SteveXFR

I never really listened to Ghost before and since they were mentioned above I thought I'd give it a bash. I won't be listening to them again. They sound like a cheesy pop group sampling some bad Swedish metal riffs. They are the ABBA of metal

I think there's a few different types of heavy. There's the thrashy heavy of Slayer or the death heavy of Sepultura or the slow crushing doom heavy of Yob. I love the slow doom type heavy which makes you feel like the world is ending and Satan is rising with demons to destroy your soul. Its really lovely on a sunny afternoon. Where I feel challenged is thrashy grundcore like Napalm Death. I find it uncomfortable to listen to but that's how it should be. It's not intended as easy listening elevator music.

A piano. There should be enough wood in it to make a raft and you can use the wire to tie it all together. If I'm not allowed that then I'll take Selma Hayek

What happened to the heroes? Too much dirty bass tone and unhealthy diet. They needed more fruit, flash cars and women.

Is there anywhere that sells replacement pickguards for the Sterling SUB 5? It looks very similar to the Musicman Stingray 5 but doesn't have the slider switch.

I corrected that for you. I fear this may be unpopular though and I might be alone in my strong dislike for Primus

The dude can clearly play very well and I think a lot of effort goes in to his videos, he's clearly rehearsed each tune to get that slick. I used to watch his videos but after about a dozen they all seemed the same.

I'm now the happy owner of Mr Greek's SubRay 5. Top bloke, very nice bass. Cheers Mick

Today is an old school Queens Of The Stone Age sort of day. Mexicola has been the song of the day. That bass tone on the intro is just disgusting 😎 I love their first four albums. Even named my youngest daughter Flo after Go With The Flow. Not really feeling their later stuff. I'd still say they've probably got the best killer : filler ratio of any major metal band.

He does and here's the explanation And I always thought it was a tribute to Michael Jackson

There's no way that dude had a career in 80's children's TV and isn't now in prison

He was using a T bird in the video for this song that I was listening to. A very nice classic white one. He did definitely use Rics as well though.

This afternoon I'm enjoying a nice bit of Yob and holy crap it's good. Gibson Thunderbirds are fairly rare in doom but it sounds so good in this.

Weren't his leather? Soaked in unholy water and sacrificial goats blood

I'm not a huge fan of the song but the bass line of Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine is a monster. I thought Royal Blood had a number 1 single but it looks like I was wrong.

Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam is the king of hard Rock fretless.

I used to work for them. Tata are just a capital investor. They don't get involved in management, engineering or anything except the money. They hired in ze Germans to run it for them.

Well not really. Designed, and developed pre tata but all design, development, engineering and build has always been in Birmingham, just with Indian money.

I quite like the Dinosaur Jr way of dealing with this where the bassist switches to using power chords to thicker up his shound

Chinese? To be fair the Chinese would probably build it better than brummies

What bass would I need to match my car? British, very fast, loud, lots of dead cow inside and a terrible thirst for premium unleaded.

Don't knock it. Those things last forever. I've been in a crash in one, straight through a hedge and in to a brook. It drove out and continued as if nothing happened.

I guess this would be the automotive equivalent to my Thunderbird, a Ford Thunderbird. Designed by the same dude and apparently the car was inspiration for the bass.

Sounds odd but yes. I can sit down with a nice whisky and the dog on my lap (she's a bit of a lump but she insists) and enjoy a lovely bit of New York hardcore or some good old fashioned Oi. I've got some Wisdom In Chains on now. Cap City to be precise, great song and based on real events

I don't think so. I listen to music a lot while sat at my desk working or while just sat doing nothing and I still think it's just pointless, fancy rubbish and half the tapping and fancy stuff isn't really adding to it as a piece of music. To me a ot of it just feels crowbared in. I feel the same about YouTube slappers playing a million notes a minute while sounding like a filing cabinet falling down a fire escape. I enjoy punks simplicity and brutality and its honesty. It's just not trying to be fancy. I do enjoy some more complex music such as Tool, Gojira and Rush but I enjoy them as complete pieces of music rather than just a series of solos which never go anywhere.