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03-15-2006, 06:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oklahoma | | | Who influenced you to start playing the bass?
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Just wondering who influenced most of you to start playing, or who was your greatest inspiration? Looking more for famous musicians, not a friend that said "go buy a bass." Mine was twiggy ramirez (jeordie white, formerly of marilyn manson, then APC, now NIN). I saw him play in tulsa, oklahoma and was blown away by his playing, stage presence, and "rock star" attitude onstage. 
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03-15-2006, 06:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Isle of Lucy | | | I wasn't inspired by anyone other than myself just wanting to play bass.
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03-15-2006, 07:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St. Louis // St. Charles, MO | | | I was a violin player heading into junior high school. The Normandy School District, in St. Louis, MO has an amazing music program, very competitive, and incredible high school jazz bands. I wanted to be in the jazz band and did not see a way to do that playing violin, so I switched to string bass in the junior high orchestra. I was good on the violin - held 1st chair a often, but always was in the top 3 chairs... but I wanted that jazz band shot - so bass it was.
Prior to getting into the hs jazz band I was amazed by Aleric Anderson - the then current 1st jazz band (the Norsemen) bass player. He played a Gibson Ripper - a really big, cool bass! Then I got into the 2nd jazz band (called Jazz II) and that is when I started paying attention to pro bass players. Stanley Clarke was the uber bass god - Geddy Lee was rock bass god - then I discovered John Paul Jones...
That is my list of influences... Aleric, Stanley, Geddy, JPJ...
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03-15-2006, 07:53 PM
|  | Bass lines like a big, funky giant | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southern MN | | | The Beatles hit the scene, I wanted to be a drummer. Then they released "Nowhere Man". One listen to Paul's bass line on a good stereo and I never wanted to play drums again! |
03-15-2006, 07:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Landisville, PA | | Krist Novoselic. 
Yes sir.
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03-15-2006, 08:12 PM
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The Wizard who enthralled my mind.................
Yes I realize he is not a bassist. Odd story, how he inspired me to become a bassist.
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03-15-2006, 08:28 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Coast of Canada | | | Oddly enough: Robert Trujillo (Metallica) and Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse)
It was after watching the DVD from "St. Anger" and the DVD from "The Wretched Spawn" that I started thinking about taking up the bass. RT inspires me to play with all I got, to just pour my heart into my playing, and AW inspires me to play with as much technical finesse as I can. Seriously, just watch "The Wretched Spawn" DVD and you'll realize that AW has some chops! |
03-15-2006, 08:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philadelphia, PA | | Cliff Burton: 
Beefcake the Mighty: 
These two led me to the bass...by this point I had already wanted to be in music. |
03-15-2006, 11:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Southern California | | Geezer Butler! (Black Sabbath for those of you who have not lived)
I wish I had the picture of him in his blue velvet robes with gold trim on my computer, but alas it remains on my wall.  |
03-16-2006, 12:51 AM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | Michael Anthony.
I always kept hearing his basslines in the background of those great VH songs, and wondered who was making that sound and how.
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03-16-2006, 04:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Land of OZ | | Gene Simmons was my inspiration.  |
03-16-2006, 04:28 AM
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My greatest inspiration was probably John Paul Jones. |
03-16-2006, 04:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Israel | | | Santana, hehe. It all started when I got addicted to playing his bass-lines on my classic guitar...
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03-16-2006, 06:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kent, England | | | Tim Commerford back in the RATM days, i mean hes good in Audioslave but he doesnt stand out as much as he used to.
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03-16-2006, 11:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Australia - Brisbane | | Lol i had the urse to play the bass after i watched a live with japanese rocker kazuno. Glad i did though, i love this instrument. *wipes tear from eye*  |
03-17-2006, 12:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SF bay area | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Synplicity Tim Commerford back in the RATM days, i mean hes good in Audioslave but he doesnt stand out as much as he used to. | +1
along with Flea , Les Claypool , the guy from FNM and most of the old punk bassist's .They're some of the the most "audiable" bassist's ,to my ears,from my generation's music (i'm 25) so they sorta helped "steer" me this direction |
03-17-2006, 12:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Moscow, Russia | | | Gene Simmons. Funny thing, once I started playing, I pretty much lost my interest in KISS (imagine that). |
03-17-2006, 12:22 AM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | | Roger Glover, when i heard Smoke on the Water on a burger king commercial |
03-17-2006, 07:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Northern Va. | | My friend Charlie
...and I guess his friend, and acquaintance of mine, Mike Tobias
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03-17-2006, 01:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Medicine Hat | | | My inner child has a brief chat with my inner adult. The rest is history.
DCat,
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