So how many were in a Band ??

Skwint · Post by **Skwint** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:01 pm

I dont know you all that well but i just wanted to know how many of you were / are in a band and what were/are they called.

Dont be shy.

I was in a band as a teenager - we didnt do much just messed around really - we were called Red Sixx.

wolfgang161272 · Post by **wolfgang161272** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:35 pm

I was in the band called Baron Age as a keyboarder for about 6 years. We've played a lot of concerts. Baron Age was the same style of Depeche Mode a bit harder.
Now I play in my paddles cell guitar and drums. Not very good but with a lot of fun. My best friend says: "Wolfi you are a big poser but a little player". That's ok for me

on stage it's important, he he!

Now I'm searching a new band. My dream is playing in a 80 style hair metal band like VVI

Post by **Genebaby** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:13 am

My first band back in 94 I joined was doing originals and covers, just having fun. I hadn't been playing long so was doing rhythm only, which was fine with me at the time.

Then it's been cover bands. I started doing leads when I was doing Ace's parts in a Kiss covers band from 97-2000, which was a lot of fun. Tried to do it again last year with mostly the same people and it wasn't working. There were reasons I stopped playing with those guys.

Then another cover band with a guy singing, then a band with a few girls singing and now I have joined what was left of Moose Knuckle (a bass player and singer) and it seems we found our other guitarist, so we're set to rock again.

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:43 pm

Started my band in 89'. We called ourselves Concorer ( Very METAL sounding, purposely spelt wrong name!) but had changed it to FYRE by the time of our first gig. We were a 4 piece, vox, drums, bass and 1 guitar. We played Maiden, Kiss, Skid Row, Ozzy and a bit of Megadeth and Dream Theater. Later we jammed with a keyboardist but never got to play live with him. Metal in the 90s in the Cairns area was pretty non-existant and we did have trouble getting gigs but we did get to play in front of about 1500 at an outdoor festival at the amphitheatre in Kuranda, just west of Cairns. It's a bit of a hippy place but many international artists have played the venue so we were proud of that. In 2000 we decided to call ourselves Fatal Tragedy (after the DT song) and put on a Dream Theater night! Busted our arses and learnt 15 songs for it! That was the best my crappy chops ever got to! Also we had a friend use his midi equipped guitar to fill in the sound with some keyboard washes. The poor bastard had tendonitis at the time and was all he could do. Just as well for me as he was on break from doing his Berklee Jazz degree and would have kicked my arse, playing wise, if he was fully fit! We broke even for the night so we were happy with that. Then I stopped playing! Well, I tried to quit! My old bass player & drummer asked me to join them with a "Tori Amos/Kate Bush style" keyboardist/vocalist. We gigged a bit, got to open for Christine Anu (Aussie guys will now her & the bitch never paid us!!!) but I wasn't into the music so after playing at a friend's wedding I quit in 2001. Didn't touch a guitar for 9 months after that! I ended up preferring to play golf again as I did as a teen. Although I have the occassional twinge of "the good old band days", I have no desire to ever play in a band again!

Post by **Genebaby** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:05 pm

No desire? No way!!!! You just need a guitar with flames!!!

Seriously though, if you were playing Dream Theatre then I am quite impressed.

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:11 pm

Trust me, we picked the "easier" DT songs to play! Although I did learn Erotomania! But....only to a level that sounded passable live, I would have never got it clean enough to record in a studio! I nailed the fast solo guitar part if anyone knows the song but I had trouble with the "Paganini" bit that leads up to that! And I couldn't get the second keys/guitar unison bit AFTER the main keyboard solo? My hands just don't stretch that far that fast! I did crack the neck slot in my No.2 Jem learning 6.00 though!

Ah, anger with inanimate objects is a curse!

Post by **Genebaby** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:41 pm

Fair enough, but I'm still impressed.

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:44 am

I was the Singer for two GLAM! bands. The first was P!nk Champagne. Like a cross between VVI & Ana Black From round 1986 to 1991. Then that turned into Jettablack, which was a bit more Goth/Glam like 'London After Midnight'. A million member changes & then it all died around 1995.

Skwint · Post by **Skwint** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:51 am

excellent.

you guys looked cool - release anything?

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:53 am

Shramiac,,,You Fucken Man Man! That awesome,,,you have kept going with it. If I knew u back, (when P!nk Champagne was around & we lost the lead guitarist), I would have hunted your ass down, slapped on some clown make-up on u , drenched u in PVC & away we would have gone down into Glam Metal Oblivion.

There are only 3 choices , Dead, Jail or Rock n' Roll

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:04 am

excellent. you guys looked cool - release anything?

Thanks Skwint
Yer, Got two songs that were done on a 2 inch tape & heaps of cassette demos. I gotta get time to covert them. I will get onto it soon...Let u know...Oringinals were SUCKer4Love, Living in the Limelight. FILM(Fuel injected Luv Machine), Sick Kick Society & Shoot it up!. We use to cover VV's Gypsy in her Eyes & Dirty Rhythm. Also covered Tigertailz's Love Over Load.

Skwint · Post by **Skwint** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:44 am

metatron wrote:
excellent. you guys looked cool - release anything?

Thanks Skwint
Yer, Got two songs that were done on a 2 inch tape & heaps of cassette demos. I gotta get time to covert them. I will get onto it soon...Let u know...Oringinals were SUCKer4Love, Living in the Limelight. FILM(Fuel injected Luv Machine), Sick Kick Society & Shoot it up!. We use to cover VV's Gypsy in her Eyes & Dirty Rhythm. Also covered Tigertailz's Love Over Load.

would love to hear them

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:21 am

metatron wrote:Shramiac,,,You Fucken Rock!!! Man! That awesome,,,you have kept going with it. If I knew u back, (when P!nk Champagne was around & we lost the lead guitarist), I would have hunted your ass down, slapped on some clown make-up on u , drenched u in PVC & away we would have gone down into Glam Metal Oblivion.
There are only 3 choices , Dead, Jail or Rock n' Roll

wolfgang161272 · Post by **wolfgang161272** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:05 am

Hey Meta,
I'm so impressed...without words....amazing, fantastic. This kind of band and style was my dream all my life...
Wow...

Wolfi

TJMonster · Post by **TJMonster** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:48 am

My Band TJs Hooker
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14 year old Colt McNutt on guitar. He's our child! lol. Getting his training in early.
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Post by **Genebaby** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:55 am

@Dannii - Long live the Cobra Club!!! You gotta get those songs transferred so we can hears them!

@TJ - You guys are a great sounding band. Colt did great playing GnR.

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:29 am

metatron wrote:Shramiac,,,You Fucken Man Man! That awesome,,,you have kept going with it. If I knew u back, (when P!nk Champagne was around & we lost the lead guitarist), I would have hunted your ass down, slapped on some clown make-up on u , drenched u in PVC & away we would have gone down into Glam Metal Oblivion.
There are only 3 choices , Dead, Jail or Rock n' Roll

Thanks! Guess I would have been called "Fat Fuck the Clown" in your band!

And TJ you don't count! The question was "how many WERE in a band?"! Not, who is in a band still getting regular gigs!

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:40 am

shramiac wrote:Trust me, we picked the "easier" DT songs to play! Although I did learn Erotomania! But....only to a level that sounded passable live, I would have never got it clean enough to record in a studio! I nailed the fast solo guitar part if anyone knows the song but I had trouble with the "Paganini" bit that leads up to that! And I couldn't get the second keys/guitar unison bit AFTER the main keyboard solo? My hands just don't stretch that far that fast! I did crack the neck slot in my No.2 Jem learning 6.00 though! Ah, anger with inanimate objects is a curse!

D'oh! "And I couldn't get the second keys/guitar unison bit AFTER the main keyboard solo?" was from the song Take the Time!

TJMonster · Post by **TJMonster** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:17 pm

shramiac wrote:
metatron wrote:Shramiac,,,You Fucken Man Man! That awesome,,,you have kept going with it. If I knew u back, (when P!nk Champagne was around & we lost the lead guitarist), I would have hunted your ass down, slapped on some clown make-up on u , drenched u in PVC & away we would have gone down into Glam Metal Oblivion.
There are only 3 choices , Dead, Jail or Rock n' Roll

Thanks! Guess I would have been called "Fat Fuck the Clown" in your band!

And TJ you don't count! The question was "how many WERE in a band?"! Not, who is in a band still getting regular gigs!

ive been in many bands. lol

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:14 am

wolfgang161272 wrote:Hey Meta,
I'm so impressed...without words....amazing, fantastic. This kind of band and style was my dream all my life...
Wow...
Wolfi

Thanks Wolfie...Long live the transvestite GLAM!!!

EricFoxx · Post by **EricFoxx** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:06 am

metatron wrote: I was the Singer for two GLAM! bands. The first was P!nk Champagne. Like a cross between VVI & Ana Black From round 1986 to 1991. Then that turned into Jettablack, which was a bit more Goth/Glam like 'London After Midnight'. A million member changes & then it all died around 1995.

Cool man! You guys looked like very much like Pretty Boy Floyd back in the day!

TXjason · Post by **TXjason** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 2:08 am

I grew up in LA and have played in bands my whole life. I stopped about 7 years ago when my kids started getting older.

Here is a pic of my band when i lived in Texas about 8 years ago. We were called Dirty Sanchez.

I'm the one with the bullseye strat.

Post by **Genebaby** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:55 am

Dirty Sanchez, good one!! My new band is called Moose Knuckle.

Excellent guitar too!

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:14 am

Eeeugh! Moose Knuckle!!!!

Post by **Streetbeat** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:54 am

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Soundcheck

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poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:36 am

Sammy= PURE ROCK ATTITUDE .

DaBonadono · Post by **DaBonadono** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:50 am

Metal Symphony of Darkness (2001)

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Degameth (2009)

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Voyager (current)

http://www.myspace.com/voyagercleveland

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:00 am

Damn Damian, Very STRONG.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:53 am

Here in Oz i was in cover rock bands "Teaze" and "Justice Rose" also Kiss Tribute "Creatures Of The Night" during the late 80's early 90's,fast forward to 2011 im currently the Ace Frehley in DTK- Dressed To Kill Oz Kiss Tribute.
Play lead,rhythm and bass.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:27 pm

Creatures of the Night Kiss Tribute cira 1992ish ( thats me as Gene )

Covers rock band "Teaze" ( me on bass )

Promo shot for Teaze with original girl singer ( thats me with all that blonde hair LOL )

Post by **Genebaby** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:58 pm

So you switched from being Gene and playing bass to being Ace and playing guitar? Cool!!!!

Great pics.

My new band is going great guns. We are recording 4 songs for an EP, I just got home from the first session.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:07 am

Genebaby wrote:So you switched from being Gene and playing bass to being Ace and playing guitar? Cool!!!!

Great pics.

My new band is going great guns. We are recording 4 songs for an EP, I just got home from the first session.

Im a guitar player foremost who dabbled in bass, i still have some basses in my swag and i was playing with Gods Of Thunder in Sydney last year for a short while ( to much travelling from Newcastle ).

Cool on the EP keen to hear it when your done.

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:24 am

Did you ever tour the country with any of the tribute bands?

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:23 pm

shramiac wrote:Did you ever tour the country with any of the tribute bands?

Sy

No just the Newcastle,Valley and Sydney areas.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:33 pm

More of my 1991 band "Creatures Of The Night" ( me as Gene ) we made our own costumes and boots and had the best time,the Paul Stanley is the same guy im now in Dressed To Kill with,my best mate Wayne (aka Small Stanley ).
Enjoy my youth !

Post by **Genebaby** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:04 am

Great pics. No VV for the Creatures band?

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:05 am

THAT WOULD BE SACRILEDGE.

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:58 am

That's "Bizzaro World" Kiss there Tony! "Eric" wearing sneakers and still being the tallest!!!!LOL

syncophile42 · Post by **syncophile42** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:58 pm

In the first picture of the three 'Ace' looks like an action figure!

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:31 am

syncophile42 wrote:In the first picture of the three 'Ace' looks like an action figure!

You are so correct !!! man i never noticed that, thats Kenny by the way he was only 16 or 17 at the time and could play like hell !

DarrenD · Post by **DarrenD** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:38 pm

Great stories!

I'm a beer saleman (aka bar band member) right now playing strictly 80s rock - split lead vocals and lead/rhythm guitar. We play about 4x a month and hit the occasional wedding here and there.

scottysixx · Post by **scottysixx** » Sun May 29, 2011 2:40 pm

All of these posts are great,I never seen a kiss tribute band with a Eric Carr...
I been playing since I was 15..Played Bass with a few bands and sang for others

Some Names include Sybils Machine (bass)
Down For Five (bass)..both original
and a Cover Band called Octane Blue (vocals)

http://www.octaneblue.com

Im on the right

heres a vid with me on Bass with DFF

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I got a few albums (cds) out locally

Post by **Genebaby** » Sun May 29, 2011 3:00 pm

That's a pretty full on vid Jason, very cool.

scottysixx · Post by **scottysixx** » Sun May 29, 2011 3:07 pm

Jason ?

scottysixx · Post by **scottysixx** » Sun May 29, 2011 3:12 pm

Jason is the bass player for my cover band that I sing for..Im Scott confusing I know

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Sun May 29, 2011 4:35 pm

Cool! A guitar solo and vocal harmonies!!! So rare these days!!!!!

Post by **Genebaby** » Sun May 29, 2011 4:49 pm

Oops, my bad, sorry Scotty.

Kisstrooper · Post by **Kisstrooper** » Sun May 29, 2011 10:19 pm

Forgot my Telstra work band "Snotbox" ( its a nickname for a Telstra cable joint ).

Here's Snotbox doing a Telstra function belting out some accoustic KISS, Hootie & The Blowfish , Neil Diamond ( yes u heard that right ) etc etc

birnie · Post by **birnie** » Sun May 29, 2011 11:56 pm

i don't mind a bit of Neil Diamond.
Good work..

scottysixx · Post by **scottysixx** » Mon May 30, 2011 1:03 am

shramiac wrote:Cool! A guitar solo and vocal harmonies!!! So rare these days!!!!!

Yeah your right on that, dual solos especially..Janna can shred, not many girls can..Im drilling Vinnie in her head..