Wheely wrote:When I was in high school, I used to tell my parents that I was spending the night with a friend, but in reality I would just stay out all night. Once, I think I was a junior, I went to a huge party under a railroad bridge and got wasted and stayed up all night. I have a very vivid memory of driving around on country roads the next morning, shortly after the sun had risen, still a little drunk. My girlfriend was sleeping in the back seat and a friend was sleeping in the passenger seat. Everything was very quiet except for Poison's "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" was playing on the stereo. (it was my girlfriend's cassette). I remember singing along in a low voice, thinking "this is a very important moment in my life".

It may have been.

I might be convinced to see this film if that fucker who did 'Clerks' wasn't allowed anywhere near it.

Last summer, at the very last minute possible, the drummer pulled out off a very successful '80s band's nostalgia tour. I got called in to play. I arrived two days before the bus pulled out for the first show, and I had two practices to learn all of the songs for the tour. Very successful '80s band, playing to 5,000 to 15,000 people every night. The band has been together for 25 years or more and hasn't had to do long practices in at least ten, so I got the most rudimentary dash through the set in those two practices.

I was shitting bricks for the first week of shows, and there were plenty of moments that topped the "most embarrassing rock moment."

Argh. Coming back from the bridge too early and starting the last verse from "the hit" in Detroit... it still burns!!!!


::Edit:: Having now read this thread all the way to the end, I realize that I may have missed the true point of what is meant when one says Your Rock and Roll Education...

I have one of those sorts of stories as well- Some time in the '80s either Creem or Circus magazine, both of which I read avidly, did a facetious story on how the Ramones had been made Honorary US Marines. It had something to do with their constant use of USMC-style logos and their hard-as-nails tour schedule and focus... a pretty thin conceit, I realize now, but at the time, I was so proud that I went and showed the article to my US Marine dad.

We were both very confused, and for completely different reasons.

When I was 13, me and some friends played "Jeremy by Pearl Jam at our middle school talent show.
I played bass and two of my friends played guitar.
The "lead guitarist" had his cousin play drums.
Our first practice with his cousin was on the day that we had practice for the talent show.
I was so psyched about this event that I went out and bought the white Alice In Chains Dirt album cover t-shirt to wear on stage.
It hung in my closet for two weeks because I wanted to "debut" it at the show.
I think I may have even worn something else to school that day.
Right before we hit the stage, we let our friend Eric do our "makeup".
I cannot remember what everyone else's makeup looked like, but somehow I ended up with a bunch of brown paint on my face and everyone going "Dude, it looks like you have a beard."
I ended up getting that brown paint on my brand new white Alice In Chains t-shirt.

i sang Usher's "You Make Me Wanna" at a talent show the year after performing "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better." Indeed, I can do anything better than myself a year ago

i argued with several esteemed members of this board about whether bass is one or two ocatves lower than a guitar.

then i changed my name.

then i got over it.

then i went ahead and deleted those posts even though they were still quoted in other posts.

i guess i wasn't really over it.

(i don't know if i already told that story on this thread.)

At one point I considered Guns and Roses 'Classic Rock,' what ever that means.

The Crust Brothers covered G'N'R so I would say you were quite correct with your original assertion.

When I was younger I knew these dudes in a metal band who did a lot of covers.

One of the covers they did was Metallica's "Enter Sandman."

I was like 14, and my Uncle had made me a tape of half of Metallica's "Black Album" and Slayer's "Reign in Blood." He mislabeled the tape, putting "SlayeR" on side A where Metallica was and "MetallicA" on Side B where Slayer was. This was my first introduction to "metal." It was a pretty heavy time.

When "Mutual DestructioN" played a show at Manfreddie's Pizza Parlor, their guitarist/vocalist said I could sing "Enter Sandman." I knew the words to this song. Easy.

Like I said, my metal cherry had just recently been popped, so this whole loud, fast, heavy thing was still new. So when they started playing "Enter Sandman," I started singing "Angel of Death." Took me a while to notice every face in the place burning holes through my Dead Kennedys t-shirt and into my young flesh. Needless to say, it was a laugh riot for the crowd.

The band, having taken me under their metal wings and been embarassed by entrusting me with vocal duties at a decently-packed show, disowned me as a fan.

When I was in 10th grade, my band at the time (called Thunder Egg, mentioned in the "your first band" thread) played my friend's BBQ birthday party outside. We did a lot of originals and a few covers. I was so nervous cause my GF at the time was watching. We had 3 guitars in the lineup at this stage in the game (unnecessary = yes). We just look stiff and awkward. I love our mess of combo amps over the lawn.

Max (one of the guitarists who Im still friends with) was like 14 here. The drummer to this band is the drummer in the band I played in this summer called Howarewe Hawaii? (www.myspace.com/howarewehawaii). I put the link there just so you can hear how much better hes gotten.

Heres us nerding-it-up with an instrumental Nintendo theme song cover.

Yes, my friend videotaped it, and yes its on youtube, in decent quality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL5l8f0084E

Listen to my slick bass solo.

- Chet

First time I post on this thread.

When I was like 12 I really liked Oasis. I had 4 of their records(could be all of their records by then). It's really embarrassing, since Oasis is crap to me. I don't know where those cd's are today, I'm just glad they're not in my house.

When I was 15 I played in this, emm, cover band. I don't remember how I got to play with them, they were one of the first bands I played in, maybe the second band I played in. We played 3 shows I think, other bands played as well. We played a cover to "smoke on the water" and I think we played a song called wicked thing or something like that, which is also a cover. To my defense, I will say that except for Smoke on the water, I didn't know any of the other songs we played. I just learned the songs, made a bass line and was happy to go. Soon afterwards we "disbanded". This band was crap. However, to make things look less worse, when I was 12 I played with this drummer, we've never recorded anything, but I vaguely remember the style of music and it was more or less like Lightning Bolt(I played bass and he drums), it wasn't as fast as lightning bolt, but it was furious and loud(as much as my small amp let me). I'm very proud of this "band".

not about me but I was there...

when I was about 14 or so a friend and I were up late drinking, smoking pot, and watching film clips. hanson's Mmm bop came on. my friend sez "man that chick is so hot..." talking about the lead singer.