Gigging with a three piece 'rock/punk' band (all our own stuff) a while back the sound guy compliments my tone saying thats the way a bass should sound (P bass/Chromes).
The headline band who weren't punk but a modern kinda 'cool' band had the worst, clankiest bass tone anyone in the room had heard and made me realise why I got props from the sound guy!
I use flats for everything but sometimes the bite from round wounds can't be beaten as I'm discovering with some down tuned covers stuff I'm playing at the minute.