Best way to kick someone out of a band...

My name is Mud

Well folks - gimmie your best ways of kicking someone out of a band...

OLP

the truth

SonicDoom2005

Its not nice but if comes down to a critical stage where nobody can stand to be in the same room as him, then just face to face....Couple of years back we fired the guitarist by making him crowd surf off the stage and informing him he was fired just as reached the back of the crowd, before being dragged out the back door by security....haven't heard from him since

Pete Doherty

well, it all depends on why your kickin them out. if it`s for musical differences or somethin, then just be nice, "look, it`s not workin out, i think it would be best if you leave/we get someone else." OR, if you hate them, or their doin somethin you just cant handle or don`t want in your band , then youvè got to be brutal, like, "HEY! DICKFACE! either stop your ****in about, or get the **** outta my face!i don`t mind which you choose, but give alot of thought to the second choice!"

the only real ways..

|Maestro|

Get all the other band member to strip naked and start waltzing to the Coors,


it will solve your problem I promise, if not you will have the time of your life anyway

Pete Doherty

Good idea!! except, no, it`s not really!!

John

My name is Mud wrote:

Well folks - gimmie your best ways of kicking someone out of a band...

With your foot, obviously.

Brother A

Everybody pretend they just don't know the person - "I'm sorry who are you"..."you must have the wrong number"...."jim you say, well it doesn't ring a bell".
If you're consistent, your former bandmate will start to genuinely believe that none of it ever happened.

Doctor J

Just make that "wrong" noise from Family Fortunes every time they try to speak

You know the one

miju

just tell them the truth but with "tact" (and maybe massage their ego a small bit like your a really good guitarist/drummer/singer but your just not suiting the sound or something) you'd be suprised how well alot of people take being kicked outta a band

then again when i was kicked out of my band i just took out my machete, so go figure :eek:

BizzyC

Get him to sign onto boards and let him see this thread.
Should work nicely!

Zapp Brannigan

whatever you do dont go behind his back and bring in another musician, that kinda sly behaviour wrecks friendships. I know, it was done to me and i lost some people who i though were very good friends.

Waltons

BizzyC wrote:

Get him to sign onto boards and let him see this thread.
Should work nicely!

*Sigh* That happened with us.

It does depend on why you're kicking the person, but it'd probably be best to just tell them the truth

funky_buddah

Just be straight and honest.

Le Rack

eh that happened in my band a few weeks ago.
Our bassist who had started the band in the first place, went entirely behinde our backs and formed another band, and was just using us, for practice, she's gone to America for three months so we brought in better bassist, another guitarist and a new drummer, we used the excuse that she was going away for so long that we couldn't just stop and wait for her.
Just tell your dude that its not working out, or you need someone with a wider range, so to speak...

Doctor J

Aye, being serious about it...

Be honest. Treat them with the same respect you'd expect if it was you on the recieving end. If it's not working out tell them this and that you think it's in everyone's interest if you part ways. These things happen, it's poxy, often it's nobodies fault and there's no reason to be a prick about it. Bands are hard things to maintain and there's no sense in having an ex-member feeling bitter about ye when chances are your paths will cross in the future.

baz^

If you don't like the guy/girl just don't tell them next time practice is on, and next time you play a gig, he'll probably see the poster or whatnot and probably ge the picture. If you don't want to hurt them, though, I agree with _raptor_

steventylermoor

If someone was kicking you out of a band, how would you prefer to hear it?

ball

Have the band break up.
If you're replacing the guitarist, wait a few weeks and say the new guy wants to start a new band and wants everyone else to join.

Of course, you need a new name

Professey Chin

Dropkicks are the best kind of kicks

flanree

I remember back in school we all 'left' the band except for the guy who wasn't workin and then restarted a new band. Very lame but we were 16.

Nativedollx

tell he/she you think they are too good for the band, and that they are really wasting there talent being with you and should move on to bigger and better things... i know warsaw (joy division) used to do something similar back in the day... i thought it was genius

Mr. CooL ICE

Thats kinda what we did... Except we were all 19/20, and drummer was 16 :pac:

OP, what stage is the band at? Have ye at least started gigging? If you're just after getting together and theres a big musical difference, then they should know what to expect. However, if they are severely incompetent and holding you back, then theres no choice but to tell them that.

Lots of things complicate getting rid of members, e.g. If you practise in their garage, if they leave their equipment at your place. If you need advice on how to approach it, we need moar details

Malice

steventylermoor wrote: »

If someone was kicking you out of a band, how would you prefer to hear it?

Was there really a need to drag up a four year old thread? I'm sure My name is Mud has long since kicked out the band member

Soundness

My name is Mud wrote: »

Well folks - gimmie your best ways of kicking someone out of a band...

Hey !

That's an interesting topic, really hard to answer as there could be many situations, it depends what's wrong and how friends you're with him also...

If he's not at the level of your requirements then go gently but straight to the point. (there's no other way anyway)

Start by focusing on his qualities and then explain that despite his hard work, it is still not good enough for the band...
It will help if the other members of the band agree and are right behind u to give other elements of explanation.
Refer for example on how he f**ked up a particular song on the last gig or whatever happened with his playing / or attitude.

There so many musicians that think that they're good enough, but they're so sh**te. They could go on a dire straits if there's no one to tell them, because most of the time they don't realize themselves, or they just don't want to admit it..

In other words you could make a good action, not even for the band, but for him as well...

My advice is to do it as quick as possible anyway because there's nothing more fustrating for a band to have a weak member...

Good luck mate !:cool:

eastcoastscuba

I was on the receiving end of getting the cards from a band I had started with a guy a year or so back, after changing the line up we had his brother on drums, all was good til I got made redundant, had to move home and had sh1t loads of stress for a day or so, a disagrement happened which was my fault and I held my hand up and apologized and having being friends with them for a while, asked if all was ok, was told it was, moved on with getting recordings started and gigs planned. Long story short, the atmosphere did change and I had a gut feeling but choose to ignore it and thought it would blow over, but they said nothing until after the gig, a week later telling me I was out, next day on myspace they had a new bassplayer! The fact that they knew they were doing this and just wanted the tracks down and gig played showed what two-faced dicks they were, if they wanted me out they should have told me way back, but I learnt a very valuable lesson and wont get f**k over again.

unclebill98

If all else fails break up and reform without them....

DerKaiser

How was Syd Barrett kicked out of Pink Floyd?

-Rick "Shall we pick up Syd for the rehearsal then?"
-Roger (ponders) "No"

Organise a band meeting in a pub and tell it to them straight, you want to go far in music you have to have the balls to tell them they're out