Names you might not recognize

[Ric5]

Gordon Sumner

Terence Butler

Michael Pritchard

add:

Frank Feranna

Who are these people?

 

[rafitoprtx]

Farrouk Bullsara is Freddy Mercury

 

[JimmyM]

How come nobody guessed at MY names?

 

[devnulljp]

How about
Chaim Witz
William Earl Collins

 

[hsech]

Wow, you guys know your bass players. Me, I'm confused.

 

[JR Roxx]

Here's Mike:

Frank was married to Donna D'Errico:

I would post a photo of her, but they're all kind of provocative.

Frank AKA Nikki Sixx. Mediocre bassist, snazzy dresser LOL

 

[ThuzzleFump]

Knew all the guys on you list but Dirnt.

how about:

Gerald Caiafa, Jr.
John Simon Ritchie
Gary Lee Weinrib

One guy is mega famous and highly revered here on TB, one guy you might dispute was a bassist at all, and one guy wants your skull.

Googling is cheating, so I'm gonna guess Ritchie is Sid Vicious?

 

[ThuzzleFump]

Hmm, most of those aren't bass players, and I'm still stumped on Reginald White, who might actually be a bass player.

Maybe it's Reginald Dwight? Tho the other one was the Minister of Defense, IIRC.

 

[garp]

Back in the day, there used to be something called "credits" or "liner notes." Much of my musical education was derived from reading this tiny "mouse print," disclosing names of talent that otherwise might go completely unnoticed. And that's why I still buy vinyl and CDs.

My latest wonderful discovery: Fima Ephron contributing to Walter Becker's "11 Tracks of Whack" (1994). I have since uncovered the Screaming Headless Torsos catalog, providing me with hours of enjoyment and education.

 

[CGremlin]

"Fieldy" had embarrassed himself to death in the press.

I think he basically admitted he would have played the tambourine or a triangle, just for the sake of being in a band.

It's kind of painful watching his "instructional" videos, but I will give him credit for a rudimentary style that fits Korn pretty well, and he seems to be a decent enough guy. I suspect he'd be lost in almost any other genre, though.

 

[Rev J]

McKinley Morganfield = Ol' Pumpkin Head = Muddy Waters!

How about:

Henry Samuel
Jeff Weilandt
Steveland Judkins
Rolf Larsson

Actually it's Sealhenry Samuel or Seal for short. I'm pretty sure he played some bass on his first album. I know Doug Wimbish is all over it.

It's kind of painful watching his "instructional" videos, but I will give him credit for a rudimentary style that fits Korn pretty well, and he seems to be a decent enough guy. I suspect he'd be lost in almost any other genre, though.

Have you seen Billy Sheehans first 2 instructional videos? They're almost painful to watch. Wolf Marshall almost has to act as an interpreter to explain the theory he is going over.

I actually like Fieldy as a player. A lot of his lines are subtle variations on Afro Cuban Tumbao patterns. I also think it's funny that when Victor Wooten or Abe Laboriel use open hammer strum lines in their music it is "inspiring" yet when Fieldy does it he's a "Hack". He's allegedly done an instrumental solo bass album where he stretches out a bit. I'd kind of like to hear it.

On the other hand I got kind of burned out on that whole Ross Robinson production sound that got way too popular after he did the first 3 Korn albums, Limp Biskit, Vanilla Ice etc.

C/S,
Rev J

 

[Rugmaster]

Steven Edward Duren?

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

It's kind of painful watching his "instructional" videos, but I will give him credit for a rudimentary style that fits Korn pretty well, and he seems to be a decent enough guy. I suspect he'd be lost in almost any other genre, though.

I didn't know he had an instructional video, I might have to dig that up. If you listen to his rap record that guy doesn't give a fudge about anybody or their opinions, he got paid! The album literally opens with a beat made of gun noise and he explains his sentiments in the opening track or two.

And yea, the guy's bass is actually triggered with the drums so I think there is a strong argument he cannot even play in Korn.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

that guy doesn't give a fudge about anybody or their opinions, he got paid!

I wish I could find a way to get paid for not caring what people think. I'd be a gazillionaire.

 

[CGremlin]

I didn't know he had an instructional video, I might have to dig that up.

I don't know if he has a full DVD, but he's got some stuff on YouTube. Here's one of them:



I don't know that he really has a good grasp on what he's doing, but he's making a lot more banging out mud on that Ibanez than I have for the last 30 years writing software. Such is life, I guess.

 

[A. D. Fairhurst]

Michael Balzary

Mike B the Flea!

 

[A. D. Fairhurst]

Sting
Geezer Butler
Mike Dirnt

The last one I didn't get, but found out it was Nikki.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Apparently Gordon took on the name Sting pretty early on. Andy Summers only refers to him as Gordon once in his autobiography.