bubinga5 Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 Ill be honest I've listened to bits and bobs of FNM over the years, and the musical chameleon that is Mike, what I have listened to is great. then i got into Mr Bungle which is sooooo good. Girls of Porn being a favourite . I love this though. The bass line from Bill is really great and totally owns this recording. I know good music when I hear it. I think. 6 1 Quote
DoubleOhStephan Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 I was a huge fan back in the 90s, they started getting too heavy for me after Angel Dust, but MP is an amazing singer. Billy Gould was an early influence for me too Quote
lou24d53 Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 Billy Gould is actually very chatty on Facebook...if you ever feel drunkenly compelled to randomly message him like I did a few years back...very pleasant, but I backed off before I became stalker territory...😂😂 1 Quote
lou24d53 Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 Btw, thought this was gonna be an RIP thread for a second...😳🙄 1 Quote
bubinga5 Posted May 10, 2019 Author Posted May 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, lou24d53 said: Billy Gould is actually very chatty on Facebook...if you ever feel drunkenly compelled to randomly message him like I did a few years back...very pleasant, but I backed off before I became stalker territory...😂😂 Sounds right up my street.😂 1 Quote
AndyTravis Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 (edited) Love the bass solo on Kindergarten and the groove of “land of sunshine” great band Edited May 10, 2019 by AndyTravis 2 Quote
bubinga5 Posted May 10, 2019 Author Posted May 10, 2019 (edited) The former for sure. I dont have the patience of a stalker. 😁 Edited May 10, 2019 by bubinga5 Quote
bubinga5 Posted May 10, 2019 Author Posted May 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: Love the bass solo on Kindergarten Yeah that is great Mr Travis. 1 Quote
AndyTravis Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, bubinga5 said: Yeah that is great Mr Travis. Deffo going to replicate something similar on the next batch of tunes we write. Get a chorus pedal and some overdrive 1 Quote
Graham Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 Last time I went to the Download Festival they headlined the Friday, I didn't know much about them before but came away a fan, first thing I did when I got home on the Monday (after a shower) was to go out and buy Angel Dust. Great band with brilliant songwriting and performances; Billy Gould's tone is superb too, particularly on King For A Day Quote
HazBeen Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 Big fan, still am. Great singer, great bands. 1 Quote
DoubleOhStephan Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 Billy was such an influence on me that my first "decent" Bass was a black Aria Pro II. Here's my 16 year old self throwing a pose with my Integra 😂 7 Quote
AndyTravis Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 There was one on eBay for £60 last week! The passive one Quote
DoubleOhStephan Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: There was one on eBay for £60 last week! The passive one Bargain! Cracking little bass to be fair, sounded great 👍🏻 Quote
AndyTravis Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 9 minutes ago, StevieE said: Bargain! Cracking little bass to be fair, sounded great 👍🏻 1 Quote
DoubleOhStephan Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 15 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: Ahh good times! I can't quite remember the spec of mine, it defo didn't have Integra written on it and I don't think it was PJ, but I was a big fan of the herb back then so my memory is a little fuzzy 😬 Quote
DoubleOhStephan Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, Jazzmaster62 said: Mr Bungle - California. Great album. Yes! Quote
bubinga5 Posted May 10, 2019 Author Posted May 10, 2019 (edited) yep. Patton at his best imo. Edited May 10, 2019 by bubinga5 1 Quote
DoubleOhStephan Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, bubinga5 said: yep. Patton at his best imo. I remember the first time I heard Mr Bungle, I didn't know what the hell was going on but I loved it 😁 Quote
NancyJohnson Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 I just looked up The Real Thing on Wikipedia, staggered it came out in 1989. I remember a mate playing it to me for the first time on 30th March 1990; the only way I know this is because it was a Friday and we were driving down to Pagham for the weekend with our wives. It was also the weekend of the Poll Tax Riots in London. Our gals had gone down in a different route, my mate had just got a Porsche 911 and wanted to get all showy off on the A3 and he stuck the album on just before we got to Guildford. I have to say that I hadn't heard anything like it before, Mike Patton's voice was just majestic. Moving forward, I discovered Mr Bungle a couple of years later. I'd concur with @bubinga5, The Girls Of Porn was the highlight. The only thing I didn't really take to was the goofing off between tracks, so as soon as I had a decent DAW, I dreamily reduced it to a more succinct ten track album. I'd also say that time I was very into bands like Living Colour and Fishbone, so the content of that first album wasn't as a unique as experience as The Real Thing, but it was still a belter. 4 Quote
ribbetingfrog Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 Bill Gould is hands down my favourite bass player and biggest influence. i remember him in an interview saying you should play bass like you are fighting with it! i love the slap, funk, metal, rock and everything else mixed together. My favourite ever gig was FNM at the Sheffield Arena in 91 or 92. Wierdest ever gig I went to was a Mr Bungle gig 😀 2 Quote
AndyTravis Posted May 10, 2019 Posted May 10, 2019 Worked in a storeroom with a guy who used to give me grief for preferring RHCP to FNM (I believe there was a spat between Kiedis and Patton) - the guy just wouldn’t stop playing Mr Bungle. found it hard going. 1 Quote
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