Thrash metal bass

[British Beef]

david ellefson, Steve diogorgio, Dan spitz
I love thrash metal bass

What do you guys think? :thumb:

[Az_Holl]

Frank Bello Rocks my socks. Check out Got the time by Anthrax, wicked bass solo.

*points to avatar*

[British Beef]

yer thats an awsome song have you heard peace sells by megadeth the bass is awsome

[Az_Holl]

yer thats an awsome song have you heard peace sells by megadeth the bass is awsome
I havent heard alot of Megadeth, ive heard that song though and i like it. Im more of a power metal person really :D

[British Beef]

i see, i like iced earth, hammerfall, primal fear etc

[Az_Holl]

i see, i like iced earth, hammerfall, primal fear etc
Iron Maiden (sorta), Helloween, Dungeon, Manowar, Blind Guardian, Dragon Force, Stratovarius. All excedingly cheesy and yet i cant stop listening.

[Alma]

Paulo Jr. from Sepultura is a pretty kick *** player!

Uses a MIA Deluxe P as well :D

[Viscous Fridge Magnet]

I love Megadeth's bass, Ellefson gets a really sweet tone. And the guy from Dragonforce is great too.

[Six Foot Revolver]

And the guy* from Dragonforce is great too.
*who used to be

[Viscous Fridge Magnet]

Did they fire Adrian Lambert?

[sinister]

I think he left. Dont quote me on that though.

I heard they are holding auditions for a new bassist sometime though.

[Viscous Fridge Magnet]

Ah piss. I <3 Adrian Lambert :upset:

[Esp Griffyn]

Lambert left of his own accord.

[rik]

My uncle is very good mates with Adrian, I know the real reason why he left...

[PaulR]

My uncle is very good mates with Adrian, I know the real reason why he left...
And are you allowed to tell us anonymously over the internet?

[PainKiller8191]

Iron Maiden (sorta), Helloween, Dungeon, Manowar, Blind Guardian, Dragon Force, Stratovarius. All excedingly cheesy and yet i cant stop listening.
Dark moor, Kamelot, Sonata arctica, queensryche...

I have the same problem...everyone makes fun of me for listenig to this stuff:upset: i cant help it tho...i love it

[Esp Griffyn]

My uncle is very good mates with Adrian, I know the real reason why he left...

Because Dragonforce are actually a bland, played out Power metal band?

[rik]

And are you allowed to tell us anonymously over the internet?
No.


Because Dragonforce are actually a bland, played out Power metal band?
No.

[bass face]

is System of a Down considered thrash metal?

[PainKiller8191]

no.

[Gravaged]

I'm listening to Sadus right now, very good stuff. Much respect for speed metal bassists who play audibly and don't use picks. Unlike Slayer for example, many times I wonder if Tom Araya even plugs his bass up. Oh well. Tom Angelripper used picks and distortion and still rules though.

power metal and system of a down= ambiguously gay

[PainKiller8191]

power metal pwns

ambiguously gay? possibly...but pure pwnage

[Manticore Guy]

The bassist from Symphony X is awesome. Steve DiGiorgio also kicks ***, especially on Nothing is Everything by Death.

[ToughGuyMcGee]

symphony x bassist is amazing...and his voice is purely orgasmic

[vashts80]

Although not thrash, Martin Mendez from Opeth is a great bassist. Johan DeFarfalla (from Opeth's "Orchid" and "Morningrise" records) is a good bassist as well. Mendez is on Still Life and every album after that.

[Mr.Metalton]

still i have to agree a good bassist is Eddie Jackson from Queensryche, every song i have heard has had powerful tones and grooves to it.

[madthumbs]

F5 is no megadeth, but an alright band nonetheless. Ellefson is a huge influence on me, i'll follow whatever he does. His playing in megadeth was awesome, and although he mustaine wrote most of his stand out bass lines, his tone was kick ***. Mcdonough's tone isnt as good, well, when i saw them live it was real muddy even though he was using a pick.

If you are looking for awesome thrash metal i have three words.

Testament Testament Testament!

Amazing band and some awesome bass lines in songs like Disciples of the Watch and Practice What You Preach.

And whoever asked if SOAD was considered thrash metal, you have to be kidding me.

[Mr.Metalton]

SOAD isnt really considered metal. Their really alternative hard rock.

[Miek]

david ellefson, Steve diogorgio, Dan spitz
I love thrash metal bass

What do you guys think? :thumb:
i thought dan spitz played guitar

[edgebass5]

More of a modern thrash type sound, but Shadows Fall bassist Paul Romanko has great chops AND great tone.

[Asyd309]

Dude, I loved Anthrax. Frank Bello has great tone and some pretty decent chops. Love their stuff from the 90s, even if they "sold out". but "Anti-Social" and "Caught in a Mosh" still make me jump around like a lunatic whenever I hear them.

[sr800bkBassist]

thrash metal bass...
you mean root notes?

[edgebass5]

^^^Root notes? David Ellefson and Paul Romanko? I think not....

[madthumbs]

thrash metal bass...
you mean root notes?
You obviously havn't listened to good thrash metal.

[BassMasterMike88]

yer thats an awsome song have you heard peace sells by megadeth the bass is awsome

The intro bass line is living proof that you can still rule with a pick.:thumb:

[Squirellmeister]

F5 is no megadeth, but an alright band nonetheless. Ellefson is a huge influence on me, i'll follow whatever he does. His playing in megadeth was awesome, and although he mustaine wrote most of his stand out bass lines, his tone was kick ***. Mcdonough's tone isnt as good, well, when i saw them live it was real muddy even though he was using a pick.

If you are looking for awesome thrash metal i have three words.

Testament Testament Testament!

Amazing band and some awesome bass lines in songs like Disciples of the Watch and Practice What You Preach.

And whoever asked if SOAD was considered thrash metal, you have to be kidding me.

Which bass lines did Mustaine write? I'm guessing Peace Sells was one of them right?

[edgebass5]

^^^Most likely he wrote the majority of them since he was the main creative force in Megadeth. I wouldn't be suprised if Marty Freidman wrote a few of them as well, since while he was in the band (Rust in Peace through Risk) he was pretty active creatively as well.

[Squirellmeister]

^^^Most likely he wrote the majority of them since he was the main creative force in Megadeth. I wouldn't be suprised if Marty Freidman wrote a few of them as well, since while he was in the band (Rust in Peace through Risk) he was pretty active creatively as well.

So where Ellefson is credited for writing ie Lucretia etc is that when he wrote the bassline himself? Im quite dissapointed as one of the reasons I always liked Elefson over Newstead was that Newstead was incredibly controlled by Lars and Hetfield.

[E_man]

So where Ellefson is credited for writing ie Lucretia etc is that when he wrote the bassline himself? Im quite dissapointed as one of the reasons I always liked Elefson over Newstead was that Newstead was incredibly controlled by Lars and Hetfield.

Its a shame that Newstsead was controlled the way he was cos listening to some random recordings at Chophouse records he could of written some amazing songs.

[Pastorius]

Thomas Miller and Michael LePond are both fantastic bassists.

[Manticore Guy]

More of a modern thrash type sound, but Shadows Fall bassist Paul Romanko has great chops AND great tone.

123:cool:

[Teh Glees0rz]

Sam Rivers ftw! :thumb:

Some of his lines are pure gold, but limpbizkit isn't proper thrash, is it?

[Spaceman Spiff]

Kreator.
They've had two bassists, their first was Rob Fioretti, and their current one is Christian Geisler, both of whom have some stand-out basslines, not too extravagant or amazing, but some nice stuff.

[sr800bkBassist]

Sam Rivers ftw! :thumb:

Some of his lines are pure gold, but limpbizkit isn't proper thrash, is it?
not only are they not "proper" thrash, but they aren't thrash at all...

[Chaos]

So where Ellefson is credited for writing ie Lucretia etc is that when he wrote the bassline himself? Im quite dissapointed as one of the reasons I always liked Elefson over Newstead was that Newstead was incredibly controlled by Lars and Hetfield.


how was he controlled by Lars and Hetfield? This intrigues me.

[Worrpigs]

i thought dan spitz played guitar
lol thats what i was thinking. i think hes Anthrax's guitarist beside Scott Ian

[Worrpigs]

Sam Rivers ftw! :thumb:

Some of his lines are pure gold, but limpbizkit isn't proper thrash, is it?
dude, limp bizkit isnt even close to being trash metal.

[bleeding_fingers]

dude, limp bizkit isnt even close to being trash metal.

Exactly.

[bryce_the_cat]

municipal waste is better then any band mentioned in this thread. and their bass player is pretty good

[Worrpigs]

Exactly.
lol i didnt even realize i wrote trash. they are trash though. sam rivers is cool though.

[katana_manatee]

Sam Rivers good, Limp Bizkit meh imo, definately not thrash, not even the slightest hint of it.

Anyway back on topic please peeps, otherwise this threads just gonna be a "Bash the Bizkit" fest.

[Squirellmeister]

how was he controlled by Lars and Hetfield? This intrigues me.

Basically Metallica was Lars and Hetfields vision, so Newstead wasn't allowed to do anything against this vision. That's why he wrote so few songs for metallica, I mean even Kirk Hammet only had a real input on St Anger.(If some kind of monster is to be believed)

[edgebass5]

So where Ellefson is credited for writing ie Lucretia etc is that when he wrote the bassline himself? Im quite dissapointed as one of the reasons I always liked Elefson over Newstead was that Newstead was incredibly controlled by Lars and Hetfield.

Well, Mustaine and Freidman pretty much wrote all the music on the Megadeth albums from Rust In Peace to Risk. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure Ellefson wrote his own basslines, but he wrote them to music that was already written and arranged by Mustaine and Freidman. Its quite possible that Ellefson had writing credits for some of the music, but to my knowledge he was not the main writer by any means.

[Squirellmeister]

Well, Mustaine and Freidman pretty much wrote all the music on the Megadeth albums from Rust In Peace to Risk. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure Ellefson wrote his own basslines, but he wrote them to music that was already written and arranged by Mustaine and Freidman. Its quite possible that Ellefson had writing credits for some of the music, but to my knowledge he was not the main writer by any means.

I know for certain he did have his own credits, and in total more than Friedman I believe. He is also(I know its pretty much irrelevant) the only member to write lyrics(I think he wrote the lyrics to Foreclosure of a Dream) other than Mustaine.
Well I still enjoy the bass lines whoever wrote them, and props to Dave Jr for playing them.

[Sleepy]

Testament! Great bassing there.

For those interested in Extreme Power Metal...check out Kalmah as well. Great guitarists...keyboards...bass...drums...the vocals just aren't mixed too well. Not a big enough con to matter, though.

[edgebass5]

I know for certain he did have his own credits, and in total more than Friedman I believe. He is also(I know its pretty much irrelevant) the only member to write lyrics(I think he wrote the lyrics to Foreclosure of a Dream) other than Mustaine.
Well I still enjoy the bass lines whoever wrote them, and props to Dave Jr for playing them.

That's odd that he's listed more than Freidman, becuase Freidman is widely known for writing on the last few albums that he participated on. Specifically Risk, which was almost completely his concept.... not a good one IMO, but his none the less :lol:
Either way I adore Dave Jr. and Megadeth, so its all a bit of a moot point.

[Squirellmeister]

That's odd that he's listed more than Freidman, becuase Freidman is widely known for writing on the last few albums that he participated on. Specifically Risk, which was almost completely his concept.... not a good one IMO, but his none the less :lol:
Either way I adore Dave Jr. and Megadeth, so its all a bit of a moot point.
I think Dave Jr wrote more in total purely cuz he was in the band longer. But agreed Megedeth are awesoem regardless.