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9 unusual facts about bass guitar


Black on Both Sides

Songwriters: D. Smith
Sample: "Fear Not for Men" by Fela Kuti
Bass: Mos Def
Congas: Mos Def
Keyboards: Weldon Irvine
Percussion: Mos Def

Divided by Zero

Longtime Ghoulspoon members Rice bass and Jason Vick drums also stayed on board, while guitarist Jason Cooper left and was replaced with former roadie, James "Spooky" Albers on guitar.

Francis Thorne

He is also one of the first classical composers to write for the electric guitar and electric bass guitar (Sonar plexus, 1968; Liebesrock, 1968–69).

Fredrika Stahl

Her second album, Tributaries, features Hiro Morozumi on piano, Oyvind Nypan & Andreas Öberg on guitar, Pierre Boussaguet & Acelio de Paula on bass and Simoné Prattico on drums as well as a large array of Parisian horn and string musicians.

Halfdan E

After stints as a session bass player in many different rock bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, followed by a degree from the Academy of Music in Copenhagen, Halfdan E collaborated with Danish poet Dan Turèll on the crossover project "Pas På Pengene", resulting in two CD recordings, which both won Danish Grammy awards.

Jason Mendonça

By 1992, frustrated by the sonic restrictions of bass, drums and guitar but without the skills to employ a broader palette of instrumentation, Mendonça left Salem Orchid.

Psychostick discography

Psychostick is a humorcore band founded in 2000, currently consisting of Rob "Rawrb" Kersey (lead vocals), Josh "The J" Key (guitar/vocals), Alex "Shmalex" Dontre (drums), and Matty J "Poolemoose" Rzemyk (bass/vocals).

Reggie Mantle

Reggie is a bassist for The Archies and occasionally lead guitarist after Archie, and naturally thinks of himself as the most important and talented member of the group—and has gone to great lengths to prove it, such as hiring groupies to scream his name during concerts.

Smoke Some Kill

Doug Grigsby – bass on "Signifying Rapper" and "No More Rock N' Roll"


A Thin Shell

Jonas Kjellgren – session bass, mixing, production (at Black Lounge and Abyss Studios, March 2009 – March 2010)

A. J. Masters

He played bass guitar in his brother's band, and had his first cut in 1978 when Mickey Jones recorded "I'm No Cowboy".

AeTopus

Between 1987 and 1997, he played bass guitar in local Blues, Reggae, Funk, and Punk bands in Moscow, Idaho (where he earned a B.F.A. in Fine Arts/Painting at University of Idaho in 1989), Portland, Oregon, and his current home of Bellingham, Washington.

Alan Spenner

Alan Henry Spenner (7 May 1948 – 11 August 1991) was a British bass player who performed with Wynder K. Frog, The Grease Band, ABC, David Coverdale, David Soul, Joe Cocker, Lynda Carter, Peter Frampton, Ted Nugent, Mick Taylor, Murray Head, Kokomo, Roxy Music, and played on the original 1970 concept album Jesus Christ Superstar.

Billy Mohler

Mohler contributed greatly to the band's first album, co-writing and co-producing it with Chamberlin Life Begins Again, playing bass guitar, electric guitar and keyboards throughout, and singing in "Streetcrawler" and "Newerwaves".

Blackie Lawless

In 1982 Lawless switched to bass guitar and along with Randy Piper formed W.A.S.P. The lineup was soon completed with Chris Holmes on lead guitar and Tony Richards on drums.

Charmaine Dragun

Dragun was engaged to Simon Struthers (forensic pathologist with the New South Wales police, bass guitarist for Adam Said Galore and photographer), with the pair planning to marry at their joint thirtieth birthday celebrations.

Čista Proza

The band was formed during the summer of 1979, when Đorđe Pilipović (bass guitar, vocals) and Milan Ćirić (guitar, vocals) met at Krk where they both performed with their own bands.

Cut Lunch

Models had formed in Melbourne in 1978 by members from Teenage Radio Stars and JAB (Johnny, Ash, Bohdan), after some line-up changes they were Andrew Duffield on keyboards, Mark Ferrie on bass guitar, Janis Friedenfelds (aka Johnny Crash) on drums and percussion, and Sean Kelly on vocals and lead guitar.

Dan Swanö

Swanö has also released a solo progressive death metal album entitled Moontower, on which he showcases his multi-instrumental talent, playing all instruments (guitar, bass, drums, keyboard) as well as providing all the vocal work.

Deon Estus

Deon Estus (born Jeffery Deon Estus, 1956, Detroit, Michigan) is an American bassist and singer, best known as the bass player of Wham! and as George Michael's bassist on the latter's first two subsequent solo projects.

Direktori

During the spring of 1989, vocalist Nebojša Drakula, with the former Varšavski Geto member Miroslav Pilipović "Trta" on guitar, former Pogrebni Zavod member Srđan Marić on bass guitar and former Hogari member Dragan "Rale" Rašković on drums, formed a band performing cover versions of oi! punk acts such as Sham 69, Cockney Rejects and Skrewdriver.

Dobrovoljno Pevačko Društvo

Beside the three, as guest appeared Nenad Stefanović "Japanac" (bass guitar and guitar), Milan Đurđević (Neverne Bebe leader, keyboards), Istvan Alapi (guitar) and Zoltan Hetenyi (drums).

Ducks Deluxe

The permanent line-up of the band is now Sean Tyla, vocals and guitar; Martin Belmont, guitar and vocals; Kevin Foster (of Hank Wangford & the Lost Cowboys and Los Pisteleros fame) bass guitar and backing vocals; and Jim Russell, (ex Stretch, Wild Angels, and The Inmates) on drums.

Gavin Shoesmith

Gavin Shoesmith is an Australian singer songwriter and virtuoso double bassist who rose to fame as bass guitarist in the John Butler Trio.

Guitar Rig

Primarily designed for electric guitar and bass, the software uses amplifier modeling to allow real-time digital signal processing in both standalone and studio (VST/DXi/RTAS/AU) environments.

Guitar wiring

Guitar wiring refers to the electrical components, and interconnections thereof, inside an electric guitar (and, by extension, any other electric instrument, like bass guitar, mandolin, etc.).

I Am Jesus

The songs were mostly written & arranged by bassist/vocalist Efthimis Karadimas, with the exception of four songs, which were co-written with guitarist Mike Galiatsos, who ironically exited the band during the time of their last album, 1999's Diva Futura.

Ivan Vaughan

He played bass part-time in Lennon's first band, The Quarrymen, and was responsible for introducing Lennon to Paul McCartney at a community event (the Woolton village fête) on July 6, 1957, where The Quarrymen were performing.

Les Chadwick

The line-up comprised Gerry Marsden, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Les Maguire, Pete Best, Freddy Marsden, plus vocalist Karl Terry from the Cruisers with Chadwick on bass guitar.

Little Miss Disaster

The band’s line-up shifted again, with Stu West making his recording debut on bass guitar for the group, having taken over on live dates from Patricia Morrison, who had begun to concentrate on her daughter Emily and managing the band.

Marcus Cliffe

Marcus Cliffe (born 1962 in Leeds, Yorkshire) is a professional musician, currently the bass player in The Manfreds, a reunion of members of the 1960s pop group Manfred Mann (minus Manfred Mann himself).

Matthew Brunson

Matthew Moses Brunson is the guitarist for sludge metal band Crowbar, replacing Steve Gibb, and bass player for Kingdom of Sorrow.

Monk Montgomery

He is perhaps the first electric bassist of significance to jazz, introducing the Fender Precision Bass to the genre in 1951, although he was most famously seen playing the later Fender Jazz Bass, which became his signature instrument.

Monks of Doom

Guitarists Greg Lisher and Chris Molla, bassist (and in the case of the Monks of Doom, lead vocalist) Victor Krummenacher and drummer Chris Pedersen began the group as a casual side project to explore some of their interests that did not fit into Camper Van Beethoven's sound.

Nocturno Culto

Ted Skjellum (born 4 March 1972 in Kolbotn, Oppegård), also known by the stage names Nocturno Culto, Nocturno or Kveldulv, is a Norwegian musician best known as the vocalist, lead guitarist, and partial bassist (shared with Fenriz) of the influential black metal band Darkthrone.

Peakin' at the Beacon

Peakin' at the Beacon was the first Allman Brothers Band album to include Derek Trucks on guitar and Oteil Burbridge on bass, and the last to include founding member Dickey Betts.

Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac

This was the first Surfers studio album to feature double drummers King Coffey and Teresa Nervosa, and the last with bass player Bill Jolly, who had also performed on the band's first two releases.

Rondò Veneziano

Rondò Veneziano is an Italian chamber orchestra, specializing in Baroque music, playing original instruments, but incorporating a rock-style rhythm section of synthesizer, bass guitar and drums, led by Maestro Gian Piero Reverberi, who is also the principal composer of all of the original Rondo Veneziano pieces.

Scented Gardens for the Blind

Dragon formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in January 1972 with a line-up that featured Todd Hunter on bass guitar, guitarist Ray Goodwin, drummer Neil Reynolds and singer/pianist Graeme Collins.

Scott Thunes

Scott Thunes (pronounced "too-nis") (born January 20, 1960) is bass player, formerly with Frank Zappa, Wayne Kramer, Steve Vai, Andy Prieboy, Mike Keneally, Fear, The Waterboys, Big Bang Beat, and others.

Shut It

The song was released to promote the Not of This Earth album, recorded by a new line-up which featured long-term members Dave Vanian and Rat Scabies, and new members Kris Dollimore (Guitar), Allan Lee Shaw (Guitar), and Moose (Bass).

Sonny Throckmorton

By 1964, he played bass guitar for Carl Butler and Pearl, and had been signed to a publishing contract; his first hit as a songwriter was "How Long Has It Been", which was a Top Ten country hit for Bobby Lewis.

The Deadly Snakes

Formed in Toronto in 1996, the band's final line-up consisted of Andre Ethier on vocals and guitars, Matthew Carlson on guitar, trumpet and bass, Chad Ross on guitar, bass and mandolin, Jeremi Madsen on guitar, bass, saxophone and percussion, Max McCabe-Lokos (using the stage name Age of Danger) on piano, organ and percussion, and Andrew "Gunn" Moszynski on guitar and drums.

The Flower King

The original line-up for the album consisted of Stolt (vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards), Jaime Salazar (drums), and Hasse Fröberg (vocals).

The Hidden Land

Victor Wooten - Fodera 4 string electric (tracks 1-5, 7, 8, 10, 13) and Compito fretless 5 string electric (tracks 6, 9, 11, 12) basses, synth pedal (tracks 4, 7)

The Kuguars

The band, mainly consisting of actors, was formed in 1997 by Dragan Jovanović (vocals), Dejan Matić (triangle, vocals), Nikola Ðuričko (guitar, vocals), Rade Marković (guitar, vocals), Boris Milivojević (bass guitar), Bogdan Diklić (drums), Papa Nick (percussion) and Tibor Tot (percussion), intending to perform and record music for theatre plays.

The Music Machine

In addition to Bonniwell, the original line-up consisted of Ron Edgar (drums), Mark Landon (guitar), Keith Olsen (bass), and Doug Rhodes (organ).

The Popguns

Originally from Brighton, East Sussex, they formed in 1986 by vocalist Wendy Morgan, guitarists Simon Pickles and Greg Dixon plus bassist Pat Walkington and were joined by Shaun Charman, the former drummer for The Wedding Present in 1988.

The Tearjerkers

Brian Rawson went to London to join Jim Lyttle (Pretty Boy Floyd, Rogue Male) in his new band, and they recorded a three track demo in Alvic Studios with Jimmy Bain (Rainbow, Dio) producing and playing bass guitar on the track, "Rough, Tough and Pretty Too".

TV Eye Live 1977

The album is notable for the presence of David Bowie on keyboards and background vocals for selected tracks and the rather crushing bass and drum sound; also, with the Sales brothers, the lineup prefigures in part the Bowie Tin Machine lineup.

Unlimited Touch

In 1999, producer Sean Combs sampled the bass guitar and drum breakdown of "I Hear Music in the Streets" for the Faith Evans song "All Night Long".

Warmoth Guitars

is an American manufacturer and distributor of electric guitar and bass parts, catering particularly to small scale manufacturers, custom builders, amateur constructors, and professional artists such as Rivers Cuomo and Matt Sharp (Weezer), Ed King (Lynyrd Skynyrd), and Kerry Livgren (Kansas) .

We Are Glass

The B-side was one of Numan's few non-original pieces, the first movement of Erik Satie's "Trois Gymnopedies," in an arrangement that added guitar, bass and synthesizer to the original's solo piano part.


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Adam Said Galore

Adam Said Galore were formed in 1994, by Michael Lake on guitar, Matt Maguire on drums, Andrew Ryan on guitar and lead vocals, and Simon Struthers on bass guitar, in the Perth suburb of Greenwood.

Anthony Marais

In 1991, while living on Guam, he played bass guitar for Chamorro artist Maria Yatar.

At the Drive-In discography

At the Drive-In formed in 1994 with an initial lineup of Cedric Bixler-Zavala (lead vocals), Jim Ward (guitar and backing vocals), Jarrett Wrenn (guitar), Kenny Hopper (bass guitar), and Bernie Rincon (drums).

Bruce Katz

After playing jazz in Boston, he got the opportunity to play bass guitar for Big Mama Thornton.

Cam-Pact

Different line ups included Ray Arnott on drums and vocals; Keith Glass on guitar, vocals and bass guitar; Chris Löfvén on bass guitar; Russell Smith on guitar and vocals; and Chris Stockley on guitar and vocals.

Cap'n Jazz

The line up of the band included Tim Kinsella (vocals); Samuel Zurick (bass guitar); Mike Kinsella (drums, vocals); Victor Villarreal (guitar, vocals); and Davey von Bohlen (guitar, vocals from 1994–95).

Cartaxo Municipality

Qwentin, formed in 2003, is a rock band consisting of Drepopoulos Qwentinsson (bass guitar), Gospodar Qwentinsson (guitar, vocals), Morloch Qwentinsson (samples, keyboards), Qweon Qwentinsson (guitar, vocals) and Bárány Qwentinsson (drums);

Colenso Parade

Taking their name from a street in the Stranmillis area of their native city, the original line-up was Oscar (Thomas) Askin (vocals), Linda Clandinning (keyboards), Neil Lawson (bass guitar), Jackie Forgie (guitar) and Robert Wakeman (drums).

Darril Fosty

During his college years he played bass guitar with the band First Step considered the 'sister band' for the Seattle based Brotherhood, the band which included future Sunny Day Real Estate and Foo Fighters' bassist Nate Mendel.

Demolition 23

Monroe's former Hanoi Rocks bandmate Sami Yaffa played bass guitar on the album and the music was a return to Monroe and Yaffa's punk roots with tracks such as "Same Shit Different Day", "Hammersmith Palais" and covers of songs by Johnny Thunders, UK Subs and The Dead Boys.

Derrick Spiva

2012 "Neuron Speak" for Los Angeles Electric 8- electric mandolin, electric baritone guitar, tap guitar, electric bass guitar, and four electric guitars.

Die Goldenen Zitronen

The founding members were Schorsch Kamerun (vocals), Ale Sexfeind (drums), Ted Gaier (bass, guitar), and Aldo Moro (guitar, bass).

DisJam

The band's members have included Christoph Kähler (drums, guitar and vocals), Sascha Panknin (bass guitar, guitar and keyboards), Volker Kurnoth (guitar and vocals), Ralf Petter (keyboards and vocals), Ole Janssen (saxophone) and Oliver Schumacher (percussion and keyboards).

Fausto Romitelli

Music for László Moholy-Nagy's film Ein Lichtspiel, schwarz-weiss-grau for recorder, double bass, guitar, percussion and piano, 1997

Forgot to Laugh

Emanuel "Eman" Kiriakou – Songwriter, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Programming, Ukulele,

Fredrik Wallumrød

Now he also plays within the metal band «Dog Almighty» together with Fridtjof «Joff» Nilsen and Kim Nordbæk, and the rock band «El Caco» including Anders Gjesti (guitar) and Øyvind Osa (bass guitar).

G.I. Orange

G.I. Orange was a British New Wave and pop band, formed in the mid 1980s by the brothers Karl Whitworth (lead vocals and guitar), Simon Whitworth (bass guitar and vocals), and Mark Whitworth (keyboard and vocals), plus Gary Holt (drum and vocals).

Greg Mighall

With Kane on vocals and lead guitar, Mighall on drums and Joe Edwards on bass guitar and occasional backing vocals, they formed The Rascals.

Heart Burns

Laura Jane Grace - lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, bass guitar, drums

Hladno pivo

After the December 12, 1998 concert in Celje, Slovenia, Hadžo left the band, and was replaced by Šokec (bass guitar).

If You Didn't Laugh, You'd Cry

Mike Brenner – lap steel guitar, dobro, electric guitar, bass guitar

Intriguer

Following the release of Crowded House's reunion album Time on Earth in 2007, Neil Finn announced that the band would re-enter the studio to record a follow-up album which would feature the current lineup, consisting of Finn on vocals, guitars and piano, fellow founding member Nick Seymour on bass guitar, Mark Hart on guitars and keyboards, and then-newcomer Matt Sherrod on drums.

Jason Narducy

Split Single began recording its debut record in July 2012 with Britt Daniel playing bass guitar and Jon Wurster on drums.

John Willsteed

As a musician, he is best known as a member of the iconic Brisbane band The Go-Betweens, in which he played bass guitar from 1987–1989, most notably on the album 16 Lovers Lane.

Lament for the Numb

The Stone People consisted of Dobbyn himself on the guitar, piano and as the lead vocalist, album producer Mitchell Froom on the keyboard, Bruce Thomas on the bass guitar and Pete Thomas on the drums and as the percussionist.

Los Rodríguez

On 29 November 2007, Daniel Zamora (the last bass guitar player of the band) committed suicide in his hometown Palafrugell.

Lutz Glandien

Domestic Stories was recorded with Dagmar Krause (voice), Fred Frith (guitar and bass guitar) and Alfred Harth (saxophone and clarinet) and was Glandien and Cutler's first collaborative CD.

MyChildren MyBride

Joe Lengson – bass guitar, backing vocals (2007–2012)

Night of the Wolverine

With Graney on vocals, the Coral Snakes line-up included his wife Clare Moore on drums and percussion; Robin Casinader on keyboards, violin and mandolin; Rob Hayward on lead guitar; and Andrew Picouleau on bass guitar.

Packed!

John McKenzie – bass guitar (2,5,6,8,10,11), backing vocals (8)

Paul Martinez

Paul Martinez played bass guitar on the only album release by Paice Ashton Lord, 'Malice in Wonderland'.

Progres 2

Zdeněk Kluka (drums, vocals), Pavel Pelc (bass guitar, keyboard, vocals), Miloš Morávek (guitar), Roman Dragoun (keyboard, vocals)

Rachel Bolan

Recently, he played the bass guitar for Stone Sour on the band's new records House of Gold & Bones - Part 1 and House of Gold & Bones – Part 2 as a replacement for the departed bassist Shawn Economaki.

Rachel Haden

Rachel played bass guitar and singing backing vocals for Brendan Perry on his 2010 Ark tour.

Red Stars Theory

The band was formed in early 1995 when James Bertram was looking for someone to play guitar with and found Tonie Palmasani (guitar/vocals), Jeremiah Green (drums/percussion/vocals) and Jason Talley (bass guitar/vocals).

Regressive Aid

Regressive Aid was an instrumental band consisting of Simeon Cain (drums), William Tucker (guitar), and Andrew Weiss (bass guitar), managed by Tom Burka.

Salem Orchid

The line-up at this time consisted of Jason Mendonça (Vocals and Guitar), Steve Wood (Guitar), Dan Temple (bass guitar) and David Gray (Drums).

Scanning the Greenhouse

Roine Stolt: vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion

Second Layer

Second Layer was a post-punk musical act formed in 1979 by Adrian Borland (vocals, guitar) and Graham Bailey (keyboards, bass guitar, drum programming), both of The Sound.

Shootyz Groove

Formed in 1992, the band originally consisted of Donny on guitar, Spec on bass guitar, Dose on drums, and their two MCs Season and Sense.

Spencer P. Jones

In August 1983 while a member of The Johnnys, Spencer formed a side-project, Beasts of Bourbon (1983–85, 1988–93, 1996–97, 2003–08, 2013) with James Baker on drums (ex-Hoodoo Gurus), Tex Perkins on vocals (Dum Dums), Kim Salmon on guitar and Boris Sujdovic on bass guitar (both ex-The Scientists).

Spirits of Christmas Past

Bryan Josh – Lead Vocals (Tracks 1 and 4); Electric Guitars (1,3 and 4); Acoustic Guitars (1,2 and 4); Bass Guitar (1); Piano (1)

Sugaree

As with the songs on the rest of the album, Garcia plays every instrument himself (except drums, played by Bill Kreutzmann), including acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and an electric guitar played through a Leslie speaker.

Tender Togetherness

Nathan East - Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar

The Color Spectrum

Brendan Brown (formerly in The Receiving End of Sirens with Casey) played bass guitar on the Orange EP.

The Modern Dance

Tim Wright – bass guitar on "The Modern Dance" and "Sentimental Journey", production

Things of Stone and Wood

Things of Stone and Wood or ToSaW formed in Melbourne in 1989 with Michael Allen on bass guitar and backing vocals; Greg Arnold on lead vocals and acoustic guitar; Justin Brady on violin, mandolin and harmonica; and Tony Floyd on drums and percussion.

Walter Zwolinski

Band members included Bernie LaBarge on guitar and vocals, Grant Slater on keyboards and vocals, Paul Armstrong on drums, and Dennis Pinhorn on bass guitar and vocals.

Water for Life

Jean Michel Jarre: bass guitar, cymbals, Dynacord, Eminent, Laser Harp, Midi flute, music box, Roland AX-1, Theremin

We See Lights

The Quiet Revolution gained members in January 2008 (Craig Ross on (bass/guitar), Ross Harvey (drums), Ciaran McGuigan (vocals) and Jonathan Lapsley (keyboard/vocals)) and soon became We See Lights.