Bands that learned to play their instruments as they went

casecandy · Post by **casecandy** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:38 pm

What are some?

I know Pavement and Mayhem took that approach, for sure.

EDIT: To clarify, I mean bands that didn't really know how to play their instruments when they started out. Obviously every band is learning to play their instruments as they go!

GardenoftheDead · Post by **GardenoftheDead** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:40 pm

The Ramones.

Granted they never got very far.

Chankgeez · Post by **Chankgeez** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 12:02 am

The Shaggs…

they got even less far…

and some people said they never learned how to play.

goroth · Post by **goroth** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 12:29 am

Converge.

Metallica did the opposite.

Iommic Pope · Post by **Iommic Pope** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 12:55 am

Obviously some members of the Sex Pistols.

Apparently the Depeche Mode guys learnt to synth as they went. Gary Numan as well.

I saw some doco on Parkway Drive and they said their bass player at the time they got huge had never even picked one up before, but was just a mate who was available to go on tour.
And now those cunts are one of like four bands who are able to make music for a living in this country.
The whole thing sickens me.
Mostly because they're shit.

D.o.S. · Post by **D.o.S.** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 1:09 am

I have no idea how true it actually is, but Sepultura allegedly didn't learn that guitars needed tuning until they went to record their first record.

kaeth · Post by **kaeth** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 1:46 am

I was gonna say this one, but I don't think he plans on getting any better.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS5p4M08jJs[/youtube]

Jero · Post by **Jero** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:14 am

kaeth wrote:I was gonna say this one, but I don't think he plans on getting any better.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS5p4M08jJs[/youtube]

Chankgeez · Post by **Chankgeez** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:22 am

Iommic Pope wrote:

Obviously some members of the Sex Pistols.

I think you're only meaning Sid.

Eivind August · Post by **Eivind August** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 10:10 am

Guitarist from Iron Butterfly had barely played before recording "In-a-gadda-da-vida".

Also, bass player from Flaming Lips, if I'm not mistaken.

SPACERITUAL · Post by **SPACERITUAL** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 10:24 am

D.o.S. wrote:I have no idea how true it actually is, but Sepultura allegedly didn't learn that guitars needed tuning until they went to record their first record.

I know max still hasn't learned to sing on key....

casecandy · Post by **casecandy** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 1:42 pm

Iommic Pope wrote:I saw some doco on Parkway Drive and they said their bass player at the time they got huge had never even picked one up before, but was just a mate who was available to go on tour.
And now those cunts are one of like four bands who are able to make music for a living in this country.
The whole thing sickens me.
Mostly because they're shit.

No argument here. I never got what people saw in them. Also, real original, a scene band named after a street. Kill me. Signed, Lorraine Drive, Boyce Avenue, Second Avenue, Every Avenue, Christie Front Drive...

ANYWAY, Thrice, who are definitely not shit, boast of pretty much exactly the same story. Eddie is just Riley's brother, Riley being the drummer and secondmost technically talented member of the group. In the liner notes of one of their records it says Eddie went from not knowing what a bass was to building his own bass in under a year.

You don't need to hate them for making a living either, Pope... I think they are a pastor, a menswear designer, and an advice columnist, now.

ANYWAY anyway.

This also reminds me of how in We Jam Econo Mike Watt tells the story in some detail of how he did not know that a bass had four thick strings when he went to buy one but wouldn't admit it to save face with the shop owner...

casecandy · Post by **casecandy** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 1:48 pm

Re: Thrice, I got the story backwards, Eddie joined first. Wiki:

Breckenridge joined Thrice having virtually no experience playing the bass (he was a skating buddy of soon to be singer/guitarist Dustin and lead guitarist Teppei). He soon convinced his brother Riley to join as the band's drummer. Breckenridge has an elbow problem that prevents him from turning over his left hand fully (making fingering the fret board more difficult than usual)

tabcantab · Post by **tabcantab** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 8:11 pm

Tina Weymouth (bass) from Talking Heads

casecandy · Post by **casecandy** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 11:56 pm

So we're seeing a big bass trend here

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