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Rockin' in A flat - Madness

Looks like something that escaped from the island of Dr Moreau.

Or the Ssangyong Rodius... the car described by Clarkson as looking like it had 'been bottled in a pub fight and then stitched back together by a blind man'. And yet, remarkably, still better looking than that Jackson bass.

Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads

Dream Crazy - Level 42

Or, in fact, she. What with Ms. Auf Der Maur being a female type woman and all.

These ladies are pretty much the only things on my GAS list.

Don't know what made me think of it, but this morning my memory randomly dug up a quote from Melissa Auf Der Maur in Bass Guitar magazine: Q: "Are you still playing Precisions? A: "...there's no reason as a bass player to play anything else. Maybe if you were playing jazz or funk, but for heavy rock riffs the Precision is the only one that's round enough and has the attack. A Jazz is good for walking around and going dink-dink-dink...." An interesting POV from Ms. On The Wall, I'm sure you'll agree. Incidentally, has anybody here ever managed to get their bass to actually go 'dink'? ABOVE: a Mr Trujillo walking around and going dink-dink-dink.

Yellow Submarine - some bunch of no-hopers

Pants On the Ground - Larry Platt

Doctor! Doctor! - Thompson Twins

We're Having All the Fun - Fun Boy Three

Ring My Bell - Anita Ward

Oh my god, that is FAR more years ago than I care to remember. I seem to recall that being a very splendid evening. Would be really nice to have another Bristol posse get-together... I think there are quite a few of us now!

Shít Towne - Live

Oh sweet. I had a D-tuner on my Pro II-E for many years, looked just like this... I took it off and sold it when I stopped gigging the bass. Rather wish I'd kept it on now. Brilliant thing, totally reversible and the single best mod you can make to a 4 string bass IMHO.

Drummer in my first really good band left us to play with 5:30. He didn't play on Bed, but he did subsequently play with Paul Bassett in Orange Deluxe. I'd love to get in contact with him again... if anyone knows a drummer (or even an ex-drummer) named Keith McCubbin, let me know!

Drowning Witch - Zappa

Shakin' All Over - Johnny Kidd & the Pirates

Killed by Death - Motorhead

Hard to Make a Stand - Sheryl Crow

A present for you.

I've updated the link in these posts so that it will take you straight there.

Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf

Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy