Jack Bruce lead singer & bassist for Cream 1943 - 2014

[Catherine Wheel]

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/mu...d-71-1.1977589

[The exploding boy]

couldn't have been clapton first, nooooooo.

I guess it couldnt be actually cause he's god....apparently

[Sonic Johnny]

Mods please change thread title to Jack Bruce Living In Eric Claptons Shadow IN HELL

[The exploding boy]

I believe Clapton made a deal with the devil to take his son so he could write a hit song about it. Making the song a lie since he wont' see him in heaven.

[Sonic Johnny]

Q: What's the difference between Conor Clapton and a bag of cocaine?
A: Eric Clapton wouldn't have let the bag of cocaine fall out a window

[MyOneAndOnly]

name one great bass player who's not a baby boomer or older

[MyOneAndOnly]

the first casualty of rock n roll is the rhythm section

[MyOneAndOnly]

[Sonic Johnny]

Originally Posted by scottytheoneand

name one great bass player who's not a baby boomer or older

Thundercat, Matthew Kirkis, Liam Wilson, Victor Wooten, Nate Newton, Stu Brooks, Brian Cook, Trevor Dunn....

[The exploding boy]

Originally Posted by scottytheoneand

name one great bass player who's not a baby boomer or older

I hang out on a bass forum (well when i can bear to....) and i made the same argument before though i extend it past boomer, gen x has some great ones in the 80's and some in the 90's but from about mid's 90 and on it becomes scarce. I mean you could hear interesting basslines in a lot of 90's band still, now every time i hear some new band usually it's like the most basic lines ever. Like bass was an afterthought (exceptions of course but in general). It's a lost art almost, the good bassline. part of it is that all these guys that came around in the 60s and 70's (Bruce, JPJ, Enstwistle, Larry graham, Jamerson, Mccartney even, etc) they were inventing it too. Electric bass was still new and rock itself wasn't very old yet, they innovated which helps if you're to be remembered. When all you have left to do is copy, it's harder to seem that great.

you'll always have very technical players like Wooten that was just mentioned but that basically just play bass to play bass, not so much in a regular...famous rock band context. I mean it's niche, it's bass playing for bass players (which i personally don't care for). Everyone knows what band Enstwistle or Bruce played in and what their songs are. I think of all the bands from the 2000s and on i like, none of them have a great bassist. And i don't even define great by technical proficiency, but like...a personality, some uniqueness, something that stands out. Its fairly bland now in bassland.

[Sonic Johnny]

uhh man Flea is 52, pretty sure that qualifies him as a boomer.

[Dogfighter28]

Originally Posted by scottytheoneand

name one great bass player who's not a baby boomer or older

I know this is trolling but I'll take the bait

Zach Smith (Pinback) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8aMDqjv8_U

Has a really unique style, open strumming of the bass, weird chord voicings, and some not-quite-but-kind-of slap bass stuff going on. Maybe not the most flashy at times but so good.

Dan Briggs (Between the Buried and Me) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSD9G_hzmiQ

I know most people here probably scoff at metal like this but he's a music theory master and writes all the music, and the bass is really incredible in a lot of their stuff. Their clean parts can be kind of vaguely pumpkinsy actually.

There aren't a ton that stand out to me, but part of that is a lot of the bass is moving to electronics.

[Sonic Johnny]

Originally Posted by The exploding boy

Everyone knows what band Enstwistle or Bruce played in and what their songs are.

Yeah because back there was 1/100th of the number of popular bands then that there are now and there was less stuff to listen to. These days you can go years at a time without listening to any of the biggest bands in the world, so of course people are less likely to all know the same bass players.

[Catherine Wheel]

Dirk Lance the original bass player for Incubus. Although his playing is very similar to Fleas almost like he's emulating him.

[Sonic Johnny]

I know this is like the 40000th time someone has said this since 98 but: is it just me or is this place getting worse?

[Order 66]

lately yeah its pretty bad

[Order 66]

#kanyeshrug

[Trotskilicious]

yeah boomers are born in the late 40s early 50s.

[Raskolnikov]

Originally Posted by Dogfighter28

Zach Smith (Pinback) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8aMDqjv8_U

Amen. Dude is a blast to watch live.