hiram.k.hackenbacker

Apologies - I saw my drummer friend last night and we were talking about both the drum and bass series’ that Sky produced. I mentioned about the Neil Peart thing and he said it wasn’t Neil Peart after all, it was Cozy Powell that wasn’t mentioned. A slightly less glaring omission, but as we know from the bass series, only a small percentage of known players get mentioned.

Yes, 100% agree with this 👍

I’ve just finished watching it. I really enjoyed it and thought the final episode was the best. In the scope of basslines that are great, it actually covers little ground, but I can see potential in a further series.

I cannot be in a band environment than even has this relatively minor level of toxicity. It saps any level of enjoyment out of it for me. I’d have to find something else.

I'd like to say I'm shocked that he's got that wrong 🙄

Didn’t Sky Arts produce a three part series on drummers that didn’t once mention Neil Peart? N.B. I haven’t seen it, but I was told this by a drummer who had.

Torn on this one mate tbh. Not sure I can do the o2 two days on the bounce.

I'm inclined to agree with you there mate. I know they've played big venues (MSG for example) which have similar capacity, but for me, they work best in venues like the Academy. I know I've shared this before, but it always makes me laugh. I was there with the singer from the Bowie band (were you there as well @ASW?) and he couldn't believe people were singing along to what is essentially a bass solo. It was a cracking gig.

I'm in one of those dep musicians groups on FB. About a week ago and for the first time ever, I responded to a post asking for a bass player for very local gig at a venue I know. The guitarist sent me a list of 80 songs and I picked about 40 that I knew I could play without having to learn anything new. I turned up at the gig and we rattled through them like we'd played together for years. A not massive, but pleasantly entertaining pub crowd and we went down well. A weirdly liberating experience. Hopefully a gig or two more will come my way as a result. There was a really drunk guy in the audience who kept singing Naive by The Kooks at the top of his voice. It's not a bad song actually. Might have to learn that one.

I can only guess at what type of music that might be, but I'm fairly sure I wouldn't like it.

So if you had a hit after ripping off an AI created tune, would the internet have to sue you? 🤷‍♂️

We used to cover I’m Not In Love. That middle section got the better of us on a number of occasions.

I had a Voodoo Labs power supply which had been powering my board in various configurations over several years. I removed one pedal from the board and put the MXR in it's place and it did not like it at all. It kept going through its power up phase where the preset lights chase across the display and wouldn't do anything else. I bought a Cioks DC7 as @Chadu25 and I've had no problems since.

….and why is it always a trade for something you not only don’t want, but you would not look twice at 🤷‍♂️

Now where would Basschat be without them?! 🤣

I meant the usual suspects in the 'flipping' business.

Interesting that none of the usual suspects have commented in this thread yet 😎

I've listened to Time Bomb quite a few times since @Homatron suggested it. What a great little tune that is. Some other nice suggestions there. Thank you.

Israelites is a great tune. It prompted me to remember Liquidator which I love as well. Thank you.

Again, a couple there I should have picked up on, especially Move On Up which I played last night with another band 🙄. Some others I’m not familiar with, so I’ll have a listen. Thanks 👍

I don’t know why I didn’t think of that one myself 🙄. Good shout.

Ooh, I do like that Inner Circle tune 👍 Baby I Love Your Way would be perfect too. Thanks.

My rock covers band have been offered a regular gig slot. We get one gig per month throughout 2026, but we’ve been asked to vary the set on a three month rotation. So, January will be mod/ska/reggae, Feb will be pop and March will be rock and so on. We’ve got the pop and rock think covered as we have 80+ songs in the bag anyway, a few of which also fall into mod/ska/reggae. I’ve knocked up a playlist for January comprising songs we already do along with a selection that some of the band have played before along with a few new ones. I’ve tried to avoid anything with large brass arrangements/sounds as although we have a sax/EWI for these gigs, we don’t have trumpet/trombone. The rest of the set up is one guitar/vox, one keys, drums and me. Question: What absolute bangers have I missed that are doable in this band format? Thank you in advance. Here’s my list: (* are already in our repertoire) [I’m sure there will be a few from this list that won’t make the cut for various reasons, so would be good to have some other ideas] Three Little Birds - Bob Marley * All or Nothing - Small Faces * That’s Entertainment - The Jam * Geno - Dexy’s * Night Boat to Cairo - Madness * My Girl - Madness * Mirror in the Bathroom - The Beat * Food for Thought - UB40 * On My Radio - The Selector Special Brew - Bad Manners Baggy Trousers - Madness A Message to You Rudy - The Specials Monkey Man - The Specials Nite Klub - The Specials The Prince - Madness Sally Brown - Bad Manners Tom Hark - The Piranhas Town Called Malice - The Jam The Eton Rifles - The Jam Be Young Be Foolish - Madassa Soul Band Gangsters - The Specials Good Thing Going - Aswad Guns of Navarone - The Specials It Must Be Love - Madness Lip Up Fatty - Bad Manners One Step Beyond - Madness You’re Wondering Now - The Specials The Tears of a Clown - The Beat Too Much Too Young - The Specials * Wolly Bully - Bad Manners 54-46 Was My Number - Toots and The Maytals 10/10 - Paulo Nutini Poison Ivy - The Lambrettas Time For Action - Secret Affair

i should add that Whole Lotta Love is the Goldbug version 😎

Feedback from the sound engineer from last nights gig: “A pleasure - enjoyed myself. My vote for best numbers goes to the Floyd one, and Sledgehammer. That octaver effect on Warren's bass was spectacular! 🙂 Mike” I’m using it again tonight in a different band on red preset 2 for You’re The One For Me by D-Train. Absolutely spot on for it. EDIT: Green preset 3 for D-Train 🙄