Streeter Seidell is a comedy writer and (mediocre) drummer living in Brooklyn, NY. During the day he edits the front page of CollegeHumor.com but when the sun goes down he takes his place at the helm of the Indablog. He maintains a personal blog at StreeterSeidell.com and wants to make sure you know he once wrote something for the New York Times and that it was, in the words of his mother, "Amazing! You're so talented!"
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Thursday May 08, 2008 at 10:00 AM |
I swung by the forums a few days ago and found some Indabans discussing the state of bass in modern rock songs. I thought I should put it up here in case anyone might want to chime in. Here is the first post in the thread, by Nikhil Goyal:
Hi! this is a discussion about the role of the bass in rock music and possibilities for innovative use. For some odd reason, the sound of the bass is always subdued and the bass play itself is nothing much to talk about in rock music except a few bands like RHCP. When i compare this with a band of old like Blind Faith (Clapton, winwood, grech), I find it weird. Any opinions on why i cannot hear the bass when i hear Nickelback, Hoobastank or Vertical Horizon? Seems like the bass is almost redundant . .
So, if you think you can add something head on over to the forums and make yourself heard.
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Thursday May 08, 2008 at 10:31 AM
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Thursday May 08, 2008 at 02:18 PM
Ah! You raise an interesting point. In those bands you can't hear the bass, or really anything of interest, because they are talentless hacks who are produced by a carefully-honed RIAA/Clearchannel formula for pure, FM radio-ready sonic sludge.
The bass in rock music is alive and well, though you do have to do a bit of digging to find innovation. One of the most killer albums (and sickest bass sounds) I've heard is from a Toronto band called Death From Above 1979, who are comprised of just bass, vox, and drums (with a few keyboard riffs for good measure.)
Also, Queens of the Stone Age have been putting out consistently sick bass riffs, the best IMO on Songs for the Deaf with Nick Oliveri. He was crazy. Like, literally, because he and lead man Josh Homme fought so much that Oliveri was kicked out of the band shortly afteward. Brutal.
Tuesday May 13, 2008 at 04:19 PM
I NEVER hear the bass in Jon Spencer Blues Explosion!
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