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Most aggressive bass tone?
- Thread starter PrimusNut
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Truth. I forget what he played out of...I think it may have been a peavey 4X12 cab with a sunn head on top...whatever it was it was LOUD.
John Wetton's tone on King Crimson's "Red" is extremely aggressive. It's one of the most aggressive bass tones I've ever heard. It fits the purely evil character of the King Crimson of that era. The character of the band on a whole is MUCH more evil than many of the modern metal scenes lame attempts to out-evil itself.
Billy Sheehan always has monster tone. Doug Pinnick had a pretty scary sound every time I saw him play as well, but that could have been the 4 SVTs crammed up on the stage behind him.
Man, you guys have gotta listen to the original poster! Manowar has far more aggressive bass tone than any of these other bands. I'm not saying Manowar has my FAVORITE bass tone...I find the treble part often sits in he mix right in the same place that the guitar does....so it sounds a little less defined within the songs than it could. I do love Manowar though. Listen to the bass solo called 'thunderpick' on Sign of the Hammer. its ridiculous, and I can't honestly say I like it very much...but its incredibly aggressive.
+1,000,000
Yeah I would say D'amour when he played with Tool
Very subjective question of course but I was thinking of D'amour when I was reading the post and Voila! His name appeared, what a mean ass tone he had on Opiate and Undertow, that Rickenbacker of his just growls & growls
its scary good
I think in terms of pure aggression though, Jared from Big Business is pretty tops on the list:
Note, it's just bass/drums/buried vocals.
Note, it's just bass/drums/buried vocals.
That would be Vail Johnson with Kenny G.
No, seriously though? My vote would be for Mike Watt or Timmy C.
Watch out, though! There's some smokin' Larry Graham stuff out there, too!
There is a very amusing video from the 80's under the name "Star Licks All Star Bass Series: Bass As A Solo Instrument" that features a very peculiar interviewer and Larry Graham as one of ten featured bassists and man, if what he was playing wasn't raw! When he kicks in that Roland Jet Phaser! Damn!
No, seriously though? My vote would be for Mike Watt or Timmy C.
Watch out, though! There's some smokin' Larry Graham stuff out there, too!
There is a very amusing video from the 80's under the name "Star Licks All Star Bass Series: Bass As A Solo Instrument" that features a very peculiar interviewer and Larry Graham as one of ten featured bassists and man, if what he was playing wasn't raw! When he kicks in that Roland Jet Phaser! Damn!
I'm not sure I get this one, Vail has superb tone, not the most aggressive but he sounds great on his Kubicki basses. The only reason I would ever listen to a Kenny G live record!
Fieldy from Korn not my fave player at all and I don't like his tone but it is aggressive, too clicky ugly aggressive though which is why he's not my fave bass player at all :scowl: but it counts as too aggressive 
I try not to miss out on any opportunities to poke fun at Kenny G.
It's not so much a slam on Vail as it is Mr. Gorelick and the style (lifestyle?).
With all the inevitable votes for super-heavy dudes like Lemmy, etc. I thought it might be a funny change of pace.
Not funny anymores!
