The bass equivalent to Jack White?

I'll say Mike Watt, but only after Jack puts a few more miles on himself.

 

JW fascinates me for some reason. He isn`t that great a player, his singing is atrocious. But it`s his quirkiness that`s refreshing. He plays all that obscure, crap gear, records in outdated RTR studios, writes and records albums in weeks rather than months or years (the way it used to be done), generally shuns newer tech - a definite Luddite and throwback. He is a great songwriter / lyricist too, btw. A bassist version of him? No one I know of.

 

I don't know of a bassist offhand, but I like the two musicians you mentioned, and might I add Dex Romweber.

 

+1

I thought his (quickly saved) JAMES BOND theme song for the last movie was a beauty too. IMO one of THE best Bond theme songs ever!
Ireverent!?!?

 

(I don't think of any bassist playing like that...)

 

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but you might like these guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkOODO_EDxg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTgtfQHf0Sc&feature=related

 

i was thinking mark sandman.

 

+ 1

 

I would say Les Claypool , but he doesn't play junky basses

 

Woah man! Can't go laying that down on me without a warning!!! That was incredibly energetic and similar to what I think audible coffee would sound like.

 

The genius of Jack White is that he's totally osmosis'd (osmosed?) himself with old blues 78's, but he forges forward with a sonic pallette that's uniquely his. He's a luddite in a lot of ways, but he's always quick to embrace new technology (Like the whammy pedal, for instance.) He's doing what guys like Peter Green, Clapton, and Rory Gallagher were doing forty years ago--taking the blues and modernizing it.

As opposed to, say, the Black Keys, who (IMO) write pop songs that sound like a lost blues record.

 

That was my gut reaction to the OP too!

But i really love those links for Death from Above 1979.
They remind me a lot of The Black Keys.
Cool stuff, very similar to the 2 pc bass/drums project I've envisioned for a while ('cept I'd be doing the lead vocals while playing bass.)

 

Jaco was like that. Only better.

 

Why do we even need one????

 

Funny, when they were a local band here in Detroit, they/he was kinda a joke.
Give someone a record deal and a cover of Rolling Stone and they are on another level all of a sudden.
Just IMO....
At least Dave Grohl can play.

 

For real, I am in awe of his ability as a guitarist and drummer.

 

That's funny, because the first thing I thought was "how long will this take to turn into a 'Jack White sucks' thread?"

Looks like 38 minutes is my answer.