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12-12-2006, 06:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | | What Bassist was great influence, but you no longer listen to?
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For me, it is Stanley Clarke. When I was fourteen, I saw him on the cover of GuitarPlayer, and I first heard of Alembic. From 1975-1988, I bought every release of his except for maybe two. Over time, however, I realized that I was not really into piccolo bass or alot of lead bass playing. I came to understand that although I idolized Stanley Clarke, I played more like Bernard Edwards, Mark Adams (Slave), or even Geddy Lee than Stanley Clarke. In real terms, by 1980, Marcus Miller, Bernard Edwards, and Anthony Jackson, had become my biggest influences, it just took me along time to get out of the habit of buying Stanley Clarke recordings. 
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12-12-2006, 07:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virginia | | | Geddy Lee. I even have his signature bass (not because of Geddy, but because it is one of the best things Fender makes in that price range), but I don't listen to Rush much anymore.
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12-12-2006, 09:54 PM
| | totally deeeeef on the hi-hat side | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Seattle | | | Flea (his finger style, not his slapping), and all the bassists for every punk and hardcore band from the late seventies and early eighties I used to listen to. Except for Mike Watt and John Doe, I still listen to the Minutemen, X, and The Knitters a lot.
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12-12-2006, 09:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | Les Claypool. I own the majority of the albums he's put out with his various groups, and can't stand to listen to any of them anymore! gah! |
12-12-2006, 09:59 PM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | roger glover--I was a big DP fan for a long long time, but now i have moved more towards the reed mathis side of bass |
12-13-2006, 12:28 AM
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12-13-2006, 12:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ribwich, ZF | | | Flea. Was a fan for years but I have |0| interest in Stadium Arcadium, haven't heard any of it and probably never will.
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12-13-2006, 01:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Finland | | | Jack Casady...and Ronnie Wood! Yes, he´s fantastic bassist, listen early albums of Jeff Beck Group.
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12-13-2006, 02:35 AM
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12-13-2006, 02:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Valencia, CA 91354 | | | Geddy Lee. I still play propulsively with hints of countermelody and try for a huge, growly tone, but damn do I hate that man's voice and those wretched, wretched lyrics.
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12-13-2006, 03:00 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York | | | les claypool. he was the reason i started playing. i still love hwo wild and creative he is, btu i dont really get inspired by his playign at all.
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12-13-2006, 05:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Perth, Western Australia | | | Cliff Burton. |
12-13-2006, 05:13 AM
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Wouldn't you like to know?! | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Atlanta | | | It's kind of weird for me. I still listen to my influences. Old Jamiroquai (Zender), Chic (Bernard Edwards), Masters at Work (Gene Perez), Incognito (Randy Hope-Taylor), and Brand New Heavies (Andrew Levy). Btw, I rarely listen to any of the newer stuff of the ones that are still going, although I do like BNH's latest. The only one I don't listen to as much is Marcus Miller.
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12-13-2006, 05:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ferndale, Michigan | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Scottgun  Geddy Lee. I even have his signature bass (not because of Geddy, but because it is one of the best things Fender makes in that price range), but I don't listen to Rush much anymore.
Scott | +1
I lost interest after Signals except for a couple songs here or there. I still like to pull out the lick to Circumstances at soundchecks sometimes.
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12-13-2006, 05:30 AM
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Wouldn't you like to know?! | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Atlanta | | | I'll add one more thing: Even though I still listen to them, I VERY rarely play their licks.
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There's a reason why women love us bass players.The tone is like Barry White's voice, and the strings are thick like Ron Jeremy's...well, you get the point.
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12-13-2006, 06:08 AM
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Jack Bruce.
Was a huge early influence.
Moved on. |
12-13-2006, 07:44 AM
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I just don't understand....IMO after BSSM album their music to me just started going downhill.....
Influence-Les Claypool
Love all the Primus stuff and some of solo work, but the music that he has created lately just isn't as creative as he was. |
12-13-2006, 08:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: NY | | | Steve Harris, JPJ, Chris Squire and Geddy Lee for the most part. Also, I can barely listen to ELP anymore, and Greg Lake used to make me moist. Not so much anymore.
Prog is almost like hair metal to me these days. I almost can't believe I listened to it as much as I did. |
12-13-2006, 08:42 AM
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12-13-2006, 08:57 AM
| | totally deeeeef on the hi-hat side | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Seattle | | Quote:
Originally Posted by nad Flea. Was a fan for years but I have |0| interest in Stadium Arcadium, haven't heard any of it and probably never will. | The Peppers started losing me after Mother's Milk. It's, to me, still their best album, though I have to admit to actually liking much of the album they did with Dave Navarro, which probably puts me in a company of ten other people. 
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