Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Bassists that look really mean
- Thread starter spectorbass83
- Start date
It's not size that scares me, it's people who simply don't give an F about the consequences of their actions.
Exactly!
In regards to Would'e and his Mark Mendoza pic-Amen to that. Even in makeup he looked like a bad ass and without, even more so.
OK, I've seen some pretty mean looking bassists in this thread, but I think this next guy could kick all their asses at once. Behold, the meanest, most threatening looking bassist ever, STING!!!
Link Removed
Note the menacing look in his eyes in the second picture (shivers)
He was in Dune, as one of the Harkonens, very sracy
I never pictured them as scary. I don't think their fellow band members did either. (Johnny Rotten once said, ""Sid couldn't punch his way out of a bag of crisps!" in regards to his name.) They seemed more like the crazy uncle in the family. From the Ramones documentaries I've seen it was more like, "Oh that's Dee Dee doped up again. He's a CRAZY guy!" Joey was a lot more intimidating.
I think people need to distinguish between scary and having the credentials to beat someone up. I'm sure there's tons of bass players that can beat me up. Charles Mingus was one scary muthaf*cka though.
I've heard a tale of Mingus punching an audience member in the face for talking on the phone during his bass solo..
also heard of his band members pulling knives on him to keep him at bay, not sure about guns though
On the PHONE? Was he on his Blackberry? I have a hard time believing this story, but believe the part about the knives.
Did anyone say Jonas Hellborg? The guy never smiles! When I first saw him with McLaughlin he had a shaved head and looked very intense...
In the middle of his solo he hit the strings and had a tone of reverb on it and it made a real loud BOOM and he stood up. (he was sitting the whole show).
It was quit a show...
In the middle of his solo he hit the strings and had a tone of reverb on it and it made a real loud BOOM and he stood up. (he was sitting the whole show).
It was quit a show...
I bought a bass off a guy who saw Jaco Pastorius in a small club in New York once, he reckons he chased the whole band off the stage about half an hour in and grabbed the guitar off the guitarist. Then he done a 20 minute guitar solo and stormed off.
Jaco also died after an altercation with a bouncer so I'd say he might have been a character not to be messed with.
good one, he definitely comes across as mean, but he is a cool guy in person (to some people, though
). I got to meet him at the Warwick booth last Anaheim NAMM and he was very animated and happy to talk with someone was knowledgeable of his discography.
Alot of guys can look pretty mean when they make certain bass faces or play a certain passage. If i Knew how to post pics I would but I don't
So my votes would have to be Trujillo, Jon Vesano, Steve Digiorgio and Steve Harris(sometimes) and thats all I can think of right now!
Andrew
So my votes would have to be Trujillo, Jon Vesano, Steve Digiorgio and Steve Harris(sometimes) and thats all I can think of right now!
Andrew
good one, he definitely comes across as mean, but he is a cool guy in person (to some people, though
Here's the solo I was talking about.
I'm sure he must be a col guy... but he looks so serious!
Bingo. I teach judo at a local college, and you just can't tell by appearances. Some of the big, scary-looking toughguys are the biggest babies around when it comes to pain. And some of the weeniest looking skinny hippy guys can turn out to be wirey little animals that can tie you up in knots. Being big and strong are advantages, but they're not an automatic win, not even close.
