I was on guitar before finding my way to piano. Played with a band for a few year, was a lot of fun... But flakiness of musicians drove me to learn music that sounds good solo, and I got into classical guitar for a long while before the music grew on me enough that I had to learn the originals.
We played a lot of Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Hendrix and that sort of thing. Loved to improvise and kept very loose arrangements. I might have been a little overbearing at the time.
I've since sold off most of my gear. I hear one bandmate is doing well for himself, and that the others may have slipped too far into the party lifestyle. I hope they're OK.