Mudvayne's bassist, what's your opinion?

nuno.ka · #1 10-31-2007, 09:41 AM

I've watched some mudvayne video clips on youtube both studio and live and although it isn't my type of music by far, I found myself enjoying the bass playing very much, in fact I think the guy rocks... hard! Especially "death blooms" live version. His Thumb bass has serious tone too. What's his reputation in the TB world?

Bass Note · #2 10-31-2007, 09:58 AM

I think his work on the first album was phenomenal. Still good on the newer ones, but some of the lines on that first album were crazy. Listen to the song severed, 1:43 in that songs is sweet.

I'll listen to alot of the jazz greats on bass and still go back to this guy with awe.

casualmadness · #3 10-31-2007, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by GlennW

If he was a girl this thread would be 11 pages by now...

LOLZ!

Baryonyx · #4 10-31-2007, 03:43 PM

I liked him more back in the days when Mudvayne were making better music than they are now. But he was (and still is, I guess) a serious talent, with an amazing tone!

MoD_Scotty · #5 10-31-2007, 08:45 PM

I think he's awesome. The first time I heard Death Blooms I about pooped myself. It's really too bad that everything they're made since that CD has been crap (IMO).

He has a really strange technique, too. He "slaps" with his fingers.

Check out their DVD Live Dosage 50...it's got some really good footage of his playing.

tdogg · #6 10-31-2007, 08:48 PM

yeah definitely check out "live dosage". ryan martini rules.

waffle puzzle · #7 10-31-2007, 08:53 PM

6 posts in, and no one mentioned his name.....or his fake names....
Mudvayne has a bunch of (IMO) wasted talent.
Ryan Martine or Martini or something is a great bassist with a unique style
which is refreshing to see in today's glut of crappy metal bands.

Plus, that guy goes nuts on stage, wandering all over.
Great cover story on him on BP mag a few years back.
Transluscent blue goo.

edit---I guess the guy before me got his name....

tdogg · #8 10-31-2007, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by waffle puzzle

6 posts in, and no one mentioned his name.....or his fake names....
Mudvayne has a bunch of (IMO) wasted talent.
Ryan Martine or Martini or something is a great bassist with a unique style
which is refreshing to see in today's glut of crappy metal bands.

Plus, that guy goes nuts on stage, wandering all over.
Great cover story on him on BP mag a few years back.
Transluscent blue goo.

edit---I guess the guy before me got his name....

mwahahahahahaha

ryan martini, ryknow, ruud. i think he had 1 or 2 more

Jonny B · #9 10-31-2007, 09:04 PM

I think Ryan Martini is simply amazing.

Yngwie 4String · #10 10-31-2007, 09:12 PM

He is a good player but Im not a big mudvayne fan, and it is my kind of music. I look at mudvayne as a more toned down mellow version of Slipknot. The bass player is very good though.

StanFan · #11 10-31-2007, 09:24 PM

I really dug Mudvayne around the time LD50 was out, but haven't payed much attention to the band since. Overall, I got the impression that their rhythm section was very impressive, but the guitarist and singer don't do much for me.

JonathanD · #12 10-31-2007, 09:55 PM

I spent maybe 2 months of 6 days a week waling to and from work listening to LD 50. About 4 miles each way. Plenty of time to develope a pallet for him. Man I love to listen to him play bass.

Fantastic sounds... and the most amazing part... he does that while moving around!!

Jonathan

Craithius · #13 10-31-2007, 09:55 PM

I'm a huge fan of Ryan's (especially since he's a mid-westerner). I originally wasn't a fan of Mudvayne when LD50 first came out. But with the later albums I started to realize how wrong I was. While it's incredibly gutteral, they've got some of the greatest technicality in Metal today.

lobey · #14 10-31-2007, 09:58 PM

He's a hometown boy for me, and I think he's got a decent style. His choice in bass cabs is similar to mine. (Haha's if you've ready any of my posts as of recently about my new cab)

Baryonyx · #15 11-01-2007, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Yngwie 4String

He is a good player but Im not a big mudvayne fan, and it is my kind of music. I look at mudvayne as a more toned down mellow version of Slipknot. The bass player is very good though.

Well then I think you're missing the point completely.

genocide roach · #16 11-01-2007, 04:24 AM

he's probably the best musician from the nu metal craze. and you can read that as "the only good musician from the nu metal craze"
~gR~

f'nar f'nar · #17 11-01-2007, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris2112

Well then I think you're missing the point completely.

+1, if you compare any band to any other band then you're never going to enjoy the band as much as you could AND you're not doing the band in question justice. Mudvayne deserve alot more than a 'toned down' version of Slipknot, for one their songs are quite a bit more complex Rhythmically and Matt does alot more than just fast drumming. Nothing against Joey, he's phenomenal but I think his drumming in slipknot is just a little overkill. But hey thats just me. Enough about Slipknot.

Ryan is very very awesome, and Mudvayne are slowly beginning to realise that he should be the focal point of the band. As their albums have progressed Ryan has been far more predomenant. He's very very cool as well..

On a side note I saw mudvayne at BDO last year... Increadible show! The fans chanted magic dirt off the stage before mudvayne, they're nuts. And Mudvayne absolutely ripped it up, increadible!

Alan Vorse · #18 11-01-2007, 07:17 AM

I dig Ryan. The first time I saw their video I thought "did this guy listen to Doug Wimbish?" because that wierd slap technique of his is very similar to Wimbish. I read up on him and he's the same age as me AND he listed Muzz Skillings and Doug Wimbish, both from Living Colour as two of his favorite bass players (two of my favorites too!).

The drummer is great too. The guitarist is pretty bad. I would like to hear Ryan outside of a metal situation.

nuno.ka · #19 11-01-2007, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Alan Vorse

I would like to hear Ryan outside of a metal situation.

+1 That's the point of having started this thread (and please don't take me wrong) but I thought this guy could do terrific music in a setting with less screaming and more talent in the higher note territory. For example, imagine him playing with System of a down which is a more creative band in melody and harmony.

Rick_no7 · #20 11-01-2007, 08:59 AM

Yet another Bassist that is a total musician. In my opinion he could be in the same category as John Paul Jones if he explores the possibilities.

He's a classically trained Vocalist too, which can go a very long way in many many forms of music. Lets just hope all the money he makes from Mudvayne gets channeled into some good creative projects later on.

Anyone that would call him crap for talent has never seen the man work his magic. His lines are so complex, especially for the music he participates in.