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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: StaedlerMars on 25 Apr 2009, 00:37
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I was listening to Money by Pink Floyd, and remembered that it has an ace bass line.
Then I started listening to some DFA 1979 and man, bass is where it's at.
Anyone else got any good recommendations that are all about the bass? This can be subtle or explicit. I'm on a bass binge.
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"Hysteria" by Muse off of Absolution is my default "killer bassline" track. I could listen to that opening 10 seconds for ages.
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Les Savy Fav are a band that totally understands RAD bass and its place in a band.
Mclusky also has some super nasty Steve Albini bass (as does its sequel band, Future of the Left).
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Orion would be my major nominee. :mrgreen:
Oh, oh! Methadrone's "A View into the Empty". Hard to find, but full of crushing and beautiful bass. (the band is a 2 basses + drum machine crew, fyi)
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He Is Legend - Dinner With a Gypsy
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Iron Maiden? I think so.
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Man, it kills me to bring this up because I am by no means a fan but... uh, did you guys ever notice that STP's tripping on a hole in a paper heart actually has pretty neat bass?
I really dislike STP so this kinda haunts me.
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It's not a great bassline or anything, but the fact that by it's by STP makes me feel like I'm being magnanimous by acknowleding that it's not completely terrible.
Guys, I think I need to quit drinking.
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"Hysteria" by Muse off of Absolution is my default "killer bassline" track. I could listen to that opening 10 seconds for ages.
The bass line continues practically uninterrupted throughout the whole song (for this I respect Muse's bassist 'cause his lines are not the most technically challenging but fuck me if they don't wear my fingers out like crazy trying to consistently play them for longer than 30 seconds)
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Yeah, I know, but the opening 10 seconds are the only when it's alone in the instrumentation. Bass solo!
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Anything by Joy Division or New Order will typically have an awesome bassline. 'Crystal' comes to mind for some reason.
Roger Waters is a highly underrated bass player, I love the bassline on 'The Happiest Day Of Our Lives,' and also the subtlety of the low D note on 'Another Brick In The Wall (Part II).' Also, David Gilmour, because he played the fretless bass solos on 'Hey You.'
Whoever plays bass in Glassjaw does pretty well. I appreciate anyone who incorporates bass chords - so the guy from Cave In gets a nod as well.
Matt Sharpe, the founding bassist for Weezer has some awesome basslines as well as fantastic tone. And speaking of fantastic tones, the bass tone on 'Eternal Life' by Jeff Buckley blows my fucking MIND.
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How Could I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q4gDd153HM&fmt=18)
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In Fiction by ISIS has a great bass line.
Hell, anything by ISIS has great bass. Jeff Caxide has this watery bass tone that just makes me need to change my pants.
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Hot Water Music's "I Was On a Mountain" has some cool bass runs. In fact, on pretty much every album they've done, Jason Black has thrown down some awesome lines, without ever quite being showy about it.
also, i can't remember many track names as i haven't listened in AGES, but Opeth's "Morningrise" album is chock-full of awesome basslines. apparently they kicked out that bassist because he wouldn't relegate his playing to simple background stuff. huge mistake i reckon.
and "Alex Chilton" by The Replacements has a nice bassline.
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The bassist from Dream theater is really good... when you can hear him. I swear, there are only 3-4 songs per album when the rest of the band is like "I guess we can let him out of the cellar..."
I know I'll probably get some grief for this, but I really like the bassist from King's of leon. A lot of their songs are saved by his melodic bass lines.
Anything Iron Maiden has awesome bass.
Menomena has some really great bass (though live they some times use keyboard instead of an actual bass depending on the song...and it usually isn't too technical, but it always feels right)
There's a live version of John Butler Trio's "Better Man" that has a pretty grooving double bass solo- definately worth checking out
Mars Volta- Their bass really holds their jam sections together. Again, nothing too technical, but it does so much for the song.
There's a series of jazz albums from miles davis in the med!a fire thread (cookin' steamin' workin' etc) that has some pretty killer bass stuff at times. its hard to pick a song out really... its all pretty damn neat.
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That band Rothko were only bass players? Something like that. Ambient stuff, should appeal to peeps who like more contemporary stuff like on Kranky or whatever.
The Meters' Just Kissed My Baby has my favourite bassline. George Porter Jr is the player in question.
Whoever played bass on the Real Rock riddim needs a knighthood. Most versioned riddim ever. Armagiddeon Time, as covered by The Clash, is probably where most non-reggae fans hear it.
The Beatles' Tax Man and Come Together. First song on Ride's 'Nowhere' basically lifts Tax Man wholesale, and is awesome. :D
Something absolutely slays me about Sly & The Family Stone's If You Want Me To Stay as well... it's after their more famous bassplayer (the guy who invented slap) had quit. I mean, mainly I just love the song, but there's a really weird feel to it.
Pino Palladino all over D'Angelo's 'Voodoo' - the way Questlove plays the beats really, really straight and Pino pushes the timing is great. One Mo 'Gin is one I really love, likewise Chicken Grease, even the cover of Feel Like Making Love. Palladino's so versatile... plays with The Who now, had his first round of massive influence doing that wandering stuff on hits by Paul Young, etc. back in the 80s.
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Guys.
LITE
wait no they just have good everything.
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The Cooper Temple Clause's Panzer Attack probably has my favourite bassline ever.
And although it's pretty basic, I still love the bass on BRMC's Spread your love
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That's because the tone on it is awesome.
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Anything by Sigur Ros ever.
See also: "Beggin'" by Madcon.
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Specfically, "Ny Batteri", "Fonklagi∂" (there's a live version on their site, otherwise it's unreleased), "Popplagi∂", and um.."Vi∂ Spilium Endalaust"
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Kyuss's "Gardenia," "Space Cadet," and "Phototropic" all come to mind. All their bass work is fantastic but those songs in particular really shine.
Also, "I Wish I Was A Girl" by the Pink Fairies has an awesome bassline.
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LITE
This.
Also, Te'
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The Moody Blues.
Question
and
I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)
I don't really care much for the second, but fuck me, the bassline.
Melanie's "Rock in the Road (I Will Get Over)" from "Old Bitch Warrior" is insanely simple (C#, B, A A A) but fits in so well. Also the Geezer Butler-ish sounds on "Gone with the Wind".
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Everything by Yes, Rush, Tower of Power, James Brown, Cake, Soulive, Lettuce, The Who, Weather Report, Jeff Beck, ETC ETC ETC ETC. Also, I think the bass part to Nutshell by Alice in Chains is really amazing.
And Alex, yes, TOAHIAPH does have a good bass line, particularly the chorus.
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I'll agree with Cake.
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That one song by the White Stripes
I'll think of it later
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Seven Nation Army though it was a guitar run through a DigiTech whammy pedal, not a bass.
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Chic, Heatwave, Michael Jackson's Off The Wall (because it featured work by Rod Temperton from Heatwave.)
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:oops:
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:-D
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Anything by the Doors. Now for the mindfuck: they never once had a bassist. It was all Ray Manzarek on an organ. You couldn't tell the difference between this guy on an organ and John Paul Jones on a bass.
Which reminds me, the vast majority of Zeppelin's catalogue is covered in genius bass lines. See also: Cream. Jack Bruce was a fucking menace.
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Anything by the Doors. Now for the mindfuck: they never once had a bassist. It was all Ray Manzarek on an organ. You couldn't tell the difference between this guy on an organ and John Paul Jones on a bass.
I thought everyone knew this. Even if they didn't, finding out a keyboard player did the bass parts is hardly a mindfuck. YOU ARE CHEAPENING THE WORD
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Chic, Heatwave, Michael Jackson's Off The Wall (because it featured work by Rod Temperton from Heatwave.)
These
are
the
good
times
!!!
I often get lost in the guitar lines on Chic / Niles Rogers stuff - e.g. big obvious ones like Le Freak and He's The Greatest Dancer - but Good Times certainly has a fantastic bassline.
I had no idea Rod Temperton played bass, but he's written some of my favourite songs, and they all have great basslines - Rock With You, Boogie Nights for Heatwave, and Give Me The Night for George Benson.
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Oh yeah, 7 8 post-Stockhausen funk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyJzv4AFZXc)? Yep.
I know Can probably jumped some kind of indie cred wank shark (whoa, no pics of that thanks) ages back, but Holger's restrained grooves just make me wanna wiggle.
It's a different effect, but a similar restraint to what I dig in that D'Angelo record I mentioned upthread.
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I had no idea Rod Temperton played bass, but he's written some of my favourite songs, and they all have great basslines - Rock With You, Boogie Nights for Heatwave, and Give Me The Night for George Benson.
Oop, you're right I don't know anything at all. He does not play bass, but he was credited as writing some of my favorite songs on that record so I just kinda assumed he was responsible for the bass lines. As it turns out the bassist was Bobby Watson (from Rufus, not the jazz musician) and Louis Johnson from The Brothers Johnson.
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You couldn't tell the difference between this guy on an organ and John Paul Jones on a bass.
Oh come on, yes you can.
I like RM but you can tell the difference every time.
If you don't know what to listen for, you wouldn't expect to.
I am still waiting to hear a bassist be that awesome.
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Guys, I don't want to burst everyone's bubble here, but the Doors did have bass players record tracks for them occasionally, even if they were never technically part of the band. Like, look up the guest artists for each album (particularly the late ones), there are usually at least a couple songs with a guest bassist.
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There's a series of jazz albums from miles davis in the med!a fire thread (cookin' steamin' workin' etc) that has some pretty killer bass stuff at times. its hard to pick a song out really... its all pretty damn neat.
The bass on all those albums was played by Paul Chambers. That first Miles Davis quintet consistently played at a medium tempo that made the bass really bounce - helped of course by the fact that Chambers was such a good bassist!
If we're talking jazz bass players, then (steering clear of the obvious - Mingus, Haden, et al) two that everyone should absolutely be aware of are Scott LaFaro and Jimmy Blanton. Both died tragically young, but left some amazing work behind - check out the Bill Evans Trio's Waltz for Debby album, it features amazing playing from LaFaro, and Evans on piano and Paul Motian on drums (here's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH3GSrCmzC8) a truncated version of the title track). As for Blanton, he recorded with Duke Ellington - everything he did was terrific, but their duets in particular are worth seeking out.
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Eben D'Amico from the Saves the Day album Stay What You Are produced some of my all time favorite pop-rock/emo basslines.
Completely smooth and tons of cool accidentals
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The Slits - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQxvo_9DEqY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQxvo_9DEqY)
Absolutely massive dub bass on this.
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Hell, most things done by Paul McCartney in his Beatles days. Dude could be quite the dickbag, but he is just good at everything.
EDIT: All of Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer as well.
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Stanley Clarke, everyone. Go listen to some Return to Forever, dude is legit. I saw 'em live and dude held his own in a guitar vs. bass battle with Al DiMeola.
Everything by Yes
I'ma have to disagree. The early albums with Chris Squire are the only Yes albums with bass lines that really jump out; Fragile and Close to the Edge, especially.
oh god that roundabout bass line sooooo goooooooooood
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Guys, I don't want to burst everyone's bubble here, but the Doors did have bass players record tracks for them occasionally, even if they were never technically part of the band. Like, look up the guest artists for each album (particularly the late ones), there are usually at least a couple songs with a guest bassist.
Yeah, but it was only for two albums, Morrison Hotel and L.A. Woman. Oh, and on "Five to One."
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Hell, most things done by Paul McCartney in his Beatles days. Dude could be quite the dickbag, but he is just good at everything.
if by "everything" you mean writing shit songs. i'm not gonna get into the whole beatles thing (yeah i respect their influence on just about EVERYTHING since, but i don't enjoy their music in the slightest), but listen to everything he did after they broke up. it mostly amounts to a giant bag of left-handed cat wank.
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By good at everything, I meant incredibly proficient at most instruments and has a excellent sense of pop structure. I don't like anything of his besides Chaos and Creation in The Backyard post-beatles, but he is an incredible bassist.
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The guy was a hell of a bassist, it must be said. Especially on things like 'Rain,' he was very melodic.
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PINK FLOYD
ONE OF THESE DAYS
Why did I not think of this sooner?
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Stanley Clarke, everyone. Go listen to some Return to Forever, dude is legit. I saw 'em live and dude held his own in a guitar vs. bass battle with Al DiMeola.
Everything by Yes
I'ma have to disagree. The early albums with Chris Squire are the only Yes albums with bass lines that really jump out; Fragile and Close to the Edge, especially.
oh god that roundabout bass line sooooo goooooooooood
Well, honestly, when I say everything by Yes, I mean everything by something approximating Yes' original lineup. Like, The Yes Album through Relayer. Seriously, the bass line from the early spacey part on Heart of the Sunrise is just so boner inspiring.
And yeah, man, that dude from Return to Forever is serious. So very serious.
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These forums scare me, it's all boner this and boner that. I'm scared to go anywhere without getting cock slapped around in the face.
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Welcome to the internet.
I am your host (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0).
totally appropriate. sick synth bass lines!
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welp
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RUSH
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"Old England" by the Waterboys, apart from being a generally fantastic song, has a killer bass-line, really simple but really spot-on. In fact the rhythm section for that song in general is just great. There are a bunch of home-made videos accompanying the song on YouTube, but none of them seems to have the bass particularly high in the mix (or maybe that's just my computer).
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PINK FLOYD
ONE OF THESE DAYS
Which of the two basses are you thinking of here?
BTW All my favourite Pink Floyd Songs have just one line of text (like this and Careful with that Axe, Eugene)
More great bass work:
Mogwai - Helicon 1
A lot of early Simple Minds up to and including New Gold Dream has great bass lines and is generally underrated.
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Everything by Stevie Wonder, ever.
Fuck it, everything on Motown and Stax, ever. Seriously, I would sell substantial parts of my own anatomy and that of my family to be able to play like any of those guys. Just listen to them; they're so fucking tight and intricate and smart and they make it sound so goddamned effortless.
Also, and I know this isn't going to be popular, the whole of the Graceland album by Paul Simon has amazing if somewhat 80s bass playing.
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Dudes, Mike Watt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6obvN2kGtc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6obvN2kGtc)
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OSI- Horseshoes and B-52s
Pretty much anything by Gordian Knot and Cynics "Focus".
Seam Malone is a beast
Oh, and just because:
Melt Banana- Shield your eyes, a Beast is on the well of your hand.
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I love the tone of Dan Adriano's bass on pretty much every Alkaline Trio album. His playing style is fun, too.
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Tommy has mentioned Tina Weymouh but of special interest are the recordings from the Remain In Light tour where they were joined by several musicians, specifially Busta Jones from P Funk on the bass. I truly believe that during this period, Talking Heads was a band of instrumental creativity and prowess that has rarely if ever been matched
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I really enjoy the bass line to the BSS song 7/4, especially that middle section
Also, pretty much anything John Entwistle does
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Tina Weymouth ... Remain in Light
My old roommate, who was a huge Talking Heads fan, told me that Byrne and Eno took her studio contributions and re-edited them to such an extent that she essentially had to learn the new basslines from scratch. I can't vouch for that statement though; can anyone else confirm/deny?
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^ In that book Rip It Up And Start Again Simon Reynolds writes that around 'Remain In Light' they were building basslines by multi-tracking them one note at a time. I mean, if a bass line was 2 bars long they'd play the first note of the phrase every two bars for the duration of the song, go back and do the next one, etc.
But that seems insane. Believably insane with fucking Eno involved :wink: but still insane.
I wonder whether I either misread Reynolds or he misunderstood whoever he got that info from.
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man how the fuck did I overlook this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuezNswtRfo) the first time around
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I said this before, but seriously guys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6uwcvHkYvg), maybe my favorite bass line of all time (and definitely my favorite bass intro)
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oh dear fuck that song
I love you Joe
that is one of my favorite Kyuss songs
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vgfeLat3RI
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25E0ACkA6uo
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNAzXlDaHQU&feature=PlayList&p=D0F666E5BEC5CFED&index=0&playnext=1
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Honestly I never really understood why the Talking Heads were a big deal. I have never felt so ... neutral ... about a band. I can see absolutely nothing either particularly appealing or particularly off-putting in their music.
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The intro to NIB by black sabbath.
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I like their music but can't stand David Byrne's voice, basically. Same problem with the Clash; I just can't abide singers who sound like they've got a mouth full of marbles.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNOxIMgVAhE
I forget--are BoC 'in' anymore?
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Asking if it's 'in' automatically makes it 'out'. Sorry. :|
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Dogg you are trying too hard.
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Honestly I never really understood why the Talking Heads were a big deal. I have never felt so ... neutral ... about a band. I can see absolutely nothing either particularly appealing or particularly off-putting in their music.
The Name of This Band is Talking Heads (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_Of_This_Band_Is_Talking_Heads)
Also: Talking Heads are ace.
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Dogg you are trying too hard.
Am not. Asking if it's 'in' always struck me as kind of strange because, really, I don't give a fuck if it's 'in' or 'out' or whatever you want to say it is. I'm going to like it (or not like it) irregardless.
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Regardless of what's cool...
Irrespective of whether you like Talking Heads...
The Orb's Blue Room (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvJWC1FRMNs) has a great bassline, courtesy of Jah Wobble.
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"Oh! Darling" by the Beatles, and anything and everything ever by Charles Mingus.
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Cracker had some pretty cool bass lines. Give the song "Get Off This" a listen if you like some catchy/groovy/funky bass work.
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How Could I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q4gDd153HM&fmt=18)
Someone else who knows cynic *thumbs up*
Other suggestions from my end include Iron Maiden, The Enemy Within and YYZ by Rush, the whole Fragile album by Yes, New Milennium by Dream Theater, and Red Rain by Peter Gabriel were my first thoughts when it comes to awesome bass parts.
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UGggggggh. Can there be one conversation about bass that doesn't bring up fucking Chris Squire or fucking Geddy Lee. When I first started playing those two were almost enough to make me stop right there, fucking wankers. WANKERS!!! Next everyone will be sucking off Jaco Pastorious (who, by the way, has a tone like the grown-ups in Peanuts having a seizure, it is NOT something to aspire to have).
The great thing about Peter Hook is that he didn't fuck around. He didn't need a lot of flash for New Order's (and Joy Division some too) songs, four notes, perfectly arrange and mixed to the front, were just fine for him. In this is the most important lesson you can learn playing bass: Keep it simple, don't be a wanker. People are not impressed by that.
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Some people are.
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nobody decent is.
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They still count though.
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no they don't
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How do you think we ended up with two Bush terms here in the states? They count.
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decent but thoroughly idiotic people. Also fraud in at least one location
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Kim Deal
Kim Deal
Kim fucking Deal
and also Eric Judy
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Can't remember which songs in particular, but I know at least some Black Sabbath has some great bass lines.
Clutch has a lot of good ones as well, particularly space grass.
And it has to be said, Orion by Metallica.
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I hate to be the guy who repeatedly jacks off over Cake, but yeah, I'm that guy right now. The bassist is a fuckin' monster when he feels like it.
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I hate to be the guy who repeatedly jacks off over cake, but yeah, I'm that guy right now.
You are never coming to my birthday parties, Patrick.
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"The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac has a crazy bass part in it. Very post-punk. I could definitely hear Ian Curtis shouting over it.
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I hate to be the guy who repeatedly jacks off over cake, but yeah, I'm that guy right now.
You are never coming at my birthday parties, Patrick.
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Zzzing!
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Taxman is awesome because the best bass line the Beatles ever had was written by the guitarist.
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Zzzing!
Yes?
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Taxman is awesome because the best bass line the Beatles ever had was written by the guitarist.
Come Together has a fair number of rads about it, but... yeah. Keeps getting recycled by enthusiastic fans over the generations too - The Jam and Ride spring to mind.
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Taxman is awesome because the best bass line the Beatles ever had was written by the guitarist.
And Paul plays lead on that one!
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Guys, how did we forget THIS?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGJFWirQ3ks
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You also forgot Beat It.
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JimminyJazzy
What the heck is your avatar of? I love it.
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It's Ian Curtis (of Joy Division) dancing as only Ian Curtis could (or would).
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It's amusing to listen to Ministry and watch his dancing to it.
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It's Ian Curtis (of Joy Division) dancing as only Ian Curtis could (or would).
Is it actually Ian Curtis, or is it Sam Riley?
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I think it's Curtis but it's hard to tell. That looks like a TV appearance they did.
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Hey, I just discovered this entire section of the forums.
I'm not really a drums & bass guy, but the bass in this song has always made me freeze in my tracks:
Roni Size / Reprazent - Brown Paper Bag (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4n0iUtWEwY)
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Could just as easily sit in the Summer Songs thread, ne.
Round that time was Alex Reese's 'Pulp Fiction' also doing great mellow things with bass in a drum'n'bass context, plus similarly slinky sampled bassline action in La Funk Mob's remix of Bomb The Bass's 'Bug Powder Dust'. Both so summery too.
Absolutely love the bassline from 'Ike's Rap III' by Isaac Hayes, as sampled in an average song by Portishead ('Glory Box') and an absolutely incredible song by Tricky ('Hell's Around The Corner').
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Absolutely love the bassline from 'Ike's Rap III' by Isaac Hayes, as sampled in an average song by Portishead ('Glory Box') and an absolutely incredible song by Tricky ('Hell's Around The Corner').
Good stuff.
I do love that Isaac Hayes bassline... didn't know where that was from (I just knew the Portishead song, but agreed, the rest of the song isn't their best). What's with the slow descending basslines being summery? Echoes of The Kinks' Sunny Afternoon and Lovin' Spoonful's Summer in the City (to go back in time a bit).
Here's some more lazy bass favs of mine from my Deezer playlists:
Bonobo - Dinosaurs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJrHhKq5Y6k) (plus the Intro track from Dinosaur Magic)
Get Misunderstood - Troublemakers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHI6ewoe3hw)
Other, um, songs I like that rely on good basslines that I kinda want to throw in here:
Que Onda Quera - Beck (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RxpvZTVIOs)
Que n'ai-je - Keren Ann (http://www.deezer.com/#music/album/302330) (do Deezer links work around the world? Couldn't find the orig on youtube)
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It's not exactly a great bass 'line' but if you were driving around in your car with your sick subwoofah making a lot of noise, you could probably do a lot worse for yourself than listening to this tasty track (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciOmlFLZNx0)
(I do not advocate listening to dubstep at all)
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I've kind of gone off the actual song lately, but I love that bass at the start of Three Days by Jane's Addiction
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Great Bass line?
Jefferson Airplane: "White Rabbit". Absolute Bass-Classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TS0dUrF6mQ
Same for Pink Floyd - "Money"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXQg7Oir1Bg
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Every Bob Marley album ever recorded.
There are no exceptions.
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Intronaut- The Reptilian Brain. I really like the bass in that song. :-)
Part1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz-UHqFJE0k)
Part2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYRH2ydIVPM&feature=related)
Also The Melvins- A History of Bad Men (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oolwsWexSzQ)
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Every Death From Above 1979 song ever.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - So much i
It's probably one of my favorite base lines.
Happen to be listening to it right now.
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UGggggggh. Can there be one conversation about bass that doesn't bring up fucking Chris Squire or fucking Geddy Lee. When I first started playing those two were almost enough to make me stop right there, fucking wankers. WANKERS!!! Next everyone will be sucking off Jaco Pastorious (who, by the way, has a tone like the grown-ups in Peanuts having a seizure, it is NOT something to aspire to have).
The great thing about Peter Hook is that he didn't fuck around. He didn't need a lot of flash for New Order's (and Joy Division some too) songs, four notes, perfectly arrange and mixed to the front, were just fine for him. In this is the most important lesson you can learn playing bass: Keep it simple, don't be a wanker. People are not impressed by that.
Funny. Geddy Lee and Chris Squire (and Tony Levin) got me into playing bass in the first place (just started a few months ago). Yeah there are plenty of good bassists that aren't the most technically proficient and can certainly hold an awesome groove without their fingers flying all over the place, and I enjoy listening to that too. For me, though, there's something really special about Geddy's playing that I'm really impressed by. Sometimes I just ignore Alex and listen to the godly rhythm section.
I have no idea who this Jaco guy is, but seeing as you hate him I just might like him :-D
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fun bassline of the year (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqtAaYhhVYQ)
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I have no idea who this Jaco guy is, but seeing as you hate him I just might like him :-D
He was the bass player in Weather Report from '76 (Black Market album) through '82, and is considered by many the best electric bass player ever. Died at age 46 in '87 after being beaten up by a club bouncer. Other than WR he also played on some Joni Mitchell albums, and with several jazz artists like Pat Metheny, Al Di Meola, Herbie Hancock etc.
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How about some Credence Clearwater Revisited?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZe9OtFNt_8
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I have no idea who this Jaco guy is, but seeing as you hate him I just might like him :-D
He was the bass player in Weather Report from '76 (Black Market album) through '82, and is considered by many the best electric bass player ever. Died at age 46 in '87 after being beaten up by a club bouncer. Other than WR he also played on some Joni Mitchell albums, and with several jazz artists like Pat Metheny, Al Di Meola, Herbie Hancock etc.
Ah, that sounds familiar. Might have to check out some Weather Report. I'm not too big into jazz (some Return to Forever, Coltrane, and Davis mostly).
Also, that Les Claypool song is awesome.
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Symphony X has some serious bass parts. Sea of Lies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIMi5PtHG0E) is just an example. If it weren't for the fact that they're really laid back about their music, though, their lyrics would make them look retarded.
For the record, I have seen them live. They're nothing like Studioforce. They're also all like 45+ years old. It's intense.
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I imagine this might be pretty unpopular but I uh... I think the bass line to Jenny Was a Friend of Mine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G13k0ULE0bA&feature=PlayList&p=A1D95450A9C356E1&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=16) is pretty neat.
I'm generally a fan of pretty simple but pronounced bass, though, I think. I love Devil's Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKQTWq6ZbTc), for example, even though that's ridiculously simple.
Bassists I'm generally in awe of are usually a part of bands with very talented musicians and, bass being bass, it just seems to get lost behind the rest of everything. I think Coheed and Cambria's Mic Todd is awesome but it's rare you actually get to hear anything he's playing, just the occassional bar here and there.
Edit: I just remembered Puscifer's Vagina Mine (Deflowering Remix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZtqERXrzcE) which I think is also pretty cool!
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Symphony X has some serious bass parts. Sea of Lies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIMi5PtHG0E) is just an example. If it weren't for the fact that they're really laid back about their music, though, their lyrics would make them look retarded.
For the record, I have seen them live. They're nothing like Studioforce. They're also all like 45+ years old. It's intense.
I actually saw Dragonforce live and they weren't as bad as the Youtube videos from the last tour might lead you to believe. Maybe they just practiced some more. Yeah there was some cheating during solos, but it wasn't completely messy. Symphony X is kind of boring to me though. I bought Paradise Lost when it came out and just didn't find much I really enjoyed. *shrug*
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Paradise Lost is awful. The Odyssey and The Divine Wings of Salvation are infinitely better albums, tbh.
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Just postin' about how I am listening to Funkin' For Fun right now by Parliament and it is awesome I have been sort of bobbing around to the bassline like a very confused bird kind of like Bootsy is dressed like on the cover of the album
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Lou Reed - The Gun
Love the bass line in that song!
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Nobody's mentioned "Gigantic" by The Pixies?
(http://ils.unc.edu/dpr/other/matthewrichards/shocked.jpg)
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Panic Attack by Dream Theater
Hysteria by Muse
Myxomatosis by Radiohead
These were the three things that shot into my head when I read in the first post.
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Speaking of Radiohead - 'Dollars and Cents' and 'National Anthem' both have awesome basslines.
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Every Bob Marley album ever recorded.
There are no exceptions.
Law of the universe: All reggae has the best bass.
Always.
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Quarantine- At the Drive-In
Totally fun.
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How Could I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q4gDd153HM&fmt=18)
Not a huge Cynic fan, to be honest. My best friend loves them, but I've just never felt like they put out something that made me feel anything but bored.
Tower of Power, James Brown
I met Rocco recently and was a fawning fanboy. Somewhat embarrassing, but I don't care. I would also like to add Sam & Dave to the pile.
Soulive
I am morally obligated to dislike Soulive's "bass" parts because they're not played by a real bassist, but by that same token, I should hate Chris Potter's "Underground," and I so don't.
UGggggggh. Can there be one conversation about bass that doesn't bring up fucking Chris Squire or fucking Geddy Lee.
They were pretty decent bassists who are well-known because they actually played some interesting lines. I'm quite surprised Flea hasn't come up. Maybe it's still not cool to mention Flea. I'm fine with that, because all he did was make the bass more visible.
Next everyone will be sucking off Jaco Pastorious (who, by the way, has a tone like the grown-ups in Peanuts having a seizure, it is NOT something to aspire to have).
Yeah, but Jaco was so fucking musical I don't care. I don't care that he played "too much," because all of it fit. Now, I've not heard anyone else who could make it work like him, but Jaco just had a great sense of music.
In this is the most important lesson you can learn playing bass: Keep it simple, don't be a wanker. People are not impressed by that.
Let's be honest here, some people are impressed by that, unfortunately. I'm not automatically repulsed by bass lines that are a bit busy, but I am if they're TOO busy. Sometimes a song needs a bit of a bass kick. I was always getting yelled at for doing too little when I was playing for a living, which is probably why I don't like playing rock music to this day. I always think it should be really simple, and no one else agrees with me. I know what to do in jazz, but not rock.
Now, I'm going to throw in that I think pretty much all bass lines that Reid Anderson (The Bad Plus) has played are fantastic, and have such fantastic tone.
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I must say, I'm not really down with Chili Peppers hate in general. I don't see myself buying their cds any time soon and I think Under the Bridge is ridiculously played out, but there is a definite "It's not cool to cite Flea" vibe that goes around these days that I don't really think is warranted.*
*I mean this as a general statement, not one about the forums specifically. Hating RHCP suddenly became really common around here irl and I always find synchronized backlashes sort of mystifying, particularly since it didn't coincide with any album releases that I'm aware of.
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"Fuck This Band" - Mclusky
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ONE OF THESE DAYS
-I'm going to cut you into little pieces!! :-D
Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls, Call Of Ktulu
Basically anything by Tool
All of the classic Black Sabbath albums with Ozzy
Meshuggah - Spasm (probably the most brutal B-flat I have ever heard :evil:)
Anything by Atheist
Anytihng by Primus (for obvious reasons)
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Melt Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r_L3VG69Jg) by BMSR. It is growly and perfect.
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I'll just assume 'Totally Wired' has already been mentioned.
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So the bassline on Bron-Y-Aur Stomp is really basic, but it's all kinds of groovy.
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Has everyone forgotten John Entwistle? Won't Get Fooled Again (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PZkYxVkFVA&feature=related) is a prime example. Furthermore, Rika MM from Melt Banana is also an astonishing bass player.
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"Leave Them All Behind" - Ride
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Liquid Liquid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL45YOtbuy0
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Speaking of Radiohead - 'Dollars and Cents' and 'National Anthem' both have awesome basslines.
Most of Radiohead's bass lines are top quality, but what really makes them is the goofy faces Colin Greenwood makes when he plays them.
(http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/0/4/2/6/18046240-18046275-large.jpg)
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whoooooosh (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLcxve603-4) (only really starts at 3:00)
He's actually just released an album of solo electric bass. It's supposed to be mighty impressive. He's a good fretless player.
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I'm surprised we've gone this far without a mention of Matt Freeman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsgWs4sNHwM).
You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRbx5pTGVik) by Atmosphere has a pretty catchy bass line.
By the way for those who said Cynic, you might want to check out Exivious (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewdmxcdDSEA). Features Tymon and Zielhorst from Cynic, and Stef Brooks from Textures.
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Matt Freeman just seems to play really fast in a punk band. I don't find his bass lines particularly good, just impressive for a punk band.
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Didn't say Freeman was good either, just noticed he hadn't been mentioned yet.
Also, forgot to put Dub Trio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhnBoxnN74M) in my last post.
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"Religion II" - Public Image Ltd. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TW6w_AbVqo)
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seems like matt freeman just plays root notes that the guitars are doing, but makes sure he hits every note between them on the way from one to the next. the guy's speed is ridiculous and some of his lines are really catchy, but he really overdoes it a bit, and he's not much of a technical player.
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If anyone gets a chance to listen to Penny Whiskey, take a listen to their version of "White Hare of Howden". Very nice bass playing.
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I'm pretty sure this hasn't been mentioned in teh previous posts (altho, I was just skimming), but
The Horse by A Wilhelm Scream off their album Career Suicide has a truly bitchin bass line. It's solo'd during the opening vocals, and then mimicked by the guitars in the middle of the song.
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I'm pretty sure this hasn't been mentioned in teh previous posts (altho, I was just skimming), but
The Horse by A Wilhelm Scream off their album Career Suicide has a truly bitchin bass line. It's solo'd during the opening vocals, and then mimicked by the guitars in the middle of the song.
i'll second this. hell, pretty much every song on career suicide has amazing basswork - brian is a fucking machine! they played a coupla new songs when i saw them last month, and one of them featured a mental bass intro.
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oh man, I would love to see them live again. and I'd actually buy a shirt next time (was kinda broke previously :()
I absolutely cannot wait for their new EP and album. So psyched for new Robinson Bass Lines, he's so awesome (have you heard him from when he was in The Fullblast? He's not bad there, either)