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The Rolling Sex Beatles Sex Machine covers all bases

How about some secondhand low mileage names? : The Beatles Sex Pistols

Bob Mortimer knocks his out for £8 a go even when it's not Black Friday

"Optimistic Mayfly"

"Dry Sloth"

"Mundane Mouse" "Boring Caterpillar" "Doubtful Wasp" Still not working

"Tasty Vole" "Sexy Cockroach" "Murderous Shrew" no - it's not working

My favourite of band names that mates have formed: After many years playing in their own bands some mates got together to form "Old Country Union"

"Guiseppe Pixiehat and his Spunkypantz"

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No.3 The Larch Horse Chestnut

digipak is the way to go

Is that where you watch your hand move from in front of your face to your outstretched arm and back again and repeat? Been given those too - as well as the towelling my back one LOL

I have seen my GP. I have exercises - involves rolling my head round and round slowly while my neck crunches. The problems started about 8 or 9 years ago. I was offered an operation but declined it due to the 'not insignificant risk of quadriplegia'.

@Lozz196 is from Hemel and I think there are a few others around locally

I live in Dunstable now but we rehearse in Watford - at Sanctuary - why?

great story

Or how about as I posted up there^^^ A one hit wonder (1 UK #1) who had one of their other songs covered which went to #1 for someone else and they became one hit wonders

We get a lot of queries on basschat about how to join a band etc and thought it might be interesting to see how people who are in bands got to join them. Did you meet your bandmates the traditional way, at school and go from there? Was it an invite through a mate? Answer an ad from the board in the rehearsal studio? Answer an ad in melody maker or its modern equivalent? After a drunken session in the pub? My story: I blame my Mum! - I'd been playing (badly) with a band in London but been forced to move to live with my Mum just outside Watford. It was 1985. I'd left the London band as commuting into the smoke was just too difficult. I was fed up. One day my Mum had a copy of the local paper, the Watford Observer, wherein there was an article about a local band . That band were looking for a bass player to record their next album. My Mum suggested I give them a ring. I suggested to my Mum that I didn't have the skills necessary. She told me to stop moping around and forced me to call them. I got an audition. The singer dropped a cassette of some material around my house and asked me to learn as much as I could in about 4 days. I managed to learn about one song LOL but went along to the audition. It was a bit of a disaster if I'm honest but I got a call about 3 months later asking me back! I went and, apart from a couple of years where I left to play keyboards in a sister band, I've been here ever since (OK so we did split up for a while but I was the 1st bassman to be called on reformation in 2009) What's your story?

Just jump in, join a band and learn as you go.

computer code my money's on computer code

Having checked out the facts: Tommy James and the Shondells had one number one hit in UK : Mony Mony Hanky panky reached #1 in the US but only #38 in UK I think we're alone now - did not chart in UK if it was ever released - Lene Lovich recorded it on the B-side of Lucky Number and Tiffany had 3 weeks at #1 with her version of it. Crimson and Clover reached #1 in US but did not chart in UK if it was ever released. One of my other bands did a cracking cover of it

I was going to nominate Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover but then I realised they did the original of I think We're Alone Now - but was it a hit for them or was the cover version (Tiffany?) the only hit version?

Golden Earring - Radar Love I do have an album called Golden Earring's greatest hits but to be frank I don't rate much else and can see why they were one hit wonders. they have a surprisingly extensive discography!! https://www.discogs.com/artist/247009-Golden-Earring