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80s pop bands with killer bassists
- Thread starter brett7276
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Anyone that can sing and at the same time play the bass like Sting, has my full respect.
Mark King - The Slap King
No one should ignore the Cure's basslines laid by Simon Gallup
The Jam's Bruce Foxton (although more 70s) always a favorite.
Gary Mounfield (Stone Roses & Primal Scream)
Martin Glover (Killing Joke)
Brian Ritchie from the Violent Femmes
Norman Watt-Roy (Ian Dury & the Blockheads) and
"madman" Mark Bedford
Mark King - The Slap King
No one should ignore the Cure's basslines laid by Simon Gallup
The Jam's Bruce Foxton (although more 70s) always a favorite.
Gary Mounfield (Stone Roses & Primal Scream)
Martin Glover (Killing Joke)
Brian Ritchie from the Violent Femmes
Norman Watt-Roy (Ian Dury & the Blockheads) and
"madman" Mark Bedford
Very cool! I used to play guitar and sing "Ah Leah" in a cover band back in the early 90s.
Amen!
Two of the very first handful of tunes that I learned upon switching from lead guitar to bass last fall were "Rio" and "Some Like It Hot". Love Taylor's playing!
Yes. Check out the bassline to "Doors of Your Heart" on "Wha'ppen" for another great example.
Does Animal Logic count?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GINB-5bfkiw
And Bakithi Kumalo made me fall in love with the sound of fretless bass long before I ever actually got a bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GINB-5bfkiw
And Bakithi Kumalo made me fall in love with the sound of fretless bass long before I ever actually got a bass.
"I Love You, Miss Robot" was one of the first tunes I learned on bass. Good stuff!
Off topic, but as regards Trevor Horn - turns out it's OK to like Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" album even if you were a little turned off by the band - because apart from the singer, none of them were on it. It was all Trevor Horn (who was credited as producer) along with some heavy session guys including both Trevor Rabin and Steve Howe on guitar.
It's one of the best examples of a producer surreptitiously marketing a band as the face of a product that wasn't theirs. Source.
But, gotta say - side 1 of that record was one of the best pieces of music to come out of the 80s.
+1 on Colin Moulding/XTC and Brian Ritchie.
Steve Kilbey-The Church.
Mike Mills-R.E.M.
Julianna Hatfield-Blake Babies and Lemonheads. Yeah, she's more known for guitar than bass, but she's fairly competent on bass as well.
Steve Kilbey-The Church.
Mike Mills-R.E.M.
Julianna Hatfield-Blake Babies and Lemonheads. Yeah, she's more known for guitar than bass, but she's fairly competent on bass as well.
Interesting. Never knew that. Horn was all over everything in the 80s! Rabin too!
The title song on "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" is one of my favorite tunes to play on bass.
WJGreer said:
In reguards to Trevor Horn, I've seen many times he's dubbed "the man who created the 80's", as far as music goes. That dude was involved on so many albums in so many ways: producer, bassist, co-writer.
Earl Falconer - UB40
"Rat In The Kitchen" has some great bassplaying on it.
Conrad Lozano - Los Lobos
Los Lobos have been around since the early 70's and they put out some great albums in the 80's and 90's too.
Not pop music to be sure but you might want to check them out nonetheless.
"Rat In The Kitchen" has some great bassplaying on it.
Conrad Lozano - Los Lobos
Los Lobos have been around since the early 70's and they put out some great albums in the 80's and 90's too.
Not pop music to be sure but you might want to check them out nonetheless.
