New Wave's best bassists

[magnum]

barry adamson deserves a mention for his work with visage and magazine.

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[Surly]

Many of my favorites have already been mentioned...except for Dan K. Brown from The Fixx!


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[schwenko]

Sandy Horne from Spoons

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[tenohtwo]

Tracy Wormworth (The Waitresses, Sting, B-52s) deserves a nod.

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[MAGICs]

Mik Sweeney from Classix Nouveaux,
Ian Gibson from Sad Lovers and Giants,
Jean-Jacques Burnel from the Stranglers,
Peter Hook from Joy Division and New Order,
Dave Allen from Gang of Four,
Mike Percy from Dead or Alive,
Jah Wobble from Public Image Ltd. and many others...

=The Nits= for all NWers!

[thefxc]

Doug Wimbush, for his On-U Sound work.

[postpunkmonk]

There's… Derek Forbes… and everyone else. Lots of good bass out there [especially Karn], but honestly, I listen to the first seven Simple Minds albums now, and all I hear is the bass playing!

Why not a list?

Derek Forbes
Mick Karn
Tony Levin
Nick Beggs


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[Crocodiles]

[quote][i]Originally posted by postpunkmonk[/i]
<br>There's… Derek Forbes… [/quote]The guy who gave us a one note bass line. Yup, the bassline of "Waterfront" is just one note for the entire song. (D, if anyone's wondering.)

Great bassist. The intro to "Glittering Prize" where he plays that nice run before the verse is about as pleasurable as music can be.

But Forbes will always be noted for that one note bassline. What guts to attempt it and pull it off.

[postpunkmonk]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Crocodiles[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by postpunkmonk[/i]
<br>There's… Derek Forbes… [/quote]The guy who gave us a one note bass line. Yup, the bassline of "Waterfront" is just one note for the entire song. (D, if anyone's wondering.)

Great bassist. The intro to "Glittering Prize" where he plays that nice run before the verse is about as pleasurable as music can be.

But Forbes will always be noted for that one note bassline. What guts to attempt it and pull it off.
[/quote]

And that one note bassline is practically a clone of the one in The Doors' "Roadhouse Blues" minus the extra three notes on the fourth beat... but I still love it.

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[WoodlandParkPunk]

Jerry Casale - Devo
Ben Orr - The Cars


"You just pick a chord, go twang, and you've got music." ~ Sid Vicious

[Crocodiles]

[quote][i]Originally posted by postpunkmonk[/i]
And that one note bassline is practically a clone of the one in The Doors' "Roadhouse Blues" minus the extra three notes on the fourth beat... but I still love it.
[/quote]
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Hey, I hear that. Never thought of it. Pretty funny, actually. Simple Minds ripping off The Doors. And to think, the music press back then always called Echo And The Bunnymen Doors ripoff artists.