Hard rocking Grandpas

Akeo · #1 09-22-2006, 07:52 PM

I was just thinking after practicing tonight, you know, i'm almost 53 years old and i'm playing to Queensryche, some Dream theater, some seether, and most of Audioslave. My question is this: am I the only geezer playing this stuff or are there others out there? I think it's odd that my 21 year old son and i can discuss the same bands over the phone. But i like it!! So let me hear from you old timers, do you like playing the harder edged stuff or am i alone?

mike phillips · #2 09-23-2006, 09:02 AM

well you got eight years on me but i enjoy playin black sabbath, megadeth, dio. my 13 yr old daughter also likes this stuff as well as avenged sevenfold. we go to alot of shows together. as a matter of fact were goin to see some local headbangers tonight. your not alone with the hard stuff.

**MAJOR METAL** · #3 09-23-2006, 09:36 AM

Keep Rockin till you cant bang your head anymore or atleast pick up a bass.

BrandonBass · #4 09-23-2006, 09:44 AM

respect for the old geezers who rock. my uncle is a rock fan and i can talk to him about music more than i ever can with my dad

James_B · #5 09-23-2006, 02:33 PM

I'm 17 years old I just have to say

I LOVE THE NEW AUDIOSLAVE ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, who cares how old you are.

Alvaro Martín Gómez A. · #6 09-23-2006, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL

Keep Rockin till you cant bang your head anymore or atleast pick up a bass.

MM's statement is my motto. I'll be 40 next February and have no plans of stop playing and digging good ol' heavy stuff. Rock and roll rules!

CTbass&birdsong · #7 09-25-2006, 11:58 AM

i STILL PLAY THE 70s.

.....have a extensive collection (22 basses and still growing)..age doesnt matter!!! My fourth wife was 21 years younger than me

and couldnt keep up!!! and I still keep in touch with them all

and we get along GREAT!!!!!

...They share in my passion for music!!! Music makes you ageless!!!!!!!

**MAJOR METAL** · #8 09-25-2006, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A.

MM's statement is my motto. I'll be 40 next February and have no plans of stop playing and digging good ol' heavy stuff. Rock and roll rules!

Amen !

iamthebassman · #9 09-25-2006, 01:07 PM

I don't play/like the hard and heavy stuff you mentioned but I'm 48, average 10 shows a month, own about 25 basses, and my wife just turned 26(she was 22 when we married).

BaldBass · #10 09-25-2006, 01:56 PM

55 and still going....the really terrible thing is the kids are calling "classic Rock" "oldies" now

LeftyJack · #11 09-25-2006, 07:31 PM

Good day at work=Theory, Blues, melodic tranquil stuff....
Crummy day=Velvet Revolver, Queens of the Stone Age, Throw Rag, basically finger bleeding therapy.
I'm 52 - I just don't know it.

CTbass&birdsong · #12 09-25-2006, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by iamthebassman

I don't play/like the hard and heavy stuff you mentioned but I'm 48, average 10 shows a month, own about 25 basses, and my wife just turned 26(she was 22 when we married).

[img]http://yvon.basses.googlepages.com/IMG_0777640x480.JPG]/img]

My wife was 21 years younger

Must be something about bass players111

Enclosed some pics of my collection.

we old farts can still Rock!!!!!!!

spudmaster34 · #13 09-25-2006, 08:33 PM

CTbass&birdsong, you have to stop posting those pics before you decimate the tb population with an explosive case of GAS

MikeyFingers · #14 09-26-2006, 01:18 AM

^I agree. You have entirely too many basses, you should give some to me. I mean come on, you have like 5 Carl Thompsons, I'd lose bowel control if I had the chance to get just 1.

Seriously though, that is the most impressive collection I've ever seen. I would kill to have a setup like that. The room with the leather couches and amps, just freakin beautiful man, I'd love to just chill in there, trying to decide which bass to play.
BTW, what's with the P-bass in the case? Who signed it?

CTbass&birdsong · #15 09-26-2006, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeyFingers

^I agree. You have entirely too many basses, you should give some to me. I mean come on, you have like 5 Carl Thompsons, I'd lose bowel control if I had the chance to get just 1.

Seriously though, that is the most impressive collection I've ever seen. I would kill to have a setup like that. The room with the leather couches and amps, just freakin beautiful man, I'd love to just chill in there, trying to decide which bass to play.
BTW, what's with the P-bass in the case? Who signed it?

Thats several years of being blessed!! It is very peaceful to sit in that room and relax!!! Every bass has memories and hstory!!

CTbass&birdsong · #16 09-26-2006, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by spudmaster34

CTbass&birdsong, you have to stop posting those pics before you decimate the tb population with an explosive case of GAS

GAS will cause you to expand and strech your capabiltes to their limits!!! Dont be afraid to have GAS!!!!

Lazylion · #17 09-26-2006, 06:04 AM

I like the heavy bands that have singers. I don't count the constant-scream guys or the cookie-monster guys as singers. My 14-year-old son just played me a song by Dragonforce this weekend. Insanely fast, but the guy can sing! Much more enjoyable than some other stuff he likes - Hatebreed, Trivium, Disturbed, etc. Those vocalists are just annoying.
Of course, I don't play any of that heavy stuff. I play country. Merle Haggard, yeah, that's the ticket!

SnoMan · #18 09-26-2006, 11:30 AM

CT&B-

Wow.....I want to be just like you.

That's an amazing collection. Nice house too!

ogrossman · #19 09-26-2006, 11:35 AM

51 and still rocking hard: Sabath, BLS, Ozzy, Audio Slave, Velvet Revolver, Rage Against the Machine...

http://thebootleggersband.com/set_list.html

kobass · #20 09-26-2006, 12:59 PM

CTB&B, youda man! All those basses and a young wife to boot! Nice house, too! Proof that you can have it all!

Cheers,
Kevin