Need help firing a band member

I need some advice, my band wants to fire out rythm guitar player because we dont get along musicaly anymore.

The problem is I dont see us being freinds after we fire him, has anyone else been in this position need some help letting him down easy

be honest and do it as a band

I have actually went through countless vocalists when I was younger. Tell him that musically you are going in 2 different directions and its not healthy for the band. If he is a friend he will understand and still support you.

have Tonya Harding bust his knee caps

You could all wake him up in the morning, stand around him, inform him he is fired and drive him to the Greyhound bus station, wait a minute that is a scene from the Metallica's Behind the Music, never mind....

give him a flyer promoting guitar lessons

Cut the brake lines on his car.

James B. wrote:

be honest and do it as a band

Seconded. Take the mature approach and be honest and you will have nothing to regret. Good luck, bro.

Tell him your band has changed musical direction and now you will perform exclusively death metal versions of TV show theme songs. And he is not evil or cool enough to play in such a band.

manny wrote:

Tell him your band has changed musical direction and now you will perform exclusively death metal versions of TV show theme songs. And he is not evil or cool enough to play in such a band.

That band would be a big hit with the HisPANICs.

TV Show theme songs are huge in the hisPANIC community!!!!!

manny wrote:

TV Show theme songs are huge in the hisPANIC community!!!!!

MOVIN' ON UP WOOOOOOOOOOARGH! TO THE EAST SIDE WOAAAAAAAAAARGH! (Badass solo)

Been through it too many times to count. Just tell him up front that its not working out musically.

Mother him. Maybe dab his brow with a damp washcloth. If he strikes out, be understanding and try to nurture his wounded ego. You have to understand that this young man has put his life's blood into this project. He did the very best he could. And, now, to hear his band is kicking him to the curb and abandoning him....well, it just may be too much to bare. He will probably now slip into a drunken suicidal depression of epic Pete Willis-like proportions.

I just hope you can all live with yourselves after this.

SAXON1500 wrote:

Mother him. Maybe dab his brow with a damp washcloth. If he strikes out, be understanding and try to nurture his wounded ego. You have to understand that this young man has put his life's blood into this project. He did the very best he could. And, now, to hear his band is kicking him to the curb and abandoning him....well, it just may be too much to bare. He will probably now slip into a drunken suicidal depression of epic Pete Willis-like proportions.

I just hope you can all live with yourselves after this.

Have the rest of the band put on your oh so scary corpse paint, make him sit down and actually listen to your music.
Maybe you wount have to fire him........

mc666 wrote:

have Tonya Harding bust his knee caps

At work recently, I had a customer whose last name was Kerrigan, and then right after that a customer whose last name was Harding. How strange.

He should ask James and Lars for their opinion.

Fake your own deaths and flee the country.

Keep it simple: just say "Dude, get the f*ck out."

Then change the locks on your rehearsal room.