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04-18-2010, 05:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hermitage, PA | | | Rock bands where the bassist is the lead player the majority of the time??
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What are some rock bands where the bassist plays the lead instrument most of the time???
I immediately thought of:
Iron Maiden - Steve Harris
The Who - Entwistle(RIP)
Cream, semi sorta - Jack Bruce
KISS - Gene Simmons
Cliff Burton????
The Beatles- Macca
RHCP - Flea
Any more?? |
04-18-2010, 05:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | | | I would say that other than RHCP, Motorhead tops all the others with ease. And you can always hear Lemmy.
Always thought Cliff was a very good bass player, then I read the new auto-biography and went back and really listened to his buried-in-the-mix bass. I then realized I wished I had paid more attention to his playing because I am old enough to have bought Kill 'Em All as soon as it came out. And I did.
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04-18-2010, 05:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hermitage, PA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Geddyfleaharris  I would say that other than RHCP, Motorhead tops all the others with ease. And you can always hear Lemmy.
Always thought Cliff was a very good bass player, then I read the new auto-biography and went back and really listened to his buried-in-the-mix bass. I then realized I wished I had paid more attention to his playing because I am old enough to have bought Kill 'Em All as soon as it came out. And I did. | Oh, how did I forget about Lemmy??
Still though, I think Entwistle trumps all others. |
04-18-2010, 05:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Jamestown, NY | | | I can't really see Entwistle or McCartney as the majority "lead" bass player. Entwistle may have been lead at times, but his playing mirrored Moon's drumming. So for me technically he wasn't leading. McCartney had walking basslines that were much more rhythm than lead. |
04-18-2010, 05:55 PM
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Chris Squire of YES?
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04-18-2010, 05:56 PM
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04-18-2010, 05:59 PM
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Mark Sandman - Morphine |
04-18-2010, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Exploiter8 Perhaps Phil Lynott (RIP) of Thin Lizzy? | He was certainly the frontman, but the guitars lead musically, most often.
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04-18-2010, 06:01 PM
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04-18-2010, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Luke19Boarder Les Claypool - Primus | YES!!! Damn, how did I forget him?
I'm forgetting all the best ones. |
04-18-2010, 06:11 PM
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04-18-2010, 06:22 PM
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04-18-2010, 06:24 PM
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04-18-2010, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by hdracer Matt Freeman- Rancid You can always hear him. | I was just about to say Matt Freeman and also Jack Bruce. |
04-18-2010, 06:34 PM
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how has this thread gone with out mentioning him? |
04-18-2010, 06:41 PM
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DUB Dance punk. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XyJM...eature=related
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04-18-2010, 06:42 PM
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04-18-2010, 06:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Windsor, Ontario | | | Im not sure if this is the same, but Geddy Lee in Rush has lots of 'lead' type bass lines, at least when i listen to Rush haha |
04-18-2010, 06:42 PM
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04-18-2010, 06:49 PM
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