was in a band in 9th grade...post modern pretentious rock...sang lead....

ladies and gentlemen, THE GRASSY PANCAKES....

I was the bass player when I was 17 in a band called the College Boys

I plaayed guitar and sang backing vocals in a band in school.
we covered 'every breath you take' and 'imagine' at the end of year concert

jami0mckay said:

we did Wild Thing and Simply Irresistible

ZombieKitten said:

robert palmer rocks!

did you spilt up because of musical differences? or like us did you find the pressure of a 2nd concert too much?

jami0mckay said:

I played in front of a crowd of 1000 My fingers were so slippery from nervous sweat I couldn't even play properly

we split cause I moved to the big smoke, and then I heard real musicians and gave up, who was I kidding

ZombieKitten said:

you should release a solo album, you could do covers of the songs on that tape you found

jami0mckay said:

that tape belonged to my parents, I inherited it
I love Radar Love in fact that will be the name of the album

ZombieKitten said:

can I sing back up?

I really was a dork ...in 8th grade a few of us from Drama class got together to lip sync...

Prince & the Revolution....

I was Lisa....my cousin got to be Wendy.
Our good friend John was Prince.
We did competitions at school and branched out to my uncles dance club for teens.



I hope all of the video's have been destroyed!

shanti0608 said:

has phil seen purple rain yet??

jami0mckay said:

No...he is out of town until tomorrow night. I seriously doubt it will ever happen.

shanti0608 said:

we could play it on a big screen at the london invasion

jami0mckay said:

Good idea!! Hey but wait...he will have alcohol around to numb the pain

shanti0608 said:

and then he'll cry when prince plays purple rain at the end

jami0mckay said:

Probably ... then he will hug every male orger around and say "I love you man"

shanti0608 said:

Anxiety said:

I can relate to that. It takes a helluva lot of work to keep a band going. We've done three shows in the last year and a half. If there's someone who is willing to take on leadership, it can get easier as you get the act down, but then creatively you want to keep growing...there's always more that could be done. I'm satisfied with one or two GOOD shows anyday.

ZombieKitten said:

I had no idea!

We tried to do Radar Love, it was a disaster.

I only played flute in middle school & high school. I hated going out there and marching every Friday night, but I loved playing the flute. Our uniforms sucked too compared to most high schools. We had full tuxedos.....cummerbund, neckties and all instead of the flashier uniforms with the giant headgear.

Yes...and yes.

I've been in bands (off and on) for 23 years or so...

In 1984 (when I was fourteen and Purple Rain was the world's biggest music-oriented movie), I formed my first band with my brother, my best friend, and his brother. We learned songs like "Jungle Love", "Let's Go Crazy", and any of Babyface's early productions. The four of us thought we were decent. We weren't.

In '87 (shortly after I got my first synthesizer) we started recording original tunes. By then it was just me and my best friend (our younger brothers moved on to bigger and better things). We started making tapes, booking 'studio' time in our friend's basement (he had some cheap recording equipment). I began learning how to arrange and produce songs. I thought I was decent. I wasn't.

In '88 I went away to college, fell in love, and wrote ridiculous amounts of music. During that time, my best friend was sent to Desert Storm. I would send him cassettes of songs I had written, and he would send them back to me with vocals and (occasionally) additional instrument parts (guitar, saxophone).

In 1990 I joined a band while in college. We had a trumpet player and we learned some mellow songs and updated some jazz standards. We played stuff like 'Round Midnight' and 'The Secret Garden'. I thought this band was decent, and they were - but not because of me.

After that, I gave the band thing a rest for a while. I did some studio work that saw worldwide release, but the girl I had fallen in love with so many years earlier finally realized she loved me as well, and I focused on our relationship (which lasted three years).

My next band experience would be my current one, which I joined in 2006. Yep, that's right. I started writing songs again immediately after the relationship ended, but I waited fifteen years to return to the stage (and I'm glad I did). I play keyboards and sing in a band here in the Cincinnati area (Tommy Tsunami and the Suicide Surfers). We're a cover band and we play rock, punk, a little pop - basically party-oriented music. During the good months, the gigs pay my rent and bills.

I have matured in one very important way. I look upon this experience with gratitude and modesty - I don't think this band is decent at all! Fortunately, the crowds seem to think otherwise...

This is not that great for two reasons. 1) I recorded it off of the t.v. 2) We were hung-over during the performance.

It's my favorite part of the show.

1982 Tournament of Roses Competition
'76 Independence Cavalry Band
"Anytime, anyplace!!"

Been in bands most of my life.

High School - Angry Metal, every gig ended in a fist-fight

Recorded multiple instruments and made some funk music by myself.

Now in a band that does some covers (but can't post them to myspace) and some other originals.

People not showing up is stopping me from booking the band so we've yet to play out after 6/9 months of random rehearsals.

We played a show a week & a half ago. People said it was our best ever.

We started as a cover band and we've started playing our own stuff. But we still sound like a juke box--all over the place. And we're all too nice to address any serious issues in the band.

I play third back-up rhythym guitar in our church's Youth Praise Band, but only in rehearsals. I let the kids play on Sundays. I am teaching them some of Prince and Bruce Springsteen's moves.

I really want to be in a grown-up band. Time is tough, though.

NDRU said:

yeah, the guys thought it would be too cool to have a girl bassist I was terrible!

Why was radar love so bad? not a crowd pleaser? How big was that song back in the day?

ZombieKitten said:

the vocals were terrible, and you know that middle part? That was impossible to coordinate.

NDRU said:

what a shame - I have that song on a pedestal, I think it is much better than it really is
I need to go listen to it, haven't heard that song in years!

ZombieKitten said:

If you don't do it well, it makes observers say "ouch!" as happened to us