Dad Band
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Andrew Sak
Even Andy Deserves Good BEans
That's another form of Pop rock.
DinoMikeSr
I have the box
We know who's in the Dad Band right?
Andrew Sak
Even Andy Deserves Good BEans
That was classic! Was that the Jerry Cantrell from Alice In Chains?
It appears all four are big stars. I didnt look up the ladies.
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DinoMikeSr
I have the box
Yep, that's the Jerry. First time I watched it I was like, he looks familiar.
BlockInlay
Octavate.band
i didn't know my band made a documentary and left me out. jerks.
Jerry looks horrible, did he lose all his money and lives off egos and hot pockets? Is he sick?
Jerry looks horrible, did he lose all his money and lives off egos and hot pockets? Is he sick?
Fumbles
Communist Chocolate Hellhole
I've seen that video- I enjoyed it very much.
However I'd like to see a video portraying really great "dad bands". Maybe it wouldn't be as funny though I guess.
I played in a "professional dad band" ( as Mark put it ) for quite a while, until the gigs all dried up locally. It's not all bad and sad, as the video seems to portray. You just have to have the right attitude. Two of the guys were middle aged dads, my uncle & I are not- did that still make us a dad band? I think it does because we're all middle aged & older, & some of the other characteristics seem to fit- the emphasis on cover songs.
Now I play with the drummer & guitarist (singer quit when gigs dried up) just in the basement. They are both around 60, I'm 44, & we play our own music. Mainly written by the guitarist- all instrumental prog rock! So much fun on bass. In that way, he's like the guitarist in the video.
I have more fun playing original music for free in the basement to nobody but ourselves, then I ever did playing the mouldy standards to drunken idiots (the girls that were the "monitor straddlers" as I call them, were fun though
). But the singer quit, & I told them that I flat out refuse to play "those certain songs" ever again. I was ready to quit anyways.
So basically, playing in a dad band was fun, but I've moved on. Dad bands can be great though, if you play with very good musicians, you hold yourself to the same standard, & you are diplomatic. Not weak, not demanding. Somewhere in the middle.
Or maybe we're still a dad band, just a different kind.
However I'd like to see a video portraying really great "dad bands". Maybe it wouldn't be as funny though I guess.
I played in a "professional dad band" ( as Mark put it ) for quite a while, until the gigs all dried up locally. It's not all bad and sad, as the video seems to portray. You just have to have the right attitude. Two of the guys were middle aged dads, my uncle & I are not- did that still make us a dad band? I think it does because we're all middle aged & older, & some of the other characteristics seem to fit- the emphasis on cover songs.
Now I play with the drummer & guitarist (singer quit when gigs dried up) just in the basement. They are both around 60, I'm 44, & we play our own music. Mainly written by the guitarist- all instrumental prog rock! So much fun on bass. In that way, he's like the guitarist in the video.
I have more fun playing original music for free in the basement to nobody but ourselves, then I ever did playing the mouldy standards to drunken idiots (the girls that were the "monitor straddlers" as I call them, were fun though
). But the singer quit, & I told them that I flat out refuse to play "those certain songs" ever again. I was ready to quit anyways.So basically, playing in a dad band was fun, but I've moved on. Dad bands can be great though, if you play with very good musicians, you hold yourself to the same standard, & you are diplomatic. Not weak, not demanding. Somewhere in the middle.
Or maybe we're still a dad band, just a different kind.
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Chad
Slender Hobbit
I have more fun playing original music for free in the basement to nobody but ourselves, then I ever did playing the mouldy standards to drunken idiots (the girls that were the "monitor straddlers" as I call them, were fun though
I couldn't agree more. I don't mind playing covers, but I don't want to play the same covers that have been done to death and I don't care to nail the original. I want my own stamp on it.
Steverino
black sheep
Agreed on the tired old standards, especially if you're relegated to the basement/garage (no gigging, just playing for fun). I do like nailing the original, if we can get close. If not, hell yeah, let's do it our way.
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
YOU ARE. hahahaI think I'm now playing drums in a dad band
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
Fumbles
Communist Chocolate Hellhole
As far as nailing the original, for me it depends on the song. If it was a really cool part I'd keep it. For example the synth parts & solo in "Jump" by Van Halen. I made sure to play that as close as possible. On a good sounding synth through a powerful P.A. , that was a lot of fun, especially with a good drummer.
Most songs aren't like that though- I found that especially on bass , many songs had a lot of room for making things better, or just putting my own spin on it. Some songs surprised me though at how cool the bass parts were. For example the 80's song "One thing leads to Another" by The Fixx . We mainly did 80's songs.
And who were the others in the video? I only recognized Cantrell.
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Pine Apple Slim
Kick Henry Jackassowski
A grandma shut down my last band. Grandpa was no longer allowed in bars after 10 pm.
Danhedonia
Noted duckfat enthusiast
My stint in a dad band was pure misery. "Okay, let's do Wonderwall."
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