Rayman Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 1981 - Tina Weymouth - Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime - 2 notes - Enough said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Rod Clements had a lot to do with it. Bass line on Meet me on the corner especially Always used to pickup on Bass lines though, they always seemed to stand out, even when I was little. I can remember noticing some great walking bass on the Platters stuff and suchlike that my older brothers and sisters listened to . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 My best mate's dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameronj279 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Les Claypool and Ryan Martinie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I'm very much with Dr.Dave on this one. My inspiration was always bands and songs rather than individual musicians. I wanted to play music and write songs, so I figured the more instruments I could play the more versatile I would be. In my first band everyone played everything and the instrumental roles were assigned on the basis of who wrote the song and who could play each particular part the best. I played guitar, bass and any other fretted stringed instrument I could get my hands on as well as keyboards. If I'd had sufficient arm-leg co-ordination to play the drums and didn't have a singing voice like the red dalek I would have done those as well. Of course once I discovered drum machines and the vocoder in the early 80s even these limitations were no longer an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 My dad used to listen to lots of Queen and The Housemartins, so John Deacon and Norman Cook for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizznit Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 My friend Ben was the biggest push I had when I wanted to learn how to play bass. He was a great player and made the instrument sound and look very appealing to me. He introduced me to lots of other genres of music that I have never heard before and made me understand the role of a bassist. After 12 months of learning he immigrated to Saville and gave me (yes...gave me!) me his Trace rig and his lovely Fender J Lornhorn and threatened to take it all back if I wasn't further advanced in my sklls by his judgement or playing in a band in a years time! He was very serious and it was a heck on an incentive to study and play as hard as I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 It was Jimmy Lea who originally had me thinking "I'd love to make that sound", but it's still the case that if he ever needs his boots lacing I hope he doesn't ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfox Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 (edited) Jah Wobble and PIL and then.. seeing the Clash for the first time watching Simonon doing cool and slinging the bass around. Who couldn't find that an inspiration as an angry disapproved 16 year old! Edit: spelling! Edited December 12, 2012 by Highfox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 [quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1355314256' post='1896732'] Rod Clements had a lot to do with it. Bass line on Meet me on the corner especially. [/quote] Cool, A true Gent who had a great ear, he used to run a local folk club for a while in Northumberland and attracted top musicians. I also got invites to a few of his parties way back when I was in my teens. Lindisfarne were an awesome live band, especially when playing in the north east. Alan Hull (the Incredible Hull) was an amazing songwriter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garythebass Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 What really turned me onto bass was when I first heard a track from Farewell to Kings on the radio. I rushed out (forgive the pun) and bought the album the same day. From then on, I really found myself listening to the bass on everything. However, what actually inspired me to take up the instrument was going along with a friend to see his colleague's originals band who really blew me away. That was the moment I realised that mere mortals could do this music thing too. Thanks Jack! Of course, years later it dawned on me that us bassists are not, in fact, mere mortals, but gods among men! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulconnolly Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 AS a couple of others have said no one person inspired me to pick it up (unless you count my mate who was a guitarist and playing bass seemed the best way to play songs together). Once I'd settled on bass then my musical listening preferences (admittedly predominated by Yes, Rush, Genesis and all things rock but stretching out to other musical genres) have tended to keep me inspired enough to persevere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerstodge Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1355300602' post='1896442'] Bruce Foxton, JJ Burnell & Glen Matlock. [/quote]Yep me also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I can honestly say that there was no player or band that inspired me to play bass-I don't know why I chose it. However,watching Jaco's video inspired me to really get into it deeper and seeing Marcus live changed everything for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Thought Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/MikeyB17/tumblr_lk1tofFkMA1qzbkduo1_500.jpg[/IMG] Him. I'd really like to read an autobiography by JJ too-Hugh Cornwell's written two books about the Stranglers, plus there have been a couple of histories, but I think JJ's version of events would be worth reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisthebass Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Bruce Foxton, Donald "Duck" Dunn, and Jack Bruce for me. Teacher-wise, my first bass teacher was a guy called Garth Thomas, who worked in Andre's Music Shop in South Croydon - I had a few lessons with him that really opened the doors to really getting my head around the instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johngh Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Glenn Hughes and Geddy way back when. Glenn was in Purple and Rush had just released 2112. Both of them are still brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikenbass Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 JJB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucew Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Les Patterson from the Bunnymen, he does'nt get mentioned much on here. One song in particular, Crocodile's from the 'Shine so hard E.P.' relentless Bassline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davesturt Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Wow - I'm surprised - and pleased to see Jim Lea and Rod Clements here - It's very refreshing. There are so many fabulously talented bass players that never get a mention. My first influences were Colin Hodgkinson, John Entwhistle and Stevie Wonder (Boogie on Reggae Woman) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Colin Hodgkinson for me too. I first saw him with Back Door around the time of their first album. In a sweaty club in Derby called Cleopatra's. I've still got a bootleg on cassette of a subsequent gig they did at the same place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Mark king, saw level 42 1st when they had only just released love games, and few times after too and then Bernard edwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrene Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Listening to early 'electric' Miles. c1968 Miles in the Sky. Bought the album in about 1996 and it was 2010 by the time I got my hands on a bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Macca, Squire, Lee, king, Lemmy, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Growing up it was bands like The Dogs D'Amour and The Quireboys who made me want to play but I'm sure the grooves on my parents records planted an earlier seed I wasn't aware of at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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