challenge accepted!
I got into
geek rock when I dated the
lead singer of a local band. Together, we would listen to
Hum,
Promise Ring,
Compound Red,
Elevator to Hell. We used to listen to the
yammering guitars, and I would watch him try to pick out
The Pod on his shitty
strat fake. He struggled with the
fucked up chords and I would struggle with the lyrics, hoping to get it down so that the band could practice it for a cover. In those days, we were a team, deciphering music and
living for each other.
Discord came in the form of the
groupies, cheap teenaged girls
in their baby tees making eyes at my
rock and roll superstar. I held on with
teeth and nails to that relationship far longer than I should have. I wanted stability, he wanted the
girls. I let him have the girls, and now I listen to
Neil Young.