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Jude said:
I disagree on the Entwistle front. I seriously don't think there has ever been a better bassist than Entwistle. I wish i could have seen him live. :'(
Your Top 5 Bass Guitarists Of All Time
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I disagree on the Entwistle front. I seriously don't think there has ever been a better bassist than Entwistle. I wish i could have seen him live. :'(
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there's a DVD audio of HTWWW but no video. there's a 3 CD version too. the LZ DVD is fantastic too, especially the Royal Albert Hall gig from 1970 though it's missing Heartbreaker, Thank You, Long Tall sally, and possibly Since I've Been Loving You, since I believe the first performance ever of that song was on January 16th and the RAH show was on January 9th, but there's not a complete version of 1-9-70, so it's debatable. Anyway, cheers to all who like LZ. Jimmy Page is/always will be the fucking man.NoQuarter said:
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JPJ could have PLAYED JACO UNDER THE TABLE
christ 90% of the bassists mentioned in this thread are pretty average at BEST
christ 90% of the bassists mentioned in this thread are pretty average at BEST
Mendez sucks and adds nothing to the songs. My 5 fave are:
Chris Squire - Yes (awesome at driving songs like Roundabout)
Johan DeFarfella - Opeth (he WAS the atmosphere which is now missing in Opeth, I can listen to Morningrise just for his playing)
Les Claypool - obvious
Justin Chancellor - Tool (writes some cool sounding basslines, see 46&2 and Schism)
Dude from Mudvayne - same reason as DeFarfella (see LD 50 album)
Chris Squire - Yes (awesome at driving songs like Roundabout)
Johan DeFarfella - Opeth (he WAS the atmosphere which is now missing in Opeth, I can listen to Morningrise just for his playing)
Les Claypool - obvious
Justin Chancellor - Tool (writes some cool sounding basslines, see 46&2 and Schism)
Dude from Mudvayne - same reason as DeFarfella (see LD 50 album)
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wankerness said:JPJ could have PLAYED JACO UNDER THE TABLE
christ 90% of the bassists mentioned in this thread are pretty average at BEST
well, I think the point of the thread was for people to name their 5 favorite bassists...not the bassists they think are the most technically adept. I mean, Michael Angelo is an amazing guitarist...but I'd rather listen to Stevie Ray Vaughn anyday.
oh, and Sean Malone, if no one's said it already - his stuff on Cynic's "Focus" and the Gordian Knot records is amazing, both bass and Stick. I'm also a big fan of Steve DiGeorgio, Victor Wooten, Cliff Burton, John Pattituci and the guys from Necrophagist, Evergrey, and Ephel Duath...just off the top of my head.
Scarlett Letterman said:
Because meshing with the drums instead of standing out is sucking. That's what bass is SUPPOSED to do. The bass guitar is supposed to merge with the drums and provide the backbone rhythm, that's it. Anything more, like lead bass, is just something to do.
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Martin Hendrikkson - Dark Tranquillity - He plays guitar for them now but back in the skydancer days his melody could snake around the heaviest guitar riffs. damn i wish he would go back to playing bass!
Martin Hendrikkson - Dark Tranquillity - He plays guitar for them now but back in the skydancer days his melody could snake around the heaviest guitar riffs. damn i wish he would go back to playing bass!
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firewindraging said:
Yeah no kidding, the version of lethe they do now with the piano playing the bass parts and the bass playing boring root note garbage is just stupid.
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NicholasDWolfwood said:
If he hadn't done all that wanking around on those albums they would have sounded pretty damn thin a lot of the time. I think he was playing for the songs there, since the guitarists hadn't yet started playing big thick chords and were generally each playing single note melody lines then the bass playing something else is sort of called for..
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Jude said:
Yep, not all but a few. I'm totally biased because The Who is my favourite band ever so my opinion is based on pig headed ingnorance. He's probably not the best, but to me he is.
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geddy lee
john wetton
chris squire
flea
billy sheehan
shawn malone
steve digeorgio
tony levin
pick any 5 from that list exept Geddy Lee, he is just best bass player ever!
john wetton
chris squire
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billy sheehan
shawn malone
steve digeorgio
tony levin
pick any 5 from that list exept Geddy Lee, he is just best bass player ever!
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Check these guys out if you havent yet:
Steve DiGiorgio(Nuff said,he is the man
Roger Patterson(Atheist)
Sean Malone(Cynic)
Tony Choy(Pestilence,Atheist)
Lars Nornberg(Spiral Architect)
Steve Cloutier(Gorguts,Very interesting and different playing style)
Alex Webster(Cannibal Corpse)
Chris Richards(Suffocation)
Doug Keyser(Watchtower)
Pete Perez(Spastic Ink)
Stefan Fimmers(Necrophagist)
Eric Langlois(Cryptopsy)
And Many more...
Non metal:
Victor Wooten
Jaco Pastorious
Les Claypool
Michael Manring
Marcus Miller
John Patitucci
Stu Hamm
Billy Sheehan
Guy from the John Finn Group cant remember the name...
Steve DiGiorgio(Nuff said,he is the man
Roger Patterson(Atheist)
Sean Malone(Cynic)
Tony Choy(Pestilence,Atheist)
Lars Nornberg(Spiral Architect)
Steve Cloutier(Gorguts,Very interesting and different playing style)
Alex Webster(Cannibal Corpse)
Chris Richards(Suffocation)
Doug Keyser(Watchtower)
Pete Perez(Spastic Ink)
Stefan Fimmers(Necrophagist)
Eric Langlois(Cryptopsy)
And Many more...
Non metal:
Victor Wooten
Jaco Pastorious
Les Claypool
Michael Manring
Marcus Miller
John Patitucci
Stu Hamm
Billy Sheehan
Guy from the John Finn Group cant remember the name...
wankerness said:
I completely agree, but saying Mendez sucks because he provides the backbone rhythm with M-Lo/Axe now that they moved away from the harmony thing is rediculous.
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