Sorry to hear about the abrubt end to the band. But as I said before, one door closes...another opens. Look at this way, you've already got your Bass player on board. Now YOU get to put the band together and make sure it's the right personel instead of having to live under a cloud of uncertainty. This is going to be YOUR band and for that, I'm very excited to see what you can build.
As for the next thread, I'd go with something like
Mac's Garage Band Experience or
Mac's Music Project Thread as this is more open ended and can be used to track everything you're doing musically rather than a specific band project. I'll leave it up to you for obvious reasons since you never took my suggestion for
Mac and Cheese.