rJ23
(North West London)
Monday 12 Dec 2022, 8:19am
Starting a punk inspired band in the North West London. I'm looking for a fellow punk inspired pick playing bassist and a hard hitting drummer (I don't mind the influence, it can even be jazz mixing with metal). I'm looking for people aged 20-25, I'm 21 and play rhythm guitar and do lead vocals as well as write the lyrics. I plan to continue doing the lyrics solely by myself as it's sometimes a personal thing. But I don't aim to be the sole leader of the band as I like to be in places where everyone gets a say. My lyrics can occasionally be political (more on the left wing which is funnily enough the way I kick & play guitar). I'll attach some demos at the bottom for you to listen to. I'm happy to jam songs up as well as bringing them in to work on. If there's any songs you don't want to use then that's fine enough, although there's might be a (very) few songs I definitely want to use no matter what. I want to get underway immediately including gigging anywhere, before the end of this year would be amazing.
Some list of the main bands that influence me are:
Black Flag, Buzzcocks, Krezip, Manics, Nirvana, Pixies, Placebo, Queen (especially the Queen II album), QOTSA, R.E.M., Scouting For Girls, Soundgarden, The Beatles
There are many other bands who have influenced me as well (such as The Beatles), including bands from the noise rock, post-punk, sludge scenes, although not to the same degree as the ones above. As you can see, there's a mixture of heavy punk and light rock. I'm inspired by both and want to end up making both types of music, though at the moment the music, though I doubt it will always be like that and might even end up becoming more pop hook influenced (such as the transition from The Holy Bible to Everything Must Go by the Manics), who knows though? I'm always creating music.
Jumpshare link to some demos: https://jmp.sh/HOU9D4jX
If you're interested - or have any problems with opening the link - then you can message me or on instagram or yahoo.
instagram: northkoreanspyactingasabrit23
yahoo: rhysjohnstonenw@yahoo.co.uk