Cannot argue with that! I learned that for a band I was working with. Fun little bass line. One of the few that uses all the strings effectively.
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Best Bass Intro!
- Thread starter Dave Castelo
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Cannot argue with that! I learned that for a band I was working with. Fun little bass line. One of the few that uses all the strings effectively.
Limp Bizkit-Stuck (A diminished broken chord follow be a spooky pitch bend)
Limp Bizkit-Re Arranged (honestly the catchiest and best bassline intro ever)
Metallica-As the Bell Tolls
Limp Bizkit-Re Arranged (honestly the catchiest and best bassline intro ever)
Metallica-As the Bell Tolls
The O'Jays (Anthony Jackson) - "For The Love Of Money"
The Beatles (Paul McCartney) - "Come Together"
Yes (Chris Squire) - "I Am A Camera"
Bruford (Jeff Berlin) - "5G"
Stanley Clarke - "Silly Putty"
King Crimson (Tony Levin) - "Elephant Talk" and "Sartori In Tangiers" (yes, I know both of those examples are Chapman Stick...but they are so cool!)
The Beatles (Paul McCartney) - "Come Together"
Yes (Chris Squire) - "I Am A Camera"
Bruford (Jeff Berlin) - "5G"
Stanley Clarke - "Silly Putty"
King Crimson (Tony Levin) - "Elephant Talk" and "Sartori In Tangiers" (yes, I know both of those examples are Chapman Stick...but they are so cool!)
Motorhead - Lost Johnny
Motorhead - The Watchman
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Megadeth - Dawn Patrol
Judas Priest - Worth Fighting For
Voodoo Six - One More Day
Voodoo Six - Century
Saxon - Suzi Hold On
Saxon - Dallas 1PM
Iron Maiden - The Clairvoyant
Iron Maiden - Wrathchild
Iron Maiden - Killers
Some great songs been mentioned by me and others.IMO Saxon are a underated band. There songs have brillent bass in them. Just not many intros.
Motorhead - The Watchman
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Megadeth - Dawn Patrol
Judas Priest - Worth Fighting For
Voodoo Six - One More Day
Voodoo Six - Century
Saxon - Suzi Hold On
Saxon - Dallas 1PM
Iron Maiden - The Clairvoyant
Iron Maiden - Wrathchild
Iron Maiden - Killers
Some great songs been mentioned by me and others.IMO Saxon are a underated band. There songs have brillent bass in them. Just not many intros.
I'm going to have to chime in with the 80's vibe.
Wherever I Lay My Hat-Paul Young with Pino on fretless
My Spine Is The Bassline-Shreikback with Dave Allen on bass
Red Guitar-David Sylvian and someone's going to have to look that up on bass
Mother And Child-David Sylvian with Danny Thompson on bass.
Wherever I Lay My Hat-Paul Young with Pino on fretless
My Spine Is The Bassline-Shreikback with Dave Allen on bass
Red Guitar-David Sylvian and someone's going to have to look that up on bass
Mother And Child-David Sylvian with Danny Thompson on bass.
My list goes
Panic Attack-Dream Theater
Domination-Symphony X
Peace Sells-Megadeth
My Name is Mud-Primus
Spiders-System of a Down
Hysteria-Muse
Panic Attack-Dream Theater
Domination-Symphony X
Peace Sells-Megadeth
My Name is Mud-Primus
Spiders-System of a Down
Hysteria-Muse
As much pure hate as I'm going to pull, I gotta say I really love the intro to "Back in the Day" by Local H
This thread is back from the dead!
The Stranglers copped a mention back on page one, so how about "Peaches". Fat overdriven, picked p-bass-in-your-face, bless 'em.
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The Stranglers copped a mention back on page one, so how about "Peaches". Fat overdriven, picked p-bass-in-your-face, bless 'em.
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YES-Squire:
Heart of the sunrise/Fragile
Does it really happen?/Drama
The patriarch of the bass intro
Heart of the sunrise/Fragile
Does it really happen?/Drama
The patriarch of the bass intro
