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MEGA THREAD:: Favorite/Best Punk Bassist

#204
i would still like to think mark hoppus is one of the best in punk, he was the original member of one of the biggest punk bands ever, but although his lines are s*** simple compared to like cliff burton, his energy on stage and good vocals make him a great punker, i am in a punk band similar to blink and i know how vocals take much more skill then just pluggin some cool bassing into a song, his jokes and dumbass ways shows exactly what punk is all about anyway, music is only half of being a punk rocker.
 
#205
My favorite bassists would have to be the guy from Pink Floyd. He made a lot of good stuff with that band. They weren't really punk but they had some cool sound. Some other recent ones would of had to of been the bassist from Nirvana and the bassist from Sum41. They both made and make great music with the bass. It's awesome how he was able to swing the bass around him in the video fat lip. I'm still working at it.

Punk Rock 4-ever!!
 
#206
Originally posted by frankencow150
Hey Ad,sublime did a cover of "we're only gonna die" by Bad Religion,which certainly,is a punk song.
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And Offspring did a cover of Smash from The Damned. It doesn't make THEM Punk, either.
Sublime might have some Punkish qualities to some of their songs, but they are far from Punk.
But I am sooooo tired of this argument. I have just come to accept that some people may never really know what Punk is. I'm no cultural or fashion elitist, but I am an elitist of the mind. It is more important that you get the just and awareness that is the foundation of Punk than the music or fashions associated with it.

on a lighter note...

My favorite Punk bassists are the guys from Britney182 and Spears41. God, they kicks my a**.
And they are from LEGENDARY Punk bands, I think one played with, um, "The Sex Guns" or something. Maybe the "Buzzroosters".
:rolleyes:


~Ad
 
#208
Klaus Fluoride from the dead kennedys. and the guy from husker du. paul simonon is good too, i just like the style/sound Klaus has.

i have to say that sid vicious did suck & he was a poseur at best, but who else could have a beer bottle smashed on his face, then hit the guy who threw the bottle at him with a p-bass & keep "playing" the show as though nothing had happened? i cant think of many, except maybe iggy pop (he's the man, he did more than keith richards & can actually form normal speech patterns) & gigi allen, but he was a moron
 
#209
Originally posted by dancehallclasher


i think you have to accept that "punk" is not a black and white concept.
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I never said it was. Some things fall more to one side then others, though.
I, for one, don't know how being a hippy junkie (and singing songs about being a hippy junkie) merit you as a Punk Rocker. You'd sooner have seen Sublime playing with Dave Matthews at a college frat party then sharing the stage with the likes of The Murder City Devils or Dead & Gone.

I can play a Johnny Cash song but it won't make me country.

I'll give Sublime credit for decent Ska, but their punkier tunes seem more like a parody of Punk then anything else.

~Ad
 
#210
Originally posted by Ad Nauseam
You'd sooner have seen Sublime playing with Dave Matthews at a college frat party then sharing the stage with the likes of The Murder City Devils or Dead & Gone.
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is that so? that's an interesting postulation, considering they shared the stage with fIREHOSE, the vandals, bad brains, and the melvins, among others. they were very much a part of the punk community, and their music reflected that. your knowledge of their music is clearly based on a single show and maybe a radio single or two.
 
#212
8 pages and only 2 mentions of Rob Wright aka Mr Wrong, bassist and half of the formation of Nomeansno (before they added a guitar). This guy is freaking incredible, not only technically but in some rilly unique song writing. Once saw him open up for DOA by himself, just a bass and a mic and it sounded like an entire band, a good band too. He can thump and grind and still run off some incredibly complex and musical lines at the same time.
Also:
Subhuman's Phil(?)
Lemmy cuz he uses the bass like a heavy rhythm guitar (like me)
Sid cuz he used the bass as a club
Dead Kennedy's Klaus cuz those songs are still so hyperactive 20 years later
Joe from ADF cuz I'm producing their CD
Me cuz I'm crusty. hehe
 
#216
2 words.. Inspection 12.... lol the bassist from Inspection 12.. Dan.. Mclintlock (I think thats his last name) he was in my favorite band Craigs Brother(royal fan for 4 years RIP craigs brother)..
He does bass playing and singing... Download So sadly it goes.. Nice bass bit in the opening =D..
Roger from LTJ rules also.. =D
TOM DELONGE (just kiddin).... okah.. the doods not that good.. hes got a decent voice and he sings.. but yeah look at les claypool.. he sings too =D so... i think Mike Watt rulz.... Mike from MXPX has some fun lines.... but Dan M. from inspection 12 is my favorite punk bassist..

EDIT:
GG ALLIN RULZ.. my one man band... "the artist formaly known as monkey man" on mp3.com might do a GG ALLIN Covor...hes dead so i dont think he will do a lars on us.. but we got 2 songs up the songs just need aproving and the page needs to go up.. but it will soon =D
later
 
#217
"Punk" is a lifestyle, not just music. Most "punk" isn't even punk and the musicians in the bands don't follow the lifestyle. F*&$ all the people who think they're punk because they can play 8th note roots on bass, play the same damn drum pattern, play power chords, have a mohawk, have stickers and patches all over their stuff, have tattoos up the wazoo, and think if it doesn't sound like s*#@ it's not punk. I listen to all sorts of music, and I'm sick of people saying this band is or isn't punk. "Punk" has been what I've listened to for the majority of the last 5 years (I'm only 19 so:rolleyes: ), but for christs sake, nobody even knows what they're talking about. And to be honest, I don't even like most "real" punk... the Pistols and the Ramones may be legends, and may be a great inspiration, but they weren't talented musicians by any means.

ok, I'm done venting:p

Dave

PS. I'm with DHC on this one, Sublime definately has a punk quality to them... and Eric Wilson is pretty sweet, I don't know about overrated... if you said *airhead voice on* "Mark Hoppus is the bestest bassist ever!!" *airhead voice off* then I'd say "HA HA HA HA", but Eric Wilson definately is good
 
#218
Mike Watt, Rob Wright, Karl Alvarez, with a very honorable mention to Scott Shiflett of Face to Face. Anyone who thinks that punk rockers can't be virtuoso players should give Face to Face's Live album a close listen. Let us also not forget Joe Lalley from Fugazi, who managed to fit dub into a progressive hardcore band. How cool is that?

Long live the Punk Rock bassists. I have a feeling we're a minority here in the forum, so we should distinguish ourselves by intelligent, if not perhaps a little snotty, posts and replies. And remember, if you bass isn't low enough to cover your crotch, you're in the wrong business.
 
#219
i would still like to think mark hoppus is one of the best in punk, he was the original member of one of the biggest punk bands ever, but although his lines are s*** simple compared to like cliff burton, his energy on stage and good vocals make him a great punker, i am in a punk band similar to blink and i know how vocals take much more skill then just pluggin some cool bassing into a song, his jokes and dumbass ways shows exactly what punk is all about anyway, music is only half of being a punk rocker.
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My extreme feelings of rage cant fully be expressed in words....I dont think I can even start to comment on him being "in one of the biggest punk bands ever" or him being a "great punker" without my brain exploiding.
 
#220
My favorite bassists would have to be the guy from Pink Floyd. He made a lot of good stuff with that band. They weren't really punk but they had some cool sound. Some other recent ones would of had to of been the bassist from Nirvana and the bassist from Sum41. They both made and make great music with the bass. It's awesome how he was able to swing the bass around him in the video fat lip. I'm still working at it.
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Floyd wasnt punk, they may be good, but they arnt punk. Yeah that was hella tight how he can follow root note and swing the bass around his head...:rolleyes: :mad:
 

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