Bass heavy groups/artists

[garythenuke]

RHCP is mentioned in the first post.

Thanks...

 

[ack]

Joe Jackson's "Look Sharp" & "I'm the Man" got me hooked on bass way back when.

Also, Spy V. Spy had a consistently bass-driven sound produced by Craig Bloxom.

 

[invalidprotocol]

RHCP is mentioned in the first post.

Ok, I'm going to blame it on me being home sick today.

 

[Frohman]

Justice. Trance music with roots in disco. Lots of slapping and a synth bass that goes "durr-durr" all the time. Awesome.

 

[ual]

Miami Horror - electronic/dance/funk, check out I Look to You, that has a killer bassline.

The Cat Empire - jazzy rock, basically all their songs are awesome aswell.

 

[thrashcomics]

Obscura, pretty much the only death metal band where the bass is actually mixed in front of the guitars.

oh man. this band and especially the bass player...AMAZAZING

 

[NWB]

Blues Traveler - Especially Live at Red Rocks.

Elvis - Especially Live at Madison Square Garden. The bass drives the whole show.

 

[gricko]

FFS, it took 42 posts to mention motorhead and 49 posts for jesus lizard.

talbot

 

[Midfour]

-Cynic (on Focus, anyway)
-some of Blue Oyster Cult's stuff, surprisingly
-as I mentioned (i.e. ranted about) earlier- Skeletonbreath
-and though I am loathe to mention Aerosmith with $teven Tyler joining American idol and all... Their 70's stuff was pretty bass-heavy
-Queen

 

[Travis_Bass]

Anthrax

 

[AcidFripp]

Om and Death From Above 1979.
Two completely different sounds, but still a bass-and-drums setup. No guitar.



Check it.

 

[Catbuster]

Rush
RHCP
Yes
Pink Floyd
Muse
Guns N' Roses (Listen to Sweet Child O' Mine and Paradise City without bass and you'll agree with me.)
Black Sabbath
Primus
Iron Maiden
ZZ Top
The Police

 

[SMILEYSIXX]

I hear a lot of bass in Dimmu Borgir. Death/Black metal occasionally has that "mixed out bass" connotation, but Dimmu Borgir really seems to put the bass in the foreground, although I really attribute that to ICS being a strong bassist who really puts the instrument out there.

 

[Unrepresented]

Dio was pretty good about including the bass in the mix nicely.

I recently revisited the Holy Diver album and Jimmy Bain's all over that album, with tone for days. A really nice balance of everyone, so I wouldn't say he carried the album by any means, but much more democratic than a lot of other contemporary mixes.

 

[Midfour]

The White Stripes

 

[Relayer71]

I second RUSH, YES and THE POLICE.

Add to that the following groups in which the bass doesn't always dominate (therefore maybe not being "bass heavy") but which have very interesting bassists and bass sounds in general:

- Gentle Giant (first five albums)

- Genesis (especially from 1972 to 1980)

- Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

- Simple Minds (early stuff, from 1980 to 1984, before they became overly commercial sounding)

- King Crimson

- Do Make Say Think (greatest post-rock or modern instrumental-rock band, sorry Mogwai and Godspeed You Black Emperor - love you too, but DMST has a very jazzy/fusion adventurous feel to it, sort of like Tortoise but with much more emotion/energy)

 

[Relayer71]

Oh and of course, Led Zeppelin

 

[CBtheBK]

Mushroomhead
Necrophagist

 

[masonsjax]

Mudvayne

 

[old-fashioned]

Pop in the 80's was full of bass. That was why I became a bassist back then. Some examples here:

Too Shy - Kajagoogoo:
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Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat:http:
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Sade - Smooth Operator