wow... my band saga. haha pretty short, but for only having been playing for 3 years, i think its pretty eventful. here goes:
started playing drums, my psycho-emo friend wants to start a band. we do so and call it POINT BLANK, but it ends up just being myself and him, and we never do any practicing at all. later my friend jimmy asks me to join his band, we call it PURE SILVER. i realize the guitarist cant actually play guitar, and we kick the guy out. jimmy and i recruit my friend matt, who like jimmy, plays bass, but also guitar. we decide to change our name to DELICIOUS TEA, kind of a spoof of tenacious D. meanwhile i have met a band looking for a drummer and a singer, so i get my psycho-emo friend and we get in. this band is called BLITZKRIEG. that band happens to be a band matt is in, but we realize there are other bands called blitzkrieg and change our name to HEART OF THE BEAST (lamest name so far). we practice alot and get our first show. my psycho-emo friend decides to quit the night of the show, so the guitarist has to sing. it still turns out ok. now we have to look for a new singer, so we get one of our friends, but it doesnt work out. later jimmy has the idea to meld the two bands delicious tea and heart of the beast into one, thus the end of delicious tea. not such a great idea. two bassists in the band was kinda cool, and it was working, but matt has some insane bass skills and jimmy just didnt fit, so we let him go
it wasnt easy, though. sometime during jimmys time in the band, we had our friend justin start singing. he is still in the band, and he is doing pretty well. we finally have some vocal amps and a decent mic. we got another show in the beginning of december and played under the name BEST NEW TOPLESS TRAIN DISASTER, which was made up when matt looked at a popular mechanics magazine and accidently mixed up the headlines: best new tech, topless mustang, and toxic train disaster. after the show we decided that name was not us and was kinda stupid anyway. the only reason we really used it was because we were playing in a comedy-based variety show and we didnt want to perform as heart of the beast. we had stopped being heart of the beast a long time ago, but were never able to pick a new name... anyway, we finally decided... mostly... on the name AS I FALL. the only possible problem with this is that there is a band, a really great one, called as i lay dying, and the two names are a bit similar. also, the name as i fall came from one of our songs, and for some reason we all feel uncomfortable being named after one of our songs. it just seems lame. iron maiden can get away with it, but i dont know if we could and we dont want to
the current (and i hope permanent) members of the band AS I FALL: myself on drums (of course), daniel on lead guitar, kevin on rhythm guitar, matt on bass, and justin on lead vocals. we havent decided whether matt, daniel, or i will do back-up vocals, if not more than one of us. we all finally have decent equipment, except daniels guitar and my drums could both be better. we have 11 originals, 7 of which we can play perfectly, two that need work, and two we havent started practicing yet. we plan to record an album by the end of this summer, but that was the plan next summer
the goal is more realistic this time, though. sometimes i worry about my position in the band, with all the kicking out that goes on
but i think im safe
for some reason daniel still isnt really happy with the singer. i think because he wrote all the songs he wants them sung a certain way, and cant settle for much less... but he is also irrationally irritated by justin, so i think he might be just jealous of justins voice
all this happened in the time since i started highschool last year. were practicing tomorrow. hopefully we can get something done. we could be signed right now if we practiced more diligently and lived in a bigger area
well, i say that, but it may not be true. wishful thinking, but maybe not so far off, either... hmmmm.
so, my list of band names:
point blank
pure silver
delicious tea
blitzkrieg
heart of the beast
best new topless train disaster
as i fall (current)
sorry i gave a complete bio of the band. i couldnt stop myself
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