Me + bassist + drummer = A Loud Something

Low and behold, FarmerJ's girlfriend's cousin, Ricky, was a drummer. He was 15, but he could play drums. Obviously, I was intrigued. Now Ricky lived in a trailer in SC, so my first experience with an ensemble of sorts was very enclosed, loud, and awesome! Jason still struggled with bass immensely but simply from lack of practice. He has always had natural musical ability, he just hasn't grasped it by the reins yet. Ricky grew up with his dad's music and the classics such as ACDC and Led Zeppelin. Needless to say, even at 15, he was far ahead of us musically. We mainly struggled to play covers from the Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day, and Weezer. One thing I realized is that when the distortion is blasting and you're in a 10 x 12' room playing it, it almost sounds good, and all the crunch even serves to hide you're lack of any skill whatsoever. So to us, we we're pretty darn good. It never amounted to anything more than just rockin the trailer or trying to impress Ricky's sister and her friends who wouldn't realize how bad we were. But for my first little group experience, I had the itch and I wanted more.