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09-10-2006, 12:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Minnesota | | | Green Day Bassist
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Mike Dirnt.... what do you guys think of his playing.....  |
09-10-2006, 12:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | | yea, hes a pretty good bassist i think. |
09-10-2006, 12:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | Don't like the band anymore. He's not bad, though.
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09-10-2006, 12:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX | | | hes good for their sound. Simple bass lines that sound good and mix very well.
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09-10-2006, 02:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The little red dot on the map. | | | Another bassist... But he contributed a lot for Green Day's success... So congrats to him and Green Day...
No matter how "mainstream" they are... American idiot is their best album.. To me that is... Although i dont listen to them much anymore...
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09-10-2006, 02:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fort Worth, TX | | | Dirnt is a great bass player IMO. He admited to "Choking Back" His bass lines for American Idiot to let the songs drive themselves. Before, he played melodic runs anywhere he could. That, to me, is a sign of a Great Bass Player. Knowing when to lay back and let the music flow. |
09-10-2006, 09:06 AM
| | | | Yes Dirnt is a very good bassist.
Pop-punk sellouts or not, I still think Green Day is a good band.
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09-10-2006, 09:07 AM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | i think that as far as punk-rock goes, dirnt is one of the better bass players (in that genre). I am not a big fan of the band, but he does lay down solid lines, and you have to give him points for longview 
a lot of TB'ers may not like it that much because it's not exactly a difficult bass part, but i bet you a lot of kids picked up the bass because of it |
09-10-2006, 09:09 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Avondale Estates, GA, USA | | | Mike Dirnt is a great player. Their style of music demands aggressive, melodic bass playing, and he still delivers.
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09-10-2006, 12:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Jamaica, Queens, NY. By JFK. | | | The tone he got for "When I come Around" is great and the bass line in that song is really jumpy. I like their older stuff more. I think he's a good player.
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09-10-2006, 01:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Los Angeles | | | mike dirnt is a pretty average, basic bassist |
09-10-2006, 01:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Redding CT | | | He's the only one in that band who knows his chops and theory. I think most of Green Day's current fame can be put on his shoulders. I am a fan of the original Greenday (Dookie, Kerplunk era). Dirnt's playing reminds me a little bit of Mike Watt's. he stays in the pocket, but also brings bass out of the background at the same time. |
09-10-2006, 01:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | | so many people dont like thsi type of music because its not million notes per second (sheehan) or insanely difficult harmonic grooves (wooten) wake up fullas green day are popular because there music is enjoyed by many. theres a reason why these bass gods arent in the top 40
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09-10-2006, 01:37 PM
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Wouldn't you like to know?! | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Atlanta | | | It's cool that all of you that are calling them "sellouts" still enjoy life even after you turned down the million dollar deal that was offered to you.
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09-10-2006, 01:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | | I dont understand why they are sellouts.. You become a sellout when people start liking your music? by this logic everybody should make real bad music, then they will be cool...
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09-10-2006, 01:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Murray, KY | | | they aren't sellouts, they are musicians who took advantage of their big break, just like most of us would. And yes, Dirnt is an excellent bassist, probably the best in his genre |
09-10-2006, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by vindy500 I dont understand why they are sellouts.. You become a sellout when people start liking your music? by this logic everybody should make real bad music, then they will be cool... | yes, apparently you become a sellout when you start making money as a musician...i guess i'll take that chance  |
09-10-2006, 02:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Albany, NY | | | He does something unique that most punk rockers don't do, that is, he actually plays outside the root of the chord. Plus, his tone is pretty good and fits the music well.
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09-10-2006, 02:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Germany | | | I also think he's one of the players with the most chops in his genre, his playing on their recent album is basic because he decided to play as little as possible, his lines on their earlier albums are nothing like that. |
09-10-2006, 02:39 PM
| | | | Pretty awesome elevator music. He's good for a pop/punk bassist, not much beyond that though. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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