Having once been in a band that had a combined age of over 200 years I can definitely say it helped, but not for long.
Experience counts but it is far better to have youth on your side.
With Southampton's latest alternative rock band 'Fighting Tyler' they are lucky to have youth and also years of gigging and theatre experience on their side, rather than life's cruel twists and turns.
They are fronted by classically trained Vikki-Jo Keens and the talents of Ali Koller (guitar), a strong rhythm section of Sam Towson (Drums), James Wills (Bass) and Christopher Pearce (guitar).
For stage presence Vikki can draw inspiration from her drama education along with her performances in a number of musicals, but like all singers she found rock was the answer: “I decided after a few years that as much as I love musical theatre, I wanted to work on my own original sound and image.”
The result is their first single 'Alive' which is full of heavy southern promise and recorded at the Ranch Production House, in Nursling.
As bassist James (formerly HourstilAutumn) told me “It was a great honour to get to work with Neil and the guys down there as they have a great reputation for working with signed and unsigned alternative rock acts.”
You can download the new Fighting Tyler single from iTunes and Amazon, or listen via Facebook and Spotify.
And if you missed Wednesday night's gig they are back at the Talking Heads on the 24th November.