Chris Axl Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Ok, soI play guitar in a band with the VERY un-original name; Hellfighters Were mostly just doing covers so fare, and my problem is that the leadsinger and my best friend from when we was like 4 got a wierd/lame music taste.He wanna do stuff like "Three Days Grace", "Stonegard", "Marylin manson" etc....Wich frankly I hate.And when I come with suggestions hes like "yeah, ill check em out" and then no responds.I guess hes kinda a little controll freak. But on the other side he have had a really fucked childhood.So you know, I dont wanna be mean to him or anything..... He gets easily offended.Anyone got kinda same experince? tips to work issues like this out?Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adnan Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 My lead singer's turned into a complete hippie. I just wanna play some rock n' roll, or dirty ol' blues, not hippie political shit. I listen to that shit, yeah, and I write it sometimes, and I was fine with recording an EP, but now he wants to take the band completely in that direction... I'm gonna leave the band soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jared-the rocketking Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Just do both types of music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevdo242 Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Play a couple of songs that he likes to keep him happy. That way, if you want him to learn some good stuff, he can't really complain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrly Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Ok, soI play guitar in a band with the VERY un-original name; Hellfighters Were mostly just doing covers so fare, and my problem is that the leadsinger and my best friend from when we was like 4 got a wierd/lame music taste.He wanna do stuff like "Three Days Grace", "Stonegard", "Marylin manson" etc....Wich frankly I hate.And when I come with suggestions hes like "yeah, ill check em out" and then no responds.I guess hes kinda a little controll freak. But on the other side he have had a really fucked childhood.So you know, I dont wanna be mean to him or anything..... He gets easily offended.Anyone got kinda same experince? tips to work issues like this out?ThanksMy only advice is leave the band. Don't make a big scene, just tell them that you don't like the direction the band is going and you guys have different visions for the band. If your friend is cool then he'll understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Im having somewhat of the same problem. My control freak lead singer wants to cover Styx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlslash Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 My lead singer's turned into a complete hippie. I just wanna play some rock n' roll, or dirty ol' blues, not hippie political shit. I listen to that shit, yeah, and I write it sometimes, and I was fine with recording an EP, but now he wants to take the band completely in that direction... I'm gonna leave the band soon.That's totally me in my band (the hippie I mean) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Axl Posted December 11, 2006 Author Share Posted December 11, 2006 Im just letting you guys know, the problem is solved for now. I said to him that I wanna take some of his suggestion on the shelf for now. And he was cool with it And Live N' Let Die is in the set list rock1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrly Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Im just letting you guys know, the problem is solved for now. I said to him that I wanna take some of his suggestion on the shelf for now. And he was cool with it And Live N' Let Die is in the set list rock1Glad you worked things out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseDemocracy Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Ok, soI play guitar in a band with the VERY un-original name; Hellfighters Were mostly just doing covers so fare, and my problem is that the leadsinger and my best friend from when we was like 4 got a wierd/lame music taste.He wanna do stuff like "Three Days Grace", "Stonegard", "Marylin manson" etc....Wich frankly I hate.And when I come with suggestions hes like "yeah, ill check em out" and then no responds.I guess hes kinda a little controll freak. But on the other side he have had a really fucked childhood.So you know, I dont wanna be mean to him or anything..... He gets easily offended.Anyone got kinda same experince? tips to work issues like this out?ThanksI know EXACTLY what you are talking about, and the best remedy I have come up with was something like this. Tell him you will cover one of his dippy Manson songs if he agrees to cover a GNR song, or whatever you want. Its a compromise.Im in a band, and I like Aerosmith and GNR, and the singer likes Genesis and Dream Theater, so I tell him that we can play 'I Cant Dance' if we can also play 'Mama Kin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dally Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Hey, Stonegard is a awsome metal band You should try em...... bang your head against the stage like you never done before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabre Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 In a band, you simply have to take each others creative decisions into account. You might create something completely new and original - like Faith no more did, like Korn did and like Van Halen did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian 1200 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Let him borrow some of your "good music" cds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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