basically me and a mate are starting a band and instead of waiting for a couple months to find other people who are interested and whom will inevitably leave, we are going to record our own ep,

This may sound totally stupid/noob, but anyone here used drum replacer software?

Typically what I do is play 'real' drums to get the parts I want to play and then 're-record' them using MIDI triggers and sample libs. This is mainly because I don't have all the kit one needs to properly close mic a set... plus the set isn't that great.