topheteatwo Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 I've been posting for a wee while now but I haven't done one of these! I'm Chris! I'm 21, I live in Belfast where I study Sociology and I also just finished getting a music production degree as well! I started playing when I was around 10 when my brother showed his electric and got hooked in, eventually decided bass was the way to go after hearing Six Pack by Black Flag when I was around 12. I haven't played in a massive amount of bands, only 2 in fact. I played with these guys Steering Fail from when I was 16 to about 19 and we just played weird grunge kinda stuff, but anyway we recorded this EP before we broke up, this is also were I found my voice (singer/guitarist left for uni) http://steeringfail.bandcamp.com/ Then I formed this band with the old drummer in Steering Fail and got this other guy in, now we're PigsAsPeople and we play noise rock/post-hardcore kinda stuff, we've toured the UK, going back over in July, toured Ireland a few times, good craic. http://pigsaspeople.bandcamp.com/album/the-first-four-months I've used P-basses just cause they sound amazing to my ears, can't beat em (although I'd love a Grabber) I used to play an Orange Terror Bass 500 which I used overdriven for a real grindy sound, but the tone got really sterile and the OTB 500 has a horrible EQ I think, so I use an Ampeg SVT 3 now pushing a little Orange 2x12 and a DIY 2x15 I picked up for about £80 I use a Fulltone OCD pushing into a Fuzzrocious Rat Tail, this is the greatest distortion sound to my ears, can't beat it, I use a Big Muff as well because I don't really use fuzz very often so I just got the standard one, got a Mooer Shimverb and a Rusty Box on the way too! I love Brian Cook, Nick Thieneman, David Wm. Sims, Bob Weston, Chuck Dukowski, Mike Watt, Rob Wright, Charles Mingus, Nate Newton people like that This was probably a bit long, should get back to exam revising Cheers! Quote
MiltyG565 Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Hi Chris - from a fellow basis from Co. Antrim (We are the same age too) I've heard of Pigs As People before - It's not my kind of music, which might sound like a bit of a downer, but since it's not the kind of thing I usually listen to, the fact that I've heard of you before must be good, eh? Glad to have you here You'll fit right in Also - I work in a music shop. If you ever need strings or anything of the sort, get in touch and I'll try to help out Quote
topheteatwo Posted January 8, 2014 Author Posted January 8, 2014 Hey MiltyG565! That's really awesome that you've heard of us and don't worry, it's not for everyone! I will definately get in touch dude! Nice to see a fellow NI bassist on here! Quote
MiltyG565 Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 [quote name='topheteatwo' timestamp='1389191285' post='2331111'] Hey MiltyG565! That's really awesome that you've heard of us and don't worry, it's not for everyone! I will definately get in touch dude! Nice to see a fellow NI bassist on here! [/quote] There's a few of us floating around on here - don't worry Quote
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