Instruments

[Steve Cowan]

I've been playing guitar since 1991, but I don't consider myself in any way accomplished. I dabble with bass, but more as a necessity than anything (I'm a rudimentary follower of the guitar in that fashion). I growl, if the voice is to be considered an instrument (which, it is), but wish I could sing clean (I sound like a dying sea-lion). 

[xUpTheIronsx]

I started playing drums in first grade. 1976. Would play along to old Mowtown R&B albums that my dad had...Jackson 5, Gladys Knight and the Pips etc. At the same time, mom was listening to Sabbath, Styx, Kansas, so I would play along to that as well. Decided that I was goign to be a musician/drummer for life in 3rd grade when I got into Rush...

picked up the bass in 7th grade, and added that o the list. Played my first live show summer between 8th and 9th grade at the State Fair with a rag-tag band of older neighborhood guys who needed a bass player. Cover stuff of 70's and 80's rock. 

did the whole band thing in high school...marching and concert  band (drums), and jazz band (bass). Got into my first all original metal band in high school. We were influenced by Maiden, Priest, Queensryche, BOC, Accept, Dio, Fates Warning etc. We played everywhere. Won Battle of Bands etc. College came along and we split but remained friends.   I got into the hardcore punk scene the in the early 90's. Spent many a great time playing house shows, basements, and dives all across the midwest. lived in a van, etc...got into a surf/punk/lo-fi/indy-pop band in the mid 90's who did some mid level touring and shows: got to play with David Byrne, Howard Jones, Fountains Of Wayne....have 4 albums on iTunes. That band is called Go Robot, Go! Along side of that, I got back into a metal band, who I have now been with since 2002. we also have 3 releases on itunes etc, and have opened for In This Moment when they were just touring in an old white van. also played with Skeletonwitch, Lair Of The Minotaur....that band is called Fools Crown

Finished my Bachelors of Music Education in 2013 (on the 20 year college plan!) and have always been a band director/percussion instructor as my 9-5. 

[NokturnalBoredom]

I play bass guitar and I primarily play stuff like 311 and Sublime, believe it or not. I find most metal & punk bass playing to be boring, so I don't spend a lot of time playing along to any of it. I like the rhythm and style of playing reggae and related music, so that's what I play when I am actually motivated enough to play along to something. I'm not good enough or creative enough to write my own music, so my playing is usually just playing along to other people's music.

[Sterre]

I play the bass, double bass and piano, but I don't play metal very often. I seem to gravitate towards jazz when I'm playing music, I think because jazz is just so nice to play on my bass.