R.J
(Brent)
Friday 7 Apr 2023, 2:00pm
Looking for a pick playing bassist and a drummer to start an alternative rock 'grunge' and punk influenced band with me. The band would be based in North West London along the Watford DC line.
I play guitar and also sing alongside writing the lyrics by myself, and I'm looking for someone who is on similar lines to me musically and politically.
I'm quite inexperienced so I'm absolutely fine if you are too. I'm improving on my timing too but even if you're a bit off then that is fine too as long as the passion is there.
I have many songs that I want to play and just need bass & drums before we're ready to gig. Some of the lyrics are personal whilst others can be quite political of a left wing nature and also reflect the working class background I come from.
I'm massively influenced by the Manic Street Preachers, Nirvana, QOTSA, most bands from the grunge scene (Soundgarden, AiC etc), Buzzcocks, Mark Lanegan, Pixies etc. Loving the darkness of them as well as the poppy hooks in equal measures. I also love many other artists but who don't inspire me as much such as Queen, The Specials, The Beatles, R.E.M., Leonard Cohen.
Some of the albums that are massively influencing me at the moment include Nirvana's Bleach, the Manics The Holy Bible and Journal For Plague Lovers albums, Mark Lanegan's Bubblegum. Especially Bleach musically and The Holy Bible lyrically (as well as musically).
My interests are mainly music, cricket & rugby (not any other sports though), politics, and I also quite like old tv shows from the 70s to 80s.
I can be quite quiet at times (and really talkative at others) so it would be amazing if you are quite talkative and carry conversation, especially in a live setting when we're playing gigs, in a similar manner to how Nicky Wire and Krist Novoselic do so for their bands and almost assume a frontman role despite not singing.
I don't always have money to cover rehearsal (I'm alright at the minute) time but I'm always happy to pay back my share of the time as quickly as possible and I'm happy to cover you too if you need it too.
If this interests you then let me know and I can give you my instagram and some demos as well. Thanks