Hi, we are looking for a bass player (male or female) to join us as a three-piece outfit for paid gigs in Kent, South East!
We need a bass player (aged 25/45 approx) with plenty of experience, a broad & varied musical taste, the ability to play with fingers & pick, and also in a dub style. Vocals are a definite advantage, and must also have own gear & transport. I (drums/vocals) am based in Deal, Kent, and the guitarist/vocals in Chislehurst, Kent. We rehearse at a studio in the Sittingbourne area.
Here is a list of material (see below) we will be working on. Most of the songs will be played in our own style, as we want to develop a presence and a sound that will set us apart from the average cover bands. We intend to gig as often as possible (including festivals, functions, weddings), and already have contacts, gigs waiting. If you are genuinely interested in this kind of thing please call Darren on 07747 065967 or Richard on 07541 047665.
Regards
Darren/Richard
The Pretenders – Middle of the road
Joe Jackson –Different for girls
Talking Heads – Wild Wild Life, And she was, Television Man, Once in a lifetime, cities
Hugh Cornwell – White room (this version or cream version or somewhere in between?) No more heroes (version)
The Stranglers – Go buddy go, Walk on by (version)
Elvis Costello – Pump it up
Pink Floyd – Fearless (We could do a version/slightly quicker & with more balls)
Rolling Stones – Under my thumb (our version)
Echo & the Bunnymen – Rescue
Supergrass – Caught by the Fuzz
Television – See no evil, Elevation
The Dictators – Stay with me
Wire - Outdoor miner, Dot Dash, Mannequin
Clash – London Calling, Bank robber, White Man in Hammersmith Palais
The Specials - Gangsters
The Jam – Down in the tube station, Eton rifles, I’m different now
Velvet Underground – What goes on
David Bowie – Man who sold the world (see also Nirvana version)
Skids – Saints are coming
Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen in Love, What do I get, Everybody’s happy nowadays, Promises, ESP (if you got your hands on a guitar looper pedal Richard, we could do a great version of this)
Joy Division – Novelty
Ian Dury – Sweet Gene Vincent, Blockheads
Magazine – Shot by both sides, Touch & Go
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate one (our own new wave version)
Beatles/Banshees – Dear prudence (everyone knows it surely?)
Iggy pop – Passenger
The Soft Boys – I wanna destroy you, There’s nobody like you
Stevie Wonder- I believe ( be a real challenge to do try & do a rock/new wave version of this song ?)
Pixies – Wave of Mutilation (surf), Here comes the man
The Kinks/Pretenders – I go to sleep
The Byrd’s – rock’n‘roll star
Hawkwind – Hurry on sundown, Quark Strangeness, and Charm
Dawn Penn – No No No
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
Brian Eno – Needle in the Camels Eye
Interpol - Untitled
Radiodread – Airbag
Tintern Abbey – Vacuum Cleaner