yeah, the people you listened to when you first started playing will always have some kind of lasting influence on your playing. I was making that observation a few days ago because in a song i'd recently written there was a thing i did which i do know for a fact i lifted from Green Day's Mike Dirnt because i remember he does that on a few songs on Kerplunk... something i learned in those long gone days of my teenage years when i was learning the bass along Green day records.... Nowadays of course I would never admit to have ever had a Green Day phase. Oh wait i just did....
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yeah, the people you listened to when you first started playing will always have some kind of lasting influence on your playing. I was making that observation a few days ago because in a song i'd recently written there was a thing i did which i do know for a fact i lifted from Green Day's Mike Dirnt because i remember he does that on a few songs on Kerplunk... something i learned in those long gone days of my teenage years when i was learning the bass along Green day records.... Nowadays of course I would never admit to have ever had a Green Day phase. Oh wait i just did....
How old are you? This whole post is a trainwreck.
Alice in Chains the heavist band ever?More trolling? Heaviest mainstream radio band... right up there with Mudvayne. Right up there with 'Break the Cycle' by Staind. That album is so much heavier than any of that campy death/doom/core bands as well.
yes, well, you certainly schooled me. For the record, I'm probably older than you. I thought I was fairly explanatory in my theory on what makes a song heavy. For me it's key, progression, particulars of the main riff, and lyrics. The implication that if a song has been on the radio that it can't be heavy is amusing. I fail to see the analogy - it sounds a bit hipster-esque to me. Are we going to talk about 'sell outs' and 'underground music scenes' and 'sheeple'? But again - you and I would appear to have differing views on what makes a song heavy. So instead of questioning my age and motivation, tell me - what do YOU think makes a song heavy?
I see you've almost been on TB a month - happy anniversary!
To the guy who mentioned DMB's bass player, I wouldn't be ashamed of that at all. He's a good bass player, though for me it's their drummer who's the star (purely because of his technique, and ambidexterity).
Also, as another guy said, Fieldy WAS very audible on their first few records, and constirubted immensely to their sound. But they developed this narrow, mainstream rock sound, like many bands do when they get big and start being told to sound "heavier". The irony is that it often involves turning the bass and kick drum down, adding bass to the guitars, and putting in so much gain that everything becomes a blended, distorting mess.
You can get a really heavy sound without down-tuning though. Likewise, Tesseract play 5-string basses and 7-string guitars in drop-A tuning, but by using lower gain and turning their highs up they get more of a biting tone, which I like. One of the heaviest bands in the world is Kyuss, who basically fornicate your eardrums (in a good way). Not sure what tuning they play in, but it isn't THAT low I don't think.
Also, as another guy said, Fieldy WAS very audible on their first few records, and constirubted immensely to their sound. But they developed this narrow, mainstream rock sound, like many bands do when they get big and start being told to sound "heavier". The irony is that it often involves turning the bass and kick drum down, adding bass to the guitars, and putting in so much gain that everything becomes a blended, distorting mess.
You can get a really heavy sound without down-tuning though. Likewise, Tesseract play 5-string basses and 7-string guitars in drop-A tuning, but by using lower gain and turning their highs up they get more of a biting tone, which I like. One of the heaviest bands in the world is Kyuss, who basically fornicate your eardrums (in a good way). Not sure what tuning they play in, but it isn't THAT low I don't think.
Thanks to Josh Homme taking legal action against other Kyuss members (who were touring as Kyuss Lives) they are now called Vista Chino. Saw them at the Camden Roundhouse earlier this month. Still awesome.
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For a heavy band I gotta say BTO. Those guys were huge and just killed the rider at every show.....
Google sez they use C Standard. Which is pretty low if you ask me, but not AEAD low.
I've had a love hate relationship with Korn music. I love some of it. But hate a lot of it. His tone has never been amazing. But with guitars that low i guess its a different way to be heard. Their new song "prey for me" actually has a pretty decent bass tone.
I can't help but picture fieldy sitting in his mansion with his multiple Mercedes laughing at some of the hate he gets on talkbass.
I can't help but picture fieldy sitting in his mansion with his multiple Mercedes laughing at some of the hate he gets on talkbass.
Hi everyone. This is the OP speaking.
I just wanted to mention that I really have no opinion on Fieldy, or on Korn... I just figured I'd post his quote because it's the first time I've ever seen the man himself comment on his sound and approach, which has been (as you point out) covered thoroughly here on Talkbass.
I read something along those same lines back in the late 90s. He also said he didn't warm up or practice much before a show. He freely admits that he doesn't seem himself as a bass player in the traditional sense. He's sold more records than me, so whatever.
