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10-02-2003, 01:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Milwaukee | | | Why doesnt Robert DeLeo get props?
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I am learning a song from STP. I always knew DeLeo was a good bass player, but I never realized how good until I tried to learn this song. I started to listen to rest of album and he blew me away.
My question is, why do Flea and Les Claypool get so much attention and Mr. DeLeo doesnt? |
10-02-2003, 01:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Seattle, WA. | | I agree. He's very noteworthy(  ). The only reason I can think of is also the reason much of that band as a whole is overlooked. Fantastic musicians they may be, but none of them seem to have the charisma to stand out on their own that Scott Weiland, Flea, or Claypool does. I truly believe now a days musicianship can not stand alone without appearance and/or personality to back it. Just my $.02. 
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10-02-2003, 01:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Georgia | | | I'll have to agree with you on this one. Not only is he a great player but he's also one of the main songwriters in the band. In addition to bass he also plays the guitar.
A major talent in the rock world.
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10-02-2003, 01:30 PM
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Builder: Valenti Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Staten Island NYC | | | He is a GREAT bassist & one of my favotire players.
Also, I think he has one of the best bass tones in rock!!!! |
10-02-2003, 02:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Seattle, WA. | | Nino, you've probably heard of the little known band the Deleo brothers started with a different singer called Talk Show right? Just a heads up for more goodies by Rob Deleo if you had'nt. They're not very well known about.
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10-02-2003, 02:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hunts-Vegas, Alabama | | | He's only one of MANY extraordinary players out there who don't get the recognition they deserve.
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10-02-2003, 02:29 PM
| | Vorsprung durch Technik | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Cologne, Germany | | | ...maybe because his band is dead?...
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10-02-2003, 02:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Denton, Texas USA | | | He does have a pretty cool signature model bass made by Schecter. He is definitely the highest profile guy in their stable. They also make a Tommy Lee model guitar so that may not be saying much. |
10-02-2003, 02:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Salem, OR | | | Tripping on a Hole in a Paper Heart is one of my favoritest bass-lines of all time.. he just flies through the whole song.
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10-02-2003, 03:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Milwaukee | | | That is the song I am trying to learn! I have to learn it for an audition this weekend. I just started on it last night. Wow, he is really moving in that song. |
10-02-2003, 10:40 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Ibanez basses and Promethean amp | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Atlanta | | | VERY underrated player. Cat has a nasty groove.
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10-02-2003, 10:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | He doesn't get props? I think he gets plenty attention.
Why don't you do a search? 
I think there are a few threads about Robbie.
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10-03-2003, 02:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: East Bay, CA. and Denver, CO. | | | It's probably because his band itself doesn't get enough recognition. Scott Weiland is the unluckiest man in the world.
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10-03-2003, 04:29 PM
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VERY underrated player. Cat has a nasty groove. |
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10-03-2003, 10:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | Quote: Originally posted by Ad Nauseam
It's probably because his band itself doesn't get enough recognition. Scott Weiland is the unluckiest man in the world. |
You read that article in Spin right? (It was Spin... right?) Funny stuff.
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10-04-2003, 05:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: I'm from Venus. | | | Re: Why doesnt Robert DeLeo get props?
Quote: Originally posted by vegaas
I am learning a song from STP. I always knew DeLeo was a good bass player, but I never realized how good until I tried to learn this song. I started to listen to rest of album and he blew me away.
My question is, why do Flea and Les Claypool get so much attention and Mr. DeLeo doesnt? | Flea and Les Claypool are better know for their studio work. DeLeo's studio work is more on Organ and vocals! Treena |
10-08-2003, 05:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: East Bay, CA. and Denver, CO. | | | Yeah StupidMatt! It was one of those really over-rated pop culture zines. I thought that bit was hilarious and very true, unfortunately.
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10-08-2003, 07:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Eastern Townships, Québec | | | "Interstate Love Song"... That tune gives me goosebumps every friggin' time I hear it. I just love this song.
...Oh, yeah, DeLeo's a great bassist! |
10-08-2003, 07:59 AM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The land of chicken fried funk | | FWIW - He was on the cover of "Bass Player" mag not all that long ago. Maybe that stewpid cowboy hat doesn't help. 
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10-08-2003, 08:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Boston, Taxachusetts | | | Re: Why doesnt Robert DeLeo get props?
Quote: Originally posted by vegaas
My question is, why do Flea and Les Claypool get so much attention and Mr. DeLeo doesnt? | You might ask why so many bassists period don't get attention.
Flea got attention because of the high profile of the Chili Peppers. Their mix of punk and funk wasn't brand new (check out the Contortions or Defunkt) but they were the first band to be commercially successful doing it. So Flea became the poster boy for slapping in a punk context.
Claypool got well known because he was Primus' front man. Many of the best known rock bassists were also the front men for their bands: Geddy Lee, Jack Bruce, McCartney, Sting.
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