the official tribute to obscure or underappreciated bassists, v2.0

[j-raj]

This is a continuation of this thread.

[bencwalker]

Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes- he's a solid bass player who should be more recongnized for his sweet riffs.

[Deluge Of Sound]

Scott Reeder of Kyuss/The Obsessed/Unida. The man can groove like no other.

[Muddslide]

Dave "Zander" Alexander of The Stooges. Listen to the Funhouse album. NOW.

Dennis Dunaway from the original Alice Cooper band.

David Wm. Sims of Scratch Acid and Jesus Lizard.

Dave Allen of Gang of Four and Shriekback.

...these are the first four that come to mind.

[j-raj]

how about pix too!?!

[bencwalker]

Here a pic of Nikolai. Can often be seen off in a dark corner of the stage, riffing off his sweet licks while every pays attention to the singers and guitardists.i

[fenderhutz]

When he was with Sunny Day Real Estate +1

The Foo Fighters, not so much.

[Malpractice]

Greg Edwards of Failure. His sound was awesome and his playing was sweet.

I have been obsessed with his tone as of late.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMrGxC49cS8.

he plays guitar in autolux now.

[Ampeg SVT]

Eddie Breckenridge of Thrice, his tone and lines are pretty sick.

[NKUSigEp]

Dave Edwardson

[Auzzie-Phoenix]

Takeshi Taneda- studio bassist heard in music found in video games, anime series, and some live performances. Excellent bassist, but rarely heard of. Did a lot of basswork for sega games with the in-house group Crush 40.

[Thunder_Fingers]

Amy Humphrey - Clatter ( http://www.myspace.com/clatter and http://www.clatter.com ) Big fan, was very dissapointed when they didnt make it to Norway on their small europe tour.. If there's a next time I'll traveling to see em if they dont come near here.

[K-Funk]

Alex James of Blur. "Modern Life is Rubbish" was the first CD I ever owned, maybe ingraining the need to become a bassist later in life? His lines are very involved and melodically McCartney.

[DaneB]

Originally Posted by Auzzie-Phoenix

Takeshi Taneda- studio bassist heard in music found in video games, anime series, and some live performances. Excellent bassist, but rarely heard of. Did a lot of basswork for sega games with the in-house group Crush 40.

I've actually heard a lot of sweet bass playing in some anime series and video games and stuff. Might be him?

[Green Mind]

Brian Gibson


He's is a large influence of mine. Not totally unknown or anything but not exactly Jaco popular.

[jugoziithouu]

Chris Steele from Alexisonfire

He has some sweet sweet parts in Adelleda and .44 Caliber Love Gun

[Auzzie-Phoenix]

Originally Posted by DaneB

I've actually heard a lot of sweet bass playing in some anime series and video games and stuff. Might be him?

It's very well possible. He does quite a lot of work. One definite series he did basswork on was the concert scene towards the end of the series "Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" where the fictional band Enoz is playing. The bass in the video is actually modelled after his Lakland Bob Glaub P-bass but also made to look like a 60's vintage fender P-bass as some sort of hybrid between the two.

[Stumbo]

Harvey Brooks update:
http://www.HarveyBrooks.net - Harvey shares memories from music history that he was part of.
http://www.17thtreetband.com - Harvey's current Tucson Arizona based band
http://www.TreasuresHidden.com - Harvey Brooks serves as Music Consultant For Treasures Hidden.
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[Orangeclawhamme]

I see that Rockette Morton was mentioned in the original thread on January, 2003, so I won't bring him up again.

[etoncrow]

Wm. Herbert "Lum" York, bass fiddle for the Drifting Cowboys; backup band for Hank Williams.