Most bass heavy post-punk band

[Michedelic]

Tackhead. Do African Head Charge count as post-punk, or are they dub? Post-dub? Dunno about their output taken as a whole, but I can't help but think of 23 Skidoo, if only because of "Coup".

Wimbush! All the Adrian Sherwood stuff, including on u sound.

 

[ardgedee]

Really? Which ones in particular?

The only one I can cite off the top of my dome is "8 Rounds". Other airchecks I've heard would have been years ago. Haven't seen them live so I can't compare there. For whatever reason their records I've heard have good-sounding audible bass but it feels like they could've pushed it farther, like they did outside the studio. IMO of course.

 

[Ostie]

So basically all post punk bands.

 

[facetsquared]

The Jesus Lizard deserve a shout here

 

[Michedelic]

Yes, there may be some confusion there.

This is why, as much as I would like to, I didn't mention JJ Burnell. They were actually pre-punk, or at least had a jump on things, as they really weren't exactly pub rock.

 

[ardgedee]

Tackhead. Do African Head Charge count as post-punk, or are they dub? Post-dub? Dunno about their output taken as a whole, but I can't help but think of 23 Skidoo, if only because of "Coup".

I feel like anything that has Adrian Sherwood involved is gonna be dub. Which doesn't mean it wouldn't also be post-punk.

 

[ardgedee]

So basically all post punk bands.

Nah. For example Fugazi and Sonic Youth both had solid bass players but I wouldn't count either band as being bass-heavy.

 

[Michedelic]

Pick any number of Bill Laswell related projects.

 

[BassNugget]

Yeah, it's hard to imagine a more bass heavy band than one with two bass players interweaving parts in different registers. Pretty amazing really.

Switchblade Kittens were an ALL bass band. No guitars at all. 3 bass players and drums. Not my cuppa, but more than two!

 

[BassBrass]

I'm late to this thread, it's my bailiwick. Hugo Largo needs to be studied by all. Noone has mentioned Pylon ay? (btw, the bass is an Aria and the amp is Peavey MKIV) bass is Michael Lachowski
Some Other Athens GA band covered this song, got some well deserved airplay I suppose
"The foxes have control" (what bass is this?) bassist is Jane Munro
I post this every time, although it has been covered above, certified lyrics are "The devil bites dirty, we wax and we wane" Will Heggie, bass. Elizabeth is 19

 

[Michedelic]

I'm late to this thread, it's my bailiwick. Hugo Largo needs to be studied by all. Noone has mentioned Pylon ay? (btw, the bass is an Aria and the amp is Peavey MKIV) bass is Michael Lachowski
Some Other Athens GA band covered this song, got some well deserved airplay I suppose
"The foxes have control" (what bass is this?) bassist is Jane Munro
I post this every time, although it has been covered above, certified lyrics are "The devil bites dirty, we wax and we wane" Will Heggie, bass. Elizabeth is 19

The bass used in the Au Pairs appears to be an Aria of some sort. Look at the headstock, it's obvious.
The mention of Pylon made me think of…Young Marble Giants. I think they fit the thread description.

 

[Wood and Wire]

For whatever reason their records I've heard have good-sounding audible bass but it feels like they could've pushed it farther, like they did outside the studio. IMO of course.

Most of their records were produced by Ted Nicely (and engineered by Eli), but they did come over to the U.K. and record a single with John Loder, that sounds very different from the majority of their work.

You might prefer the immediacy of those two recordings - the bass is very present :

Sexy Sam (two basses)





I'm From France (bass & vibraphone)

 

[_One//Man//Mutiny_]

Big Black should be up in here!

 

[Why Nautilus‽]

Just sharing a few of my favorites



Gronge cotton club



Coolies do you agree?



Orange Juice mud in your eye

 

[corndog]

Came here to say Killing Joke.

Some great bass is being played.

 

[Bisounourse]

The Jesus Lizard deserve a shout here

You miss spelled Scratch Acid

Others that haven't been mentioned yet:
Pop Group
ESG
Liquid Liquid

 

[Rgmxx]

For me, Rafa Balmaseda and Nacho Canut were the two bassists who played in Parálisis Permanente (a Spanish band with two albums and whose short, three-year career ended in a car accident). They influenced my bass playing and my entire adolescence. I think they're a hidden treasure and one of those bands that left their mark on several generations in my country.
I'd also like to mention Peter Hook, David J., and Gallup.

Unidos:


Autosuficiencia:


Un día en Texas:


I also discovered Bowie and the Stooges through the Spanish versions of heroes and I want to be your dog

 

[MrWolf14]

All good mentions.
Let me add something Italian from my younghood:

LITFIBA (Gianni Maroccolo on Bass)



The first bass solo I studied ....



This bass player was really a revelation for me: not a virtuoso, but very solid and creative playing.
He continued in other bands, always creating good music.
And he was playing a "super precision bass": Fender Precision Bass Elite II | Vintage Guitar® magazine

 

[ardgedee]

How could I have left out Volcano Suns? Led by Peter Prescott from Mission of Burma and the lineup on this album included a youthful Bob Weston on bass before he met Steve Albini... the whole album is undeservedly forgotten.

 

[groovaholic]

FACS is a current Chicago band, saw them open for OFF! last year and I was blown away: