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Favourite under the radar bassist

#141
I've always liked Nicholad Villapiano of The Parlor Mob.





The Parlor Mob were not super technical at the time, but did have a technical element, and they could play it all live. Villapiano kept up with the guitars nicely.

Seems he hasn't done anything music related since leaving the band. Looks like he's working in tech now.
 
#144
I just read "A Fast Ride Out of Here: Confessions of Rock's Most Dangerous Man" - the autobiography of Pete Way, best known as the bassist of UFO. I'm sure there are many on here aware of UFO - I listened to them a lot in the '80s - their best days were behind them, but I was buying their records as a teenager in Tokyo - I had a compilation I swear was called "Headstone" and bought "The Wild, The Willing, And The Innocent" and "Misdemeanor" on vinyl at the very least. Reading Pete Way's book reminded me how much I listened to them and got me to relisten to stuff - and I'm enjoying it a lot! For whatever reason I never tried and figured out their stuff as a young musician, but it's fun to listen now.

I'm really struck by what a cool bassist Pete Way was - he may very well have influenced me - play for the song, provide the foundation - but also play along - shoot for the higher registers! Apparently he was an influence on Nikki Sixx - which totally makes sense! The bassist can be the coolest, most badass member of the band, even if the singer tries to assume that spot...

 
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hieronymous said:
I just read "A Fast Ride Out of Here: Confessions of Rock's Most Dangerous Man" - the autobiography of Pete Way, best known as the bassist of UFO. I'm sure there are many on here aware of UFO - I listened to them a lot in the '80s - their best days were behind them, but I was buying their records as a teenager in Tokyo - I had a compilation I swear was called "Headstone" and bought "The Wild, The Willing, And The Innocent" and "Misdemeanor" on vinyl at the very least. Reading Pete Way's book reminded me how much I listened to them and got me to relisten to stuff - and I'm enjoying it a lot! For whatever reason I never tried and figured out their stuff as a young musician, but it's fun to listen now.

I'm really struck by what a cool bassist Pete Way was - he may very well have influenced me - play for the song, provide the foundation - but also play along - shoot for the higher registers! Apparently he was an influence on Nikki Sixx - which totally makes sense! The bassist can be the coolest, most badass member of the band, even if the singer tries to assume that spot...

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Wow! I haven't listened to UFO since I was a little kid (when all I knew about bass was Sid Vicious, Suzi Quatro, John Entwhstle, Phil Lynott, Lemmy, and Paul McCartney. And I didn't have a bloody clue what it was they were doing).

I'd forgotten how spirited, and lively they sounded - I'm going to have to revisit.

One of these days I'll have to dig out my biker denim, which had a UFO patch on it (bear in mind that my bike would have been a Mongoose, and I looked like an 8 year old Vyvyan from The Young Ones).
 
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Wood and Wire said:
Wow! I haven't listened to UFO since I was a little kid (when all I knew about bass was Sid Vicious, Suzi Quatro, John Entwhstle, Phil Lynott, Lemmy, and Paul McCartney. And I didn't have a bloody clue what it was they were doing).

I'd forgotten how spirited, and lively they sounded - I'm going to have to revisit.

One of these days I'll have to dig out my biker denim, which had a UFO patch on it (bear in mind that my bike would have been a Mongoose, and I looked like an 8 year old Vyvyan from The Young Ones).
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Pretty amazing music if you ask me! Worth the listen. We can of course be critical of how music impacts society, but I think there are many positive aspects too.
 
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