Two Bassists in a band

[BunchyMutt]

I think they are inactive now, but Palehorse is a great band out of the UK with two bassists. I would recommend them if you like harder music

 

[drwv]

Ned's Atomic Dustbin is the biggest band I can think of with two full-time bass players.

 

[Bass-ball]

Pretty much any bass soloist album will have this: Julian Vaughn, Alain Caron, Marcus Miller, Brian Bromberg, Nathan East, Stanley Clark, Wayman Tisdale, etc. When they're soloing, they've also recorded themselves doing the rhythm, so yeah, two basses being played at once.

Personally I'm not into the bass as a lead instrument, but there are TONS of albums out there from the likes of the artists I mentioned above where the recording indeed has two basses doing stuff simultaneously (in the mix).

 

[bardicbass616]

The Omnific is a trio of 2 bassists and a drummer from Australia
Pretty djenty/technical stuff but their earlier stuff has a lot more melody and atmosphere

 

[TK1820]

There is a reason why it is unusual.

 

[burpgun]

I always think of Cop Shoot Cop as the quintessential two bass band, one dude playing low, the other high. Then you've got what Peter Hook does these days, two basses: one dude plays when he sings, then Hook plays when he's not singing. I think it's one of those things that's cool in concept but very, very hard to pull of musically.

 

[Bassman822]

I saw Stanley Clarke (RTF) when Tiran Porter joined them on stage. 1976?

 

[frnjplayer]

Miles Davis in the days when he had Benny Rietveld and Foley.

 

[groovaholic]

I saw a 2-bassist band called Ain Matter back in Denver.

One guy was playing a contrabass-tuned 5 into an Accugroove Whappo +Whappo Grande (21" driver) combo.

The other bassist was Nick Schendzielos, who played a whammy-bar equipped 4-string into another AccuGroove cab - and a Mesa Dual Rectifier half-stack.

So they definitely split roles; bassist #1 providing massive low end, and Nick just going off for the whole set.

 

[57pbass]

Many years ago we saw Little Richard in a small club in NYC and he had two bass players both with monstrous rigs.. amazing show..

 

[jimmydean]

Nothing I hate more than two bassist in a band . When Stanley Clarke had Jimmy Earl playinging with him , I totally shut down with Stanley for too many years to count . I get it as it relates to music , but I hate it so much .

 

[Klangfarbe]

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Octo

 

[knumbskull]

Girls Against Boys

 

[Albert Ross]

Morphine. It's not two electric basses, but it's all bass. Trio with drums, two string slide bass, and baritone sax.

 

[BunchyMutt]

Nothing I hate more than two bassist in a band . When Stanley Clarke had Jimmy Earl playinging with him , I totally shut down with Stanley for too many years to count . I get it as it relates to music , but I hate it so much .

Sounds like you chose to participate in the right thread then

 

[fu22ba55]

They don't do it for the whole set, but Ken Mode will employ two basses when needed:

 

[teh-slb]

 

[DaveParker39]

The late Wayman Tisdale, who played bass, had a second bassist in his band. Tisdale himself really just played lead parts on his bass while the other bassist played "actual bass"... I imagine the 24 fret 5-string basses Tisdale played were better suited to his 6'9" frame and professional basketball hands than a guitar (although he did dabble with guitar from time to time).

 

[Sharko]

You guys need to know about MegaChurch

 

[RGerhart]

I think I saw pictures or posts online of Peter Hook touring with his band and his son playing bass with him on stage.