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MEGA THREAD:: Favorite/Best Punk Bassist

#381
Matt Freeman is definately talented and has a distinct tone, but I wouldn't call him the best. A lot of times it just seems like he's stuffing too many notes into too small a space, like he's afraid then song will self-destruct before he has his moment. Very few of his basslines stick with me, they're all in a flurry.

My love, instead, goes out to ALL(no pun intended) the Descendents Bassists: Tony Lombardo, Doug Carrion, and Karl Alvarez. All of whom crafted classic, catchy lines that are as memorable as they are energetic.

Also, I think Rob Wright and NomeansNo and the Hanson Brothers are worth checking out, especially for Freeman fans. Rob is, in many ways, punk rock's Les Claypool.


Also, for the new skool kids: Dan Maier's style combines Paul Chambers with Paul Simonon:The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower, Link Removed

And although their recordings are a little muddy, Donna Dresch of Team Dresch.

I feel like you should be able to play Matt Freeman's lines, but you should play like you were Tony Lombardo or Dee Dee Ramone.
 
#382
Against Will said:
My love, instead, goes out to ALL(no pun intended) the Descendents Bassists: Tony Lombardo, Doug Carrion, and Karl Alvarez. All of whom crafted classic, catchy lines that are as memorable as they are energetic.
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yes....thank you.

i was honored to play with Karl and the rest of ALL even Tony Lombardo the past two years in a 3 day festival with all (haha) their fans that are in bands. We were one of the few that were asked to come back twice. All(again)the guys from the band are standup. Hell even Bill brought us to the Blasting room and spent hours talking about recording to us and kept making us his famous coffee. Gret time.
 
#387
Great job moonbagel91 digging up this relic.

I saw the title and instantly thought that it would be about Green Day and modern top 40 .. er ... um ... "punk" bands.

Then I open it up and see all the love for JJ Burnel one of my most revered bass heroes (pun intended).

Gotta love talkbass.
 
#390
hmmmm. best punk bassist. rancid? green day? nofx? less than jake? chili peppers?! the police?!? c'mon people! these are pop stars! what the heck is going on here?? Mike Watt has to be the punk god. listen to the minutemen. that p-bass was THE driving force of the band. (gotta love George and D. Boon (god rest his soul) also). gotta love black flag too,but mike put chuck dukowski AND kira to shame. Klause Flouride is up there. "punk is dead" Crass 1978
 
#392
Randi said:
:D Yup, I would have to say the bassest from Pennywise. For the life of me I can't remember his name? What the hell? Oh well, Rancid also has a good bassest, but I would have to say, over all Pennywise :bassist: .

Randi
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His name's Randy but I don't listen to them a lot. My favorite songs by Pennywise are Victim of Reality and Perfect People.
 
#394
Why is a this allowed but a ska thread similar to this was closed? I like to hear about other's favorite bassists.

Many ska bassists are talented, and I believe there's no reason it should have been closed. Sure if a bunch of threads about the same thing are started then they should be shut down but what is wrong with one?
 
#395
...okay, I didn't read every post. Did notice some obvious themes, though.

Anyway, I just picked up a Bass mag(the one published in the UK) that talks about the "50 Best Punk Basslines" or something to that effect.
Granted, I'm no authority on Punk...I bought this magazine because of the sample transcriptions within their "50 Best Punk Basslines". One in particular caught my eye-
It's by Japan(I had never heard of them); I tried singing the line in my head as I stood in Barnes/Noble...to say the least, the figure was pretty damn convoluted. I noticed it was a Mick Karn's line(now it made sense).
Anyway, some good stuff; the guy in Ian Dury's band sounds like he has it together, too.
Ditto for Gang Of Four.

And I went to Amazon's UK site to pick up some of these albums. Cool stuff.

BTW, if I had this kinda magazine as a resource back in '72...I might have been a decent player today.
 
#397
SuperSluggard said:
Why is a this allowed but a ska thread similar to this was closed? I like to hear about other's favorite bassists.

Many ska bassists are talented, and I believe there's no reason it should have been closed. Sure if a bunch of threads about the same thing are started then they should be shut down but what is wrong with one?
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the guy from the Pietasters rocks. saw him dive off the stage to tackle someone in the crowd giving him and the rest of the band crap.
 

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