Meshing largely different musical visions.

[DustFerret]

Hello everyone, I'm in a band. Nameless, so far. We're writing originals (meaning I'm writing originals, while they others tell me how much they suck), and playing covers, but me and our bassist often get into very heated arguments.

Although we're only in highschool, it seems like he's trying to sell us. He is trying to push me very far into the mainstream, and whenever I have any unconventional idea. Like covering a song that isn't popular, using a different instrument, electronic effects/backtracks, he accuses me of wanting to turn us into art rock. Which isn't what I want to do at all. He calls electronics and all that cheating, and thinks the rest of the stuff is stupid, because it doesn't sell.

He dropped Rush form our set list, to do Disturbed because it's more popular. He wants to do the songs that everybody knows, but I want to introduce people to something different. He is under the conception that a band is about energy, and not art, and that doing things like acoustic sets, and softer songs is unnacceptable because it lacks energy, therefore it's pointless.

I'm a drummer, learning guitar. I can't afford proper drum equipment, but I have an acceptable guitar for the time being, but he want's me to spend money on a drumset my parents won't let me have. He's insane. I need to find some help in making it work.

[IbanezAndTamaDrums]

Hey, we figured it out though. And Chris, the reason for this is because if you look at the set list, everything is from the 70's and 80's, its nice to have a couple current songs.

What we really need, is a band name.

[Professor Riffs]

All you gotta do is name your band Satanic Fetal Harvest. Everything else will fall into place.

[dagosto]

Ooo. That's a good one. How about "Blood Meal"

[DustFerret]

Why thank you for the enlightening, relevant, and amazing advice.

Satanic Fetal Harvest. That'll solve all our problems!
We should do onstage virgin sacrifices.

[IbanezAndTamaDrums]

Eh I had the idea of calling us Vast Minority, and the Bassist is like SICK but DustFerret here is like PSH NO.

Anything is better than a name like "We get cranked buy guys named gary" I guess

[dolivas]

let's see if anyone get's this: Iommi's Soul Patch for the name of the band.

[Professor Riffs]

I saw a used cassette in a store many, many moons ago, by a band called "Gay Bikers On LSD". I'm pretty sure if you asked nicely you could just use that name.

[DustFerret]

That's a good name. I like it. has a nice ring.