Twigman

My first band was founded by me, thus it didn't matter if I couldn't play, which I couldn't to be frank. When I joined the band I'm in now (as per the opening post) I felt I was nowhere near good enough to join a signed band.....the audition probably confirmed that but it was who I was that mattered to the others, the fact that we clicked and got on instantly. The playing could be improved later, much much later in my case.

I picked up the Essential Jazz Classics CD release of Sinatra's "Songs For Swingin' Lovers" - it's a well remastered copy of the original album* (still mono of course) + 11 bonus tracks (single releases from 56-63). Timeless. * I have a 1958 pressing

"Plague of Locusts" "Crucifiction" "Flood" "Bronze Age Fairy Tales"

Currently adorning our website homepage: Photograph: Fernand de Beauvoir

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.

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