Yeah... the label is kinda puts people off. Gives them a reason to automatically dismiss it. Heavy Rock is a better term that more people can dig.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists #64 - sensitive artsy emo chicks
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Yeah... the label is kinda puts people off. Gives them a reason to automatically dismiss it. Heavy Rock is a better term that more people can dig.
for sure, i'd say a good half of us in here don't partake!
Mountain is a tricky one. they tickle me in the same way bands like Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly and Sir Lord Baltimore do.. i would personally consider it some form of proto-stoner. big, repetitive, killer riffs.
I try not to define stuff too much. I hate genre lines. See it too much within music I like. Like, I'm not into post metal so I can't like Neurosis, kinda crap.
If I like it, it goes into the "I like it" category. Like arguing with people about metal bands.
No they aren't technical thrash, they are neothrash core.
I stay away from that as much as possible. We aren't going to start a Stoner/Doom/Heavy Blues/Hard Rock/Psychedelic, thread. Stoner Rock and Doom pretty much encompasses all the stuff we talk about here.
I don't get lifted and I still rock out with the stoner, both rocks and metals, and the doom. I'm used to the general unawareness to super specific sub-genres, I also tend to throw around the phrase "heavy rock" a lot. For doom metal, I just tell people "Black Sabbath...but more so".
Totally heavy man...also, far out.
Totally heavy man...also, far out.
I'm not hating on NEO's I just don't particularly like them. What ever works for you is cool.
The cab isn't THAT big. I could always go for the 8x15.
We call it stoner rock so when we tell people we play in rock bands they don't assume we sound like nickelback. 
We call it stoner rock so when we tell people we play in rock bands they don't assume we sound like nickelback.
Sad but true. There was a time when it would have been called rock.
The cab isn't THAT big. I could always go for the 8x15.
My first thought on seeing the pic of the (mostly) finished cab was "two of those and you're all set".
The 415 is awesome. I just know the venues we play and getting that thing up some of those stairs would be almost impossible. 2 215s will be more practical for me.
It's not any harder to move than an 810.
Anyone looking for a Green Matamp 4x12?
It's the extra weight that's the problem more so than dimensions.
i really like jeff mattz (the bassist of the last two albums) he from a punk band called zeke and its really bass driven, he brought that over the top bass lead style to stoner/doom and won, big time!
i can understand that sam. i'm definitely going to go for the doom band version of a 'modular' bass rig, 3 2x15 cabs with one master tube head and two slaves. a 4x15 would kill me in most places.
Started with 415s and 218s between 3 cabs, then dropped a 215 from an improvement by ohms and cab number, now that i have the folded 18, I improving the DOOM while keeping the manageable 2 cabs.
Now im trying to convince my guitarist to wire a 2 ohm 412 so hell just have 2 cabs, life would be easy and the DOOM would be still plentiful.
Now im trying to convince my guitarist to wire a 2 ohm 412 so hell just have 2 cabs, life would be easy and the DOOM would be still plentiful.
One trip cab
that is a plus...now you got me thinking again.
although the idea of being able to bring just a 215 is appealing too...
that is a plus...now you got me thinking again.
although the idea of being able to bring just a 215 is appealing too...
Yeah It's nice having options with stuff. I'm gonna have to make some small cabs for when I move to NYC. The 4x15 will stay here.
I guess im a bit older and think stoner/doom encompasses bands like kyuss, sleep, anything with wino, acid king. Then there is the newer crop heavy eyes, stubb, kavader, tia carrera that dont sound evil, dont play in drop c. But rock the heavy blues. Jack Endino said its just heavy rock. I dont like labels either and it doesnt factor into what i like or listen to, i guess those are just my impressions.
