fezzza Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 First post in a while but i've been stagnating a bit in finding new music, new bands and most importantly new bass players to take influence from. My tastes change fairly regularly but over the last couple of months i've been unable to find anything that particularly blew me away. Old favourites of mine include Rush, Extreme, Alter Bridge, anything Billy Sheehan has ever done and anything Riffy/Proggy really... If anyone can suggest any lesser known bands or bass players that match this kinda description ( Or anything else you think a Bass player would profit from ) I'd be most appreciative! Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Some of my favourites: Rage Against the Machine Royal Blood Mad Capsule Markets. I'm the same at the minute, although I've started using Bandcamp to find new stuff, and have come across a lot of great music and gotten really into contempory noise/skater rock. METz is one and another FIDLAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I sometimes discover stuff via suggestions YouTube makes (I'll go to play an old favourite then get very distracted by what else is on offer). There's also TasteKid http://www.tastekid.com/ which suggests material based on what you tell it you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fezzza Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 [quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1409003988' post='2535513'] Some of my favourites: Rage Against the Machine Royal Blood Mad Capsule Markets. I'm the same at the minute, although I've started using Bandcamp to find new stuff, and have come across a lot of great music and gotten really into contempory noise/skater rock. METz is one and another FIDLAR [/quote] Already well into RATM but I'll give the others a try! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Been listening to Swans quite a lot lately, but may not be your cup of tea!! But that's what listening to new stuff is about, isn't it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Steven Wilson Porcupine tree Haken Exiviious 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 [quote name='fezzza' timestamp='1409002805' post='2535496'] First post in a while but i've been stagnating a bit in finding new music, new bands and most importantly new bass players to take influence from. My tastes change fairly regularly but over the last couple of months i've been unable to find anything that particularly blew me away. Old favourites of mine include Rush, Extreme, Alter Bridge, anything Billy Sheehan has ever done and anything Riffy/Proggy really... If anyone can suggest any lesser known bands or bass players that match this kinda description ( Or anything else you think a Bass player would profit from ) I'd be most appreciative![/quote] Not wanting to state the obvious, but your title declares that you're stuck in a listening rut, and you ask for suggestions of bands that sound like rock bands from the '70s and '80s. Not sure that's going to help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 [quote name='fezzza' timestamp='1409002805' post='2535496']...Or anything else you think a Bass player would profit from ...[/quote] A long shot, but you did ask... [size=4] [/size] http://youtu.be/ldoaglz7Qcg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veils Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Oceansize. I have copied a link to a track below [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoi_35EKAjk"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoi_35EKAjk[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Have a listen to It Bites - the big lad in the windmill and Francis Dunnery solo material especially let's go do what happens and the recent Frankenstein monster http://youtu.be/-V_ECioqgWM http://youtu.be/WO3oGkbq0N0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 And if you get bored you can alwYs have fun counting this... http://youtu.be/ASoUUKzgCG0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I like listening to the radio. I've come across lots of interesting music i would probably never have heard otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiePlaysBass Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 If you want something really different, with loads of excellent bass lines, check out Tune Yards: [url="http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tune+yards+nikki+nack&qpvt=tune+yards+nikki+nack&FORM=VDRE"]http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tune+yards+nikki+nack&qpvt=tune+yards+nikki+nack&FORM=VDRE[/url] You may not like it, though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMX Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Riffy and proggy? How about some Propagandhi. [youtube]http://youtu.be/4HuWgP-hwCY[/youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendall Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 You could try these three: 1. Tesseract 2. Hawk Eyes 3. Dillinger Escape Plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christhammer666 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 animals as leaders,anything by devin townsend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Slight hijack to thread; I too am sticking a listening rut. Been working long hours , and haven't had the energy to plug my iPhone into my mac to change my selection. Plus a couple of friends keep sending stuff onl my Dropbox . I intend to sort it outthis weekend. In the meantime, I will post some recommend actions on this thread later;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weststarx Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Have a listen to a band called Voodoo Six... They supported the Winery Dogs whilst they were in the UK, and they were bloody good live! The bass player was fantastic and plays some more interesting stuff compared to average rock bass player. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUdM6uo2Lig"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUdM6uo2Lig[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykilz Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Riverside are a Polish prog/metal/rock band who are heavy enough to be metal, but they have beautiful vocals and wonderfully crafted songs too. And all great musicians, including bass player Mariusz Duda who I really like. He uses a Mayones I think. Well worth a listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6v6 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Get yourself a subscription to spotify for a few months - it provides themed "radio" which are playlists based on stuff you've listened to, or a genre, or artists etc. I've discovered more new music via that recently than I have in years of buying CD's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r16ktx Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 [quote name='6v6' timestamp='1409140901' post='2536701'] Get yourself a subscription to spotify for a few months - it provides themed "radio" which are playlists based on stuff you've listened to, or a genre, or artists etc. I've discovered more new music via that recently than I have in years of buying CD's. [/quote] +1 I've abandoned playlists in favour of 'following' artists and playing their 'radios' - according to mood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Riffy and proggy This should do it http://youtu.be/hTrCzYBQJu0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weststarx Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) [quote name='6v6' timestamp='1409140901' post='2536701'] Get yourself a subscription to spotify for a few months - it provides themed "radio" which are playlists based on stuff you've listened to, or a genre, or artists etc. I've discovered more new music via that recently than I have in years of buying CD's. [/quote] Spotify is a great way to discover new music, it certainly has opened my world up to a hell of a lot more great music Edited August 28, 2014 by Weststarx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 How about Motorpsycho? From the riffyrocky to the proggy to the experimental, but they also had a poprock phase. http://youtu.be/qaOgLrqWBiE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Volbeat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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