Queens of the Stone Age

boo boo · 07-27-2009, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

And Nick Oliveri in QOTSA

Oh wait.

I don't think they have been as good since he left.

boo boo · 07-27-2009, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BTown787

In my opinion when you listen to most music the bass is not very noticeable.

Get some good headphones.

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Yet when you really think about it the bass player could actually really be contributing to the band behind the sound of the music. Lets take Krist Novolselic for example, in most Nirvana songs he plays some pretty simple bass lines, and most of the time you can't hear the bass very well, yet he is a genius in the studio.

I don't know how it's possible not to hear the bass in Nirvana songs, most of them have an isolated bassline at some point. And Novoselic's bass is very loud and muddy sounding, you can't miss it.

Mojo · 07-27-2009, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

I don't think they have been as good since he left.

I think he's a better bass player than the one they replaced him with, but I think Eva Vulgaris was better than Lullabies and probably Rated R too.

TheBig3 · 07-27-2009, 06:43 PM

Really? I own Rated R, SftD, and Era and i find Era unlistenable.

BTown · 07-27-2009, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Get some good headphones.

I don't know how it's possible not to hear the bass in Nirvana songs, most of them have an isolated bassline at some point. And Novoselic's bass is very loud and muddy sounding, you can't miss it.

I was just trying to make an example, its just hard to hear sometimes

Norg · 07-27-2009, 11:57 PM

Just leave bass players alone !!!!!! LOL

anywayz to me Finding a good bass player is hard to come by most kids these days levate to the Guitar

I play drums but damm they are a pain to move around !!!!!!!!

scottsy · 07-28-2009, 10:38 PM

We definitely shouldn't be down on Bass Players... they've copped it too long as far as rock band mythology is concerned... Bass players, WE LOVE YOU!!! Without you guys our favorite rock songs would sound tinny and lacking in depth and breadth... you are, along with the drummer, the backbone around which song structure sticks and you can make some pretty interesting structures yourself

GO BASS GO!

boo boo · 07-28-2009, 10:59 PM

Even bass players you think are disposable really aren't.

scottsy · 07-28-2009, 11:04 PM

See thats why the Bassist is the coolest member of the group... the music depends on him / her yet they are too damn cool to do wanky things like solo, talk too much or try to appropriate the whole image of the band, as lead singers often do...

The bass player is like the cool one who makes everyone else look better yet they'd all kinda suck without their much needced bassist...

Mojo · 07-29-2009, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Even bass players you think are disposable really aren't.

Wait, the bass or the bassist?

07-27-2009, 06:43 PM	#274 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	Really? I own Rated R, SftD, and Era and i find Era unlistenable. __________________ I've moved to a new address

07-28-2009, 10:38 PM	#277 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	We definitely shouldn't be down on Bass Players... they've copped it too long as far as rock band mythology is concerned... Bass players, WE LOVE YOU!!! Without you guys our favorite rock songs would sound tinny and lacking in depth and breadth... you are, along with the drummer, the backbone around which song structure sticks and you can make some pretty interesting structures yourself GO BASS GO! __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

07-28-2009, 11:04 PM	#279 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	See thats why the Bassist is the coolest member of the group... the music depends on him / her yet they are too damn cool to do wanky things like solo, talk too much or try to appropriate the whole image of the band, as lead singers often do... The bass player is like the cool one who makes everyone else look better yet they'd all kinda suck without their much needced bassist... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

07-27-2009, 11:57 PM	#276 (permalink)
Norg Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,344	Just leave bass players alone !!!!!! LOL anywayz to me Finding a good bass player is hard to come by most kids these days levate to the Guitar I play drums but damm they are a pain to move around !!!!!!!!