Noisy Help Wanted

[ericrowe]

I've been thinking a lot lately about starting a dark folk/acoustic industrial band. Any volunteers?

ETA:
Found:    One bassist, the lovely Ms. boadiccea!
Still wanted:    Laptop jockey, for percussion and mayhem...

Comments

[boadiccea]

*raises hand*

I'd love to be involved in a musical project again!

I can sing real purty-like.

I can also find my way around some instruments if need be. (Keyboards, simple bass lines, strange noises created by banging things around, you name it.)

[ericrowe]

'Simple bass lines' would actually be a huge help - and 'strange noises' wouldn't go amiss either.    ;)    Let's talk further of this, shall we?

[boadiccea]

Yes, indeedy!

The bass lines are definitely simple, btw. I'm too out of practice to do much more than...but it'd be nice to have a reason to play again.

[ericrowe]

Rusty technique just needs a little patience. I've had to relearn guitar lots of times over the past twenty-six years.    :)

What made me realize that I needed to start a band, was when I found myself recently playing guitar while seated at my grandmother's old 1978 Lowrey Festival home organ, using the 'rock' drum settings and working the footpedals for bass (and sometimes even the 'magic genie' chords). All this, for the sake of bashing out old Nick Cave covers. From there it's only one small step to having a kick drum strapped to my shoulders and a bubble machine on my head...

[chadu]

I vote for the band name to be either:

Crawlspace
Macabre Moonshine
Blackgrass
Debbil in da Woodshed
Zombie Guthrie
Dylan's Gone Etheric

CU

[ericrowe]

Good suggestions all - but past experience tells me that a prospective band should generally wait to pick a name until after they've played together at least once...    ;)

[chadu]

That's just crazy-talk.

I mean, look at the Spice Girls.

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Just look at them.

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Was I saying something?

CU

??? Laid back Industrial what???

[gustavvs]

Thou confused I do fully encourge you!

Band Names Suggestions:
Crabgrass Seedlings
Pounding Easy
Laidback Hardcore
Evil (with a mellow undertone)

Re: ??? Laid back Industrial what???

[ericrowe]

Heh, I never said it would be laid-back. Quite the opposite, actually...    :)

Re: ??? Laid back Industrial what???

[gustavvs]

Folk and Industrial implies pot smoking hippies thrashing at a rave. :)

[nixieq]

lordy. if i didn't live a solid hour+ away from you, i'd SO be there. or at least be willing to discuss what i could contribute.

...although, hey, if i get that zookeeper job and start working in DC i might be more amenable to the drive... >;)

[ericrowe]

Yeah, I reckon the commute would be an obstacle. But y'know, things do sometimes shift in unexpectedly cool directions. The 'Universe unfolding', an' all that rot.    :)

[_blackjack_]

I found a good band name in the New Revised Standard Version translation of the Epistle to the Galatians:

Circumcision Faction

And I'm always availible to Garfunkle.

[ericrowe]

"So, why be the 35th band in a row to call yourselves BAD ATTITUDE, when you can storm the globe as ..."

Heh...

I'm always availible to Garfunkle

You might have to switch majors - I think his degrees are in art history and math. Besides, I'm much more interested in recording your cover of 'My Heart Will Go On'...    :)

[gustavvs]

I like that name better than anything I whipped up. The motto can be The most careful of cuts