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Caramac:
I'm in a band with some friends but our bassist has only just got a bass (she has been playing before that though), our guitarist refuses to learn most songs and therefore sucks (doesnt practice), and our drummer (that would be me) is rusty due to not having played for a while.
We also have a singer and someone who says they'll be our 2nd guitarist if we ever need one (and he can actually play guitar!)

So the band's kind of not really a band but we still want to learn some songs together.
This is where we need your help. Suggest some songs that are fairly easy for all of us and that we can find tabs for online.
I thought of Modest Mouse - The World At Large but our lovely guitarist refuses to play it for unknown reasons.

Everest:
Hehe, that sounds remarkably like my band :)

It's hard to tell what song(s) you should cover, but I can tell you what songs you shouldn't cover: don't touch any of those obvious, overly-done "rock anthems". Best is probably to brainstorm with the rest of your band and come up with a song you can all play.

As for tabs: I find them overrated anyway. Lots of versions by lots of people, who all think they got it right somehow. I don't know, that's just me. You could just try and play songs until you get them right, and you'll probably learn more in the process.

sp2:
Wow, and I thought I butchered my instrument.

Anyways, Mitch Clem said it better than anyone:







Buuuuut...

Alright.  Really, the easiest songs to learn are punk and/or Nirvana.  Nirvana's a cakewalk.  Learn a few Nirvana songs, some Ramones, some Clash, and some Sex Pistols, and you're every other high school band on the planet.  Rock on.

Mr Blue Sky:
Ozzy/Black Sabbath are pretty easy too, but then if your guitarist really suck you'll have to play without the solos. If you want more recent stuff try the easy Cake or Blur songs.

Kai:
Black Sabbath are good if you stick to their first album, Paranoid, and Into the Void, simply because those have probably the easiest songs. Their other albums (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Black Sabbath Vol. 4, Technical Ecstacy) tend to lean towards them actually learning musical theory and stuff. Also, I too reccomend Punk songs.

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