upside downer Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Sod it, gotta have an alternative to the ongoing JamersonJacoMaccagate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Ha! Ha! Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerstodge Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 He looked the part though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Rumour is he studied at Julliard, but left to spearhead the atonal shitfest movement. Could have easily done jazz, Motown or 1960s 3 chord pop if he'd wanted, but he chose to stretch himself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephantgrey Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I wouldnt mind standing about on stage whilst another bassist plays for me backstage, but then im a lazy sod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 [quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1449777292' post='2926794'] He looked the part though. [/quote] Yes, he left a beautiful corpse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 It's not very well known but he is actually an immense jazzer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilp Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 You should have heard him slap! And his fretless playing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 [quote name='neilp' timestamp='1449778383' post='2926811'] You should have heard him slap [/quote] Yeah, I'd heard he was quite the smack bassist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytoad Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 He got further than me in success, but so has Trump, and he has a mosaic on Facebook of as headshot made entirely of Be***nds. Its not what you got, its how you exploit it…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamd Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Ha nice one 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilp Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 He was more successful than me too, but I'm more alive (arguably!) and I can still play.... By that measure we're all better players than some that have been mentioned recently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 He added a certain "I don't know what" imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytoad Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 [quote name='Number6' timestamp='1449779162' post='2926825'] He added a certain "I don't know what" imo. [/quote] he didn't know what either… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Well at least he did it his way ... erm ... no, wait ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 [quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1449780991' post='2926852'] John Lydon's latest book is quite revealing about what went on with Sid before, during and after the Pistols. Seems like he was a half-wit with security issues who wanted to be the next Bowie and became dangerously smitten with the New York Dolls' smackhead lifestyle and image. I feel sorry for the guy really. [/quote] And it looks like McLaren had no qualms about exploiting that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 [quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1449780416' post='2926840'] If you listen to the soundcheck for the Pistols' final Winterland gig, you can hear what Sid is doing. Nothing innovative, but he wasn't completely untalented. [/quote] Yep, and the live clip of No Feelings in The Great Rock n Roll Swindle, before he was hooked on smack. He`d only just got in the band then I believe, and though his playing wasn`t wonderful, nowhere near as bad as he`s been made out. And to be honest, visually SV had a great image, with that low-slung Precision and his simple Ramones style punk gear. Plus a not bad singing voice either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Ox Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 haha I never meant for my Macca thread to go like that, got some great responses on it though! Could he actually play any bass? Or did someone really play [i]all[/i] of the bass behind him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 He used fender basses exclusively ( in white) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbass Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Great image...kinda pretty vacant looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I seem to remember that Lemmy was asked to give him some bass lessons but Sid was useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colgraff Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) What about this bassist? A 90s icon! Edited December 10, 2015 by colgraff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Sid? I'd say underrated, undervalued, underpaid and marginalized. The guy made it. I didn't. Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 You had to be there ... but it was better if you weren't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 All Hail Sid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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