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Billy Gould

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Weyngott

Oct 27, 2006
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#1
With a Faith No More reunion comng up I like to discuss him with you guys. In my opinion, just simply amazing. I personally like how he plays, especially because I can recognize my own style in the way he plays.

I will be sure to check out a show if they get close.:)
 
#4
He always had something original and interesting to contribute to the song. Between his playing, and the presence of the keys, FNM showed that rock/metal didn't have to be ALL ABOUT GUITAR (even tho Jim Martin was tops).
 
#5
The Golden Boy said:
I loved The Real Thing when that came out- I think it really made having keys be a big part of a rock band sound.

Never got too much more into FNM beyond that record.

I loved Billy Gould's playing on there.
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Then, my friend, you missed most of the best stuff:D! Seriously, The Real Thing was probably their biggest commercial success, but I submit that they got better with each album. That band's got too much talent, and I'm glad they're back:hyper:
 
#8
The Golden Boy said:
I loved The Real Thing when that came out- I think it really made having keys be a big part of a rock band sound.

Never got too much more into FNM beyond that record.

I loved Billy Gould's playing on there.
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Be sure to check out "Evidence" on the "King for a day..."

album, it redefined fat tone and superb taste in a bass context for me...

Billy G. is a badass.
 
#10
bryanonbass said:
although I think Angel Dust was best record with Jim, I think there absolute best record was King for a Day with the guitar player from Mr. Bungle. Just amazing song writing and playing on that record.
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Same with me. So many good songs on King For a Day. A few years ago when I would play Tony Hawk's American Wasteland on XBox and customize my own soundtracks, I found King For A Day to be the perfect album to accompany that game.

My ranking of Faith No More albums:
KFAD
Angel Dust
Album of The Year
The Real Thing

I'm not a big fan of their earliest stuff, Chuck's voice I don't like.
 
#12
they changed like good versatile artists do. if they just re wrote the real thing over and over they would have sucked.

billy is one of my favorite bass players ever. his writing playing tone producing everything.

when i was 17 i bought Angel Dust on a whim cuz I heard from a guy that it was awesome. I put it on to have some background music to accompany my homework doings and as soon as the Land of Sunshine bassline dropped I stopped and stared at the cd player and listened about 10 times over. Five years later I still can't stop listening to it.

My favorite bass line of his is on the song King For a Day.


end transmission.
 
#14
Billy's been one of my favorite players for quite some time and after getting a bit more into Black Sabbath a while ago, I realized that he must be a pretty huge Geezer Butler fan, many of his busier lines in their more rock/metal-ish songs remind me of Geezer's playing. He definitely picked the right player to look up to, Geezer is the man. I'm pretty shocked that this took me so long to realize which is mainly because I used to dismiss Black Sabbath because I was only familiar with "Paranoid" (the song) which never really did it for me.
 
#15
phxlbrmpf said:
Billy's been one of my favorite players for quite some time and after getting a bit more into Black Sabbath a while ago, I realized that he must be a pretty huge Geezer Butler fan, many of his busier lines in their more rock/metal-ish songs remind me of Geezer's playing. He definitely picked the right player to look up to, Geezer is the man. I'm pretty shocked that this took me so long to realize which is mainly because I used to dismiss Black Sabbath because I was only familiar with "Paranoid" (the song) which never really did it for me.
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i noticed that too. they both have fairly agressive right hands and can be super busy yet not dumb about it. they are both super expressive players.:bassist:
 

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