EliasMooseblaster Posted November 29, 2018 Posted November 29, 2018 The Beach Boys. Well alright, not the original lineup, but if you fast-forward to a lot of the SMiLE-era recordings, several of the songs feature an upright bass and either a Precision or a Bass VI. It's particulalry noticeable on Good Vibrations, where the upright plays root notes during the verse, while Carole Kaye (I think?) plays some nicely palm-muted arpeggios up the dusty end of a Precision. Quote
rushbo Posted November 29, 2018 Posted November 29, 2018 On 28/11/2018 at 22:30, ahpook said: Great band, I remember being very much into 'Mettle' at the time. Shall I ? Go on then Expand You've made my day. I've never seen that before. There are a few bits of footage of HL playing live in London, but I never thought for a minute they would have actually made a video. Thank you... 1 Quote
BreadBin Posted November 29, 2018 Posted November 29, 2018 On 28/11/2018 at 23:28, paddy109 said: The Melvins Expand Thankyou! I was trying to think of them but couldn't remember their name... Quote
Ricky 4000 Posted November 29, 2018 Posted November 29, 2018 (edited) On 29/11/2018 at 08:49, Painy said: Expand That's exactly what I'm talking about -- it's wrong -- like two blokes having sex with one bird is wrong -- but in all honesty I'll probably watch it. edit: Yep, it was exactly as I imagined it would be... Edited November 29, 2018 by Ricky 4000 2 Quote
casapete Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 On 29/11/2018 at 23:27, Bridgehouse said: Showaddywaddy Expand Two drummers, but two bass players? Their original bassist Al James has recently passed away. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-46248990 Quote
Bridgehouse Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 On 30/11/2018 at 00:07, casapete said: Two drummers, but two bass players? Their original bassist Al James has recently passed away. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-46248990 Expand Were originally an amalgamation of two bands and had two bass players as well as two drummers! Quote
casapete Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 On 30/11/2018 at 00:13, Bridgehouse said: Were originally an amalgamation of two bands and had two bass players as well as two drummers! Expand Blimey, didn't know that - did they both play at the same time? Quote
Ricky 4000 Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 On 30/11/2018 at 00:13, Bridgehouse said: Were originally an amalgamation of two bands and had two bass players as well as two drummers! Expand I know a bloke who was in Showady, in the 80s / 90s. Incredibly busy band. One year they did something like 340 gigs. Probably needed shifts of bass players. 😌 Quote
casapete Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 On 30/11/2018 at 00:26, Ricky 4000 said: I know a bloke who was in Showady, in the 80s / 90s. Incredibly busy band. One year they did something like 340 gigs. Probably needed shifts of bass players. 😌 Expand Yeah, I worked alongside them a couple of times, and they were always busy and in demand. Put on a good show, and the guitarist was mega! Nice set of blokes too. Also did a gig at a club called Jimmy Dean's ( somewhere in Leicestershire I think? ) which was part owned by one of the drummers. 1 Quote
Bridgehouse Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 On 30/11/2018 at 00:26, casapete said: Blimey, didn't know that - did they both play at the same time? Expand I supported them at a festival quite a while back. From memory they had two rigs on stage but didn't both play on the same tracks.... Quote
Frank Blank Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 There was a short-lived post punk band called Heist, two bassists, one fretless, one fretted, although I can’t find a thing about them online, maybe I was dreaming? Quote
ahpook Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 The Cure frequently used a bass and Fender VI at the same time. Quote
MacDaddy Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 Bros. First time around anyway, Ken and a session guy. Quote
Hellzero Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 King Crimson had a formation with two drummers and two stick players (Tony LEVIN and Trey GUNN), mostly playing bass lines and also bass only for Tony LEVIN. Quote
radiophonic Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 Two bass players was a bit of a post hardcore / post rock thing for a while. Rothko have been mentioned. GVSB had two. Godspeed You Black Emperor have at least two of everything and Dianogah have always been two basses and a drummer. Quite different approaches though. GSYBE is all about monolithic heaviness. Dianogah really separate the sound of the two instruments. GVSB seem to replace one of the basses with key parts now. Quote
floFC Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 Back in the late 90s there was a band called Billy Mahonie. They were absolutely awesome, fantastic live shows. They had 2 bassists. One was particularly agitated on stage and, shrouded in the smoke from his cigarette, would often stumble on the drum kit. They’ve done a couple of gigs recently! 1 Quote
ahpook Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 (edited) On 30/11/2018 at 12:02, floFC said: Back in the late 90s there was a band called Billy Mahonie. They were absolutely awesome, fantastic live shows. They had 2 bassists. One was particularly agitated on stage and, shrouded in the smoke from his cigarette, would often stumble on the drum kit. They’ve done a couple of gigs recently! Expand Ah yes, I forgot Billy Mahonie. They were indeed fantastic, I may just have to listen to some now... The band I was in at the time supported them once or twice, ahem. Edited November 30, 2018 by ahpook Quote
Skybone Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 On 29/11/2018 at 15:40, Rumple said: I'm pretty sure the lead singer is/was a member on here. Expand The lead singer's the drummer Quote
floFC Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 On 30/11/2018 at 15:15, ahpook said: Ah yes, I forgot Billy Mahonie. They were indeed fantastic, I may just have to listen to some now... The band I was in at the time supported them once or twice, ahem. Expand Ooh! My have seen you back in the day then. What was the band? Still like listening to them. They have performed a couple of times at The End Festival (or something like that) the past few years. They were still awesome, albeit no longer smoking on stage Quote
ahpook Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 On 30/11/2018 at 20:39, floFC said: Ooh! My have seen you back in the day then. What was the band? Still like listening to them. They have performed a couple of times at The End Festival (or something like that) the past few years. They were still awesome, albeit no longer smoking on stage Expand The band was called Kyote. Glad to hear Mahonie are still at it. Quote
Skybone Posted December 1, 2018 Posted December 1, 2018 And to be fair, the Melvins are generally a 3 piece of guitar, bass & drums. Quote
Rumple Posted December 2, 2018 Posted December 2, 2018 On 30/11/2018 at 15:15, Skybone said: The lead singer's the drummer Expand Not him then 😁 Quote
NikNik Posted December 2, 2018 Posted December 2, 2018 Anyone remember Heist from the mid '80s? I liked them at the time but could not listen to them today. Too much GADDACLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK. I dropped Slap before the '90s arrived and don't regret it. Wasn't there some old footage of Chris Squire and Steve Howe playing something called 'Bass Odyssey'? Quote
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