How I Quit a Band I Wasn't Even In
Went out last night for a various amount of reasons. Two birthdays, last day of Uni and meeting up with Liam were three of these reasons. For this special occasion, I thought I'd go suited and booted. As did my mates Liam and Hugh.

We ended up in Jukebox (a night that The Other Rooms hold), and danced to some live bands (one of them being a really good one called Kinevil. Remember this, it's important to the story) and drank some cheap drinks. We decided as we were the only ones dressed reasonably smart, we'd pretend to be in a band that had just finished a gig in town. We quickly went through details... Liam was the singer, I was the keyboardist and Hugh was the drummer- the band's name was Severus and we had a single out on Monday. We laughed, and we left it at that and carried on our night.

Later, around 1am, I went to the toilet. I ended up chatting to a guy who asked me why I was dressed so smart. I explained to him I was in a band called Severus. Except I didn't get the far.

"Mate.. why are you dressed so smart?"
"Well, I've just finished a gig in town. I'm in a band called-"
"Oh my god! Are you in Kinevil"

I looked at him. In my head, I knew Kinevil had just played, and surely he'd recognise me if I were in the band. Then again, they used a lot of dry ice smoke to hide themselves. I weighed out the options in my head, and answered;

"Yes."

Silly of me, I know. But what happened next was awesome.

"Yeah mate!" he said, "you guys were brilliant tonight. Here, have my card."

I looked at the card he gave me. He basically represents a music company that promotes new artists and gigs. I realise now that it was just an ego boost of him, and if I went through with this, he'd realise that I wasn't in the band Kinevil. So, I said what I think was the smartest thing I've ever come up with.

Looking at his card, I replied "Yeah... I've been thinking of leaving Kinevil for a while now.. in fact, this was my last show performing with them. But listen, I'll contact you about my new project"
"Yeah mate, sounds brill!"

I have representation for a band that I'M NOT EVEN IN, which I then ultimately left.

Time to form Severus, I think.
(__, Sun 25 May 2008, 16:14, 1 reply)

Band name
Severus is a good name but don't you think Septimus Severus would be better? Echoes of Franz Ferdinand. Plus, he was a really cool emperor who persecuted Christians and died in York.
If you make it big, I want 10%.
(mzungu, Tue 27 May 2008, 14:17, closed)