Is it important to you to be friends with the other people in your band?

mutantcolors · March 10, 2014, 01:04:45 PM

I cannot fathom spending any appreciable time with people I don't like to the degree I'd be friends with, so the rest sorts itself out real quick. When I don't have band-worthy friends around (i.e. away at college) I do solo work. Gotta create, but not necessarily with other people and definitely not with people I don't like enough to be friends with.

liquidsmoke · March 10, 2014, 08:03:56 PM

Quote from: Metal and Beer on March 09, 2014, 04:35:24 PM
I need to be friends with 'em, but don't need to hang away from band activities really at all (some stuff would be fun obviously, big shows and whatnot).
I quit Seahag recently because these cats quit being my friends for some reason over the last couple months, which made practice awkward and unpleasant for me. I get that professional situations would require a different set of parameters in that regard...

/bumpblog in w/ opinion

Whoa that sucks.

RAGER · March 10, 2014, 11:20:21 PM

Bands are stupid.

mortlock · March 11, 2014, 12:01:40 AM

they can be a source of frustration, but they can be rewarding as well. its like any relationship.

Lumpy · March 11, 2014, 01:22:17 AM

BANDS ARE FOR FAGS.

Just kidding.

mortlock · March 11, 2014, 02:41:00 AM

it depends if you are in the flock of seagulls or not..

MichaelZodiac · March 11, 2014, 05:24:06 AM

With my current band, I was so-so friends with the dudes before but because we all felt like doing something together (read: our previous bands sucked), we now are friends. It can work both ways. It's kinda fun to see that.

JemDooM · March 13, 2014, 12:02:15 PM

That sucks beery! You must be destined down another path of heaviness!

Metal and Beer · March 13, 2014, 12:20:10 PM

I like to think so Jumz \m/ (That bridge may not be burnt completely quite yet, despite my best accelerant at the time, haha)

Jake · March 13, 2014, 12:36:36 PM

Effin bummer, man. Did you make them look short and un-metal-y or something?

RacerX · March 13, 2014, 01:33:41 PM

Yeah, I missed that, too. Bummer fer shure.

I hope you boys can reconcile, but if not, you have my wishes for the best of luck with future musical endeavors, M&B.

Metal and Beer · March 13, 2014, 07:32:46 PM

Thanks fellas....yeah I made 'em look totally unmetal and short (and short !

) but you'd think they'd know better by NOW

(It was totally me. I fuckin' hate learning life lessons the hard way but in their defense I really learn 'em deep...)

Ranbat · March 23, 2014, 08:34:26 AM

In my band from the 90s, we all hung out even when we weren't jamming. We went to shows and just hung out. I am still friends with all of them. We still hang out on occasion, but are lives are all different now, so no one's pushing for a reunion except for a handful of fans.
In my current band, I'm the odd man out. I just dropped in as the bass player. The other members have a long history together as a band and from playing the same scene. I just decided to do something completely different than what I have always done so here I am. I don't think we're friends in the sense that we'll all be hanging out if the band breaks up or I leave.