Prog/fusion Bands with two bassists

I was recalling that Steven Wilson and Nic Beggs both played bass on a few songs, but in this one, it's bass (Steven) and Stick (Nic).

 

Not exactly fusion in any sense, but I guess the nature of the songs, having unconventional fairly complex structures, incorporating rhythm shifts within them and an extensive use of odd meters, does make the band I once played in called Menfolk rather progy.

Though I personally would describe it as hardcore and noise rock influenced math rock, but you might be able to find some inspiration in it anyway.

Quite hard, as I said hardcore influenced, with hard pounding drums, screaming vocals and an extensive use of distorted instruments.

All Menfolk's material is up on Bandcamp for free listening:

Menfolk

And just to set things straight, I left the band after the recordings for the EP "Are We Enemies", but helped compose a few of the tracks on their first full length "Colossus".

And they continued with 2 bass players after I left, one primarily taking care of the more traditional bass work, and one with a more midrangy/trebly tone primarily taking care of the more melodic bass work.

I had the role of the latter when I was in the band.

 

King Crimson - THRAK

 

dianogah were obliquely proggish

www.dianogah.com/disco.html

 

Swedish folk/progband Kebnekajse.

 

Though kind of off topic and not really helping OP one bit, I got to comment on this.

For some reason the free play songs on their MySpace profile wouldn't play, but I found a few songs by them on Spotify, though there's only one 4 track EP and one various artists compilation, where they feature with 2 songs, available there.

Am listening through some of their songs in this very moment and I got to say it sounds really interesting and appealing to me, potentially even great, but think I will need more listening sessions to judge that.

My first impression, if I had to categorize the music genre wise, is that it has this distinct 90's/00's typical indie/noise rock sound and feeling to it, just without the use of dissonance, noisy parts and extensive use of distorted instruments, also sense a bit of a post hardcore vibe in it as well, but again in a non aggressive and kind of mellow way, and then all that put into a post and math rocky form, the latter genre reference though without it's typical use of abrasive rhythm structures.

Thinking about it the music actually fits pretty well into a post rock with vocals category, perhaps more so than any other genre influence I hear.

I like it.

And In every instance, thank you for making me aware of this band.

 

There was a Melbourne band 15-20 years back named Preshrunk. Two bassists and a drummer. I have very fond but rather blurry memories of seeing them play in my late teens early 20s.

 

The Dixie Dregs,at one time,did a tour with two bassists.
Dave LaRue and Andy West on stage at the same time.
It was not a permanent thing.

 

Magma

 

The Crimson ProjeKCt, with Tony Levin and Julie Slick, playing Adrian Belew-era King Crimson material:




EchoTest, featuring Julie Slick and Marco Machera. Two basses, though one of them is a VI (Music starts at ~8:50):

 

Bitches Brew - Wikipedia

 

Puscifer has a bass and a Bass IV for Simultaneous.

 

Whenever you assemble your musical project, you must include Spinal Tap’s Big Bottom in your set.

 

Best American band of the whole 80's decade, Hugo Largo, do you play...chords?

 

Not really either "Prog" or "Fusion" in the traditional usage of those genre-names, but invigorating electric two-bass music from some pioneers in post-Ornette Coleman jazz:

 

Quite a few songs on this album have two basses

 

I had to

 

I played in a band with 3 bassists 9 guitarists and 2 drummers.