I'm not saying that isn't the case, I'm saying it IS but not enough people notice it.

I think not enough people notice it's the bass line that's making it all flow. But I hope at least that most people would be able to tell that something is missing, you know?

You'd be surprised how thick some people are, Most of the gigs I do there will be five or 6 people through the night asking how long I've been playing guitar and telling me I need to solo more and turn up a bit thinking me and my guitarist are doing the same job. It's just how it is.

Most people don't realise that everything sounds like a ****ing train wreck when everyone wants to show off their skills. Well, Jam bands do this too, but they bore the living piss out of me.

Adrián Terrazas-González from The Mars Volta
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His sax playing added a whole new layer to the albums he played on and it's a damn shame that they asked him to leave when they toned down Octahedron.

But look how they treated Dave Mustain, "On one occasion Mustaine brought his dog to rehearsal. The dog jumped up onto the car of Metallica bassist Ron McGovney and scratched the paint. Hetfield allegedly proceeded to yell at Mustaine's dog and kicked it in anger." (source: wiki)

It's one thing to be overlooked, it's entire another story when one of your band mates are kicking your dog.

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Metallica abuses the ears and animals!

I seriously didn't know about that? That's just wrong... :eek:
Metallica seem to have a history of mistreating newbies and taking things a little too far I guess.

In my opinion, the two over-looked members in Led Zeppelin were the ones with the most talent: John Paul Jones and John Bonham. Maybe if they had been as skinny Jimmy and Robert, they would have gotten more recognition.

Ben Shepherd from Soundgarden is one of the craziest bassists I've ever heard. Some of the basslines he comes up with are completely off the fucking wall. Same story with Justin Chancellor of Tool.

Ben Weinman from The Dillinger Escape Plan seems to be made to take a backseat to Greg Puciato because Ben isn't the frontman, although he is the only remaining founding member and probably the most prolific songwriter of the group. Not to mention being a sick fucking guitarist and one hell of a programmer. I don't know, depending on the press that gets out, this might be easily refuted.

I think its not an instrument that can stand on its own. When I was 13-14 I played bass. I did it so a bunch of my friends could have a bassist but when the gig ended so did my interest.

Unless you're designed to be super artsy, its tough to give the bass a good deal of melody. for young kids I think its too much to go on.