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Not so talked about bassists...
- Thread starter Tommygunn
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Joe Gittleman, The Bass Fiddleman
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
(this video depicts him with an upright; he makes his living on a sunburst Fender Jazz)
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
(this video depicts him with an upright; he makes his living on a sunburst Fender Jazz)
May I say?
...FAIL!
All those are highly talked about here... specially wentz
D) and Geddy. I got another two... big bands but not so talked about bassists
Noel Redding & Roger Waters (even tho roger is kinda talked about)
Everyone talks up Peter Hook and to a lesser extent Simon Gallup, but Steve Severin deserves his due. The man has a great tone and plays some awesome lines. And he made the MXR flanger work OVERTIME. Mind you, Hooky and Simon are 2 of my biggest influences, but Severin does not come up enough in discussions of post-punk bassists.
Some stand-out dudes who I've either seen barely mentioned or not at all on TB:
Royston Langdon (Spacehog) - Groovy, tasty, plus he's a damn good singer. Great example: 'In the meantime'
Andy Dickinson (Lo Fidelity All-Stars) - sick use of effects and tight funkiness made this band stand out back in the late 90's. Check out 'Battleflag' off of 'How to operate with a blown mind' to hear the p-funkiness of how well a bassline can drive a song.
Mick Grondahl (Jeff Buckley) - Tasteful, melodic, great tone, doesn't under- or over- play. Great distorto-bass tone on 'Eternal Life' off of 'Grace'
Jon Evans (Tori Amos) - Very talented multi-instrumentalist - he played 4 and 5 strings, EUB, and both electric and acoustic guitar on her last tour while working samplers, keyboards and Taurus bass pedals. I bought tix for my wife for our anniversary, and he pretty much stole the show from Tori for me - but not because he was a 'flashy player.' It was just Tori Amos, him, and drummer Matt Chamberlain and I was just damn impressed with his ability to help make her songs sound positively huge live.
Royston Langdon (Spacehog) - Groovy, tasty, plus he's a damn good singer. Great example: 'In the meantime'
Andy Dickinson (Lo Fidelity All-Stars) - sick use of effects and tight funkiness made this band stand out back in the late 90's. Check out 'Battleflag' off of 'How to operate with a blown mind' to hear the p-funkiness of how well a bassline can drive a song.
Mick Grondahl (Jeff Buckley) - Tasteful, melodic, great tone, doesn't under- or over- play. Great distorto-bass tone on 'Eternal Life' off of 'Grace'
Jon Evans (Tori Amos) - Very talented multi-instrumentalist - he played 4 and 5 strings, EUB, and both electric and acoustic guitar on her last tour while working samplers, keyboards and Taurus bass pedals. I bought tix for my wife for our anniversary, and he pretty much stole the show from Tori for me - but not because he was a 'flashy player.' It was just Tori Amos, him, and drummer Matt Chamberlain and I was just damn impressed with his ability to help make her songs sound positively huge live.
Kevin Cobb -- he's so "not so talked about" that I couldn't even find an up-to-date Google hit! But he is a stone cold mofo bass player, totally killer. Chops+Feel+Groove+Taste.
Leigh Gorman
You'd think someone as versatile as him, who is also one of Flea's idols (I'm not a Flea fan, but this site has plenty of worshippers), would be talked about a lot more on here
You'd think someone as versatile as him, who is also one of Flea's idols (I'm not a Flea fan, but this site has plenty of worshippers), would be talked about a lot more on here
Bobby Sheehan or Tad Kinchla of Blues Traveler
If I ever could stand up and do that...boy, that'd be the day.
Also, Tom Drummond from Better than Ezra. You won't find any fancy bass solos on youtube but he's got some really cool basslines on their albums. I've always been fascinated by them.
If I ever could stand up and do that...boy, that'd be the day.
Also, Tom Drummond from Better than Ezra. You won't find any fancy bass solos on youtube but he's got some really cool basslines on their albums. I've always been fascinated by them.
I'd also say the bassist from Boston. Don't know his name and am too lazy to look it up right now.
