Looking to set up alternative/dark rock band

corkstudent

Range of influences would include Smashing Pumpkins, Queens of the Stone Age, Muse, Age, Bauhaus, Joy Division, Cinema Strange.

Looking for people interested in something a bit odd and fun, different to what's being played out there crrently.

bVANDAMME

hey i been playin guitar for 5/6 odd years now, could play bass too. have good enough guitar and bass gear. i'm pretty much into anything from blues to metal to stoner hippy music to grunge. what do you play? i'm from limerick myself but just moved to cork to go to ucc

corkstudent

What bands in specific do you listen to?

I play guitar.

Seraphicblue

i'd be interested too
i've been playing bass about two and a half years now

bands in particular, Bauhaus, Sisters of mercy, 69 eyes, some Tool, bit o The Cure too

corkstudent

I'm thinking of mixing in a big of classic rock/metal too, at least the higher energy bit and the odd solo/lead element, as well as some synth. I'm thinking the sound would be a bit like a Smashing Pumpkins/Bauhaus/Birthday Massacre fusion.

Seraphicblue

yeah....like the birthday massacre
nice fusion
for sure id like to do this
are you thinking a male or female vocalist

you've got me hooked the birthday massacre btw

Malice

I like The Birthday Massacre too . I assume from your username you're based in Cork?

Seraphicblue

bump

corkstudent

Hmm what else do you play other than bass? I had another guy interested in bass, but your focus seems a bit more along the lnes of what I'm doing... I'm no good at this sort of thing, aspergers and all

I need an interested second guitarist before I make any decisions I think.

corkstudent

malice_ wrote: »

I like The Birthday Massacre too . I assume from your username you're based in Cork?

Yeah Cork City.

I'd be going for a sound a bit less preppy than TBM though, that element of their music sometimes gets on my nerves. I think the Pumpkims/Bauhaus/TBM with some general RAWK thrown in is about right though it could end up taking a slightly different direction.

I'm unsure about the vocals. Having someone who can also sing would be good. I want to try a bit of singing/song writing too, I'm not great but I think if i practiced and kept in a limited range, it'd work out.

Seraphicblue

alrighty, so as i see it so far there is you and two interested parties.
me(bass) and bvandamme(guitar),(possibly)
so you could pm him
and then keys and drums, whadda ya think?

Malice

corkstudent wrote: »

Yeah Cork City.

Crud, that's a bit far for me to travel for a jam . Oh well, best of luck with the venture!

corkstudent

I'll keep this up a little longer.

corkstudent

You still looking for guitarist/keys

Seraphicblue

hmmm
*is confused*

corkstudent

I think a whole chunk of that message went missing.

Anyway I'm still looking for a guitarist/keyboardist.

corkstudent

I sent you a PM Seraph as your musical influences seems fairly close to mine.

Apologies to the guy that offered bass a while back in the last thread.

I'm no good at this sort of thing

Seraphicblue

bump

corkstudent

Hey there Just waiting to see if an interested guitarist/keyboardist will reply. Unless you can play a bit of guitar too.

Seraphicblue

I can play keyboards. not very well, i gave up years ago

so yeah keyboardist/guitarist is the important

corkstudent

It'd be cool to have a girl guitarist actually.

corkstudent

Hmm I thought there'd be loads of guitarists around. Weird.

corkstudent

corkstudent

:O

bVANDAMME

ahoy there sorry i've been off the radar a bit. i don't happen to be a girl but i can make some adjustments.

i listen to soundgarden quite a bit, occasionally smashing pumpkins, pearl jam a good bit, bit of muse, mostly audioslave, janes addiction, led zeppelin, silverchair a feck load. a lot of other stuff too, metal, stoner music etc etc etc

i been playin for 6 years now and have some pretty good guitars and an only ok amp

Seraphicblue

adjustments you say?
a sex change?
thats going a bit far man

bVANDAMME

so thats a no go on the operation? thank jebus.

what part of the city are ye thinking of here do you know?

corkstudent

Hah it was only a suggestion. There aren't enough girl guitarists. I was watching a Jeff Beck thing and he has this girl bassist that's meant to be really good. Having a trap guitarist might be kind of class though.

Anyway my guitar is ****ed at the moment, if anyone knows someone who'll fix the input jack and maybe give it a quick set up for cheap that'd be great.

As for the band I'm not sure. I think I just want people to jam with for now, maybe record some stuff, see where I go from there. it really sucks that a lot of the bands I'm into people haven't really heard of even though they're not terribly obscure, guess thats Ireland for you these days. I want to do some kinda clangy rock bit like Bauhaus or maybe Joy Division with the kind of warmer edge of 90s alt rock, but I kind of need people who are familiar with the post punk kind of stuff.