Alice in Chains bassist

tekhna · #1 06-15-2007, 02:58 AM

I can't remember his name, but I seem to recall him using G&L. Is that correct?
He has some of my favorite metal tone-The bass on "Get Born Again" is some of the heaviest bass I've heard going. I know that's a later song of theirs, but it's fantastic.

elpelotero · #2 06-15-2007, 08:08 AM

they had 2 bassists. one was mike star (played a lot of spectors) and the other i forgot his name...both get great bass sounds. very rock & roll heavy tone.

StanFan · #3 06-15-2007, 08:27 AM

The other bassist is Mike Inez.

NKUSigEp · #4 06-15-2007, 08:36 AM

How can y'all forget Mike Inez? He's one of my favorites.

Plays a Warwick Streamer with EMG PJ's through an Ampeg SVT rig.

Mike Starr wasn't bad either...I think he used the same rig but I'm not positive on that one.

Otso · #5 06-15-2007, 01:43 PM

They were both okay, but Inez's tone on "I Stay Away" is so muddy it almost ruins the song. Starr's lines were far better in my opinion, although according to some rumors Starr didn't actually play on the records.

DGbass70 · #6 06-15-2007, 01:52 PM

Mike Starr used Spectors
Mike Inez used Warwicks and Spectors

bobstefntes · #7 06-15-2007, 10:29 PM

Pretty much exclusively Warwicks recently, except for the Dean acoustic. And I think the bass in " I stay away" is just fine.

the_fonz · #8 06-16-2007, 01:01 PM

yeah, both very kickass bassists.
two of the best rock bassists i've ever heard

Spector_Ray · #9 06-17-2007, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Otso

Starr's lines were far better in my opinion, although according to some rumors Starr didn't actually play on the records.

Mike Starr's Spector tone on Facelift is to die for. I heard the same rumor and the reason I heard was Starr's rampant drug use. He pulled it off live the few times I saw them.

**NOLA Bass** · #10 06-23-2007, 10:22 PM

Mike Inez also played with Ozzy and later Heart before AIC reformed recently. I thought it was cool at Rock Honors that he played the tribute to Heart with AIC (his current band playing a tribute to the band he'd been in for the last number of years) and then Ozzy closed the show (who Mike played with before Heart). that is a nice resume if you ask me.

nad · #11 06-24-2007, 12:54 PM

Mike Inez was good.

Mike Starr was EFFING AMAZING.

WarriorJoe7 · #12 06-24-2007, 02:54 PM

Mike Starr didn't play on the early records... the producer or assistant producer did. This is the same story from both a guy who works at bassnorthwest and the guitarist in my old band in Seattle, who was an acquaintance of Mike Starr's and dated his sister Melinda once.

WarriorJoe7 · #13 06-24-2007, 02:56 PM

Also wanted to say that Mike Starr did play Spector's live, and I am not sure if it was a Spector used in the studio, but I know they doubled the bass tracks with either a hollowbody or acoustic to thicken it up for Dirt and maybe Facelift too.

When I saw Mike Inez last year play a reunion show with AIC in Seattle he was playing a Warwick and I think an SVT.

jamontap · #14 06-24-2007, 03:12 PM

Both of those dudes are freakin great.

Spector_Ray · #15 06-24-2007, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by WarriorJoe7

Also wanted to say that Mike Starr did play Spector's live, and I am not sure if it was a Spector used in the studio, but I know they doubled the bass tracks with either a hollowbody or acoustic to thicken it up for Dirt and maybe Facelift too.

When I saw Mike Inez last year play a reunion show with AIC in Seattle he was playing a Warwick and I think an SVT.

From what I hear on Facelift, it doesn't sound doubled to my ear but I've been wrong many times. Now the bass on Dirt does sound fattened up a bit to me.

Otso · #16 06-25-2007, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by nad

Mike Inez was good.

Mike Starr was EFFING AMAZING.

I agree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9GAEFTeWko

The whole band was EFFING AMAZING.

FloydianAnimal · #17 06-25-2007, 03:28 PM

The riff for Would? is one of my favorite bass riffs of all time, especially among those played with a pick

OrionManMatt · #18 06-25-2007, 03:50 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNf1h...elated&search=

rob2966 · #19 06-25-2007, 09:34 PM

Jerry Cantrell plays G&L (but he is the guitar player) - probably where the confusion comes from.

Later
Rob

Ian Perge · #20 06-26-2007, 05:31 AM

AIC was THE Seattle band for me during the "Grunge" era due greatly to the playing of the Mikes compared to other bassists around the scene - "Dirt", along with Queensryche's "Operation: Mindcrime" and "Empire" is still how I describe the definitive "Spector Grind" to other people, and Nutshell" and "Nutshell" off of "Jar Of Flies" are utterly amazing lines by Inez that I practice when working on clean pickstyle parts that aren't just downpicking with my shoulder at a high rate of speed.