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Category Archives: Bass
Interview: Al Cisneros On Bass-Drums Synergy
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
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
Al Cisneros of Om / Sleep / Shrinebuilder on Percussive Bass
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
Jaco’s Bass of Doom
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
Bubby’s Beastly Bass Rig
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
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
[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
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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