Bass is great to start on, I had a dodgey bass but when you cant play you dont care, just buy a better one when you feel the time is right. I found the bass great to jam solo and write with.
Once I started a group with 2 bassists and a drummer, called ourselves
The Mutilated Children, it was grindcore/crossover style death; heavily influenced by Cryptic Slaughter, DRI, Saw Throat, Atrocity (US), Righteous Pigs and Doom. Sadly,we never made it out of the rehearsal rooms and I lost contact with the guy who kept the rehearsal tapes. To complete this tragic story that is just another drama in my ill fated music career I sold both my (good & bad) guitars.
Back to your band which may prove to be my gateway to riches - I could write you some lyrics on the following subjects love, hate, death, depression or they could be completely moronic or of comedic nature or all of the above!