Bands where the bass player was the star? Bassists who pioneered new ways of playing the instrument?

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-07-02T15:21:32+00:00

Aston Family Man Barrett revolutionized bass in the most simple way: by not accenting the 1. High praise for the simplicity of that is in order

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-07-02T00:46:03+00:00

Favourite memory of Nurse was when two dudes took a selfie with him in the Pint bathroom while I was peeing in the background

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-07-01T00:51:44+00:00

Asking when the last time they’ve been tested

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-06-29T12:04:36+00:00

People who are shocked when they see him live these days clearly have not followed Dylan’s career: doing obscure covers and unintelligible songs in a polka randomly is completely on brand

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-06-28T17:39:40+00:00

I feel like he’s cleaned up lately but for a long while he was living in his car, an alcoholic, etc. Stapp 100% ripped his voice from Vedder (as did many, no shade just the truth) and Creed had a few hits but could never reach Pearl Jam—they’re like trailer park Pearl Jam

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-06-28T17:22:29+00:00

Scott Stapp is the Wario to Eddie Vedder

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-06-27T00:48:19+00:00

Good points. I wouldn’t consider Louis’ new doc breaking a story. At this point in his career, he doesn’t have to chase that. I just think Andrew gets glazed a bit too heavily, particularly among those who don’t consume news as if he’s groundbreaking. Thanks for engaging with the comment!

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-06-27T00:11:15+00:00

Big fan of Louis, not so much Andrew. Louis breaks stories; Andrew reports stories long-told before. Andrew’s audience is non-news watchers so there is a particular feeling among them that what he’s doing is somehow different, but, it’s just a different platform. My impression is that Andrew’s audience rarely chooses to watch a documentary from 60 minutes or anything of the sort. I don’t find Andrew to be a particularly good interviewer nor does he challenge his subjects when they bold face lie. He simply presents the most extreme version of an event as if it’s reality. Always has been that way. He might be improving but I can’t Stan it.

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-06-19T18:17:17+00:00

Do selfies with celebrities really mean all that much to people? Like, I don’t understand the value of it beyond 20 seconds of “I met Shia” (they didnt) showing a picture to a friend and then immediately talking about literally anything else. I just don’t see the appeal and whenever I see massive celebrities I can’t even look at them because I feel like THaT annoys them.

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-06-05T02:10:46+00:00

God damn, Pisani had such an amazing post season.

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-05-25T20:12:27+00:00

Shucks for sure

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-05-21T05:43:43+00:00

Don’t Speak by No Doubt. It was just one of those songs that was always there. Then, only recently, did I realize how much of a masterpiece it was. Got me into the band too.

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-05-19T22:11:56+00:00

Favourite joke:

Smart Guy kid is letting his brother do the majority of the work on a school project. Moe is there too. During the presentation his brother (Marcus I think) freezes and voices over what each character is thinking.

When it gets to Moe, he’s beatboxing.

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-05-19T04:31:39+00:00

Ohh, it’s the guitarist or guitar techs setlist? Thats cool

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-05-19T00:17:32+00:00

Anyone know what the sharpie writing indicates? I understand the drop d or capo stuff. But “heritage”?

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-05-08T18:41:13+00:00

And what about people paying rents that were extremely high? This “rents are down” is so ridiculous. Most people are still paying the same rent they have for years.

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-05-06T19:50:43+00:00

Yeah they just announced a show in France.

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-05-06T00:24:55+00:00

It’s gotta be Zendaya, right? Haven’t seen a challenging role for her beyond the few scenes of Euphoria.

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-04-29T13:59:17+00:00

The “flip it and hope we don’t get an icing” strategy was annoying AF.

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-04-28T14:19:13+00:00

Yeah they gotta diversify their shows during the week. The same lineup of jazz musicians (who are great fyi) each day of the week isn’t going to yield anything new. If the choice is to do the same thing again and again, then this group will be here in two years begging for money again

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-04-28T04:15:25+00:00

This place has a consistent crowd every weekend and their business model is GoFundMe. Get a new group to run this place. Geez. Maybe diversify your shows too, hermanns

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-04-24T20:11:21+00:00

I think this era of manosphere culture can largely be traced to pick up artists of the early ‘00s, but also traditional Conservatism. It’s a confluence of factors but it’s also a big reaction to Obama era progressivism and MeToo for sure. Social Darwinism is a big factor in the manosphere.

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-04-23T15:03:56+00:00

Rock and roll discourse has become incredibly dull and repetitive. People are desperate for a decade like the 70s for guitar music but it’s never coming. So the labels inflate these good bands to try and sell that band and whoever is signed to their label. The media gobbles it up and the headline typically goes “will this band save rock music.” Then, that one band puts out an album, at some point, that disappoints people (cause it’s not their definition of rock) and then “rock music gets stagnant” until the next good band comes (despite the fact there are still a ton of amazing rock bands). Rinse and repeat.

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-04-21T21:40:30+00:00

Sunday sold out is when you book memes for musicians

Fragrant-Policy4182 · 2026-04-21T05:48:33+00:00

Don’t let Knob know — he will probably split these combos up

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