lol's sidekicks! Though we aimed for extended relatively straight funk jams over variously sensible and crazed saxes.

Doh! That's our band busted...

Hiding In Plain Sight - Manic Street Preachers

The Monochrome Sex The Belt A Curtain Ratio Lloyd Hole and the Commotions The Frying Lizards Bevel 42 Men Without Rats The Perves The Pole Fountains Sigue Sigue Slutnik Splif Enz

I feel that "musically boring" is something that's highly debatable... It's like saying that a discussion of surface tension is chemically boring (*), or set theory is mathematically boring! For those that relish complexity in their music, playing modal progressions in 13:8 time is musically very interesting indeed. Those same people, when hearing a simple 3 chord ditty in straight-ahead 4:4 might say it's "boring" - but that's only to them. Others may find that simplicity is what they like, and complexity is, to them, boring. But at the end of the day it's all subjective; I personally find Oi bands to be deeply dull and like a bit of crazed widdling though an Oi fan would be the opposite to that. Same goes for "decent tune". I mean, which is better, Donna Lee or The Birdy Song? As for backing "tapes", we shall continue to use 'em - though in our case it's a laptop playing Logic; our guitarman fiddles with fx and stuff on the fly. * to be fair it's a bit dull, after all, the Langmuir Trough experiment was what Thatcher worked on!

You've lost that lovin' Feline - Righteous Brothers

Sinister Porpoise - Creedence Clearwater Revival

In that case you're done! You never need more than a riff, unless it's 2 riffs and a widdley bit.

Aye... I find the best thing to do if you haven't got an immediate brainwave from the pic is to make whatever you like and call it something linked, or even invent an elaborate justification. I suspect many of us do that!

Copycat! I've got a gap! And two superimposed time signatures! I didn't, however, go so far as to change key. I'm a gentleman after all! Currently rolling it in glitter and adding far too many effects.

Filthy guitar!

Shot By Back-Sides - Magazine

Please Mr Posteriorman - The Marvelettes

Fit Butt, You Know It! - the Streets

Motor Booty Affair - Parliament

Care Mia - David Whitfield https://youtu.be/LE9pRwVYo5k

I'm afraid it can't... Sandberg insist on a lifetime all-owner contract that stipulates that not only must their basses not be used to play any of the millions of sub-genres of metal, but they can't be used on any bill where metal is being played, whether live or recorded.

I like my Sandberg Bassic... Cheap and works for everything from slap to dub!

Monster (What's That Coming Over The Hill?) - The Automatic

Let's Start The Dance - Hamilton Bohannon

Automatic Schmuck - the Hives (Schmuck = German for jewellery)

Shouty blokes!

Peruke Mutants - Demented Are Go! (I know it's very slightly late, but I'll bet we haven't had Demented Are Go before!)

Wig - Fontaines DC