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Looks good - thanks for the heads up! I will set the recorder for this series.

You probably wouldn't catch me in the same room with either of them either! (to be fair Biffy are just not my cup of tea, and Scott is probably OK once you get past the Youtube facade)

Meanwhile here's some Mungo's HiFi (and guests) - and the beat goes SKA

Dave Rodigan is being interviewed by Steve Lamaq in the last hour of his show today (that will be 6 to 7 UK time) 6 Music. According to the trailer we can expect some discussion about the development of reggae etc to the current today.

Unusual to see Bruce wearing a t-shirt of any kind! In my memory at least he is normally wearing more mod-ish attire with a collar.

Sounds like a great opportunity, and I don't have any expertise to offer I'm afriad. But one idea does come to mind...... how about using two amps..... one as a monitor pointing to the band (maybe at the front pointing backwards) and one pointing at the audience? Would be interseting to see if any of the more experienced basschatters could comment on that.

Interesting (to me anyway!) fact about Faust.... they split into two versions of the band. Both called Faust and neither claiming to be the 'real' one. As I understand it one version does the kind of 'song-based' side of the band and the other does the 'experimental/improvised' side of the band. I think we can guess which version @toneknob saw!

That is not how Krautrock works!

Fixed😉

Fair enough I suppose...... if you need a fretless for one song then lines is the way to go.

"On a fretless your finger only needs to be this far away from the correct position to be out of tune."

Back to the music: Here's a good 'un............. Can - Mother Sky

Watched my recording last night... enjoyable program, some of it was old news, but enough new stuff in there. Particularly like the contributions from 'members of the public'. However I think they could have cut the awkward meet-up scene between the 3 old schoolmates of the school where Bob played, and cut straight to the other scenes with them in! Was funny that one guy billed them as Bob Marley and the Whalers! Just shows how they weren't that well known in the UK early on!

Been enjoying this on 6 Music this week................Golden Rope · Tiña From the new album "Positive Mental Health Music".... topic is covered in Golden Rope.

I listened to Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra @Baloney Balderdash before bed last night... great stuff and certainly a good time of day to hear those two tracks. Will be checking out a few more of your suggestions by them.

So what does JTC stand for?

I was thinking about what example to post, then this one came up in one of my FB feeds.... so I'll go with Faust - It's a Rainy Day (Sunshine Girl):

Snappy summarry! However, I do think there is one common link which ties the music together. It is the making of a form of rock which a) draws on German heritage/ideas and b) does not copy the style of UK/US rock music. None of the bands bundled together under Krautrock sounded like UK/US rock. No-one applied the term to e.g. Scorpians, so the term was at least somewhat selectively applied.

What do you basschatters think of Krautrock? Any fans here? Can you give any good examples? And what do you think of the term 'Krautrock' itself?

To answer my own question......... A lot of electronic reggae sounds really good. Normally I can see/understand how different musical genres have progressed over time, but it's pretty hard to see how reggae morphed into dancehall.... reggae was based on some pretty nuanced musicianship, and dancehall was based on some pretty crude electronics, without subtle timings and dynamics. However, dancehall worked and created some good sounds. I just can't quite see it as part of the reggae story somehow!

Already loving the band name, song titles and the stills from the two videos! Will take a listen later, but expectations are high 😉!!

Good tune, but they look very bright eyed and bushy tailed considering they have a bad hangover! I'll have what they drink please!

Not an expert/fan of Metallica, but from what I can gather Jason's issues in Metallica had nothing to with any lack of ability as a player. Seems like like some kind of in-group bullying ☹️.

We don't use music to set up the PA, but we may play some music for the audience. We are covers band, so rule is not to play anything in our set, and preferable not the same bands even. And one lesson we learnt early on....... do not soundcheck (if the sound check is just before you start) with the same song you will start the set with 🙁....... the audience will get confused!

...........and then you open the set with "Merry Xmas Everybody" 😀