Posted by Ryan Z on Sun Jun 25 20:17:01 2000: IP Address: 165.121.37.231
In Reply to: True History of the Band posted by Witness to History on Tue Jun 20 01:44:58 2000:
I find that the person that posted it seems to know an awful lot about what happened. The simple fact that this person would waste the time to repeat something like this is noble, but I see as misguided. Admittedly, each person has a different perspective. I would like to bring up a few points concerning the "foundation" of the band.
* Now that the band has been weeded out, the only members of the original 6 or 7 people that truly have a gigging band are myself and James. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but if 5 people have been moved out and 2 are left, and the 2 left have a band, that means one would assume they were the founders. Notice these facts:
- The first and all band practices were held at James's house.
- Ryan wrote the first song lyrics ever (albeit they weren't the greatest, they were lyrics and the first recorded evidence of the band)
- It's true that Anthony was rushed and scrounged up to play the drums. We didn't have much time to find a drummer. If we could have, we would have found a good drummer, but we were short on time. Anthony had been playing for maybe a month to go, and yes, James did dumb down the drum beats. We would have rather had drum beats that were consistent and mediocore, than good beats that couldn't be played.
- For our first time playing in front of a crowd, the band did extremely well. Sure, the songs weren't amazing, the lyrics were okay, but for the first time, it was an extremely good performance. Atleast we didn't get boo'd :)
- The whole process with Andy can basically be nailed down to this. In my eyes, Andy wasn't cutting it. In my eyes, Anthony wasn't cutting it. In my eyes, James wasn't cutting it vocally. I still wasn't cutting it with the guitar. I had a lot of issues with the musicianship within the band. I was willing to work through it, because that's what bands do. However, there was a lot of conflict between the band as to the skills of Andy. With James picking up bass, the nail was put in the coffin. I think Mr. Sutter made it very obvious to Andy that he wasn't wanted. I would like to state for the record that the situation should have been discussed with Andy far before what it turned into. Andy, sorry about the mess if you're reading this.
Well, I'll get off my soapbox now. Sorry to be such a straight shooter Andy. Hope you do well with your bass (if you're reading this). I just felt I should clarify some things. That's about it.
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