Barking Spiders

Yes but the gist of the OP is not about difficulty of covers bands trying to do accurate covers but which ones can play complex music where there's limited repetition at an extremely high technical level with apparent ease. AC/DC's music doesn't demand great technical skill and the music is pretty rudimentary with no tricky tempos and frequent changes unlike this.. Myung is one monster bass player.

Blimmin well love a lot of the club sounds that came out of the late 70s -80s such as the big hits by The Whispers, McFadden & Whitehead, SOS Band, Alex O' Neal and this classic by D Train, mixed by Paul Hardcastle.

Yep good call. One of the best rhythm sections in any genre ever and arguably the best horn section in the soul/funk world. Liked to've seen them in their 70s heyday but at 6-8 years old my music tastes were'nt that sophisticated.

Got Autechre's EPs 1991-2002 box set today and am working my way through all 5 CDs. If you like Warp tunage this is a must have. These EPs are at the more accessible end of their output.

Hmm, I like The Meters but the gist of my OP was more about bands whose players who technically very advanced, their music complex and sophisticated and whose interplay seems effortless. AC/DC are really at the other end of the spectrum from the likes of Dream Theater, Animals as Leaders, Aristocrats and Meshuggah. The music these bands make isn't my bag but I'd say outside of classical and jazz they don't come any more technically advanced than this. AC/DC are probably one of the bands it's easiest to copy.

I really like this and these guys are both fine singers and great fun

I'm generally not too hung upon hyper technical playing skills but do appreciate bands who are not only tighter than a gnat's chuff but have the chops to boot. When I took the mrs to Download in 2019, as she's a bit of a rocker, while we were mooching around one band that stopped me in my tracks was Dream Theater. I don't listen to their albums at home but such was the fluency and energy of the playing from all four musicians I stayed to watch the rest of their set. Since then I've watched a lot of live footage on YT and the level of skilled interplay between them is mindblowing. Watched a couple of Rick Beato's interviews on YT, with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess, and they come over as likeable, modest geezers. Ditto the Aristocrats. Not normally my bag but all three players are phenomenal and they look like they're having fun which is quite rare for fusion or metal bands.

I don't. I do what I can when I can as there's too much else going on in life. I don't study as such but learn by following online lessons, mainly Mark Smith's Talking Bass and SBL and Rick Beato's YT channel for theoretical stuff.

Here's some classic Brothers Johnson. And remember this is way before slap /thumb bass became a thing in the 80s UK charts

Fraid I agree and I dont like saying so as LJ's one of my 5 players. I learnt to play slap using his Star Licks vid with him thumping the feck out of his Stingray.

cats dancing!

Yawn yet another in the interminable line of dull 'best of' / 'greatest ever' lists put together on another slow day in the life of the online music press.

If you're listening to Planet Rock, Derren Redick is playing Hark the Herald the Angels Sing by Rob Halford. While looking for a YT clip I also came across some other christmas carols by him for your delectation. I'll leave to to you to pass judgement. Bring on the rest 😁....

The thing I like about Rick Beato's channel is it's about making music and not about mastering technique on any particular instrument. I get a bit bored with a lot of YT bass and guitar players who are solely focused on speed and complexity rather than making good music.

Apart from Talking Bass -the only bass tutor I've signed up to - the only music platforms I follow are Rick Beato and Andertons. RB's is an excellent platform and he's non judgmental, giving a fair hearing to current pop as well as rock and jazz. Really good on theory too, without making sound as dry as chaff. He also knows how to interview as does the Captain on Andertons. I like the product reviews on Anderton's and the banter between the regulars.

Right now I'm listening to Sign on YT, one of the two new albums from Autechre . Sounds closer to Amber than the more glitchy Chiastic Slide and Confield.

Here's one of my faves from the very underrated War, pure foot stomping funk

Been on a bit of an 80s trip down memory lane. Dug out Fabrique last week, a way underrated album. One of those 80s bands that didn't stay around that long. Here's another fine underrated group from Brum from around that time.

yep, that's some fine bass playing. Not heard of Ernie McKone before but is next to check out

Rock's not really my bag so most of the sub-sub-post-sub genre names mean nowt to me. What be 'math rock' then ?

If I was young this might be just the kind of band I'd want to play in, guaranteed to make your olds tear their hair out. Then again when I was young I was listening to and going to see stuff like Test Department

First time I heard of Balkan Beat Boz was when they were on the bill at Wychwood 2007, for me by far the best Wychwood festival to date. Checked them out and they were different to anything else a strange mix of hip hop, Balkan folk music, gypsy punk, reggae, klezmer. The nearest comparison is Gogol Bordello. Jut been plating their 4 albums back to back. If anyone here's played FIFA 17 you'll have heard this

Not many musicians I'd say have effortless cool but Geordie had it. Cool as fvck

Geordie's often a player I give as an example when I say a recognisable guitar style /tone beats anonymous by rote shredding hands down. His sound on Pandemonium is skull crushing. Ha bet the TOTP audience didnt know what hit them then this came on