Thanks for all the tips. The Dakglass X ultra, Motorbass and Rat all seem like good suggestions.
The Motorbass with the Spector could be a killer combination.
Nuns Of The Tundra in Frome tonight. Absolutely brilliant performance, solid desert metal riffs and a mountain of groove.
I booked tickets as soon as it was announced and then my daughters band Butane Skies were booked to support and they went down really well.
I took a year off and the got back to it at the start of this year with all new gear. It was like starting again, I could still play but I had a new motivation and different targets. I miss my old band but now have another and its fun again.
I need more filth. Ive replaced a bassist who played a Rickenbacker and Marshall Superbass with a very Lemmy-ish tone. Im using a Spector with an Ashdown ABM and a Two Notes Revolt preamp. Im never going to match the Rick/Marshall tone and the band aren't expecting that but I want more filthy drive on my tone. Are pedals the way to go? Or will they just sound a bit thin compared to a big valve amp?
Im late 40's and still go to plenty of gigs. Even get involved in the odd most pit. At a lot of the gigs I go to, im far from the oldest.
Gigs aren't just for young whippersnappers
I think maybe because you expressed the opinion that all who use streaming services are bad, you've raised the question of how to find new music without using them. Maybe you don't listen to new music, nowt wrong with that.
Its a good way to discover bands you might never have heard of. Today I found an excellent post metal band called Humanfly who were listed as a related artist under a band called Dimscua who I discovered as a related artist under Cult Of Luna. So thats two bands who will sell me gig tickets and a t shirt next time they play Bristol because I found them through streaming.
You don't have to use it if you dont want but its there for those who do and its not going to disappear.
Im a regular gig goer, merch buyer and physical record buyer as well. Streaming is where I often discover bands who I then support through gigs and purchases. Streaming isn't necessarily bad but it also isn't good. It's just a part of modern reality so why not try to use it in s positive way?
The AI groups creator cited Holding Absence as the main band he used to create his AI album. You can hear it in instrument and vocal tones.
Holding Absence are basically the same as late Bring Me The Horizon so I guess the AI geezer didn't use them because of their rather fanatical fans and big legal power.