Uh, what the F!?!?!

Maybe it's just me... but would you show up your first gig with a new band WASTED!?!

What is the deal with drummers. We have one drummer who is fantastic, and a great guy. The problem is that he plays with a ton of bands, so he can't make every gig. We have played with a slew of other drummers... good guys most of them, but just not right. I feel like fucking Goldilocks... too loose, too deaf, too flakey. This guy Saturday night down right embarrassed us. Of course I take our music seriously, I wrote it, and this jackass shows up wasted. The tempo, it was like driving behind someone riding the break... all night. I damn near stomped a hole in the stage trying to get him on track. He said he couldn't hear. He said he plays off the vocal... what? I've never heard that before. He was sharing a kit with the other band and didn't bring his snare or cymbals... I thought this was like the unwritten code of drummers, maybe it is written somewhere. What an asshole. And, he comes to me after the show and says that he doesn't think he messed up. When I (very tactfully, mind you) told him differently... he said it had nothing to do with being drunk. Yeah. Sure. He was damn near passing out back there.

Well, maybe it's time to get back to the songs. Maybe it's the right time for the solo project. I love the band and will play every time our drummer can, but it's goddamn disheartening.