ok i joined this band as a guitar player last Aug. they were a 3 piece before i joined with only one show under their belt.(the band not the players,all have had prior bands) i played my first show with them only 2 weeks after i joined.we did a bunch of shows and were saving the "band funds" for recording.then two members spent the band fund on t-shirts.i didn't find out till they were already ordered.(1st red flag).i was not happy about this 'cause whats the point of having shirts if your not on tour,and don't have a recording.i let this slide. then one day i show up for practice and they tell me paul is coming (a friend in another band) i'm like why? they say to play "lead guitar" i was not informed prior to this. (2nd red flag) but since i know and like the guy i let this slide too. i really think we sounded better before.he comes from a more heavy metal background and i kinda liked our scrappy punk sound. so we book time to record,but the dude who was gonna record us cancelled for personal reasons (i took the day off work,and really couldn't afford to lose a days pay) they wanted to do it the following week i said i can't do that day,because of work lets do another day.they went in and did drums,bass and some guitar tracks. this really pissed me off cause i am very hands on and want to be there for everything.but i waited till i heard it.once i heard it i find they didn't do drums and bass for the song i wrote.when i brought this up they told me they ran out of time and we would do it next session. so my other band (where i play bass) got offered a show last friday and i got this band on the bill as well.the previous mon they cancelled cause our bass players mom fell down the stairs and is messed up and needs surgery.obviously this is more important than a show.so of course i said go take care of your mom.so i play the show with my other band. on saturday i find out they went and recorded everything else except my parts.so f*** this i quit.this is not the way bands are supposed to do things.now they say they don't want me to quit? i said the only way i would stay is if they delete everything and start over.so whatever i have 2 other bands now and have played in many bands and i've never had to deal with shit like this.
