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In the spirit of The Troggs tapes, amuse us with your personal tales of intra-band arguments in the studio, on stage, and in rehearsal rooms across the world.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 28 August 2003 23:44 (twenty-two years ago)

"fucking play the way i told you to play it, you goddamn hippie!!"

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 28 August 2003 23:48 (twenty-two years ago)

hippies r cool 8-)

― Caitlin O'Neil (kurdtkobain205), Thursday, 28 August 2003 23:49 (twenty-two years ago)

My band mates trying to convince me at 13 that I needed to tune my bass to standard tuning so that I would be tuned to the rest of the band. I thought that sucked so I quit that band the next day. I have not been in a band ever since. I spent the next year making weird cassettes of noise I made with my bass in my room.

In hindsight it makes a lot of sense.

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Friday, 29 August 2003 00:16 (twenty-two years ago)

that sounds fun

― Caitlin O'Neil (kurdtkobain205), Friday, 29 August 2003 00:19 (twenty-two years ago)

99% of my band fights are about the others forgetting how the song goes

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 29 August 2003 00:22 (twenty-two years ago)

A singer songwriter in one band I was in was trying to teach another guy in the band a keyboard part, and when he couldn't get it, muttered 'It'd be quicker to train an ape'. How charming!

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Friday, 29 August 2003 00:33 (twenty-two years ago)

the other 1% is about someone hitting on/sleeping with another band mates significant other.

― gallantseagull, Friday, 29 August 2003 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)

All of us are in even-tempered tuning -- why do you insist upon playing in just intonation? Lamonte? Why won't you answer me?

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Friday, 29 August 2003 01:57 (twenty-two years ago)

"i'll kill you! i'll kill all of you!! especially the rhythm section!!!!"

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 29 August 2003 02:08 (twenty-two years ago)

"99% of my band fights are about the others forgetting how the song goes"

"the other 1% is about someone hitting on/sleeping with another band mates significant other."

C'mon guys - you're missing the ones about people turning up late (again) or without some vital piece of equipment (again) or too pissed / stoned to play properly (again) or without enough money to pay for their share of the rehearsal room (again) or....

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 29 August 2003 07:47 (twenty-two years ago)

oh shit don't remind me!!! goddamn

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 29 August 2003 08:45 (twenty-two years ago)

DQ (paying £150 a day in studio): Ummm, this is WAY out of time. The tempo is all over the place. Try playing to a click this time.

Drummer:(mumbles)

DQ: What?

Drummer: I don't think that's a very good idea

DQ: Why not?

Drummer: Because then it will sound robotic and mechanical.

DQ: Well that's better than it slowing down the whole time. OK let's get the click on.

Drummer:(holds up hands in 'wait' gesture)I'm not good with clicks, I don't think I can do it. In fact I'm SURE I c-c-c-can't d-d-d-d-do it (turns green)

DQ: (anxiously watching clock) OK, forget that track. We'll do it another time. OK for this one, there's an 'improv' section. I want it incredibly noisy and chaotic. Just thrash all over the kit. Whatever you want. Just don't play any 'beats', OK! Just noise! Fun, huh? OK tape rolling...

(Drummer starts doing retard versh of Joy Division trance beat)

DQ: WHAT the FUCK are you DOING!!!?

(Enter Bass Player)

BP: Hey Dave...?

DQ: What?

BP: Do you have the number for a cab?

DQ: ?

BP: I think I'm sick.

DQ: Well there's a couch in the other room. Go lie down.

BP: No, I mean REALLY sick. I think I ate a bad burger...I'm going to puke any second...just get me a cab, I have to go home!! (grabs wastebasket and makes retching noises)

Drummer: (moronic grin) Hey guys! I think I can do a straight beat now!!!

FOUR MONTHS LATER

(DQ gets reimbursed by ex-band members for their share of studio expenses. All dreams of world conquest destroyed, DQ contemplates career as librarian somewhere in the southeastern Yukon Territory)

― dave q, Friday, 29 August 2003 10:21 (twenty-two years ago)

you fucking die," i said, to her
i said "YOU FUCKING DIE," to her

huh? what?

no, no! i was talking to kim -i said "you fucking die"
no, i was just- we were just goofing around
no, no. it didn't have anything to do with anything
she said: "don't tou- anybody touch this is my stuff"
and I said "you fucking die" like that
i was finishing her part for her

you know what I mean?

― jed_e_3 (jed_e_3), Friday, 29 August 2003 10:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Ciconne Youth man!

― mei (mei), Friday, 29 August 2003 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)

"You spent the money I gave you for gas, so we could get to the practice space, on imported pasta? I quit!"

No gas in Jon's truck, so I had to walk home.

― Stephen Boyle (SBoyle), Friday, 29 August 2003 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I think this:

All of us are in even-tempered tuning -- why do you insist upon playing in just intonation? Lamonte? Why won't you answer me?

would be more realistic if it was this:

All of us showed you what just intonation is -- why do you insist upon writing us out of the history? La Monte? Why won't you let us hear the tapes?

― hstencil, Friday, 29 August 2003 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)

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