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Having a bandmate who hates about half the music you listen to
Thrillho:
If he's just going to shoot you down every time you try and take even one song in a heavier direction, you're fucked. The thing that makes my band work well together is the fact that we have these disparate influences but no-one minds each other having them, so songs just come out the way they come out and everyone's okay with it because it's still our music.
rhinohelicopter:
Another true story to add to the mix. My friends and I recently started jamming together and despite our differences (the other guitarist's favorite band is Braid) we compliment each other really well. It's come out sounding like a drony post-rock Unwound with lots of noise. We'll still have to see how it develops but differences shouldn't stop you from playing together. You might even pick up new techniques from his style (and vice versa).
Another way to think about it is Sparta=blah, The Mars Volta=circle jerk, Sparta+The Mars Volta=At the Drive-In. Cedric and Omar wanted the next ATDI albumt (after "Relationship of Command") to sound like "Piper at the Gates of Dawn". The Band broke up and Cedric and Omar did The Mars Volta and everybody else did Sparta. Neither set of musicians was as good without the other and have subsequently released a slew of boring albums.
What I'm saying is give it a chance.
Jimmy the Squid:
The guitarist in my band and myself have some differences between our musical tastes. For instance while he loves bands like Limbonic Art, Emperor, Zyklon, Satyricon and Watain, I like bands like Tegan & Sara, The Waifs, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots and They Might Be Giants (I also love all the bands that he likes). Despite this difference we still manage to play some fucking awesome new wave Black Metal together despite the fact that he thinks a lot of the music I listen to is shit and says so repeatedly while he bangs my head against the table or locks me in the fridge. Basically what I am saying is that if you both want to play the same kind of music then you will get along fine but if he flat out refuses to play a certain style that you are dead-set on playing then it probably won't work out and one of you will suffocate and die in the refridgerator.
Best of luck.
Christophe:
--- Quote from: rhinohelicopter on 06 Oct 2007, 08:55 ---Another way to think about it is Sparta=blah, The Mars Volta=circle jerk, Sparta+The Mars Volta=At the Drive-In. Cedric and Omar wanted the next ATDI albumt (after "Relationship of Command") to sound like "Piper at the Gates of Dawn". The Band broke up and Cedric and Omar did The Mars Volta and everybody else did Sparta. Neither set of musicians was as good without the other and have subsequently released a slew of boring albums.
What I'm saying is give it a chance.
--- End quote ---
That is an amazing point.
I think I'm gonna stick it out with him and see where it goes. Thanks for the advice and stories, guys. Now I need to find a new drummer since he's going off to play with some other band.
jeph:
My drummer in college was heartbroken because I didn't really like Archers of Loaf.
It didn't really matter.
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