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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: PacoSees on 21 May 2008, 16:39
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Because Google has failed me again.
We lost a potential guitar player and the only songs our band can play together at the moment are songs with lead and rhythm guitars. Anyone know some good rock or blues bands with only one guitar player?
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I would be willing to bet that you can arrange the rhythm guitar into another part. Basses can do this pretty well as can keyboards or a little bit of playing with the lead guitar.
You don't need the same instrumentation to play the same song, in fact, messing with it could help you with your sound given the fact that covers are not good if they are a carbon copy of the original recording.
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Alternatively, Shellac.
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Yo La Tengo.
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Joy Division
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WTF?
The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Ramones, Black Sabbath...there are so many I can't even begin to name them all. If you need to fill up the space, have the bass play busier, or you could bi-amp him/her, or do the same with the guitar. There's a lot of ways to solve the problem of having more parts than players, just be creative!
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Deerhoof on Friend Opportunity! They did the trio thing pretty well, I think, though they still rock harder with two guitarists.
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Old Modest Mouse (not counting when they had Dann Gallucci).
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silverchair,babes in toyland,muse and boris.
i like trios.
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Dr. Feelgood, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo2HIUE404M) Burning Airlines, Gang of Four, Rapeman, Mission of Burma, (early) REM, Unwound, Make Believe, The Jesus Lizard... shit, the list goes on endlessly.
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Broken Social Scene.
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Low
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Budgie!
EDIT: But you better have a rocking bassist.
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Black Sabbath is probably the most kickass band ever with just one guitarist.
I highly recommend covering "Sweet Leaf" (downtuning unecessary).
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White stripes were the first obvious choice.
Except that Jack White overdubs to fuck, his supposed 'minimalist' sound can feature two or three different guitar parts going at once.
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Eagles Of Death Metal, Tool, Kyuss.
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White stripes were the first obvious choice.
Except that Jack White overdubs to fuck, his supposed 'minimalist' sound can feature two or three different guitar parts going at once.
on their last three albums, yes. but not their first four or five...you know, the majority of their recorded work? and he plays all those newer songs live anyway without any of the over-dubbing and they are still great.
i fully support the White Stripes suggestion. oh oh oh and The Black Keys!
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White stripes were the first obvious choice.
Except that Jack White overdubs to fuck, his supposed 'minimalist' sound can feature two or three different guitar parts going at once.
on their last three albums, yes. but not their first four or five...you know, the majority of their recorded work? and he plays all those newer songs live anyway without any of the over-dubbing and they are still great.
First four or five plus three recent ones? Don't they only have six? I'll admit my Stripes knowledge is not the widest, but I thought their debut was only ten years ago.
And I think we'll have to agree to disagree on the 'still great live' thing.
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yeah, i was just guessing because i'm at work and had to do some things but i just checked and yeah they only have six full-length records out. i thought it was more because i have, like, eight albums by them on my iPod plus a bunch of unreleased tracks.
so yeah, my numbers were off but my point remains valid. although, i take back the "majority" statement.
also, there is nothing wrong with overdubbing.
P.S. DID I MENTION THE BLACK KEYS YET? I'M PRETTY SURE THAT I DIDN'T. LISTEN TO THEM NOW.
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ZZ FUCKING TOP
Also, The Police. Andy Summers is/was a fucking genius.
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:-D Dinosaur Jr.
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I was going to suggest Dinosaur Jr., but J overdubs on a lot of songs. At least on the new album it seems like he does.
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Dammit. I was about to suggest a load of bands like Sonata Arctica and Symphony X, not to mention Adagio, Kiuas and Dream Theater. Then I noticed you wanted rock or blues. Ah well. A man can dream that one day someone else my enjoy the same music as him :)
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You know, I think there's actually quite a large community of people that like music like that.
From what I remember, it's some kind of cult that revolves around this strange thing they call 'prog metal', in which they hold these massive tributes to their god, Mike Portnoy.
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Jesus fucking Christ people, MOTORHEAD.
MOTORHEAD
MOOOTOOOORHEEEEEAAAADDDD
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R.E.M. only have one guitarist.
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I was going to suggest Dinosaur Jr., but J overdubs on a lot of songs. At least on the new album it seems like he does.
He still pulls them off live though. Even without the rest of his band, those songs still slay in a solo acoustic set. The solution is obvious! Just learn to play like J Mascis and your troubles will be over.
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:-D Dinosaur Jr.
Yes. Dead Meadow aswell.
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:-D Dinosaur Jr.
Yes. Dead Meadow aswell.
When I saw them they had two guitarists...though that was 4 years ago...
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:-D Dinosaur Jr.
Yes. Dead Meadow aswell.
When I saw them they had two guitarists...though that was 4 years ago...
=/ I saw a live a video of them and i remember only seeing one guitarist.
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Deerhoof on Friend Opportunity! They did the trio thing pretty well, I think, though they still rock harder with two guitarists.
When they only had one guitarist, at live shows John would just play all the parts at once on his guitar. Amazing.
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also, there is nothing wrong with overdubbing.
I don't recall saying there was. The guy was asking for songs that'd sound good with one guitar, and if your guitarist overdubs loads - Dave Navarro, I'm looking at you - then it might sound a bit thin live.
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Matt Pike does overdub a little on record, but he sounds ten times as massive live.