Highfox Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Hardly hear anything of him on here. Guess it's all that Kajagoogoo nonsense Great melodic player dispite the poppyness and scary look! Could he hit our underated bassist group? Not sure if it's been posted before but I enjoyed watching him recording with the chapmanstick ( do we count that as a bass?).. I know he has been playing it for donkeys years. Still got some chops on him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmZxoxUNv4g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 The guy is an incredible musician. Even back in the Kajagoogoo days when I was a metal fan, I thought, this guy can play ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkandrew Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I've seen his name come up on here a few times and always positively. Personally I rate him quite highly and remember seeing him when he was ABC's bass player. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I love his stuff with Steven Wilson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Nick is a seriously good bassist, and such a nice guy too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusee pee Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 An outstanding bassist and one who can sing over complicated bass lines too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Outrageous bassist, superb stick player, and an absolutely thoroughly bloody nice bloke. Oh, and an expert at hiding in really small spaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Dunky Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) Much cop? The guy's properly outstanding. And as for Kajagoogoo, the bass work was fantastic back then, too. Edited June 17, 2016 by Funky Dunky 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 How does he gets to work with so many amazing artists? Nick Beggs. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Dunky Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 [quote name='dood' timestamp='1466197643' post='3074134'] How does he gets to work with so many amazing artists? Nick Beggs. [/quote] Totally see what you did there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Unashamed Beggs fan from the first time I heard Too Shy - thought the song/band were rank but great bass part. The first slap line I ever tried to work out, which makes him to blame for me trying to shoehorn dodgy, badly-played & inappropriate slap riffs into far too many unsuspecting rock songs back in the 80s! Quite pleased he's found his niche as go-to prog bassist, as most of what he does these days is a lot further up my street than his best-known band. He also has his own band/project [url="http://themutegods.com/tmg/"]The Mute Gods[/url] - to be honest I found their album a bit inconsistent, although he does claim his intent was to showcase all sides of his compositional ability, including his pop roots. A few to many saccharine ballads perhaps, but the standard of playing from everone involved (including the immense Marco Minneman thumping the tubs) makes it worth a listen. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Very very, much cop! He played some stunning bass and stick on the early Iona albums too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Nick Beggs also toured with Steve Hackett. Playing anything from an SSD and Ric to a Chapman stick. Sounded pretty excellent to me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geofio Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 I met Nick a few years ago when he was playing with Ellis, Beggs and Howard, i was part of Security, managed to get a chat with him and his wife he was very friendly and easy going chap, as for his playing i have seen him close up watched him at sound check and the show, i can only say he is an incredible bass player and has a great bass tone !!! nothing to fault as far as i can see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Had Mute Gods for a while, as Jon says it goes a bit up and down (very Steven Wilsonesque) but is certainly worth a listen. So here ya go... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oinol5pNWY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 For some reason in among all the punk and alternative we had the White Feathers album in the car. The other anomaly was ABC's Lexicon Of Love. Nick Beggs is the ace-bass, plus he looks great and plays Spectors. Top man! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Absolute monster bass player. Not sure about the fondness for kilts but that's a different subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 There's a great VH1 or MTV documentary about getting 80s bands back together and they get Kajagoogoo together. It's very interesting and Nick gets an amazing sound out of any bass he plays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Like many i've been a fan since Kajagogoo days. Altho into rock and prog i did actually quite like the songs but the bass was the stand out. Enjoyed his Hackett stuff and then Steve Wilson. I would class him very much another Tony Levin. Can't fault him and have had some conversations with him on Facebook and he seems to be a nice guy too. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPrawn Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 (edited) He's a great player. I was lucky enough to see him with Ellis, beggs and Howard. If you do not know them check there stuff out. Not much available but brilliant. Edited June 19, 2016 by KingPrawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 [quote name='dood' timestamp='1466197643' post='3074134'] How does he gets to work with so many amazing artists? Nick Beggs. [/quote] [quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1466205267' post='3074199'] Totally see what you did there. [/quote] I'm in all week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 A little smattering of Beggs, Iona and Wal bass for your Sunday night listening pleasure... http://youtu.be/Oz4tSq7muWU http://youtu.be/QZCoc-aIRe4 And a touch of stick too... http://youtu.be/0nKiOCLcnMU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 100% cop and some. His line in Too Shy was what turned me on to bass. Def among my personal 10 fave players ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassatnight Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Awesome bassist. The late 70's/early 80's ''pop'' saw a ton of great bassists not sure later generations have come close. Nick Beggs, Pino Palladino, Derek Forbes, Mark King, Mick Karn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I was standing behind him in the queue for the movies recently. I said hi, within two sentences he'd made a willy joke. Good lad. He's great with Steven Wilson, and he was in John Paul Jones' band at one point as well which must have been something. He was ok with Hackett, but no Lee Pomeroy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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