Category Archives: Bass

Interview: Al Cisneros On Bass-Drums Synergy

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Max Sidman

A brief interview I did with Al Cisneros for the December 2010 issue of Bass Player magazine is now posted on the BP site. As the low end steward for stoner metal pioneers Sleep, supergroup Shrinebuilder (featuring members of the Melvins, Neurosis, … Continue reading →

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Bass Nerd: A Shitload of Cliff Burton Solo Tracks

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Max Sidman

The guys over at NoTreble threw up one of these clips — “For Whom The Bell Tolls” — a few weeks ago, I bookmarked it, and just recently went back to discover that the YouTube user who initially posted it also put … Continue reading →

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Al Cisneros of Om / Sleep / Shrinebuilder on Percussive Bass

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Max Sidman

I don’t write professionally much anymore — no seriously, I used to earn a (meager) living at it — but from time to time I’ll pick up some freelance work if the subject interests me. I recently did a brief … Continue reading →

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Jaco’s Bass of Doom

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Max Sidman

A lot of bass players I know (and most I don’t know) would gag to hear me say this, but… I’m not really a big fan of Jaco Pastorius. There is, however, no denying the guy’s status as a bass … Continue reading →

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Bubby’s Beastly Bass Rig

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Max Sidman

Meet Robert “Bubby” Lewis, Snoop Dogg‘s bass player. He plays MTD basses, and Gallien-Krueger amps…A LOT of GK amps. I mean, damn, I thought Jared Warren (Big Business / Melvins) had a massive bass rig, but this is absolutely jaw-dropping… … Continue reading →

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The Jesus Lizard, The Fillmore, SF CA, 10.17.09

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Max Sidman

It’s been roughly a decade since The Jesus Lizard was a full time, regularly touring band, and despite all that time off, their reunion tour stop at the Fillmore in San Francisco on Saturday night served as a blunt reminder: … Continue reading →

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Bass Nerd Stuff

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Max Sidman

[I've been a horribly neglectful blogger lately — I just realized that I went to the entire month of May without a single post. Ouch. Sometimes life just runs away with all my time, but I'm really going to try … Continue reading →

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State of Bass

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Max Sidman

I’m a bass player (if you couldn’t tell from the subtle references to bass — Charles Mingus and David Wm. Sims — in the masthead graphic at the top of the page), and though I’m certainly no virtuoso or bass … Continue reading →

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