Rock bands with two bassists

[Delberthot]

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[SteveXFR]

Holy thread resurrection!

I started this back in 2021 when I was looking for songs me and my daughter could play together. She's now at uni studying music and one of her bands is an alt rock band with two basses. The two bassists alternate leads and play stuff well beyond my pathetic skill level. They get some pretty decent audiences in Bristol and Bath.

 

[Geek99]

On 25/05/2021 at 18:22, joeystrange said:

I went to an all-dayer in Nottingham once and saw two bands that had two bass players. One was a 3-piece, with a drummer, and the other had a drummer and singer/guitarist. Sadly I can’t recall the names of either band.

Until then I’d never seen a band with two bass players.

Apart from spinal tap 

[Geek99]

12 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

Holy thread resurrection!

I started this back in 2021 when I was looking for songs me and my daughter could play together. She's now at uni studying music and one of her bands is an alt rock band with two basses. The two bassists alternate leads and play stuff well beyond my pathetic skill level. They get some pretty decent audiences in Bristol and Bath.

 

We’ve had older zombies than this, this is barely cold in the grave 

[Misdee]

Neds Atomic Dustbin! I'm having an early '90's flashback!  At the time I used to share a house with a girl who was one of their friends from Stourbridge. So I got more than my fair share of Neds Atomic Dustbin.

 

Two bass players, one with a Rickenbacker playing the high parts, one with a Stingray holding it down. On paper a really interesting idea, but unfortunately in reality it just sounded like the typical indie-dirge-by-numbers that was so prevalent in those days.

 

I can't remember any of the songs nowadays but I do remember they sold an awful lot of t shirts to students.

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[SteveXFR]

1 hour ago, Misdee said:

Neds Atomic Dustbin! I'm having an early '90's flashback!  At the time I used to share a house with a girl who was one of their friends from Stourbridge. So I got more than my fair share of Neds Atomic Dustbin.

 

Two bass players, one with a Rickenbacker playing the high parts, one with a Stingray holding it down. On paper a really interesting idea, but unfortunately in reality it just sounded like the typical indie-dirge-by-numbers that was so prevalent in those days.

 

I can't remember any of the songs nowadays but I do remember they sold an awful lot of t shirts to students.

 

I quite like Neds. They had some great songs. Grey Cells Green was a classic. My daughter played a gig recently and the bassist of the support band was the daughter of Neds drummer. She played really well and her band were great. Her dad was in the audience and was recognised by a few people and seemed like a friendly bloke. Neds are still very active touring regularly