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ProgBagel 
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 Posted: December 29 2007 at 11:10 |
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He is my favorite person in the band, but that might not be saying much. I think they are pretty cool lines.
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Nuke
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Posted: December 29 2007 at 22:24 |
I think that Justin is an amazing bassist not because he is technical, but because he writes awesome lines. Technicality is not a prerequisite for awesomeness.
 crimson magus wrote:
If an album was an epic song of 75 min, and there was just a plain one-note guitar solo played with a broken guitar and in the middle of this song was Tool's Wings it could hardly be called an abortion of an album.
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True words my friend...
Edited by Nuke - December 29 2007 at 22:46
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Dim
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Joined: April 17 2007
Location: Austin TX
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Posted: December 30 2007 at 19:42 |
^Lawlacaust
I used to love the sound of Chancelors bass, now I'm not too sure if I like the whole trebely, thrashy bass. Still one of my favirote bands.
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Proletariat
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Posted: December 30 2007 at 19:52 |
Mabe not the best bassist ever, but he is perfect for the band. If you put any of the "prog greats" in his spot, they would stick out like a sore thumb as they tried to solo over the top of the band and would ruin the trance-like mood.
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who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob
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Dim
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Posted: December 30 2007 at 20:15 |
^ I dunno, I think Chris Squires muddy base tone would fit in quite nicely with Tools precision riffing.
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micky
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Posted: December 30 2007 at 20:32 |
schizoid_man77 wrote:
^ I dunno, I think Chris Squires muddy base tone would fit in quite nicely with Tools precision riffing. |
interesting.... been a lifelong fan and disciple of his.... the term muddy is one that is not really attributed to him. Try punchy and bright... I play the same model Rick as him... same strings... and trust me.. the sound is not muddy... at least to these ears  now for muddy... try Jack Bruce 
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Posted: December 31 2007 at 00:30 |
I like Chancellor. He's got a great tone and style, along with Adam Jones.
His old band, Peach, is a really good band to check out if you like his playing. Giving Birth to a Stone was reissued some time back, so its pretty easy to find.
They're still releasing music to this day without him too, under the name Suns of the Tundra. The best way i can describe it is Alternative flavored prog metal.
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toolis
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Posted: December 31 2007 at 01:46 |
Proletariat wrote:
Mabe not the best bassist ever, but he is perfect for the band. |
true.. he may not be the best but he sure fits Tool sound...
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-music is like pornography...
sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more...
-sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue...
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Nightfly
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Posted: December 31 2007 at 10:27 |
schizoid_man77 wrote:
^ I dunno, I think Chris Squires muddy base tone would fit in quite nicely with Tools precision riffing. |
Muddy! 
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The Owl
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Posted: December 31 2007 at 10:44 |
A very forcefully creative player and has his own unique sound for certain, great match for Danny Carey's drumming.
Problem is, I can't say that Tool does anything for me, every one of their songs sounds so damned much alike! (worst case of Lionel Richie Disease* I've ever seen!)
*= Lionel Richie Disease: A chronic condition affecting musicians characterized by writing minute variations of the same song over and over again. Named after one of the worst offenders, Lionel Richie.
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People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction!
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micky
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Posted: January 02 2008 at 18:34 |
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hahhaha..... someone expressing some latent thoughts by moving this thread to the prog related area
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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BroSpence
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Posted: January 03 2008 at 18:36 |
HughesJB4 wrote:
Good, but no Myung or Sheehan |
I wouldn't say Sheehan is a good bass player. Yes he's fast and obviously has the skills of a virtuoso, but he's really Steve Vai without a guitar.
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Snipergoat
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Posted: January 03 2008 at 19:35 |
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I like the bass on "Reflection"
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Lonely Progger
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Posted: January 04 2008 at 16:57 |
A very good bassist more for his originality and clever bass lines but when it comes to technique and all that he doesn't really reach geddy lee's Knee.
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Lost in the south of france:
" Le rock progressif ? C'est quoi cette connerie? "
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 17:27 |
BroSpence wrote:
HughesJB4 wrote:
Good, but no Myung or Sheehan |
I wouldn't say Sheehan is a good bass player. Yes he's fast and obviously has the skills of a virtuoso, but he's really Steve Vai without a guitar.
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Billy Sheehan, contrary to popular belief, does not just play 'lead' bass, as witnessed when i saw him at G3 live in Melbourne in december 2006, he played the role of both rhythm and lead bass perfectly.
But i can agree that Billy Sheehan would most likely not be fitting in a band like Tool, although i think Myung could fit in there, but of course for the style of Tool, Justin Chancellor fits in perfect, just the same as Adam Jones is no guitar virtuoso in the true sense(perhaps rhythm guitar virtuoso if there was such thing?), but his sense for perfectly matching Danny Carey's drumming is perfect.
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Firefly
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Posted: January 10 2008 at 06:46 |
sularetal wrote:
Geddy Lee & John Myung are really able and talented musicians. The fact that I prefer bassists (on the metal scene) like Martin Lopez and Justin Chancellor maybe lies to the fact that I prefer Anathema over Spastic Ink  .
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Uhm...unless I'm missing something big, isn't Martin Lopez a drummer?
Do you mean Martin Mendez??
The Owl wrote:
great match for Danny Carey's drumming.
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I concur. I'm not really sure that there's place for actual virtuosity in Tool. They're all about the spiral effect. I find that JC's bass lines add to that hypnotic thing they like to do, and I think it fits well. I don't think I'd go so far as to start comparing him with Myung and co, as they're in totally different headspaces, and if Chancellor were to suddenly go off on wild tangents like a rampant camel, Tool wouldn't be Tool anymore. That may be great news to some, a tragedy to others.
For all we know he might be the fastest, most technical bass player on earth. But Tool's no place to show that off, so he does what the music needs. So in other words, what The Owl and Hughes JB4 said. He's a great match for Carey's drumming.
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UtUmNo1
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Posted: January 10 2008 at 07:28 |
Tony Fisher wrote:
I'm baffled by the admiration for him. He's completely ordinary, as are the rest of the band. Mediocre and slightly boring songs, played competently enough but without any sign of virtuosity, though the drummer and singer are pretty good.
If I had to choose between DT and Tool, I'd actually go for DT because at least I could admire the virtuoso playing. Lateratus is THE most overrated album in the top 100 IMO. To see it above masterpieces like Mirage, In the Land of Grey and Pink and Meddle actually makes me laugh, it's so ridiculous.
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I'm baffled by the admiration for Caravan's In The Land Of Grey And Pink. I can't think of anything more pretentious and glib than this boring album. To see it above it above masterpieces like Relayer and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway actually makes me laugh, it's so ridiculous.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: January 10 2008 at 18:59 |
Firefly wrote:
[QUOTE=sularetal]Geddy Lee & John Myung are really able and talented musicians. The fact that I prefer bassists (on the metal scene) like Martin Lopez and Justin Chancellor maybe lies to the fact that I prefer Anathema over Spastic Ink .
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Uhm...unless I'm missing something big, isn't Martin Lopez a drummer?
Do you mean Martin Mendez??
Martin Lopez is a drummer, of Opeth fame, although he as of 2006 he was replaced Martin Axenrot.
Martin Mendez is the current bassist of Opeth.
So yes, Firefly stands correct 
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Firefly
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Posted: January 10 2008 at 19:23 |
Can't blame sularetal though...that band has way too many Martins. 
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King Crimson776
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Posted: January 10 2008 at 22:23 |
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