mikko said:Not in any particular order:
Dickie Peterson
Ian Kilmister
Steve Harris
Roger Glover
Terence Butler
hagmeat said:Frono, you haven`t added your list yet. Whatever you consider to be heavy.
fronobulax said:On the plus side, it is lists like this that lead me to seek out music. Sometimes it is new to me and sometimes it is things I have known about for years but just never knew names.
mikko said:What is "Heavy rock" and what is not, I think that would be endless debate. I personally listed Steve Harris as a Heavy Rock bassist but he´s more NWOBHM than traditional Heavy Rock. I make a difference between Heavy Rock and Heavy Metal. On the other hand, my friends say my own bass playing is very heavy to listen. No matter what I´m playing.
Mellow, thats a great post of "Its No Secret", i didn't know it existed. There's some great 12 string in that song.keep in mind it's the same bassist
Yep. But I gotta admit I was pleased to see Dickie Peterson of Blue Cheer cited twice and surprised anybody still remembered him (or even the band) after all these years.mikko said:What is "Heavy rock" and what is not, I think that would be endless debate.
mellowgerman said:mikko said:What is "Heavy rock" and what is not, I think that would be endless debate. I personally listed Steve Harris as a Heavy Rock bassist but he´s more NWOBHM than traditional Heavy Rock. I make a difference between Heavy Rock and Heavy Metal. On the other hand, my friends say my own bass playing is very heavy to listen. No matter what I´m playing.
I agree. Another point of debate would be does a heavy rock bassist always have to be playing as loud and aggressively as possible at all times, or can he still have versatility and dynamic variation? :shock: 8)
Take these two clips in comparison for example and keep in mind it's the same bassist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=777OLZzfurc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr_KnscgBZc
fronobulax said:hagmeat said:Hi Mellow, thanks for the link mate, interesting but it`s just not my cup of tea or mug of grog.
Maybe I was born too late. Like I said before, heavy rock means different things to different people.
Well you have stumbled into the realm of the Cult of Jack so sooner or later Jack Casady will be mentioned. However Cult membership is not a requirement so you're still welcome here :wink: In this case I kind of agree that I would not use "heavy rock' to describe (m)any of Jack's projects although there are a lot of outstanding players who transcend the genre(s) they are most closely associated with.
I thought about mentioning Dickie Peterson somewhere along the way, but I guess I didn't because I'm such a fan of Leigh Stevens Blue Cheer guitar, and always disappointed they never(as far as I know) patched things up. My understanding is, Leigh was always the only one somewhat sober.adorshki said:Yep. But I gotta admit I was pleased to see Dickie Peterson of Blue Cheer cited twice and surprised anybody still remembered him (or even the band) after all these years.mikko said:What is "Heavy rock" and what is not, I think that would be endless debate.
And if Jack Casady ain't "heavy", NOBODY is. 8)
I still have my vinyls of "Ousideinside" and "New and Improved". It's interesting how different they are. 8)MandoSquirrel said:I thought about mentioning Dickie Peterson somewhere along the way, but I guess I didn't because I'm such a fan of Leigh Stevens Blue Cheer guitar, and always disappointed they never(as far as I know) patched things up. My understanding is, Leigh was always the only one somewhat sober.
Happy Face said:You folks should listen to mgod play. After that, you'd have to agree that the top two are:
1) Happy Face
2) Mgod
The others only paved the the way.
It was all down the drain after "Outsideinside". You have the original cover? I remember an "interesting" cloud formation in the upper right corner of the front!adorshki said:I still have my vinyls of "Ousideinside" and "New and Improved". It's interesting how different they are. 8)MandoSquirrel said:I thought about mentioning Dickie Peterson somewhere along the way, but I guess I didn't because I'm such a fan of Leigh Stevens Blue Cheer guitar, and always disappointed they never(as far as I know) patched things up. My understanding is, Leigh was always the only one somewhat sober.
fronobulax said:But, but...Happy Face said:You folks should listen to mgod play. After that, you'd have to agree that the top two are:
1) Happy Face
2) Mgod
The others only paved the the way.
Where, oh where can I hear the collected works of these Bass Gods who cannot be mentioned in the same breath?
Here and here but where else? Is there a Pandora channel devoted to bass godly happiness?
Yes, I do. A gatefold with some very psychedelic photography insided.MandoSquirrel said:It was all down the drain after "Outsideinside". You have the original cover?
I'd forgotten noticing that when I saw the re-issue.MandoSquirrel said:I remember an "interesting" cloud formation in the upper right corner of the front! I guess it was too much for the corporate/censor types in later pressings & the CD.
The guitar player in my first garage band turned me on to the album. The first song I "understood" on it was their version of "The Hunter". I was heavily into Steppenwolf at the time.MandoSquirrel said:I LOVE Magnolia Caboose Babyfinger, by the way; my favorite all time fiddle tune!
adorshki said:I still have my vinyls of "Ousideinside" and "New and Improved". It's interesting how different they are. 8)MandoSquirrel said:I thought about mentioning Dickie Peterson somewhere along the way, but I guess I didn't because I'm such a fan of Leigh Stevens Blue Cheer guitar, and always disappointed they never(as far as I know) patched things up. My understanding is, Leigh was always the only one somewhat sober.
First band to set the knobs at "11".hagmeat said:I like some songs off "New and Improved", just the ones with Randy Holden on guitar, but I don`t care
for any of their albums after that. They set the bar pretty high with their first 2 albums, hard to top those.