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09-05-2006, 10:20 AM
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Have any of you seen or read in Flea interviews when he says there were these bassists in the early 90s who started playing slap bass and turned it into a "macho thing"? I can't think of who. Faith No More came to mind, but I think Flea even mentioned them as not being an example. Any ideas? I have an image of a guy playing "macho" slap bass and it makes me laugh. |
09-05-2006, 10:24 AM
| | | | Flea is just a hypocritic guy sometimes. sometimes he talks random crap like how he likes blueberrie pies and he takes a crap in the morning...etc.
i still dig his playing though |
09-05-2006, 10:25 AM
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09-05-2006, 10:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cumming Georgia(yes its real) | | | Hmm, well we know this statment came in 1993 because its from his famous video with River Phoenix. We know he's not talking about the guy from Fishbone because he is good friends and compliments him in the video...
Aside from that I don't think he gives us anymore hints. |
09-05-2006, 12:54 PM
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Still, there's no avoiding the fact that Flea kicked ass in the movie Motorama.
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09-05-2006, 01:16 PM
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09-05-2006, 01:31 PM
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09-05-2006, 01:32 PM
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09-05-2006, 01:33 PM
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Branden Campbell | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Salt Lake City based | | | The person that comes to my mind is Flea himself. If anyone was the king of macho slap bass in the 90's it was him. Anyone else on pop radio doing such a thing after that was most likely by his influence. I think he is a great player and love how emotional he is about music nevertheless.
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09-05-2006, 02:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Goldsboro / Raleigh NC | | | Pot, meet kettle. Kettle, meet pot. For flea to have the audacity to say that he dislikes people playing "macho bass" from a guy who IMO set slap way back (from larry graham and louis johnson to omgzorz flea slapzorz fast!)
Oh well.
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09-05-2006, 02:17 PM
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people like that have exsisted for years
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09-05-2006, 02:57 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NYC/LI | | | Yeah I agree that he was probably just talking out of his ass, he tends to do that.
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09-05-2006, 03:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sioux City, Iowa | | | I think Flea realized that he was painting himself into a corner being "the slap guy" and that was his cool punk rock way to get out.
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09-05-2006, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by opivy3056 "hey p-nut, beat that thing" | I hope he wasn't talking about P-nut. He never slapped that much anyways, and when he did it sounded good  |
09-05-2006, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Rick Brienzo I think Flea realized that he was painting himself into a corner being "the slap guy" and that was his cool punk rock way to get out. |
+1 I agree. Totally "punk rock" of him. Flea should thank the stars that he has bang-loads of cashola, because I'm seeing more and more as time goes on what an ass-hatchet he really is. |
09-05-2006, 04:43 PM
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By the way, Billy didn't slap that often but when he did it, he did it well.  |
09-05-2006, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by bdeaux The person that comes to my mind is Flea himself. If anyone was the king of macho slap bass in the 90's it was him. Anyone else on pop radio doing such a thing after that was most likely by his influence. I think he is a great player and love how emotional he is about music nevertheless. | yeah, when I think 'macho slapping' flea is the first guy to come to mind.
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09-05-2006, 05:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Newcastle/England | | | why do yous all think he was tlakin about famouse bass players, he might of came accross (and i no i have) alot of people who over slap, and dont do it well, but they go round thinking they are awsome at it and like to show off 24/7 with it, Flea was mroe slap heavy in the 80's, exept mabe one hot minute has alot of heavy bass playing, but i like it |
09-05-2006, 05:18 PM
| | | | I dont know, I kinda agree with him. Although at that time there may not have been many "pop" or radio hits that included slappy lines, I think I remember slap bass being the end all of 'talent' back in the day. Spin doctors anyone? Duran Duran?
In an interview with Tony Kanal of No doubt, he comments about slapping a lot on the first album(early 90s) because it was the "thing to do" and how he got caught up in it - and good at it.
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09-05-2006, 05:59 PM
|  | Uber Bass Geek :p | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Middle GA | | Lately, he looks like he's growing up some, but,....Naaah! he's not. Sorry, Never, No way! He's already burned his brain beyond repair.
Being the fastest, is far from being the best. And as for his funk, That ain't funk. I would bet that at least 50% of the guys registered on just this site alone can out funk, and out play his A$$ any day. And God help us all if he goes and opens his mouth.
He's a P.O.S.
Did I mention I don't like him? 
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