I am a bassist who has been toying with the idea of starting a '90s band. I think the time is right to capture the nostalgia and gain an audience.
About me: I have been playing guitar off and on since 1999, but would prefer to play the bass in the band. I'm not the best bassist in the world, but I can get the job done. I have minimal on-stage experience. I have filled in on the drums passingly in a band years ago. I'm not a drummer, but I still had fun.
About you: You have been playing and/or singing these songs for a while and want to have fun doing so with a likeminded group of people.
About the band: I will play the bass. We will need a drummer, a lead guitarist, a rhythm guitarist, and keys. That's five people. Ideally, we will have a female singer and a male singer. That way we can cover all the songs. (Well, most of the songs. Some will just be impossible.). In a perfect world, if you are one of the two main singers, you will be able to sing and play your instrument at the same time.
My goal is to be able to start gigging out in Spring or Summer. I'm thinking bars, breweries, and the like around the Fort Collins/Loveland/Greeley area to start with. Larger gigs and festivals could be possible once we start to really gel.
About the music: I listened to a bunch of '90s playlists on Spotify and picked out the ones that I think an audience would like to hear. There are a bunch of different genres and styles included. If you think I am missing some songs or that some songs in the list should be deleted, that's cool. We will collaborate on the playlist. I want to learn enough songs that we can play the same place two nights in a row but not have to do the exact same playlist each night.