[quote name='Ou7shined' date='Feb 23 2011, 04:47 PM' post='1138803']
LoL I hope that's not aimed at me too.
I was weaned on John Peel and got my 1st JD album about 1980. I loosely followed NO although I never bought any of their stuff because it was too main-steam (hence their commercial success which some on here seem to find relevant to this conversation).
My tastes in music are best described as varied but non-commercial and in most cases the heavier the better.
For me, to say Hooky influenced modern bass guitar music is as digressive as saying Tony Heart influenced the YBAs. Yep they enjoyed him on the telly and never missed a show (hell, maybe Damien Hirst even sent a macaroni collage in ) but they went on to learn the trade and find themselves.
It would be reasonable to assume that anyone who picked up a bass after listening to Hooky and stuck with it beyond his level (basic) actually had a talent for it and would have found other more profoundly influential influences on their voyage to finding themselves.
Can you go knock on his door and tell him to come and sort this lot out then Martin.
MB1.
Next time he passes our house on his pushbike i'll let him know!