There is one man in Helms Alee.
Re: One Man Bands
24Folks here are confusing "solo acts" and "singer-songwriters" with "one man bands". A solo project and a singer songwriter might have one person play all the instruments in the recording, but they'll tour with a backing band or maybe play live shows as a stripped down acoustic set. A one man band has one person playing multiple instruments at once in a live setting. Or more recently they might dick around with multiple tracks on a loop pedal. Sometimes it's gimmicky and lame, sometimes it's not.
f.k.a. jimmy two hands
Re: One Man Bands
25I vote not crap. Most recent example is Pajo opening for SUNN. I couldn't see everything he had up there, but the end result was super interesting and well presented.
Re: One Man Bands
26Not crap. Jim Shepard, The Scroungers, and I'm sure there's even some stuff that's more known that I'm blanking on.
Re: One Man Bands
29Also my understanding. So like Holy Sons is not a one-man-band but Chad VanGaalen is *when* he plays like this (which is how he started out busking) but not when he plays a bunch of instruments himself on his albums.Jimbo wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:41 pm Folks here are confusing "solo acts" and "singer-songwriters" with "one man bands". A solo project and a singer songwriter might have one person play all the instruments in the recording, but they'll tour with a backing band or maybe play live shows as a stripped down acoustic set. A one man band has one person playing multiple instruments at once in a live setting. Or more recently they might dick around with multiple tracks on a loop pedal. Sometimes it's gimmicky and lame, sometimes it's not.
Fun fact: In addition to being a sometimes one-man-band and renowned animator, Chad VanGaalen did a stupid human trick on Letterman.
In conclusion, one-man-bands are often not great, but sometimes they are.