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Old 2005-01-14, 12:26
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the guy from mudvayne is pretty good, when i first heard dig i didnt realize that was the bass in the intro on the down beats
alex webster, if any one has the Wretched Spawn with the Making Of DVD theres a clip of webster practicing with some multi-string tapping that i wouldnt be able to reproduce on guitar


yes, both things are true. the guy from mudvayne is good I think too. And I have the dvd of TWS and Websters tapping is damn good.
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Old 2005-01-14, 13:53
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Old 2005-01-14, 15:13
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I would cite Flea, Geddy Lee, Cliff Burton, Steve Harris, and Tim Commerford as my favorite bassists
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Old 2005-01-14, 15:18
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Damn i forgot about Cliff. R.I.P.
 
Old 2005-01-14, 18:44
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hmmmmmm favorite bassplayers........

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Old 2005-01-14, 19:20
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Old 2005-01-14, 19:37
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Old 2005-01-16, 18:00
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Cliff - better!....
 
Old 2005-01-16, 19:02
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Old 2005-01-16, 19:19
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Old 2005-01-17, 00:36
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Old 2005-01-23, 15:33
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Alex Webster... in song Dead Human Collection not easy riff!!! How he does it?!
PS What Alex Webster riffs u can play? I can only 2... I Cum Blood and Striped, Riped and Strangled... it so easy, but other riffs hard!!!
 
Old 2005-02-02, 06:25
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i dont think tom araya is actually good on bass, ive never heard him play anything decent on the bass.


Thankyou for bringing that up. Just cause he can sing and play at the same time doesnt make him good.

1. Jaco Pastorius.
2. les Claypool
3. Ryan Martinie
4. Abraham Laboriel
5. Martin?..from Opeth.

Maybe not the best...but they influenced me the most. (Those are in no particular order, bar Jaco at the top.)
 
Old 2005-03-14, 00:54
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Old 2005-03-14, 08:13
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Eric Langlois, Stefan Fimmers and Steve Cloutier.

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Old 2005-03-14, 09:00
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Old 2005-03-15, 01:39
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Steve DiGiorgio and Cliff Burton. Webster is good too.
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Old 2005-03-15, 02:00
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Cliff is always number one in my eyes.
 
Old 2005-04-01, 15:05
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Why has no one mentioned Joey Demaio (Manowar)? That guy is fucking amazing.
 
Old 2005-04-01, 19:54
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Ah yeah, the manowar bassist, hes bloody fast! he uses a 8 string i think.. he played that 'Sting of the bumblebee' song, blinding speed, but with a plectrum..
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Old 2005-04-02, 00:24
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I think I was the only one who chose Tony Choy. Anyways, he's an excellent bassist, if anyone doesn't remember he was in Atheist during the "Elements" era. Some of the riffs on "Water" are amzing and some of the riffs at the begining of "Green" were great too.
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Old 2005-04-02, 10:21
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Ah yeah, the manowar bassist, hes bloody fast! he uses a 8 string i think.. he played that 'Sting of the bumblebee' song, blinding speed, but with a plectrum..



He's using an 8 string ? Never noticed that.
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Old 2005-04-02, 10:32
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Old 2005-04-02, 17:35
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oh, I only remebered this one http://www.truemetal.org/grmanowar/joey1.jpg
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Old 2005-04-04, 12:28
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Ahh, well manowar have been going for ages, he's bound to have have changed basses through the years!
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Old 2005-04-04, 15:49
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Old 2005-04-04, 18:06
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He plays left and right according to those pictures.
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Old 2005-04-04, 18:18
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Steve Harris !!
He is the best!

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Old 2005-04-04, 19:08
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Of course, Les Claypool gets tops from most people, and I agree. But I'd also say that the bassist from Mortician must recieve recognition. Any guy who would waste his time playing a bass so low and distorted that it is literally just constant fuzz, desrves an award for having big--although pointless--balls. Why not just give him a microphone and have him blow into it? The world may never know, but it's still funny to hear.
 
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yes that's true and I am not a Manowar fan to be honest.


Neither am i! the only reason i know of them is the ''Sting of the bumblebee'' song they do.

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He plays left and right according to those pictures.


Probably not, someone must of reversed the image.. it happens a lot..
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Old 2005-04-05, 08:02
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Old 2005-04-05, 14:18
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Jeroen uses a fretless thumb bass, fairplay!
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Old 2005-04-05, 17:33
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Old 2005-04-05, 18:45
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Geezer Butler - Cliff Burton - Tom Araya - Jason Newsted

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Cliff Burton(RIP ) and Billy sheehan(greatest ever and will be on the bass) check some of his stuff out at
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check out some of his bass solo's their ausome
 
Old 2005-04-09, 11:44
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Old 2005-04-09, 19:24
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My Favorite Bassists

The only bassists that really impress me are Jaco Pastorius, Bootsy Collins, Victor Wooten, Sean Malone, Tony Choy (Pestilence, Atheist), Troy Tiptun's hammering style (Zero Hour, Death Machine), and most of all Tuomo Mikael Hohtari (Cause for effect, fast fusion). In every other band, all I really care about are the riffs (exceptions for me are Burning Inside, Cryptopsy, Lykathe, Berzerker where the drumming is paramount but eh). I haven't heard many bands where the bass playing is the key element and is really good. If anyone has any recommendations of good bass players similar to any I have mentioned, let me know.
 
Old 2005-04-11, 22:09
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Necrophagist
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Old 2005-04-11, 23:02
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The necrophagist bassist is good i have to agree! he does a lot of tapping! although.. he does get lost in the mix an awful lot.. that being, his tone is way too trebley.
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Old 2005-04-12, 17:15
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Death (Steve DiGiorgio era)
Vintersorg (The new album)


Thanks for responding, I figured this chat was long past obsolete. Anyways, I have every Martyr CD (only 2) and the fact that you can even hear the bass playing at times is comforting (even though the drumming on the Hopeless Hopes cd is horrendous, it's probably because I'm so used to listening to Burning Inside), but doesn't give me much else to work with. I've heard almost all of Death's stuff. The Death stuff is pretty good, but it doesn't impress me as much as any of the things I mentioned above. I see you like Steve DiGiorgio a lot. He's played with so many bands, it's pretty amazing. I listen to Necrophagist obviously only for muhammed. Anyone who does otherwise was probably sodomized in kindergarten by a corrupt day care counselor. If you get the chance, check out Cause for Effect http://listen.to/cfe , Aghora, Gordian Knot, or Zero Hour/Death Machine (even though you probably already have, and don't care.) I've set a pretty high standard for bass playing in what I'll listen to, so eh. I've heard a couple of Quo Vadis and Carcariass songs where the bass playing particularly impressed me, but that's about it. Thanks for the input.
 
Old 2005-04-12, 19:58
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Old 2005-04-16, 01:33
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Old 2005-04-16, 01:43
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Thanks for responding, I figured this chat was long past obsolete. Anyways, I have every Martyr CD (only 2) and the fact that you can even hear the bass playing at times is comforting (even though the drumming on the Hopeless Hopes cd is horrendous, it's probably because I'm so used to listening to Burning Inside), but doesn't give me much else to work with. I've heard almost all of Death's stuff. The Death stuff is pretty good, but it doesn't impress me as much as any of the things I mentioned above. I see you like Steve DiGiorgio a lot. He's played with so many bands, it's pretty amazing. I listen to Necrophagist obviously only for muhammed. Anyone who does otherwise was probably sodomized in kindergarten by a corrupt day care counselor. If you get the chance, check out Cause for Effect http://listen.to/cfe , Aghora, Gordian Knot, or Zero Hour/Death Machine (even though you probably already have, and don't care.) I've set a pretty high standard for bass playing in what I'll listen to, so eh. I've heard a couple of Quo Vadis and Carcariass songs where the bass playing particularly impressed me, but that's about it. Thanks for the input.


Sorry none of those bands helped, here are some more you may have to check out.

Watchtower (Control and Resistence album with Doug Keyser)
Lethargy
Dysrhythmia (Not really metal.)
Dark Hall (Another band Steve D. played. They are jazz.)
Spiral Architect
Alarum
Coroner (For alot of fingertapping)
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Old 2005-04-16, 06:07
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Sorry none of those bands helped, here are some more you may have to check out.

Watchtower (Control and Resistence album with Doug Keyser)
Lethargy
Dysrhythmia (Not really metal.)
Dark Hall (Another band Steve D. played. They are jazz.)
Spiral Architect
Alarum
Coroner (For alot of fingertapping)


Yeah I listen to Alarum, Coroner, Spiral Architect, Dysrhythmia, Lethargy, and Watchtower regularly. Haven't heard Dark Hall or Vintersorg though, I'll have to check them out. Thanks.
 
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Yeah, when i watched the dream theater dvd ''scenes of new york:2000'' or something.. i got a big urge to play a 6 string bass, so i went to my local music shop and tryed one... did not like it at all.. the neck was so huge and wide and so uncomfortable, and the string spacing was so close it was like trying to play bass on a guitar..
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My local shop doesn't have a six string to play. I was gonna buy a six string some time ago, but I settled for a five because six string's neck looks huge. But nonthelesss John Myung rules.
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Old 2005-04-23, 14:04
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Steve DiGiorgio is my hero (and the reason i play fretless), but i'm also quite keen on Eric Langlois, Alex Webster, Sean Malone, Vortex and Tyr from Borknagar. On the non-metal front, i'd go with Geezer Butler, John Entwhistle, Jaco, Jack Bruce and Tony Levin.
 
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10.Ryknow (MuDvAyNe)
9. John Myung (Dream Theatre)
8. Boosty Collins
7. Stefan Fimmers (Necrophagist)
6. ICS Vortex (Dimmu Borgir, Arcturus)
5. Danny Briggs (Between The Buried and Me)
4. The guy from Decapitation
3. Geddy Lee (Rush)
2. Les Claypool (Primus, Sausage, Oysterhead)
1. Stanley Clarke
 
Old 2005-04-30, 15:52
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these days my favs are
steve digiorgio
sean malone
tony choy
roger patterson (rip)
alex webster
eric langlois
rex brown to an extent coz i recently realized that at a lot of time the bass is different the guitar and it sounds quite desent
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He sure can, he influenced Pinch harmonics on bass for me.. legend. i think his bass is ugly though..
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Erlend Caspersen from Blood red throne is a fabolous bass player. Alex Webster is also sick.
 
Old 2005-08-16, 00:41
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JUST WANTED SUM FEEDBACK ON UR GUYS FAVORITE BASSISTS, HERE IS MINE IN NO SPECIAL ORDER......

LES CLAYPOOL
RYKNOW(MUDVAYNE)
FLEA
REX
BURTON
AND THE GUY FROM RATM


yeah and victor wooten, billy shehan,stew ham, and jaco, btw, your name is the same as my ep with my band brainsikle, but i play guitar for them.
 
Old 2005-08-16, 04:13
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So have we named all the bassists worth mentioning yet?
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Old 2005-08-18, 18:23
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Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
Dave Ellefson (Megadeth)
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Tony Choy (Pestilence, Athiest, Cynic)
John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
Necrobutcher (Mayhem)
Ron Royce (Coroner)
Robin Graves (COF)
Cronos (Venom)
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Old 2005-08-18, 18:45
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Marco Hietala!! He's funny guy.
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Old 2005-08-18, 21:57
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Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse), Fieldy (Korn) Les Claypool & the dude from Mudvayne
 
Old 2005-08-19, 03:51
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Korn? Seriously? Were you dropped on your head as a child?
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Old 2005-08-19, 12:17
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Korn? Seriously? Were you dropped on your head as a child?


No i just like what he does with his basslines, not many slap bassists out there in heavy music.
 
Old 2005-08-19, 17:46
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Korn? Seriously? Were you dropped on your head as a child?

You're an idiot.
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Old 2005-08-19, 18:12
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I agree,I'm not a Korn fan by any means,but his bass playing is great.I like slap bass.
 
Old 2005-08-20, 05:44
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That guy was like my main influence to start playing, I don't really listen to his stuff anymore but he is still a great bassist for what band he's playing in.
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Old 2005-08-20, 09:42
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Mine are:
Steve Harris
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Robert Trujilio(dunno the spelling)
Stuart Hamm(Joe Satriani)

I'm sure i forgot some guys, ut no one is perfect...
 
Old 2005-08-22, 22:44
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Geezer Buttler
Tom Arya(not sure bout spelling
Troy Sanders
Henkka T. Blacksmith
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Old 2005-08-22, 23:33
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Geddy lee is one of my new favourates.
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Old 2005-08-23, 21:38
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I didn't know you liked Rush...

And Fieldy sucks. Always has, always will. You like slap bass listen to Flea or Claypool.
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Old 2005-08-23, 21:41
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I didn't know you liked Rush...

And Fieldy sucks. Always has, always will. You like slap bass listen to Flea or Claypool.

Dude, shut up. Quit crying becuase there are Fieldy fans here.
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Old 2005-08-24, 00:02
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Fieldy does suck, he sort of has unique style.. but all he's doing is putting his bass in drop A and whacking his hands against the fretboard/strings, nothing special, IMO, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion..
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Old 2005-08-24, 16:17
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Yeah, and opinions are like assholes. There are a lot of them.
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Old 2005-08-26, 07:50
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Once again, Alex Webster from CC
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Old 2005-08-26, 17:25
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So have we named all the bassists worth mentioning yet?


I'm sure we're missing tons.

I can think of two but I don't know their names. That would be whoever plays in Symphony X and whoever is in Andromeda. With really progressive bands like that, it goes without say that all of their members are insane musicians.

I just thought of another one. A few weeks ago I went to see Quo Vadis live. Obviously DiGorgio was not there, I don't know if he tours with any of the bands he records with, he's mostly a session bassist. But the guy they had was awesome. He actually played for two bands that night, the other band (also from Québec) is called Augury. Surprisingly, I like Augury more. They were very technical and very talented. Some parts involved two handed tapping on both guitars and the bass all at the same time. It was truly amazed. The bass player played a six string too ... and had tapping parts in most of the songs. Seeing someone that good makes me feel like I really suck ...
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Old 2005-09-09, 03:35
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Not sure if I just missed it, but what about Jeff Berlin? His song "Joe Frasier" with Bill Bruford (drums) is simply a must for all bassists to listen to. (and if ANYONE can find the tabs to this, I'll get my drummer to give you head!!!!)

Rattlehead, the bassist you mentioned (Augury) is Dominic "Forest" Lapointe. We just played a show with them and Martyr last weekend in Toronto. Another bassist of mention would be Francois Mongraine from Martyr. On that note, it was amazing to play a show where the last 4 bands all played a 6-string bass! What a treat for me, as I never get to see what it looks like from the crowds' point of view! Augury is an amazing band, and Forest has one song where he taps the entire tune. Simply awe-inspiring.

Cheers.

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Old 2005-09-20, 13:53
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Forest and Eric Langlois are insane! Forest play in Augury Quo Vadis and Atheretic i saw him play with the 3 bands live he is awesome!
 
Old 2005-09-20, 16:40
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Eric Langlois, and the Atheist bassist on Elements.
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Jonas Björler, he works so well with Anders...
one of the reasons why ATG were one of the best bands ever
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Old 2005-09-21, 01:58
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Eric Langlois, and the Atheist bassist on Elements.

That would be Tony Choy, one of the best ever.
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Old 2005-09-21, 16:27
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Steve Digiorgio (Death)
 
Old 2005-09-21, 21:04
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Old 2005-09-21, 23:16
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Old 2005-09-22, 00:36
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Im a guitarists my favorite Bass players
entwhistle , Harris , Geddy Lee , Geezer , chris squire. Truijillo
 
Old 2005-09-22, 01:37
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There's no favorites for me..obviously heavy influenced players but no favorites...any innovative, awesome tone, finger(3-4 preferably) style are usually my favorites for death metal.
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newsted
truijillo
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flea

Nobody else really stands out in my mind. Then again, I'm not a bassist, and really don't appreciate the instrument like a bassist would.
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Old 2005-09-30, 15:18
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I just watched that Cannibal Corpse Wretched spawn making of, the dvd that comes with the album, very good bass playing from Alex, i didnt know he could slap! impressive!
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Old 2005-10-03, 03:19
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8 foot sativas bass player is fuken awsume.I dont no if any of you have heard of them but hes awsume.they have this song called i live my death with this kickass bass solo at the begining.If your a metal fan make sure you look out for them they are a awsum new zealand band.Also i reckon the mudvayne bass guitarest rules to.......STEP UP STEP UP FOR 8 FOOT SATIVA !!!!!!!!!
 
Old 2005-10-03, 21:13
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Eric Langlois
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Martin Fercuson (guy on Blasphemy Made Flesh... don't know of anything else he did.)
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Old 2005-10-27, 15:26
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sean ( cynic)
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tony( cynic)
cliff( early metallica)
doug(watchtower)
 
Old 2005-10-27, 15:28
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That would be Tony Choy, one of the best ever.


tony was awesome, but come on everybody that played for atheist was rad
 
Old 2005-10-27, 15:33
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I also am a jazz player and Jaco, Victor, Marcus Miller, Adrian Davison, Adam Nitti, Steve and Victor Bailey are all huge influences on me as well
 
Old 2005-10-27, 15:35
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Lightbulb anybody heard of adrian davison???

i have one of his cds called bass symphony, and he is amazing for not doing any overdubs. Easily one of the best tapping bass players I have ever heard!!!
Check out www.adriandavison.com he is a wizard of the fretboard
 
Old 2005-10-30, 08:30
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Thumbs up My Favourites

  • Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse)
  • Cliff Burton (first bassist of metallica) [RIP]
  • Duff McKagan (he laid down some pretty mean bass tracks on 'Appetite For Destruction")
  • Geddy Lee (Rush)
  • "Fat Mike" aka Mike Burkett (NOFX) Who could forget fatty? he's a legend
  • Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
  • Paul McCartney
  • Paul Simonon (The Clash)
  • Steve DiGiorgio
  • Jay Bentley (Bad Religion)
  • Matt Freeman (Rancid)

Those are the only ones I can think of at the moment, some of them kick ass, but alot of them are GODS!

Cheers!

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Old 2005-10-30, 08:34
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Forgot one

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  • Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse)
  • Cliff Burton (first bassist of metallica) [RIP]
  • Duff McKagan (he laid down some pretty mean bass tracks on 'Appetite For Destruction")
  • Geddy Lee (Rush)
  • "Fat Mike" aka Mike Burkett (NOFX) Who could forget fatty? he's a legend
  • Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
  • Paul McCartney
  • Paul Simonon (The Clash)
  • Steve DiGiorgio
  • Jay Bentley (Bad Religion)
  • Matt Freeman (Rancid)

Those are the only ones I can think of at the moment, some of them kick ass, but alot of them are GODS!

Cheers!



One more....AFI does suck but they do have a pretty good bass player .

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