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Josh Robins is the guitarist, founder and band leader of Austin’s most adventurous rock band The Invincible Czars. He’s been leading bands since 1991 (at the age of 15) and was quite bad at it until a couple years ago. He shares his experiences with everything from juggling too many commitments to self-booking to the death of a band mate on his blog The Reluctant Band Leader. He really likes Opposite Day, NoMeansNo, Mr. Bungle and all offshoots, Sonic Youth, Reverend Horton Heat, Build To Spill, Van Halen’s first six albums, and Steve Martin.

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Don’t Let the Bear Chase You Down: Keep Your Band from Racing to the Bottom

Here’s a situation many musicians experience on an all-too-regular basis: You get out of your day job, sit in traffic all the way home, load your gear, eat, maybe review some material, inch through more traffic and arrive at practice only to find the band “leader” isn’t ready or, worse, isn’t even there yet?!?! They…
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Tag: invincible czars

Don’t Let the Bear Chase You Down: Keep Your Band from Racing to the Bottom