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Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica.ABOUT
Original Rock&Roll Music. Over half-a-freaking century in the making.
CreekLoreGodz is an anagram for OLD GEEZER ROCK. If you are smart enough to understand that sentence, you are smart enough to be in this band!
Looking to form band from scratch to work on new, ORIGINAL music. I tend to like rock, but do listen to a variety of music, blues, folk, soul, (old) country. I tend to enjoy people who enjoy their own original sound, and are not compelled to be a slave to trends. Nobody has to be a virtuoso and play a thousand notes a minute. Hell, David Gilmour just tried to hit the pockets and nuances of a song, and he did pretty good. Ritchie Havens just strummed along and so forth. I guess I'm specifically not interested in rap or disco. Most else fair game. I even like some classical music, Andres Segovia was amazing, for example. Oh. Can't stand opera either. All that caterwailing and shrieking. Ouch!
I am very partial though, to loud, melodic, overdriven crunchy kind of motor-sounding riffs. Gets the blood pumping. No thrash style lyrics, though. I like the singing to be accessible, more along the lines of classic rock like Zep or even post-grungers like Pearl Jam. I like harmonies too. Kinda like the Byrds on their hits. Harmonica -- I mostly like something akin to Junior Wells (something with a lot of attack). But I've gotta say that slow, yowling harp like Springsteen on Nebraska is cool too. As far as keyboards, I really dig that crazy guy from Atomic Rooster. There's a lot of him on be. I like the way that bands like Skynard and the Stones used piano too. Just not Billy Joel or Elton John, fer Chrissakes. On bass I like John Paul Jones kinda structure -- but dig a lot of walking bass and swoops and stuff. Stanley Clarke you need not be, but he was awesome too. On drums a steady, hard back beat and occasional crazy stutter rolls and timely cymbal crashes is fine.
I'm pretty much into socially-conscious themes as far as lyrics go. Meaningful stuff, instead of Twisted Sister (Rock & Roll Party) kind of blither. I really never GOT the spandex era of rock. Period. I will concede that about every eight songs or so that it is kinda necessary to write a ballad or love song (or anti-love song) or whatever. Life is mostly about love or love lost though, so this shouldn't be a problem. I never really understood how crap bands like Foreigner pushed the socially-conscious music (from the late sixties and early seventies) off the airwaves anyhow. Probably a conspiracy. Or just a whole lot of payola.
Anyhow, so we'd be this awesome bunch of old-timers, with good sounding and well thought out tunes based on our ages of life's experiences. But we'd still just be a bunch of ugly old fu*king hippies, right? Not too marketable, you might shrug. Well... if we get THAT far we could just find some buck young stud or hottie chick to sing and front.
As I age, I'm kinda looking for some like-minded band mates, who get along and are supportive -- not overwrought egos to rip each other's work apart. I'm SO old, that I want this to be the last band I have to start. Creative tension, infighting, and animosity are for established bands like the Eagles, Pink Floyd; or guys that have been tons around the block like Lennon and McCartney back in the day. So... upbeat & fun to be around is kinda MANDATORY. I've been through bands where somebody kills themselves; or you get songs on the radio -- and nobody sees a fu*king penny because management got it all. No time for haters or crooks.
Speaking of managers... if you are a good sound man or tech wiz, or have related creative or business skills, feel free to answer too. Good people are hard to find.
Oh yeah. Attendance and punctuality gotta be there too. Respect. If your cat threw up on your dog is no reason to miss. You should be able to change a flat tire, or have AAA Roadside or OnStar if you're riding on four pieces of sh*t. I don't mind a little 420, or a beer or two to get creative juices flowing, but most anything harder than those taken BEYOND MODERATION while working will probably not work. No unduly insane people, criminals, controversial, conniving, or polarizing figures that are going to make Rob Wolchek, Charlie LeDuff, or Heather Catallo yell at me pulling in and out of my driveway. No filthy, stinky fu*king pigs either. Can't have you driving women away. I have a couple hoses outside, and some GOJO Deluxe Antibacterial, if you're not feeling me here.
Whew! If you are TRULY an Old Geezer -- any more info in this ad, and we're probably both going to need a nap. Later.
- Screen name:
- C M
- Member since:
- Feb 15 2012
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
- Years playing music:
- 40
- Gigs played:
- 50 to 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 1 night a week
Influences
Classic rock, hard rock, blues, folk, country, classical. Heck -- just about everything but disco.
