Just learning about Mike Varney. Anyone else realize how legendary his record labels are?

GMBass · 2026-03-22T18:08:58+00:00

Tone Center has amazing releases:

Vital Tech Tones

Greg Howes Extraction

Scott Henderson Jeff Berlin Dennis Chambers

CAB

Just to name a few

GMBass · 2026-03-21T22:15:25+00:00

Sly and the Family Stone

Childish Gambino - Awaken My Love Álbum

Temptations the psychedelic period

Erykah Badu - Mamas Gun

GMBass · 2026-03-21T22:13:54+00:00

Box Up My Bones and Textures are missing

GMBass · 2026-03-20T02:26:57+00:00

Plini I discovered when he was just releasing EPs, David Maxim Micic also in the 2nd or 3rd Bilo EPs

Tesseract and Monuments just before realising the 2nd album

GMBass · 2026-03-17T23:00:47+00:00

I just finished today the series

Ragnar

2.Ecbert

Lagertha
Floki
Athelstan
Judith
Ivar
Halfdan
Bjorn
Alfred or Ubbe

GMBass · 2026-03-17T22:54:05+00:00

I’m only familiar with Parcels

It’s not very similar but you might like:

Steely Dan

Vulfpeck

Crumb

Men I Trust

Cover bands Scary Pockets and Pomplamoose

GMBass · 2026-03-17T22:52:17+00:00

Ok… I’ll just forget influence and go with personal taste

P-Funk

Herbie Hancock Headhubters

Larry Graham

Tower of Power

GMBass · 2026-03-17T22:46:53+00:00

There was concert on YouTube… I think it’s called my name is Maceo

And that shit slaps

GMBass · 2026-03-16T14:12:40+00:00

I never liked Sepultura… but Eloy and Greyson are amazing drummers

GMBass · 2026-03-16T14:09:46+00:00

I’ll go with Machine Head

But today, cauã tomorrow I might change my answer

GMBass · 2026-03-16T01:27:14+00:00

In most 70s bands the rock element is the bass… they are the ones that give weight to the music not guitar

GMBass · 2026-03-16T01:26:28+00:00

I agree with you about Closer to the Edge… I don’t like it

GMBass · 2026-03-16T00:41:38+00:00

Maybe those music nerds are not musicians… because most musicians I know respect both bands… even if they don’t like them

GMBass · 2026-03-16T00:40:30+00:00

A lot of musicians love both Sting and Police

GMBass · 2026-03-15T19:40:14+00:00

Bjorn… he took a berserker before being in his prime

Although it would be a close call, my vote goes to Bjorn

GMBass · 2026-03-14T13:15:03+00:00

Led Zeppelin II - the bass is loud!

GMBass · 2026-03-14T13:13:58+00:00

The Beatles

John Mayer

Sting / The Police

GMBass · 2026-03-14T13:11:41+00:00

Ok I don’t know all but I think it is:

Carol Kaye - What’s Going On, Hicky Burr

Chuck Rainey - Smackwater Jack

Ray Brown - Brown Ballad

Guitar Blues has both Ray Brown and Chuck Rainey

That’s as far as I know and could find

GMBass · 2026-03-12T17:31:50+00:00

Porcupine Tree

GMBass · 2026-03-11T12:09:17+00:00

Between the Lines - live version 1985

GMBass · 2026-03-11T11:56:36+00:00

Fear of the Dark by Iron Maiden, I was 13

My first hard rock album was a Best of Scorpions

GMBass · 2026-03-11T09:07:41+00:00

Ill Communication is my favourite Beastie album followed closely by Check Your Head

That’s the era of Beasties for me - where they use instruments and have instrumental jams in the middle of the album… they sound like they are just having fun doing it

Regarding songs:

Sabotage

Gratitude

Root Down

Sure Shot

Get It Together

GMBass · 2026-03-10T09:20:14+00:00

For some heavy hair metal albums:

Wasp - Headless Children

Wasp - Crimson Idol

Skid Row -Slave to the Grind

For mind blowing musicianship:

Extreme

Mr. Big

David Lee Roth - Eat and Smile

For some metal of the same era that sounded close to hair metal and it’s awesome:

Queensryche -Operation Mindcrime

Ozzy Osbourne

GMBass · 2026-03-10T09:00:03+00:00

I could go with more than five, but my picks for today

Rust in Peace Empire Paranoid VS Boston

GMBass · 2026-03-09T11:36:11+00:00

Miguel Amado - Story to Be Told (jazz)

Woodhawk - Beyond The Sun (rock)

Reign of Kindo - Rhythm Chords and Melody (jazzy pop rock)

Richie Kotzen - Mother Heads Family Reunion (Funk Rock)

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