sadders Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Hi all. I am an intermediate bass player in what you can describe as a mid life crisis dad band. We generally play punk, ska and rock covers. Vocal, drum, bass, rhythm guitar and lead guitar. The usual thing. we are all mates and it’s generally for fun plus the odd small gig. unfortunately our lead guitarist is poor. Never gets through a solo without messing it up. what I am after is songs in those genres without solos or very easy solos. Any ideas? ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Nile Rogers, ABBA, songs with sax/piano solos like I'm so excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, sadders said: We generally play punk You wouldn't go far wrong with a few Ramones tunes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadders Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 Already do a few Ramones. Every song I hear on the radio my mind is going; no solo - check, easy arrangement - check, other instruments- bugger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 There's no law that says you have to play carbon copies of songs. Leave out solos or simplify them. Maybe recruit some keys? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 The dreadful Lip Up Fatty That's Entertainment Monkey Man Message for you Rudi Just a few songs from a former band whose guitarist/singer was not just not a lead guitarist, he was probably the worst guitarist in the band (as he would be the first to admit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackroadkill Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Die, Die My Darling (I'm suggesting that because my band plays it!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 (edited) Basket Case and I think most of the rest of the Dookie album by Green Day. Edited April 21 by Cato 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 (edited) All of Slipknot’s first album. How good is your drummer? If he’s not god tier, then you could do all of St Anger instead… Edited April 21 by fretmeister Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 11 hours ago, upside downer said: You wouldn't go far wrong with a few Ramones tunes. Yes, one of the Johnny Ramones 'rules' was no guitar solos. On the occasional Ramones song which had a guest solo, Johnny did not play it, or any other solo, live. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Any song by the Smiths, though if your guitarist is really poor he might struggle with Johnny Marr guitar lines. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasman Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Sunny afternoon - Kinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) Much of The Jam’s output didn’t feature guitar solos, or were pretty minimalist: Town Called Malice; David Watts; Going Underground; etc. Edited April 24 by ezbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 On 21/04/2024 at 21:02, Cato said: Basket Case and I think most of the rest of the Dookie album by Green Day. Those are fairly tough with the palm mutes and accents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asingardenof Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 (edited) On 21/04/2024 at 18:23, sadders said: Hi all. I am an intermediate bass player in what you can describe as a mid life crisis dad band. We generally play punk, ska and rock covers. Vocal, drum, bass, rhythm guitar and lead guitar. The usual thing. we are all mates and it’s generally for fun plus the odd small gig. unfortunately our lead guitarist is poor. Never gets through a solo without messing it up. what I am after is songs in those genres without solos or very easy solos. Any ideas? ty If you wanted to go a bit heavier then there are no solos on the whole of Metallica's St Anger album. Edited April 25 by asingardenof Got the name of the album wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Play some Primus - you’ll have a LOT of fun on the bass, and Ler’s guitar parts are so unorthodox your guitarist can pretty much play anything and most punters won’t be able to tell the difference! 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 I was listening to a few vol beat albums a few years ago . Something was missing ...guitar solos ! I don't know if anyone would know their stuff in the dog and duck etc . Just a thought .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 On 21/04/2024 at 18:23, sadders said: Hi all. I am an intermediate bass player in what you can describe as a mid life crisis dad band. We generally play punk, ska and rock covers. Vocal, drum, bass, rhythm guitar and lead guitar. The usual thing. we are all mates and it’s generally for fun plus the odd small gig. unfortunately our lead guitarist is poor. Never gets through a solo without messing it up. what I am after is songs in those genres without solos or very easy solos. Any ideas? ty Tell him to practice more? Paranoid by Black Sabbath is pretty easy to play, straight pentatonic in two positions. Most of Iommi's solos sound more complicated than they are. A lot of Nirvana songs have little more than a one line melody as a solo on one string Come as You Are is probably about as easy as it gets. If you want to up your bass game Californication or Can't Stop by RHCPs are both pretty simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bam Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Pretty sure the police had an early policy not to have any guitar solos in their songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Guitarist in my 3-piece covers band is an excellent rhythm guitarist and also plays pretty mean slide, but he's no sort of lead guitarist and it doesn't bother him. Or us. We play a wide range of pop/rock hits from the 60s/70s/80s and we just leave out the guitar solos. You'd be amazed how few people notice, even when the missing solo is allegedly 'iconic', e.g. Let's Dance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 2 hours ago, Nicko said: Paranoid by Black Sabbath is pretty easy to play, straight pentatonic in two positions. Most of Iommi's solos sound more complicated than they are. When I joined the current band, one of the two guitarists was the one who chose to play the intro to Paranoid. I have never ever heard it played wrong before that. Had we not sacked him, I would have refused to include it in the set as it was so dreadful. Not only was the phrasing wrong, he didn't even play all the right notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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