airtime for the bassist really sucks

[fgl]

Bassists who are arguably more popular than their guitarist/singer counterparts

nikki sixx, pete wentz, sid vicious

Sting (police), Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy), Mark King (level 42)

 

[shinobi]

anyway, Ben Kenny is the bassplayer of Incubus. he plays a Lakland Joe Osborn, i mean, c'mon! what else must he do to 'prove' he's playing bass?

like that, i might as well stop playing bass altogether cuz i started out on guitar, and i'll tell all my multi-instrumentalist friends to stop what they're doing already..

wow super old reply which i missed... anyway i didn't mention anything about bassists who play other instruments at all, you must have misread or misunderstood my simple statement. i only mentioned ben kenny. and he does play the bass like a guitar.

its worth noting that there is a rather strong opinion that ben kenny is a solo kia ad nauseum during live shows. if im not mistaken one of them was the red rocks concert

anyway how can anyone forget GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION... for heaven's sake, the band is named after the man

 

[niteblade]

the AAR guy!!!!!

 

[FourSling]

I dunno about more airtime, bros and sisters, but hell, give me some of this action any time. This is from The Who playing 5:15 at Royal Albert Hall. Stay tuned for John Entwistle's bass solo, they stuck a camera at the top of his bass!!!! Breathtaking!
YouTube - John Entwistle bass solo

BASSCAM, baby!