Supernaut

Add this to don't oil your fretboard for the most ridiculous thing I have read on here.

I've got some absolute belters... I remember starting a funk / rock band with a drummer I had met locally. We put up an ad explaining who we were and what we were looking for in a guitarist. I definitely remember putting "No metal guitarists", let's put it that way. I get a reply from a guy around our age and he seemed enthusiastic. Have you played any funk before I asked him - "Loads of times" was his reply... He rocked up to the audition, we tuned up and I announced we should jam for a bit to loosen up. Before we started, he interrupted and asked if he could play Master of Puppets for us... I looked at the drummer and said sure. What came next was two minutes of the worst MOP I have ever heard. I thought he was having us on but he was dead serious! He finished by saying he was now warmed up and ready to go. The drummer looked on the verge of tears trying not to burst out laughing. We sent him on his way and that was that. Fortunately, our next guitarist audition went really well and he was invited to join the group.

My favourite is 'pay to play' venues... Sell tickets at £5 a pop and for every ticket you sell, you get to keep £1... I.e. Do all the work for us and then give us all the money. Jog on, mate!

Any 50-110 gauge should get you there. Hexcore over roundcore for a little more stability.

That reminds me - buy DR Black Beauties...

The answer is... lazy promoters use the bands to do all the work but they keep all the money. F those promoters and venues. Musicians and bands aren't doing this for the exposure.

Definitely!

My favourite song from STP:

I'm quite lucky and have access to a hospitality suite at London O2 so normally use that for big gigs. I usually go down smaller, local venues to see bands nowadays.

£20 secondhand:

Get better soon, Juan...

Any nu-metal band that has down tuned 7 string guitars with baggy jeans have Korn to thank.

But, but, we're for immigration when it gives us doctors, nurses, carers, hospitality staff... we didn't vote Brexit just because of immigration - honest!

Gave up on EBMM after a couple of new basses I received had questionable QC.

Half English, half alien.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Greta Van Fleet headlining something like Coachella soon.

Post-metal? Royal Mail employees who got together to make some heads bang? 😂

That's why you always start your set with, "Any requests, write them down on a piece of paper and then find the nearest bin to dispose of it".

Ghost are interesting. Metalheads can be rather fickle sometimes. Desperate for something new to come along after years of metalcore/screamo and when it does i.e. classic metal riffs and powerful clean vocals albeit with pop style hooks and lyrics about devil worship, they don't like it! I saw them in Portland, OR in 2019 - absolutely fantastic live show.