Famous Bass Player Quotes

[joebingo]

"Super Chopper, Thumping Plucking, Slap, Bass, SOLO" - Larry Graham again... he's mad

 

[Woodchuck]

"Some people say, 'Fieldy slaps, so I'm gonna slap.', and it's wack. Just be yourself." - Fieldy, the inventor of the slap technique.

 

[Mixmasta J]

"It's all in the hands" - Jaco

 

[Johnny Mac]

that's a good claypool quote, i was waiting for someone to say that one.
claypool's playing a show someone throws something at him, he stops the song and says hey bud i dont' go down to mcdonalds and throw **** at you while ur flipping the burgers bud. so put your hands in your pockets and enjoy the show

btw i can't even remember the unacceptable TB post i was close to making 8 minutes ago

I saw a video of My Name Is Mud live, and Claypool says:

"When you throw stuff on stage, it's a sign of small and insignificant genitalia."

Great line.

 

[:Kapral:]

Another from Les Claypool:

'It's always nice to have fun with your friends, especially when your friends are freaks'

:}

 

[BassLand]

"I played "Bernadette" with a pick" Guess who

 

[Tamochantern]

This is a paraphrase actually but I heard the bassist from Alien Ant Farm once say something along these lines -

A band is like a cake. The bass and drums are like the cake underneath the icing. The guitarist and singer are like the icing. The icing is what gets everyone attention, but if you eat too much icing you get sick. You can eat as much cake as you like.
Like I said, not an exact quote, but you get the point. I thought it was pretty true.

 

[dragon5363]

it aint bragging if you can back it up- jaco

 

[sloppyjaloppy]

"learn to slap, then only use it tastefully or not at all" - doug wimbish

 

[beaglesandbass]

“[During the band's acceptance speech for the Video of the Year award] Here's to our soldiers, ... Let's bring them home safe.”

“I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.”

“I draw most of my religious beliefs from Star Wars.”

"We're probably the best Green Day-type band there is out there.”

all by Mike Dirnt

 

[Wh4len]

Qoutes from "Classic Albums - Ace Of Spades" which shows the wacky humor of Lemmy.

"This segment is now over, I'm sure you're all pleased to hear that.
If you line up in the foyer later we'll try to get you all a glass
of kia-ora and possibly a sweet or two, alright
But don't bank on it cause we're ****ing mean around here"

"Tiny Termite found some wood,
he tasted it, he found it good
And that is why your auntie May,
fell through the kitchen floor today"

It sounds like early Motörhead had a real blast with each other... ^^

 

[SirCanealot]

"Caffine. It's a good drug."

-- John Myung

One of the few times you hear him say anything remotely like humour ^^

 

[Kristopher]

"If you want the best work people can do, you need to create an atmosphere of freedom, non-judgement, and an open mind." - Chuck Dukowski, ex-Black Flag, from the new Bass Guitar magazine

 

[Major Havoc]

flea, if i do recall was quoted in bass player magazine many yrs ago.when ask how do you come up with the aggresive riffs you play;he quoted "just imagine your brother's p*ssed in your mouth while you were sleeping"

 

[beyondhairy]

flea, if i do recall was quoted in bass player magazine many yrs ago.when ask how do you come up with the aggresive riffs you play;he quoted "just imagine your brother's p*ssed in your mouth while you were sleeping"

or stuck a piece of poo in ur ear and smudge another piece over your face? lol

(thats an allusion to Jackass, or viva la bam, i forgot wich)

 

[Atoz]

"We're very lucky in the band in that we have two visionaries, David and Nigel, they're like poets, like Shelley and Byron. They're two distinct types of visionaries, it's like fire and ice, basically. I feel my role in the band is to be somewhere in the middle of that, kind of like lukewarm water." - Derek Smalls

 

[Ken FenderJazz]

"If I had a nickel for every insult I've heard about my voice I'd probably be a millionare"-Geddy Lee


"With all due respect to all the people who went out and bought it, it's really just a bunch of rubbish"-Roger Waters on Pink Floyd's first album without him A Momentary Lapse of Reason

 

[lowenduser]

"We're very lucky in the band in that we have two visionaries, David and Nigel, they're like poets, like Shelley and Byron. They're two distinct types of visionaries, it's like fire and ice, basically. I feel my role in the band is to be somewhere in the middle of that, kind of like lukewarm water." - Derek Smalls

Oh - I am giggling like a mad man thinking of This is Spinal Tap - I wanna just go home and stick the DVD on now!!

"We'd rather not discuss it... he sort of choaked on someone else's vomit"

 

[txbasschik]

"Hit 'em hard, and don't leave any holes!" -- Lemmy

Cherie

 

[Atoz]

...

"We'd rather not discuss it... he sort of choaked on someone else's vomit"

That one always cracks me up!