Trujillo really looks like a ****ing gorilla.He looks awful on stage, but he's a nice guy and he can play.
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Bassists you just can't watch
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I looked him up after reading this...
Why does he play upside down like that?
That's pretty interesting. I've seen a few musicians play in this manner. The main guy I know from memory is Rand Burkey from the band Atheist.
+1 on Verdine White. That guy must be on speed or something.
I watched a live DVD of the Doobie Brothers the other day. Can't remember their bassplayers name, but he had on a pair of these gnarly 80's bodybuildingpants (it was a recent show) and who knows what else. I cannot fathom how they allowed him to get on stage dressed like that!
Cheers Rody
I watched a live DVD of the Doobie Brothers the other day. Can't remember their bassplayers name, but he had on a pair of these gnarly 80's bodybuildingpants (it was a recent show) and who knows what else. I cannot fathom how they allowed him to get on stage dressed like that!
Cheers Rody
"Too light touch." No punch? That's funny! I've seen Tribal Tech live several times, and Willis' tightly-controlled, articulate fretless bass playing cranks out more slam and balls than a room full of Fleas.
OTOH, I can't stand watching--or, more importantly, listening to--Steve Swallow. I respect the guy's musicianship, but his gutless, limp-wristed tone bores me to distraction, and that feeble right-hand technique reminds me of an inept guitarist. Using a pick over the end of the fingerboard? What the hell is that? Willis sounds like a steamroller compared to this guy.
I like the guy from Dispatch. His live bass lines are way better than his recorded ones. I'd give seeing him look like a goof for some awesome bass playing. lol
(Oh and btw, those videos of the band Complete from earlier in this post... made me cry, seriously, I was laughing THAT hard.)
pretty much any bassist that stands still, or sits down for no reason...like, if it's someone older i can understand, but someone younger playing upbeat, especially upbeat jazzy type stuff...just peeves me...oh yea, and when a bassist spends an entire set standing in a spread leg stance directly infront of his amp staring into space like Cliff Williams? i believe that was the dudes name from AC/DC, but yea, only he can pull off that stance in my eyes and still be effective
if you cant feel the groove, pick up a guitar :scowl:
if you cant feel the groove, pick up a guitar :scowl:
I don't know about that statement. Who wants a guitarist that can't feel the groove?
Cesar Pliego from Kinky. I saw them on the Ultimate Sunshine Tour several years ago and he does this horrible thing were he squats down and walks while pumping his head back and forth...
I must say, it looks rather cathartic to hammer the snot out of a bass and have a bunch of people scream at you and call it rock and roll.
what the hell is he doing that warrants those faces that he is making
It looks like he's getting ready to do a #2. That should be called the dump anthem and you play it as you waddle down the hall to go have a saturday morning poo.
+1
Fieldy
Flea sometimes
basically anyone with really poor technique, tone, strap height, posture. Makes my wrists hurt just watching
Probably the worst (or is it the best?) ratio in terms of excellence in bass playing over look is surely Will Lee. I thought his goofy moves and looks were only for the Letterman show. But I was really disapointed when I saw him in an Oz Noy video making the same moves... Gee he probably rehearses that stuff... But what a great musician!
