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verslibre

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Topic: Hot Prog Bassists
Posted: June 07 2009 at 01:06

lucas wrote:

How about Amanda Ruzza, excellent jazz bassist

Looks a bit like Geddy Lee on this pic

LOL!!! Dude, you're evil!

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Posted: June 06 2009 at 16:38

AmericanProgster wrote:

Oh thanks Lucas, you just ruined that fantasy!....jerk! Cry

Well, you can't deny the ressemblance with this guy :

http://images.starpulse.com/AMGPhotos/pic200/drp100/p162/p16201e6589.jpg

But all jokes aside, Amanda Ruzza is very cute.

Another bassist that is worth mentioning in this thread is the incredibly talented Paz Lenchantin, from A Perfect Circle and Zwan fame.

Edited by lucas - June 06 2009 at 16:41

"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)

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Posted: June 06 2009 at 15:30

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/2961/gzbqlz3axo5x9j0kiqvy4sp.jpg

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Posted: June 06 2009 at 15:28

Oh thanks Lucas, you just ruined that fantasy!....jerk! Cry

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Posted: June 06 2009 at 12:17

How about Amanda Ruzza, excellent jazz bassist

Looks a bit like Geddy Lee on this pic

Edited by lucas - June 06 2009 at 12:18

"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)

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Posted: June 05 2009 at 09:10

^ No, it was D'Arcy who I remember impressing me during the 90s (can't remember her bass playing though LOL

). I just googled "Smashing Pumpkins bassist", Ginger came up, she was hot, and so I posted her. I like the see-through top though Tongue

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Posted: June 05 2009 at 02:29

harmonium.ro wrote:

lucas wrote:

harmonium.ro wrote:

Smashing Pumpkins used to have THE hottest bassist:

Ginger Reyes was hired when Smashing Pumpkins were reuniting in 2007. Previously, their bassist was D'Arcy Wretzky) :

wow, even hotter yeah! but you need to ignore that make-up though.

Nah, Ginger's hotter. You think D'Arcy's hotter because she's wearing that see-through top.

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Posted: June 05 2009 at 02:27

Isa wrote:

Hercules wrote:

Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Jaco Pastorius are great players. John Entwhistle was also very good, but the God of bass is Victor Wootten.

Agreed. I had the privilege to see him play with Chick Corea Electrik Band and meet him after the concert. You couldn't even see his hand half the time he was soloing! Nuke

Just watch some YouTube videos of him... Wink

Wooten and Steve Bailey (the other half of Bass Extremes) are two of the best electric bass players ever. Vic and John P (of Elektric Band) are awesome on the Bass Day DVDs.

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Posted: June 04 2009 at 10:23

Hot chick bassists is mostly an indie thing, but it would be nice to see some more hot ladies in prog.

But prog rock is undeniably for the nerds, who are predominately male. Tis a shame.

Edited by boo boo - June 04 2009 at 10:23

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Posted: June 02 2009 at 13:31

HI,

Perfect example .... about JPJ ... "not prog though ... "

At the time Led Zeppelin was out, this was prog and then some, just like The Who, and a few others ... and it is actually BEFORE prog per se, since we're talking 1970 and 1971 ... when bands like Led Zepellin wanted to break free of radio and other constraints ... and they DID successfully.

If the band did not have anything that was better and more developed and progressive than the same pop song garbage and radio stuff ... do you really think that Led Zeppelin would have existed?

Both JPJ and John Entwistle were excellent bass players and all around musicians ... and John Entwistle had it hardest and loved telling Keith off ... because Keith would not give him a chance for a solo ... (keith only solo'd all day long you know!) .... and John had to punch up the conk'r and add his own touches to be noticed and he did so beautifully and eventually developed one of the most wonderful drum/bass combination ever in music ... and don't talk to me about a metronome drummer boy!

Both of these deserve some credit in helping develop the genre that eventually broke free with Yes and Genesis a few years later ... and eventually became considered "prog" ... even though at the time, that term did not exist and was never used ... the only term people had for that type of music was .... "long cuts" ...

So if you want to "brand" the music ... at least have the courtesy to give credit where credit is due ... and perhaps one should go back to the bootleg days ... and you can hear real "jams" that made prog in the end ... instead of the pre-fab stuff you get today that is not even original compared to what was coming out then, which was totally off the wall and no one had ever heard anything like it.

So all you wonderful Salieri's ... maybe one day you will love the music itself ... you will make good professors though you will always hate me!

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Posted: June 02 2009 at 13:21

GaryB wrote:

... Here's a great story about that show. Beck and Bogart were in the middle of a long, hot jam when Beck broke a string. He stopped playing and held up the string to show everyone why he stopped. Bogart then removed the same string from his bass and threw it out into the audience. They continued the jam with Beck using five strings and Bogart using three. I thought the crowd was going to have to be hosed down. ...

That is indeed a magnificent story ... and it says a heck of a lot more about prog than anything else ... it's not just a jam ... you have to be on top of it and on your game ... and the ones that are in it for the "music" ... will always be special ... very special ... and sometimes ... so special that you know right at that moment that you will never see anything better than that!

That's when you know someone has the music in them (sorry Lulu) ... and then some!

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Posted: June 02 2009 at 10:20

Just to name a few more excellent German bass players: Matz Steinke of Aera, Peter Kühmstedt of Guru Guru, Gerald Luciano Hartwig of Guru Guru, Embryo, Karthago and the band of Roman Bunka.

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Posted: June 02 2009 at 08:52

No one considered Hugh Hopper as one of the top 10? Not only one of the most original, inventive and creative, but also has played almost every style of music

I´d also reccomend:

Tony Levin

Fabio Zuffanti (I prefer his work on LA MASCHERA DE CERA)

Les Claypool

Julie Slick (a new talent discovered by Adrian Belew. And she´s really hot!)

And from the jazz scene:

Miroslav Vitous

Stanley Clarke

Charles Mingus

Jaco Pastorius

André Gomes (almost unknnown outside Brazil, I really reccomend his music and his band CHEIRO DE VIDA)

It could be my Top 10, without any special order. For adventurous listeners, I´d encourage you to listen to Peter Kowald (not prog, but very interesting musician)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aluSEsE765E

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Posted: June 02 2009 at 08:01

npjnpj wrote:

@AmericanProgster: Wow, and I thought I was the only one who rated Dieter Horns so highly. Great to hear that you feel the same.

Here's some clappies:

Oh Yeah! Asterix, Pink Mice, Brother T & Family, Electric Food + LF's first/second and fourth albums = amazing bass playing! So thanks for the clappies, I'll give you some for also rating him so highly! Clap

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Posted: June 02 2009 at 08:00

Fausto Branchini of Biglietto Per L'Inferno, anyone?

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Posted: June 02 2009 at 07:37

Raff wrote:

It must be so hard to check the database Wink

... John Paul Jones was added towards the end of last year, even though he had been cleared close to two years ago. The person who was to have done the addition dropped off the site, though, so I did it myself - bio and all. And yes, both his solo albums are great, and a more than worthy addition to any prog collection.

Uhm, last time I checked his entry there are actually three out there. I was only aware of two.

I ordered a used copy of Thunderthief and when I opened it and looked at it I was thinking "hey, there's something wrong with the cover art", pleasantly surprised to have received an autographed copy. LOL