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GaryB

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Posted: May 30 2009 at 12:21

Rolf Kohler from the 70s German band To Be.

Isa

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Posted: May 31 2009 at 20:17

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

lucas

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Posted: May 31 2009 at 21:24

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) :

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

jimidom

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Posted: June 01 2009 at 15:41

Jeff Berlin has recently mentioned these 2 bassists and says that they have more technique than either him or Jaco.

Hadrien Feraud

Dominique Di Piazza

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Canprog

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Posted: June 01 2009 at 18:14

Geddy Lee, Chris Squire! and John Paul Jones Even though Zeppelin was not really prog

mrcozdude

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Posted: June 01 2009 at 18:18

Canprog wrote:

Geddy Lee, Chris Squire! and John Paul Jones Even though Zeppelin was not really prog

Jp's solo stuff is quite prog though.

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Posted: June 01 2009 at 18:25

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.

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Posted: June 01 2009 at 18:26

mrcozdude wrote:

Canprog wrote:

Geddy Lee, Chris Squire! and John Paul Jones Even though Zeppelin was not really prog

Jp's solo stuff is quite prog though.

Yeah, if you like prog and you don't care for LZ, you should definitely check out Zooma. Big smile

Of course if you like Zep and you haven't tried Zooma, what the hell's a matta witch ya? LOL

Edited by Slartibartfast - June 01 2009 at 18:49

mrcozdude

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Posted: June 01 2009 at 18:33

Slartibartfast wrote:

mrcozdude wrote:

Canprog wrote:

Geddy Lee, Chris Squire! and John Paul Jones Even though Zeppelin was not really prog

Jp's solo stuff is quite prog though.

Yeah, if you like prog and you don't care for LZ, you should definitely check out Zooma. Big smile

Of course if you like Zep and you haven't tried Zooma, what the hell's a matta witch ya? LOL

If jp on pa? or am I going to have to start a controversial poll?

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Posted: June 01 2009 at 18:48

mrcozdude wrote:

Slartibartfast wrote:

mrcozdude wrote:

Canprog wrote:

Geddy Lee, Chris Squire! and John Paul Jones Even though Zeppelin was not really prog

Jp's solo stuff is quite prog though.

Yeah, if you like prog and you don't care for LZ, you should definitely check out Zooma. Big smile

Of course if you like Zep and you haven't tried Zooma, what the hell's a matta witch ya? LOL

If jp on pa? or am I going to have to start a controversial poll?

Newly added within the past few months if I'm not mistaken.

Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

npjnpj

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Posted: June 02 2009 at 03:54

@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:

AstralliS

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Posted: June 02 2009 at 06:41

Mr. Tony Levin :D

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Posted: June 02 2009 at 06:52

Slartibartfast wrote:

mrcozdude wrote:

Slartibartfast wrote:

mrcozdude wrote:

Canprog wrote:

Geddy Lee, Chris Squire! and John Paul Jones Even though Zeppelin was not really prog

Jp's solo stuff is quite prog though.

Yeah, if you like prog and you don't care for LZ, you should definitely check out Zooma. Big smile

Of course if you like Zep and you haven't tried Zooma, what the hell's a matta witch ya? LOL

If jp on pa? or am I going to have to start a controversial poll?

Newly added within the past few months if I'm not mistaken.

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.

GaryB

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Posted: June 02 2009 at 07:08

Has anyone mentioned Tia Carrere from the Wayne's World movie? (just kidding)

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Posted: June 02 2009 at 07:37

Raff wrote:

It must be so hard to check the database Wink

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

Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

Luca Pacchiarini View Drop Down

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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 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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victor77

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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 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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moshkito

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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!