Nik Kershaw, which bass?

[louisthebass]

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These days Paul Geary, [url="http://www.paulgeary.com/"]http://www.paulgeary.com/[/url], undertakes bass duties for Nik, live and in the studio. There are some live gig videos on his web site.
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PG playing bass with NK back in 2012 :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQLeiizItK4

I saw the band at the Oxford O2 that year - great gig

[Rich]

I've seen still photos of Nik recording the first album, and yes it was a Wal.
I love his work. 15 Minutes is one of my favourite ever albums. The guy is criminally underrated.

[Wonky2]

His more recent album " no frills" was great, great guitar pickist

[Paul S]

He was touring with Go West last year, a sort of mix and match of his stuff with Go West's stuff and a few covers chucked in. I saw it twice in a fortnight - once locally and once at the IndigO2 and would reckon the gig at the IndigO2, which was the last night of the tour, is one of the best gigs I have ever seen. They had evidently bonded and it showed. Nik Kershaw is amazing live - massive stage presence and charisma. They are doing a one-off at IndigO2 on December 23rd this year - we have tickets

[lowdown]

Dennis Smith using a Wal in 1984.
02:55 there is about 20 seconds close up of him.
http://youtu.be/XeqloRjHKBo

[SICbass]

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Yup. MK played bass on the track "Easy" from the Riddle album.

A slight change of direction maybe, but Nik sang guest vocals on this track too... (Bass played by our very own JD1)

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T64YKHUY1dA[/media]
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Good song. Somebody shoot (or cut one foot off) the drummer.

[TrevorR]

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Fred bump.
Just seen this on Facebook.

Looks like the 80's and Dennis Smith is using a JD. It sounds lovely.


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Recall watching NK at Live Aid and spotting that Dennis was playing a Jaydee but had a Wal leaning up against the riser as a spare...

[Owen]

IIRC he was a fusion monster and then realised that fusion was not going to pay the bills. I probably read that on here somewhere. I could be wrong.

[Russ]

Ah, a Wal through a chorus pedal. The sound of the 80s right there.

Great all-round musician. I might even forgive him all the bad songs he wrote for various boy bands in the 90s.

[TrevorR]

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IIRC he was a fusion monster and then realised that fusion was not going to pay the bills. I probably read that on here somewhere. I could be wrong.
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Yes, I remember him saying that in an interview in Guitarist back in the day.

[Conan]

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Good song. Somebody shoot (or cut one foot off) the drummer.
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Fair point - he does overplay a bit.... but then again it is a prog rock/metal band!