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Possibly the best punk basslines ever?


jmchich
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMfsIyQ6y54[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmP28O-ZMZ0[/media]

Thoughts? I meant "Is this the band with the best punk basslines in the world" as opposed to "Are these specifically the best punk basslines in the world"

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[quote name='Prunesquallor' timestamp='1373478385' post='2138134']
The Damned, no contest.
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Met the bassist from The Damned. He came into my university to talk about the music union.

Deaf as a post now due to his ears dying on stage but a very nice chap.

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Fat Mike/NOFX basslines, anything by Matt Freeman including Op Ivy and Rancid, and the unsung hero, Brian from A Wilhelm Scream:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXNjH4tzzrg

Live version of The Horse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8pNReUeq0w

Skid Rock without video.

A Wilhelm Scream might not SEEM like what a lot of the original punks would deem as punk, but it is. It's punk played with incredibly fast chops and technical ability.

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[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1373485820' post='2138231']
Guess it depends what you term Punk? The Ramones, Clash, Ruts to name a few had some decent basslines
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Have to agree with this - most of the nominations so far are not what I'd call 'punk'.

As an example Suicidal Tendancies were formed a good 2 years after the last thrashings of punk had finished. . .

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Not really classic punk, and perhaps not even punk by the standards of some, but I always loved the bass to this track (not really a big fan of the band though):

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R34SA1qTfQw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R34SA1qTfQw[/url]

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[quote name='brucew' timestamp='1373489694' post='2138304']
. . Most of The Rezilos, especially 'Top of the pops' . .
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Hell yes, I'd forgotten about that one.
A lot of the early punk bands were actually good musicians who'd played in bands for a few years before punk but were there to 'jump on the bandwagon' as it were, all this "they couldn't play" was largely a load of bollocks, in the very early days anyway

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[quote name='molan' timestamp='1373487585' post='2138266']
Have to agree with this - most of the nominations so far are not what I'd call 'punk'.

As an example Suicidal Tendancies were formed a good 2 years after the last thrashings of punk had finished. . .
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In what way did punk music end?

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