William James Easton

[quote name='Basska' post='673462' date='Dec 3 2009, 05:47 PM']Keep up the good work guys! Some amazing replies! I'm just walking out the door to play a show so i can't get into it properly but, off the top of my head some albums to check out! i'll start with Ska and get back later! Leftover crack (ska/punk/Rocksteady) F**k World Trade or Mediocre Generica or any Victim Any Less Than Jake album really apart from 'In with the out crowd' (we don't even class that as an album in our band) [b]Operation Ivy[/b] self titled (Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong before Rancid) No doubt self titled or Tragic Kingdom and a song called 'Total Hate' off the Beacon Street Collection (No Boubt/ Sublime split) Any Reel Big Fish Album Any Catch 22 album (my favourite is Keasbey Nights) that's just a few manager is nagging me eeek! gotta go!!!![/quote] jesse michaels - common rider and now classics of love.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='673073' date='Dec 3 2009, 12:43 PM']Ska 3, surely? [font="Courier New"]Ska 1 = 60's = Dekker, Prince Buster, etc Ska 2 = Ska Revival = Late 70's - Early 80's = Two-tone - Selecter, Specials, Madness, The Beat etc Ska 3 = Post 80's = Ska + Punk, other variations thereof.[/font] Me, I like Ska, but prefer my punk w/o brass, thank you, Vicar. Rude Bwah! - as we used to cry, while sk*nking madly.[/quote] as i believe in democracy i'll take your 'Ska 3'. yes 'punk' with brass is in general awful. apart form bosstones. Brass belongs in rock n roll, i'm talking RFTC!

[quote name='RussFM' post='673062' date='Dec 3 2009, 12:31 PM']Loved playing in my two old punk bands (I say old, we're talking 2001-2007), but don't get to play any anymore Dan Andriano and Jason Black were big influences on me, and more recently Joe Principe from Rise Against.[/quote] Jason Black is amazing. However HWM went right down the toilet after 'A flight and A crash' (the basement at Leeds for that tour was one of my favourite gigs ever). And i've not listened to the Draft, so don't know if he's pulling the same tricks? side note HWM don't fit on this thread at all IMHO. much more than 'punk revival' trash.

ken casey hardly plays a note live with the dropsh*te murphys whilst singing! not saying i could do it but if you listen live it can be pretty ropey, that said he has some good lines on the old LP's there.

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='672998' date='Dec 3 2009, 11:35 AM'][b]I wish they'd call it something else.[/b][/quote] same here, i came up with a few alternatives we could lobby parliment with - SKA 2? PUNKISH? NON SPECIFIC ROCK MUSIC WITH A SIMILAR ETHOS? SKUNK? sp**k?

[quote name='Basska' post='672755' date='Dec 3 2009, 02:09 AM']Every time I meet or read about bassist or guitarist they're usually either in a Indie/Metal/Rock/Jazz/Funk/Fusion* or any of your other bog standard varieties of music. Is there any bassist out there flying the friendly skies of Ska (in any form/from any wave/era) and Punk (also of any form/from any wave/era) Matt Freeman, Matt Wong, Pat Kays, Roger Mangenelli, Tony Kanal ring any bells with any body? IMO these are some of the best bassist that are left behind in the world of bass and I feel that they deserve a little more recognition. We all know who Flea/Victor Wooten/Jaco Pastorious/Carol Kaye/Roco are (and if you don't, I suggest you find out haha) But do you guys know the people I'm talking about? You may not like Ska/Punk and you may never will! But you should check these dudes out. I feel it may open some minds to some technique and writing styles that you won't see in the more mainstream genres. Join me in revolution if you feel what I'm saying haha! Or just leave a comment for the banter haha Chris *for the record, I have no problem with any of these genres of music and "bog standard" is for lack of better words. If it's done well then, to me it speaks for itself. This has just been an observation.[/quote] On the subject of matt freeman..... On rancids tour for that red album (terrible one when they went all rap) my friends attended a the gig at manchester (academy maybe). Anyhoo some one had sucked 'some' to check back stage passes. There they all met lars, tim and matt. But not the drummer (bret/brad?) and that 'dude' that did all the shouting when they went bad. I was told matt was a gent and spent time asking people about their lifes etc. During this point my mate said to him. "pretty mental player arent you" he humbley replied with a smile "f*** that, i just make it up" - in my eyes the man his a legend just for saying that! Tim was also very nice but didn't stick around as he was not well (that old story) On a side note. Lars is so 'punk rock' he had to have a minder to go with him to a party at my friends house. A MINDER!?!?! is he twelve? Symposium got it right about Lars....

review section -schmiews section! however i'll trot over there now.

can anybody cast an opinion on this amp yet?

was just about to post about this amp! are there still offers on. Might get one just in case i start gigging again one day.

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='668127' date='Nov 28 2009, 11:30 AM']there are certain posts that make my day, and will remain timeless classics, one for the quote board methinks! [/quote] i am humbled, my poor grammar usally diverts from the post. thanks phil.

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='668056' date='Nov 28 2009, 10:15 AM']That wouldn't be mine, would it?[/quote] He threw the wads of cash on the floor as he quffed, snorted and laughed so hard his top hat went slanted and his monacle fell from his eye whilst shouting "pick up my pocket change you pauper!". His friends from the hunting and polo club all pointed at me and joined in the abuse. "a man with out the finest silks, glutenist feasts and a hagard wench on his arm is not a man in my eyes" they taunted. "a land owner he is not, thereofre i shall take as a please and return nothing" another added. A dark December day that'll hang heavey in my heart for ever more. However the peasant revolt is nigh...... so i suppose yes is what i am getting at.

aged 14/15. church hall, 3 people in the 'crowd', one of them was called Peter, he turned to be a fiddler of kids. Fact.

Stingrays are just amazing basses. I reget getting rid of mine but i needed the money and a certain BCers brother in law really wanted it. I will never own one again* but the tone will live with me forever. *one can only assume due to a ) being piss poor all the time and b ) being a tight get.

i was in a band once and we where offered money (for a gig we where doing for free) not to play "you guys are my best friends but i really don't want you to spoil my birthday". We where that bad (but we all still claim we where too rock n roll for the people), but we said "f*** you, we're playing" - got pissed, played, worst gig ever. does that count?

my first without a registered adult person was terrorvision and joy rider....94 (maybe, when eve ythe 'big' album was out just before the whales and dolphins album), at Bratford st Georges Hall. Got 2 plectrums and a snog*. *seperate incidents.

[quote name='TheRev' post='667102' date='Nov 27 2009, 09:40 AM']Another big fan of Jeff's here! I bought a fretless bass purely because of Jeff's fretless bass parts on Ten and Vs and [b]even ended up in [size=3]PJ tribute act at one point[/b][/size] Great player and great fretless tone.[/quote] i like you.

[quote name='Sean' post='666264' date='Nov 26 2009, 02:31 PM']Jeff is a great band bassist and brilliant all round muso. He seems to vary songs from time to time live and try new ways of playing old stuff. His sound is perfect for the band and he seems to have a revolving door of about a dozen of so basses [b]but seems to have played a P throughout the new album[/b]. I reckon his playing has improved and grown every tour and he seems much tighter with Matt Cameron than he did with any of the other drummers. I've been a huge fan since Vitalogy and listen to nothing but PJ Official bootlegs when at the gym. [/quote] very true. liner notes to backspacer "Jeff - p bass" or something oh and.... Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament Bass Gear Rig and Equipment Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament Bass Gear Rig and Equipment Jeff Ament is an American rock bassist and, along with Stone Gossard and Mike McCready, one of the founding members of Pearl Jam. Jeff is a renowned bassist, and is particularly notable for his work with the fretless bass, upright bass and twelve-string bass guitar. Let's look at what gear and equipment has been seen in Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament Bass Rig. Basses - vintage Fender Precisions (including a sunburst ’59 once owned by Canned Heat’s Larry Taylor) - Multiple ’90s Modulus custom Jazz-style basses (iron color, purple, etc...) - 2000 Modulus custom Silvertone replica - ’90s fretless Wal Basses - Woodgrain - ’70s Ovation Magnum - Azola Acoustic Baby Bass electric upright - 1966 Gibson ES-330 guitar - 1990 "Fingerpaint" custom Hamer 8-String bass - 12 string Hamer natural Acoustic custom Bass (a different Hamer 12 string is pictured below) - Carruther's Sub-1 upright electric bass brown color - 1959 Sunburst Fender Jazz Bass Amps and Cabinets - 1973 Ampeg SVT I head - SWR custom 6x10s without horns - Ampeg SVT-2 PRO head - Ashdown ABM 500 EVO head - 1968 Ampeg B-18 - 1970 Acoustic 360 pre-amp - '96 Ampeg SVP Pro pre-amp - reissue Ampeg B-15R - SWR 2x10" cabs (off stage monitor for techs) Effects and More - Sony WRR840 wireless receiver - MXR M-108 10-band EQs - Fulltone ’70 pedal - Fulltone Bass-Drive pedals - Boss reverb/delay - Furman VU-40 meter - Brooke Siren AR116 D.I. - TCM Design '24cx-4' active crossover - Jester Enterprises Hydra tube splitter - Avalon DI - Digitech Bass Whammy pedal - MXR 117 Flanger - Sansamp Classic Distortion - Uptown Flash footcontroller - Sal Trentino custom 4ch load-box - DBX 166 compressor Strings and picks - Dean Markley SR2000 medium bass strings - Dean Markley SR2000 medium-light bass strings (fretless only) - Thomastik "Spirocore" upright bass strings - Dunlop Tortex 1.0mm picks [b] thatks uber pro, now i am an uber nerd.[/b]

i am a pearl jam nut and picked up bass mainly beacuase of Jeff. absolute legend for me. can't say enough about him, outstanding live, sometimes flashy and clever sometimes simple. Later stuff is stripped right down. yes Jeff yes.

when i first heard about them it made me cringe. another over hyped super group of elite rock stars. however i was pleased to hear them, not great but not bad. not bad at all.

too much focus on what to play. just play, it'll work out teruer that way. p.s. against all authority