metal_jay
(Manchester)
Monday 17 Feb 2025, 11:59am
Howdy!
Looking to join / form a new band. Played guitar for over 20yrs. Got tons of recordings from different bands and my own stuff too. Played countless gigs over the years. Also good at backing vocals.
A small number of my influences are:
NOFX, Zero Down, Strung Out, The Offspring, Good Riddance, Lagwagon. Basically the Fat Wreck style of punk.
Arsis, Cynic, Beyond Creation, Death, Gorod, Black Dahlia Murder / technical metal (so long as it's still tuneful) / death metal / black metal.
I'm a technical guitarist, but I put song writing, structure, style and melody above technicality. Some songs need a solo and lead, some don't. My aim has always been to play the best of punk and metal together, as I think it's the perfect combination and keeps everything really open to ideas and interesting to listen to and play. I often write tunes that are quite progressive (they start in one place and end in another, whilst maintaining a theme).
I'm a chilled out guy that's easy to get on with and I'm full of ideas. Also have my own gear, of course - and drive my own car. Looking more at concentrating on writing and playing than gigging, but definitely happy to do some gigs if things work out, but I'm not looking to spend every weekend at it.
Here's a few recordings I've quickly dug out - my style is fairly varied within the punk and metal genre. I've got a load more that I can send to anyone that wants to hear:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OMEQ2axOJKbsJJIgoFnt6TmDoM6OqMvK/view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18UpqsDV6tg2DqhhzpPdABdup0k-VMkGv/view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TNfc8ofcmcA8241On3nYTvwqkJC_lc2B/
https://youtu.be/K9LZfPUl87Q
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bxrKnREkz_3YJaVlO3o297apI0GSO9BQ/view
If this sounds interesting to you, give me a shout!
Lee