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From | markeichelberger@comcast.net (Mark Eichelberger) |
Subject | Re: Bass Players |
Date | Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:39:38 +0000 |
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Stewart wrote:
> Depends on the genre: ever since contemporary alt-rock bands
> discovered Joy Division a few years ago, you get a lot of bass-forward
> songs there these days. Interpol's big hit from a couple years ago,
> "Evil" -- I don't think the guitar even comes in until the first
> chorus. See also Franz Ferdinand, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, that sort of
> thing
Either Joy Division or Gang of Four. The Rapture's Matt Safer seems to have been strongly influenced by Dave Allen from GO4.
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