garage band member

Basement rock player

A garage band member is someone who plays in an amateur rock band, typically one that rehearses in a home garage and performs casually rather than professionally.

The term suggests youthful enthusiasm over polish: He spent his teenage years as a garage band member before going to college.

It can be dismissive when applied to musicians who lack skill or seriousness.

Related

lead singer · vocalist · rehearsal · amplifier · basement · teenager · riff · jam · setlist · practice · demo · gig · distortion · cymbals · microphone · cables · passion · dreams

Opposites
professionalism/career status

garage band membersession musician

Hired studio performer

studio musician · professional · hired gun · recording artist · virtuoso

fame and success

garage band memberrock star

Famous touring musician

superstar · pop star · touring musician · recording artist · Grammy winner

Family

garage, band, member, garages, bands, members, banded, banding, bandmate

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G