Bassmonkey Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Went to see Retox last night at Leeds' Brudenell Social Club. They were good (hardcore screamers playing at breakneck speed) but the 2 supports were pretty unusual. First Cattle - a bassist, 2 drummers and a singer. The bass was distorted as hell but sounded immense. Reeling from that, the next up were Zeus - 2 piece Italian bassist and drummer. Again, all sorts of effects and distortions but strangely compelling. Really tight and bloody loud. Who needs a guitarist eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyquipment Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Death from above1979 is decent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 [quote name='Bassmonkey' timestamp='1374140873' post='2145653'] Went to see Retox last night at Leeds' Brudenell Social Club. They were good (hardcore screamers playing at breakneck speed) but the 2 supports were pretty unusual. First Cattle - a bassist, 2 drummers and a singer. The bass was distorted as hell but sounded immense. Reeling from that, the next up were Zeus - 2 piece Italian bassist and drummer. Again, all sorts of effects and distortions but strangely compelling. Really tight and bloody loud. Who needs a guitarist eh? [/quote]\ not knowing much about what is exactly yhe best bass for metal and all that.... i do observe from all the threads i read here that metallurgists do seem to be very fond of this downtuning malarky does this herald the way for some not too distant utopia where all guitars will have big chunky strings and long scale lengths? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumps Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 [quote name='Bassmonkey' timestamp='1374140873' post='2145653'] Went to see Retox last night at Leeds' Brudenell Social Club. They were good (hardcore screamers playing at breakneck speed) but the 2 supports were pretty unusual. First Cattle - a bassist, 2 drummers and a singer. The bass was distorted as hell but sounded immense. Reeling from that, the next up were Zeus - 2 piece Italian bassist and drummer. Again, all sorts of effects and distortions but strangely compelling. Really tight and bloody loud. Who needs a guitarist eh? [/quote] Aww that sounds interesting I wish I would have gone now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 No guitars in one of my bands (The Inevitable Teaspoons) - vocals, keys/mouthy, trombone, sax, bass, drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adee Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) LET'S MEET JESUS [url="http://letsmeetjesus.com/"]http://letsmeetjesus.com/[/url] a superb 3 piece : Bass / Drums / Vocals [url="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lets-Meet-Jesus/193896950645586"]https://www.facebook...193896950645586[/url] [url="http://youtu.be/2VJnmz_CQIQ"]http://youtu.be/2VJnmz_CQIQ[/url] Edited July 18, 2013 by Adee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coilte Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 "Aka Moon" are one of my favourite non-guitar bands. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SByT3uLFiY0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SByT3uLFiY0[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 It'll never catch on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) Morphine [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VdlIZhzJeQ[/media] Edited July 18, 2013 by BetaFunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 No guitar...no bass either! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKUgpDVPRHE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1374146197' post='2145722'] It'll never catch on... [/quote] Keane did a lot to help that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 [quote name='Fat Rich' timestamp='1374147194' post='2145742'] Keane did a lot to help that [/quote] Oh god, I'd forgotten about those whinging dullards...which kind of proves JTUK's point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Ben Folds Five. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceonaboy Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 [quote name='tonyquipment' timestamp='1374141359' post='2145661'] Death from above1979 is decent [/quote] +100 to that mate, love 'em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 [quote name='Bassmonkey' timestamp='1374140873' post='2145653'] Went to see Retox last night at Leeds' Brudenell Social Club. They were good (hardcore screamers playing at breakneck speed) but the 2 supports were pretty unusual. First Cattle - a bassist, 2 drummers and a singer. The bass was distorted as hell but sounded immense. Reeling from that, the next up were Zeus - 2 piece Italian bassist and drummer. Again, all sorts of effects and distortions but strangely compelling. Really tight and bloody loud. Who needs a guitarist eh? [/quote] You should also check out Castrovalva - their bassist, Ant, is on here somewhere, and they make a big racket. Last seen supporting Turbowolf at Brudenell Social Club [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhRHurqWql4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhRHurqWql4[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 [quote name='EliasMooseblaster' timestamp='1374147255' post='2145745'] Oh god, I'd forgotten about those whinging dullards...which kind of proves JTUK's point! [/quote] But to be fair Keane are good in that they make Coldsore sound interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I tried to start a band with no guitars (or maybe 1 to play some funky wah stuf, etc), but ended up with 3 of them! Put one on drums though. Anyway, here's some bands I like with no guitarists... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0apbeC8Gz8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bVI8vJw2To Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 didnt dexys do this for a while ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR_Q7ZbhO6w[/media] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w8pbGz7E8c"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w8pbGz7E8c[/url] Edited July 18, 2013 by KevB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I have never seen any guitars in Westlife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefrash Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) i play in a non guitar hip hop band. The sound is intentionally sparse so that its all about the tight rap and drums. In fact before myself and the keyboardist got involved it was a duo! So its perfectly doable. What I hate though, is when a bass player tried to mimic what a guitarist would do. Whats the point in doing something on an instrument when its easy enough to do it on an instrument that will make it sound great! Edited July 18, 2013 by lefrash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Can't find any decent videos of them, but Palehorse are great - 1 drummer, no guitarist, 2 bassists and an angry bloke shouting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardJazz Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I played a venue in Birmingham last year where a band had a bassist/vocalist + drummer. Absolutely loved them, especially since the bassist was nice enough to let me use his cab. Unfortunately I can't find any of their stuff on youtube, but there's some stuff on BandCamp - [url="http://gagreflex.bandcamp.com/"]http://gagreflex.bandcamp.com/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlunt Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 El Ten Eleven are my fav no guitar band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurhenry Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Niacin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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