You do , however, end up with the best fingers for metal.
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Let's spread some musical misinformation
- Thread starter pklima
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So nopiezo pickups for metal.
Most metal players do not want to admit it, but a Hofner Beatle bass is the best bass for metal. In fact, this is what all metal players use in studio. Live, they carefully disguise their bass to maintain their carefully contrived image.
The best fingers for hardcore are, of course, middle fingers.
"Everybody everywhere, you can't stop the hardcoooore! Middle fingers in the air, you can't stop the hardcooooore!"
Hardcore was invented by a French musician, who used an acoustic bass, filled with concrete.
Not musician, mime! Marcel Marceau is the father of hardcore. Punk rock was developed by Booker T & the MGs; if you listen carefully, you can hear the Memphis sound in the early Sex Pistols songs.
Frank Sinatra was revered by Sid Vicious. Here he is, paying homage to his mentor:
Though Pantera named themselves after the era of pants, the creature on the cover of their debut album was not wearing pants at all.
...and coincidentally, the lower you hang your bass the heavier it sounds.
Robert Johnson did not sell his soul to the Devil.
It all started going down hill when ASCAP found out he was playing covers in unlicensed bars.
It all started going down hill when ASCAP found out he was playing covers in unlicensed bars.
...a parent? Which one? Buddy Guy or Missy Gal?
