I did a thing with some friends from work. Occasionally we open a rock evening at work where other bands play after us because they are far better than we are. I like the following photos:
We played a few songs with various line-ups because things are always more complicated than you think they are.
- Song 2 – Blur
- Wake Up – Rage Against The Machine
- American Idiot – Green Day
I had played American Idiot before in another workplace with a classic rock band called Cashback. The other two songs were new to me but I enjoyed learning them and playing them was great. My only annoyance was that every song was in a different guitar tuning and I had to change between each song. To aid me with this I finally bought an electronic bypass guitar tuner, it is one of my new favourite things.
In case you think there’s some photo trickery going on I am left handed and play that way. I’m pretty sure that for many performances I’ve been on the left of the stage and that suits me. My first public performance was our sixth form leaving bash at the school I attended and I played bass for the band Snakebite. Anyway, here’s to the next rock evening.