A band is a good way to break up a friendship.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's a really bad idea to be in a band and get involved with each other.
Band members have a special bond. A great band is more than just some people working together. It's like a highly specialized army unit, or a winning sports team. A unique combination of elements that becomes stronger together than apart.
The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
When you form a band, you form a real relationship that's like a marriage. It's an emotional connection, especially when you're young... because you don't know what's out there.
People forget that keeping a band together is hard; man, it's really hard. All the cliches apply about living in each other's pockets; of it being a relationship, a marriage, a family.
It's hard to say when the life of a band starts and stops... but playing music together is an act of trust. When that's broken, it's impossible to continue.
Whether you like another band's music or not you never know who is going to take you out on tour or who you are going to be friends with and that is just something that is important to us.
I've seen bands split up for five years and do nothing. That sounds great to me, but it just hasn't worked out that way.
If you start off writing an album with a band, the reality is that you're constantly in each other's company, so it's really important that you get on with each other.
Ultimately, running a band is about the relationships you have with people.