rogerstodge Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 [quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1355348806' post='1897344'] 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]great player, he was at one of our gigs bout 10 yrs ago at the flowerpot in Derby, got chatting to him, didnt have a clue who he was only that he played for whitesnake. And yes i did start the first song in the wrong key with "bomber" hodgkinson watching me.. Ouch!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Simon Gallup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 [url="http://www.studiotristram.com/about.html"]Graham Tristram[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prunesquallor Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Lemmy (not so much Motorhead, as Hawkwind's Space Ritual), Geddy Lee, Flea, Bernard Edwards, Tom Jenkinson (Squarepusher). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art j64 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Bernard edwards,stanley clarke,to start with,then mark king and marcus miller a little later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrendall Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 A friend at college when I was 16 played a bit. Saw him playing once and thought 'he looks cool. I want to do that.' Then I heard Victor Bailey on 'Procession' and that was that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiano Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Entwistle. 'That' decending run in 'My Generation'. It's alot for an impressionable kid to take in - still gives me a happiness. After that, just about anybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Bernard edwards,Simon Gallup,Gary mountfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestar Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Numerous bandmates have suggested it over the years. but I've never seen the need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoker Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Jack Bruce, Bill Wyman and Rick Kemp primarily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Dave Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Funny how many truly great bass player's name's rhyme with Lee , McVie , Lea , Flea Dr D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Jaco, Percy Jones, John Giblin, Eberhard Weber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 [quote name='MarkWJenkins' timestamp='1355308770' post='1896597'] When I first heard Steve Harris playing on one of my parents old Maiden records (cannot for the life of me remember which though!) when I was about 10 years old, I knew I wanted to play bass, it just resonated with me for some unknown reason (even though I had no clue what a bass guitar was at that time). After convincing my parents to buy me a bass for christmas not long after that moment, my journey began. Still don't like Precisions though for some reason haha! [/quote] You know you are getting old when people are talking about their [i][b]parents[/b] [/i]Iron Maiden records . I remember when Maiden records were what you played to [i]annoy [/i]your parents . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASainty Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Cliff Burton and Tim Commerford for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelfin Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Chris squire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davesturt Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 [quote name='philw' timestamp='1355424313' post='1898351'] Jaco, Percy Jones, John Giblin, Eberhard Weber. [/quote] These four players were absolutely the biggest influences on me - once i'd worked out what it was all about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Jamerson, then McCartney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 For me it was listeing to a few specific track and realising just how powerful bass is. Andy Fraser on All Right Now John Taylor on anything Adam Clayton on New Years Day(on Under a blood red sky) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefheartz Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Was my dad first lol.Then has to be Johann Sebastian Bach the ultimate bassist ever,great emotion,mood and the best bass root structures come from him,B flat and E flat keys sound the best to me.Then Scott Thunes and Shuggy Otis with Zappa.Tony Levin,Stanley Clarke,Marcus Miller,Victor Wooten,Bootsie,and Jaco.I dig rock too... Geddy,Jack Bruce,Billy Sheehan and Phillip Bynoe all who do vocals live too that makes a big difference to most others to me.Family man and Lloyd Parkes for reggae because he`s the lead singer too,it`s not easy singing and playing reggae.Norman Watt Roy with Dury yeah great lines fast and groovey but plays out of time twice on new boots and panties which let`s the album down for me. I know he`s a keys player but Jan Hammer would have made a top bassist in my mind as the moog lines he plays transpose really well,I started on keys and brass myself before strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellyfish Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 John Myung to a degree, although I've always been drawn to the bass in the songs that I listen to and that's always given me the drive to pick up the bass guitar until I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesparky Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Initially, Mr Orton, my GCSE music teacher at school. He bought a bass for the school orchestra after I said that I wanted to learn to play the guitar - his point of view was that it'd be better if the school bought a bass then I'd have something to learn on without having to buy anything and then the school would have a bassist. At the time I was the school's only GCSE music pupil (I had to fight for it) so my thoughts managed to get to the top quite quickly! Another One Bites The Dust was the first line I learned / picked up so John Deacon was my first inspiration, then it was Flea, Flea, Flea, Flea and more Flea.. Then Jaco & John Paul Jones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumps Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Jeremy Cunningham from the Levellers. Just the energy he puts out on stage made me realise that not all bass players are solitary stoic personlities. I rarely take any more influence from a player other than presence,personality and approach to playing the bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I have no idea. I can't remember the 'I want to play bass moment'. I remember wanting to buy one when I was 17 (it was ordered when I got my first pay packet) but have absolutely no recollection of what, or who, drew me to it. I remember an old Bell's Music catalogue that had guitars and basses in and I remember looking longingly at the basses rather than the guitars but why? I haven't a scooby.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 [quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1355421197' post='1898289'] Funny how many truly great bass player's name's rhyme with Lee , McVie , Lea , Flea Dr D [/quote] Low End Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 An amalgam of Hooky (Joy Division), Les Pattinson (Echo & The Bunnymen), Jez Kerr (A Certain Ratio) and Steve Severin (The Banshees). Up until I got into 'post punk' (about 1980) I was a [email="cr@p"]cr@p[/email] guitarist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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