Mark Hoppus in Bass Player

[Dr. Cheese]

Since he gets ribbed here alot, I thought I would mention that the new issue of Bass Player with BX3 on the cover, has a feature story on mark Hoppus and his new band.

[vegas532]

The reason why I don't even pick up Bass Player anymore. So far this year they've overlooked:
Justin Chancellor
Jeff Caxide (Isis)
They gave a 1 page blurb for Tony Levin!
Juan Alderete
And never give props to so many deserving players. In the meanwhile; Vic Wooten, Mark Hoppus, Les Claypool, and the same 7 or 8 guys keep getting the cover features. Although it was great to see Pino get a cover story...he's deserved it for a very long time!!

[TheApostlePaul]

I was dissapointed that he didn't give insights into his amazing technique.

[Mojo-Man]

[quote=vegas532;3753596]The reason why I don't even pick up Bass Player anymore. So far this year they've overlooked:
Justin Chancellor
Jeff Caxide (Isis)
They gave a 1 page blurb for Tony Levin!
Juan Alderete
And never give props to so many deserving players. In the meanwhile; Vic Wooten, Mark Hoppus, Les Claypool, and the same 7 or 8 guys keep getting the cover features. Although it was great to see Pino get a cover story.


I agree.
As great as Geddy, Les, Vic, and Flea, are.
No more for a few months??????

[P. Aaron]

Originally Posted by TheApostlePaul

I was dissapointed that he didn't give insights into his amazing technique.

Yeah, we never got the real inside story. Maybe there wasn't an "inside".

[the_fonz]

the reason a lot of the godlike players get overlooked is a good one. music is a form of entertainment, and you have to know how to market it, and put on a good show. Flea, Les, and Hoppus all do this. music is 10% music, 20% marketing, and 70% showmanship.

[Alan Vorse]

Originally Posted by vegas532

The reason why I don't even pick up Bass Player anymore. So far this year they've overlooked:
Justin Chancellor
Jeff Caxide (Isis)
They gave a 1 page blurb for Tony Levin!
Juan Alderete
And never give props to so many deserving players. In the meanwhile; Vic Wooten, Mark Hoppus, Les Claypool, and the same 7 or 8 guys keep getting the cover features. Although it was great to see Pino get a cover story...he's deserved it for a very long time!!

Justin Chancellor was on the cover when Lateralus came out.
Tony Levin was on the cover in 1995.

[vegas532]

Originally Posted by Alan Vorse

Justin Chancellor was on the cover when Lateralus came out.
Tony Levin was on the cover in 1995.

New albums, but no new articles...they only care about Flea, Vic, Les, and Geddy as was mentioned before.

[lefty007]

Originally Posted by vegas532

The reason why I don't even pick up Bass Player anymore. So far this year they've overlooked:
Justin Chancellor
Jeff Caxide (Isis)
They gave a 1 page blurb for Tony Levin!
Juan Alderete
And never give props to so many deserving players. In the meanwhile; Vic Wooten, Mark Hoppus, Les Claypool, and the same 7 or 8 guys keep getting the cover features. Although it was great to see Pino get a cover story...he's deserved it for a very long time!!

I don't think you have been reading Bass Player long enough. I don't have my collection in front of me, but that was the second time Pino was in the covers, and like the 4th article. Tony Levin has had plenty of coverage, Justin Chancellor and Juan Alderete too. . .


Agree with Les Claypool, though, he's been featured WAY to many times. . .

[Edwcdc]

I for one was glad to see a story about Mark H. I can't stop listening to the +44 album. There I said it.
Flame away.
I also found the rest of the BP mag an interesting read.

[stitchbass]

I saw Justin C on the cover of a bassplayer/bassist whatever it was called Magazine about 6 months ago towards the end of summer over here in London....

[KPJ]

Originally Posted by vegas532

The reason why I don't even pick up Bass Player anymore. So far this year they've overlooked:

Juan Alderete

If you did pick it up, you would see a "Master Class" feature by Bryan Beller on two of Juan's songs from this past year in the latest issue...

[KPJ]

Originally Posted by Edwcdc

I for one was glad to see a story about Mark H. I can't stop listening to the +44 album. There I said it.
Flame away.
I also found the rest of the BP mag an interesting read.

Nice story on James Genus and a very entertaining read on BX3 from Jude Gold, GP editor who is the guitarist on the tour.

[Bob Clayton]

Originally Posted by Edwcdc

I for one was glad to see a story about Mark H. I can't stop listening to the +44 album. There I said it.
Flame away.
I also found the rest of the BP mag an interesting read.

same here.

whether you guys like him or not, he can write a catchy song.

[Edwcdc]

Originally Posted by KPJ

Nice story on James Genus and a very entertaining read on BX3 from Jude Gold, GP editor who is the guitarist on the tour.

I'm glad they did did a piece on James Genus. I didn't even know who he was. Every time I watch SNL I see him back there and think what a cool gig that must be. I always wondered who he was.
And yes the BX3 story was cool. I think it would be really cool to see that live.

[Ian Perge]

I'm simply glad that it's not akin to "Guitar Player", where months alternate between Clapton and Hendrix.

Josh is absolutely correct about generalizations, as a large deal can go into coverage or not. I don't believe Geddy has had a cover since his solo album in 2000 (perhaps an article about "Rush In Rio" or "R:30" but I don't recall one), Flea's last was shared along with the article along with Charlie Haden, as stated Juan has a major piece recently, and I'd lay money that Justin Chancellor might fall into "Tim Commerford Syndrome", given Tool's fairly hush-hush policy with press. Pino's also had multiple covers as well as articles as well over the years.

And let's be honest, there's an economic issues to this topic: well-known bassists will move more copies of non-subscription newsstand issues. BP itself addressed this issue when Rhonda Smith was featured with Prince (a killer bassist in his own right) on the cover: when a player that falls into "Sideman" status is given a cover, it's less recognizable to people leafing through a Borders than a "legend" or a player from a hit band and less likely to be a impulse buy. Despite Prince's wishes, BP chose a shot of both of them to have Rhonda more recognizable and sell more copies. It's one of these reasons like this in '89 when the publisher launched several new titles - after a few years, BP was the only one still in publication... and growing from a quarterly to a "quarterly plus" (8 a year), to a bi-monthly, and finally to a monthly. As well as consistently increasing their non-ad page count each year.

Despite both the illegitimate and legitimate gripes we might have with BP, I for one feel it's one of the most balanced in terms of styles as well as well-written "genre" music magazines on the stands today. Just compare it to "Guitar World's Bass Guitar", which was very much the bass version of "Guitar World" - covering the "Bassist of the Moment", articles written to and seemingly *by* 13-year-olds (I have hope that Ed Friedland, who took over as Editor will "class it up"). And to echo lefty007 and KPJ, perhaps you should purchase one as opposed to glancing at the cover or leafing through it - there's much more behind that shiny, glossy thing.

[Edwcdc]

I'm not much off a jazz guy and I'm not much into classical music but after I have read the equipment reviews, the repair column, the rock player interviews, and the letters and such I go back and read the stuff I was the least interested in and there is always something to learn. I do feel it is a good magazine and it is pretty balanced IMO.

[KPJ]

Even if you are not into jazz, you should read John Goldsby's woodshed columns, very informative. I think he' has the longest running instructor column. I have learned a lot from his column, and I do not play jazz at all.

+1 to Ian's post, also.

[ArmyPunkGuy]

If a band is tight and writes good songs and puts on a good show then he should be on the cover or in an article. I'm 30 and to this day i have yet to hear Stanly Clark, Marcus Miller or Jeff Berlin but who cares when i can hear the spastic rubbery lines i love so much

[Rano Bass]

Originally Posted by ArmyPunkGuy

If a band is tight and writes good songs and puts on a good show then he should be on the cover or in an article. I'm 30 and to this day i have yet to hear Stanly Clark, Marcus Miller or Jeff Berlin but who cares when i can hear the spastic rubbery lines i love so much

Whatever... i still think Dave LaRue deserves a cover instead of someone like...Sam Rivers (limp bizkit)