I've been teaching myself to play guitar for about a a year an 1/2 now. I was sort of in a band, but I left/was kicked out because my musical taste was too different than my bandmates, who I'm still on pretty good terms with. I'd show up to practice and strum out a heavy metal-esque riff of awesomeness, and I would be met with the awkward silence of the other bandmembers as they stared at me before deciding to play Reptilia (By The Strokes) again.So I'm currently biding my time, waiting for any metal-afficionados (spelling?) willing to start a band to drop onto my doorstep.