thecowboykiller

i am just wondering what all of you think makes a great band......for me...there are 3 main things...it kinda goes like this.....

3. honesty in music...no mtv inspired lyrics......words that sell make me sick...
2. live show...if you have an awesome live show...ill come to see you...
1.personality...be cool guys...i would rather dish out time and money on a group of nice, fun, cool friends than a bunch of douche bags (ahem...evergreen) who think they are better than everyone else...

Thrice

4. good music?

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sleepy jack

That was classic.

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inside_out

Nice. It just might help.

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Dan*B

It makes sence

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thecowboykiller

yeah...good music is important...no doubt...and that would be on the list if i asked waht made good MUSICIANS...but no...i asked what qualities made a great "band".........aren't semantics fun?.......

Thrice

Are you serious? heres a little scenario for you...theres these guys in an 'amazing band' and they put on a great live show as far as entertaining, they sling their guitars around and sing with passion and emotion their 'honestly written lyrics' and they are way cool and down to earth, which meets your requirements for a great band of course, but when it comes to the music the lead guitarist knows 3 chords which he plays for every song, the drummer is offbeat, and the bassist is playing the pentonic scale, and the rhythm guitarist is randomly hitting strings while moving his fingers to random frets, as a result, the worst sound anyone has ever heard emerges...but they are a great band excluding any effing musical talent.

nice try though.

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Lew Harrison, who looked like an anarchist with his red eyes and fierce black beard, had been writing furiously in one corner of the room. "That's good—happiness by the kilowatt," he said. "Buy your happiness the way you buy light."

inside_out

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"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."

Thrice

thanks bud, glad to see you finally got back on.

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Lew Harrison, who looked like an anarchist with his red eyes and fierce black beard, had been writing furiously in one corner of the room. "That's good—happiness by the kilowatt," he said. "Buy your happiness the way you buy light."