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02-26-2012, 12:37 PM
| | | | what are your favorite bands with good bass or bassists
I have been looking for some new inspirations and just wanted to sea what your favorites are? |
02-26-2012, 12:45 PM
| | | | Rush. Their bassist is Geddy Lee.
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02-26-2012, 12:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Alabama | | | Primus (Had to say it), but if you do look them up, try "John the Fisherman" or "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver"
Other bands that are influential as far as bass playing goes that I can think of right now: Yes (look up "Roundabout"), Phish (look up "Tweezer"), Stone Temple Pilots (look up "Interstate Love Song" but really the whole "Purple" album has some really good bass), Tool (look up "Schism"), even The Beatles (with songs like "Hey Bulldog" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)") |
02-26-2012, 01:37 PM
|  | Don't feed the troll, folks. | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Camarillo, CA | | | Dream Theater (if you're in to that sort of thing) with John Myung.
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (if you're in to that sort of thing) with Victor Wooten.
Lots of Motown with James Jamerson, check out Stevie Wonder's I Was Made To Love Her.
For pick style, check out Thin Lizzy w/ Phil Lynott. Songs like Warrior, Opium Trail, Massacre, and Sugar Blues help me to push the limits of my pick-style playing all the time.
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02-26-2012, 02:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego | | | One cool bass player I have gotten into a lot lately is the guy from Dead Letter Circus. Really cool parts and a sick tone.
Besides that obviously all of the greats, Jaco Pastorius, Geddy Lee etc. |
02-26-2012, 02:01 PM
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02-26-2012, 02:21 PM
| | | | john myung - dream theater
the zamora- alien ant farm
glen møllen- circus maximus. simple lines, but very powerful sounding
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02-26-2012, 02:35 PM
| | | | The Beatles - Paul McCartney (beautiful melodic bass lines)
The Who - John Entwistle (a monster!)
Led Zeppelin - John Paul-Jones (a groover)
Cream - Jack Bruce (a mixture between McCartney and John Paul-Jones)
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02-26-2012, 02:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ventura County, CA | | | Porcupine Tree. Bassist is Colin Edwin.
Very tasteful yet proggy playing. I've heard these guys called
"The best band you've never heard of." |
02-26-2012, 02:41 PM
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Black Sabbath - Geezer Butler
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Iron Maiden - Steve Harris
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02-26-2012, 02:42 PM
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02-26-2012, 02:43 PM
| | | | Obscura, bassist is Jeroen Thressling, songs that show him off are "Septuagint" and "Anticosmic Overload"
Primus, bassist is Les Claypool, though every song is really just Les, a few goodies are "Extinction Burst" "Frizzle Fry" and "Tragedy's a' Comin'"
Necrophagist, bassist is _________ (not a clue), but songs that show him off are "Seven" and "Only Ash Remains"
I suppose I should also put in Flea, but I'm pretty sure we all know him =P |
02-26-2012, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Zezjek Obscura, bassist is Jeroen Thressling, songs that show him off are "Septuagint" and "Anticosmic Overload"
Primus, bassist is Les Claypool, though every song is really just Les, a few goodies are "Extinction Burst" "Frizzle Fry" and "Tragedy's a' Comin'"
Necrophagist, bassist is _________ (not a clue), but songs that show him off are "Seven" and "Only Ash Remains"
I suppose I should also put in Flea, but I'm pretty sure we all know him =P | how could i forget obscura... jeroen is a beast on his 7 string fretless thumb!
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02-26-2012, 02:57 PM
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(Old) Dir en Grey- Toshiya.
The Smiths- Andy Rourke
The Cure- Simon Gallup.
Tiger Army- Geoff Kresge.
There's more I enjoy but these are the five who's work I constantly appreciate.
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02-26-2012, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by BassmanAK Porcupine Tree. Bassist is Colin Edwin.
Very tasteful yet proggy playing. I've heard these guys called
"The best band you've never heard of." | Yes! The song 'Halo' has a killer bass groove. 'Anesthetize' has a lot of great bass work too, if the 17:42 duration doesn't scare you off... 
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02-26-2012, 08:23 PM
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Jefferson Airplane (Crown of Creation)
The Beatles
The Who
Allman Brothers
The Funk Brothers |
02-26-2012, 08:59 PM
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Modest Mouse
Big Sir
Man Man
Nofx
Rancid
Does it Offend You, Yeah
Moros Eros
The Dead Weather
The Dismemberment Plan
......just a few.
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02-26-2012, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Hobobob Yes! The song 'Halo' has a killer bass groove. 'Anesthetize' has a lot of great bass work too, if the 17:42 duration doesn't scare you off... | The live version of Anesthetize is what drew me to Colin and PT in general. Not a big fan of the lyrics, but the music (and more importantly, the bass...) is fecking great!
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02-26-2012, 09:05 PM
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02-26-2012, 09:09 PM
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