Troy Sanders of Mastodon

tooltard · #1 08-14-2009, 06:27 PM

Anyone else on here a huge fan of Mastodon?...especially the bass work of Troy Sanders,

Good use of Fuzz and some great bass lines especially on tracks like Sleeping Giant and Colony Of Birchmen

Mastodon fans show yourselves!!!

Mattsochistic · #2 08-14-2009, 06:28 PM

I'm right here in OHIO!

tooltard · #3 08-14-2009, 06:31 PM

haha, show yourself anyway!

VincentGrim · #4 08-14-2009, 08:30 PM

I've often hoped that one day troy sanders will release a cd of just his bass playing. Especially in Crack The Skye...I'll always love pre-Skye Mastodon, but the bass lines in CTS are just amazing.

whoatherechunk · #5 08-14-2009, 08:38 PM

i'm gonna see em in Austin in November with Converge and High on Fire!!!!

Deluge Of Sound · #6 08-14-2009, 10:55 PM

Oooooh, High On Fire!

blendermassacre · #7 08-14-2009, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by whoatherechunk

i'm gonna see em in Austin in November with Converge and High on Fire!!!!

They're coming to kc sept 24th.

The Ethanator · #8 08-14-2009, 11:13 PM

mastodon is cool. theyve influenced my writing style alot, and alot of the riffs i write sound like mastodon-ish riffs. like melodic psychedelic doom-thrash

wetzelman1 · #9 08-14-2009, 11:26 PM

CTS blew my mind and made me fall back in love with earlier mastodon. I listen to Blood Mountain in a whole different way now.

Joe Gress · #10 08-14-2009, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Deluge Of Sound

Oooooh, High On Fire!

I'm so pissed I'm going to miss them again.

Deluge Of Sound · #11 08-15-2009, 12:06 AM

Why????

FWIW, Mastodon & High On Fire are definitely two of the most fun metal shows I've been too--and I've seen quite afew.

Lunarfall · #12 08-15-2009, 12:08 AM

The entire show is High on Fire/Converge/Mastodon/Dethklok

tooltard · #13 08-15-2009, 04:53 AM

that is such an awesome line up! youre lucky....

i saw them a few years ago supporting Tool to promote Blood Mountain and they were fantastic!

After listening to Crack the Skye i got back into Mastodon and Blood Mountain is now a favourite!

Kink Rimson · #14 08-15-2009, 06:34 PM

A very special band, Mastodon. Seen them many times, first supporting High on Fire years back!

I really like Troy's style and sound, and I feel he has lots still to show us...

Joe Gress · #15 08-15-2009, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Deluge Of Sound

Why????

FWIW, Mastodon & High On Fire are definitely two of the most fun metal shows I've been too--and I've seen quite afew.

I have a game to play that day.

octaverazor · #16 08-15-2009, 06:44 PM

Seen them 3 times. With dillinger escape plan when no you know who they were, and they were selling there own mech. With Clutch. And with Slayer and killswich engage.

VincentGrim · #17 08-15-2009, 06:55 PM

I saw them a few months back ((shortly after CTS was released)) in pontiac MI. Amazing stuff. A band called Kylesa opened for them, they were great to...Worth giving a listen to if you like Mastodon I'd say.

reno88 · #18 08-15-2009, 09:21 PM

i don't get them. i've tried but i guess i'm missing something. i think they're way over-rated and quite average. different strokes...

MusicBokonon · #19 08-15-2009, 10:04 PM

I love Mastodon, but I must admit, I'm dangerously scared of Brent Hinds

Anybody with a forehead tattoo is someone you don't want to mess with.

With that said, I love Troy's use of distortion, especially in Blood & Thunder. By the way, what does he down-tune to? I thought it was D-drop-C, but I heard somewhere he goes all the way down to A.

tooltard · #20 08-16-2009, 07:48 AM

Troys tunings differ....his most common is D standard for most songs DGCF

he also uses drop C and on a few tracks like Aqua Dementia he tunes his E down to A which i think is crazy! how can he keep tension on that using only 4 strings?