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Prog/fusion Bands with two bassists

Interested in setting up a new project with some friends, but I'm having a hard time finding music. I've got cover songs from The Omnific, Sketch the Sky, Victor Wooten and Steven Bailey, Mammoth, and a japanese group called Imaginary Point. Obviously not all of them have two bass players. This is why I come to you guys. Any suggestions?
 
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.
 
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dianogah were obliquely proggish

www.dianogah.com/disco.html

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. :thumbsup:

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