great tunes from the 80's

[foal30]

also
what sort of Bass does Mr Eller have in that video?
I have that film, I remember I asked what is that bass.

[Marvin]

[quote name='iconic' post='746822' date='Feb 16 2010, 07:47 AM']they don't get darker than Lung Shadows...

[size=4]this is [b]proper [/b]'80's The The....great bassline James Eller on bass (Marr on lead)....this still makes the hair on the back of my neck tingle[/size][/quote]

A criminally underrated and overlooked 'band'. Great clip.

Edited February 17, 2010 by Marvin

[foal30]

"Infected" remains the seminal anti-Thatcher album
hopefully it will be rediscovered and be rightly considered one of the finest musical endeavors from your country.
he's an interesting cat is Mr Johnson

[Jerry_B]

Yep - 'Dusk' is also another classic The The album.

[iconic]

[quote name='foal30' post='747956' date='Feb 17 2010, 05:39 AM']also
what sort of Bass does Mr Eller have in that video?
I have that film, I remember I asked what is that bass.[/quote]



from his website but this is fair few years later! [url="http://www.jameseller.com/home.html"]http://www.jameseller.com/home.html[/url]

and a varied selection of bass guitars, including customized Lorimer Geilgud fretted and fretless basses, a '62 Fender Jazz bass re-issue, a '57 Fender Precision re-issue, a "Dearmond Starfire semi-acoustic bass, and an ESP 400 series Jazz Bass with midi control"

....I was at the first concert up in the gods, got tickets from touts outside for £2 less than face value, missed first 3 mins of concert and drove there in Ford Capri 2.8 [i]Infection [/i]Caspian Blue over Stardust Silver 5 speed, whilst mates drunk Tennants Super...a very early 90's experience