W1_Pro Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Gotta Gettaway by SLF. Got me into wanting to play bass, all those years ago. Still a great, catchy bassline. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbo Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Almost anything by the Minutemen. Do Public Image Limited count as punk? If so, anything with Jah Wobble on. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 minute ago, rushbo said: Almost anything by the Minutemen. Do Public Image Limited count as punk? If so, anything with Jah Wobble on. +1 for the Minutemen, and “Public Image” has to count as one of The great punk basslines 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Pretty much everything Segs ever played with the Ruts is excellent, IMO. Creative, driving, groovy, tight as anything with Ruffy... He was a massive influence on me when I was really getting into (learning) the bass, across different styles. I spent hours trying to learn his lines and never got anywhere near... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Doctor J said: A drummer's dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 12, 2022 by Jus Lukin 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineweasel Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 48 minutes ago, rushbo said: Almost anything by the Minutemen. Also check out Firehose, the band formed by Watt and Hurley after D Boon’s death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Longview by Green Day? Down in the tube station at midnight by The Jam. (Are The Jam mod or punk?) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussFM Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 The Horse - A Wilhelm Scream (the only punk song I know of with tapping!) Jack of all Trades - Hot Water Music Want - Jawbreaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killed_by_Death Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Old Man Riva said: Pretty much everything Segs ever played with the Ruts is excellent, IMO. Creative, driving, groovy, tight as anything with Ruffy... He was a massive influence on me when I was really getting into (learning) the bass, across different styles. I spent hours trying to learn his lines and never got anywhere near... it's the all downstrokes (I think) that kill me, same with Bruce Foxton, you can do it up and down but it's not the same 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 9 hours ago, Old Man Riva said: Pretty much everything Segs ever played with the Ruts is excellent, IMO. Creative, driving, groovy, tight as anything with Ruffy... He was a massive influence on me when I was really getting into (learning) the bass, across different styles. I spent hours trying to learn his lines and never got anywhere near... I was fortunate enough a few years back to play the Babylon’s Burning bass. We were in the dressing room and I was drooling over it so Segs said I could have a go on it, very decent chap, and very very decent bass. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tegs07 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, nilebodgers said: I only discovered rancid recently believe it or not. Most of the USA stuff passed me by. I’m going to have a look at playing roots radicals at some point, that has a nice bassline. Me too and largely due to Jimmy Cliff’s cover of Ruby Soho Edited March 5, 2021 by tegs07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christhammer666 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 defo Maxwell murders by Rancid. I have wanted to learn that for years but im frightened ill fail miserably and end up hating the song 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) A lot of punk bass parts wouldn't be what you'd call "interesting" in isolation. That's not really the point of them. They're all about keeping it solid and driving the band. The bass playing here is a great example of that - Sex Pistols live @ Phoenix Festival 1996 (complete MTV broadcast 1of2) - YouTube. Might not win any compositional awards, but boy does it do the job. Edited March 5, 2021 by Dan Dare 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskwave Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) For simple but effective Ampeg madness it has to be Algie Wards playing on the Damneds Love Song....bliss! But the Rezillos mentioned above is killer too as is Olivers Army but its not really punk Edited March 5, 2021 by greavesbass 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Whilst not strictly punk, they do tend to get lumped into the genre, so, anything by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, especially Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilebodgers Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, Crusoe said: Whilst not strictly punk, they do tend to get lumped into the genre, so, anything by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, especially Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick. +1. There is a load of great music that sidled through the door that punk opened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, nilebodgers said: +1. There is a load of great music that sidled through the door that punk opened. or, a lot of great music got labelled as punk because it happened to come to the surface about the same time, the blockheads are a lot nearer to Jazz funk than punk Edited March 5, 2021 by PaulWarning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilebodgers Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Dan Dare said: A lot of punk bass parts wouldn't be what you'd call "interesting" in isolation. That's not really the point of them. They're all about keeping it solid and driving the band. The bass playing here is a great example of that - Sex Pistols live @ Phoenix Festival 1996 (complete MTV broadcast 1of2) - YouTube. Might not win any compositional awards, but boy does it do the job. Wow - that was terrific. I'd not seen that before. 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozza Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 The Descendents have some nice lines. Love Bad Brains too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 55 minutes ago, nilebodgers said: Wow - that was terrific. I'd not seen that before. 👍 Glad you liked it. My favourite live Pistols recording. Ten strings, a drum kit and three voices and sounds as fat as a full orchestra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Can't go wrong with a bit of Suicidals, or their Infectious offshoot... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrane Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Jane Munro of the Au Pairs came up with a few interesting lines. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adee Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Matt Freemen of Rancid had done some 'Bass Bunker Session' just love his busy melodic bass lines !! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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