Bass-only band

[whitefuneral]

I've played a couple of songs with a friend which my bass had been playing the lead guitar part. If you get everything right like parts, distortions is a big one, mids and sounds it's awesome.

 

[gfaulkner]

Though not a 2 bass band, Morphine had drums, a 2 string slide bass, and baritone sax, none of those treble type instruments.

+1 on that.I miss this band.

 

[brotherbassj]

Kid is Qual........Richmond VA based band. Features two bassists, lots of effect pedals, a drummer and a vocoder! It was cool watching them play.........not totally my thing but cool

 

[Hawkbone]

King Crimson performed with two bassists and two drummers for a while.
Lark's Tongues in Aspic, King Crimson - YouTube

 

[icecycle66]

SoundClick artist: No Place for the Dead - page with MP3 music downloads

Here is some homemade multiple bass stuff.
Just about all of it has at least a 2 to 1 ratio of bass to guitar.

 

[ZetaBassist]

Would it work? Do you know any bands that contain only a drummer and 2 or more basses? I reckon at least 1 bass should be a 6 string, and that 6 string player would have to really know his stuff....

Brilliant idea. You've just inspired me

 

[Battlemode]

My drum/bass duo played a show a couple of weeks ago with another drum/bass duo. Depending on the scene you're in, bass only bands aren't unheard of.

Rough, old recordings of my band (plug):

user1152846's sounds on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

The band we played with, Heavy Medical:

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Also, no one's mentioned Ruins, so I'm going to throw their name out there.

 

[Adam Furay]

1987-1990, Miles Davis had two bass players. Marcus Miller and Foley.

 

[icecycle66]

Audie Pitrie of Acid Bath tried to mainstream it (a little bit) in the mid 90's. Then he died. his band was called Shrum.

01 drip - Shrum - YouTube
04 Michelle Song - Shrum - YouTube

 

[icecycle66]

If you fill the proper sonic spaces, then nobody has to know that it is a multiple bass group. It won't matter.

The music will stand on its own, if it can.

 

[rtslinger]

With effects today you can pretty much get away with anything. Make something unique and someone will like it. I would not consider success or failures of ones that have come before you because who knows maybe you have what it takes to make it work. Only one way to find out JUST DO IT good luck

 

[MatticusMania]

Would it work? Do you know any bands that contain only a drummer and 2 or more basses? I reckon at least 1 bass should be a 6 string, and that 6 string player would have to really know his stuff....

I used to be a part of a bass & drum band. I was the bass, obviously, and would use a loop pedal sometimes to loop a bass line and play over it. It "worked" for us, and we had a good 3 years in before we broke up.

But you're right, the band probably wouldn't draw enough attention from the general crowd.

We got a lot of attention, at times. Doing something different is certainly one way of getting attention. According to the drummer, we would have had more attention if my vocals were better.

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It would be fun, but just aa a jam thing and a gig once in a blue moon. You could never package that idea with expectations of playing out much.

We played 40 shows over the course of a year, and kept it up for 3 years.

 

[onestring]

dos is awesome for two bassness.

 

[MatticusMania]

dos is awesome for two bassness.

Oh hell yeah! Though, I dont think they perform with a drummer.

 

[pklima]

I've occasionally done some songs with just one bass and vocals for the simple reason that the guitarists hadn't learned the songs yet, or had learned them but not well enough to sing and play at the same time. So, in small doses, like four songs on one gig, that works.

Here's an example from last week - we have two guitarists but one can't sing and play this at the same time (and I don't blame her) and the other had been away on a business trip and just hasn't learned the song yet, so we went with bass, voice and pandeiro:

That definitely works for a couple of songs as variety, and girls were dancing, but a whole set like this would be very tough to pull off.

 

[Infrasonik B.]

L'Orchestre des Contrebasses!!!

All bass, just bass

Six double bass to be exact

L'Orchestre de Contrebasses - 12 Bass, bass, bass, bass, bass & bass [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube

They a few CDs out which are all great and they have sheet music for a few of their songs on their website.

 

[Yools]

Cause for Effect is pretty interesting. Grindcore with no guitars to hide behind.

Cause for Effect - Process

-Y

 

[niels125]

Here's an example from last week - we have two guitarists but one can't sing and play this at the same time (and I don't blame her) and the other had been away on a business trip and just hasn't learned the song yet, so we went with bass, voice and pandeiro: Capivara - Ojos así - YouTube

That definitely works for a couple of songs as variety, and girls were dancing, but a whole set like this would be very tough to pull off.

Cool band you have!

I can't understand a word of it, and it's totally not the type of music I normally listen to but there is something appealing to it thats why I listen to all the songs you uploaded

 

[bassophil]

Markus Grosskopf's Bassinvaders, here too and here too

featuring:
Markus Grosskopf (Helloween)
Tom Angelripper (Sodom)
Schmier (Destruction)
Peavy (Rage)

 

[Jenra]

Ever watched Bassextremes? or Bass player live? they gather up some of the best bassists in the world and let them play together!

Idd go see some of it, if you havent already