is there such a thing as a good emo bassist?

[Hardinge]

do any of u guys know any "emo bands" that have a decent bass player i cant think of any

cheers

[Tryxx]

Of course there is.

Gav shall take over this thread; I think the name that will be mentioned is Matt Reubano. Excuse the spelling.

[bottlerocket]

Oh my God, this topic has been covered by myself and Phil to death:

Saetia
Hot Cross
Welcome the Plague Year
Circle Takes the Square
Love Like...Electrocution

http://www.myspace.com/saetia

Listen to "Some Natures Catch No Plagues"

First you gotta know what emo is...

Look at the hardcore/emo forum on here and read the rules and definitions. They're really solid, probably the best definitions I've ever seen. :thumb:

Tryxx: Matt Rubano plays bass for TBS and they're pop-punk. :thumb:

-Gav

[Tryxx]

I suck at genres. >.>

Still, I win for making the Gav signal.

[bottlerocket]

^ It's like our signals for MX and DBJ...the Batman light but with different things:

MX - Camera
DBJ - Drums
You - Texas with a bass in it
Me - A chem lab flask with a bass in it

etc.

:lol:

Oh yeah, if you're into hardcore, too, check out this band Guns Up! They have a really good bassist...I saw him live and before they started he played a sweet tap solo.

-Gav

[Riouken]

Genre oh gnre, whatever shall we do with ye.


Of course there are good "emo" bassists. As with any genre!

I don't really listen to that stuff much to know what ones are good though. And I'd jsut embarass myself by getting the slightest tehcnicalities wrong in the genre realm.

Thrice? Is their bassist good? Are they Emo or what? I relaly have no idea.

[bottlerocket]

^ Thrice is weird...their bassist Eddie is good, yeah, but I dunno what exactly to call them...I wouldn't call them really "emo" but maybe post-hardcore type stuff? I don't really know...genres are annoying. :p

Yeah, I heard he's handicapped somehow, too, with his hands...I'm not exactly sure but I couldn't tell. I know he plays a Gibson Grabber bass, though. :thumb:

-Gav

[Bass_swede]

^ Thrice is weird...their bassist Eddie is good, yeah, but I dunno what exactly to call them...I wouldn't call them really "emo" but maybe post-hardcore type stuff? I don't really know...genres are annoying. :p

Yeah, I heard he's handicapped somehow, too, with his hands...I'm not exactly sure but I couldn't tell. I know he plays a Gibson Grabber bass, though. :thumb:

-Gav

I hate genres aswell but I use to say that Thrice is post-hardcore.. :thumb:

Never heard that about his hands.. have to check that out, by thrice I can recommend "stare at the sun" which has a kickass bassline!

[Deacy]

You ought to sticky a thread like this to save yourself time Gav.

[bottlerocket]

^ I know...I'm getting tired of arguing with people over what emo is.

"The dude from My Chemical Romance is good...and Fall Out Boy is emo."

Me: Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! :evil:!

:p

-Gav

[TheBassman238]

Ah good ol' Gav...

But Circle Takes The Square if def more Hardcore, some of my friend are pretty into them...

-TBM

[bottlerocket]

^ They're clearly not hardcore. :amaze:

Hardcore = Modern Life is War, Guns Up!, Madball, Ensign, Verse, etc.

If anything, they're screamo but, in reality, screamo isn't a genre; it's just "emo", since emo has screaming vocals all the time, but because people are, in fact, morons, we have to break it down even more into "emo" and "screamo". :lol:

-Gav

[Left Shoe]

ugh guns up blows gav, =P.

i woudlnt call thrice post hardcore...im not sure what to call them but not post hardcore, bear vs shark and thrice dont sound anything alike.

circle takes the square is screamo, not hardcore.

im going to list good bassists from bands that sometimes get called emo just to throw a catch all in here
alexisonfire's bassist is good, billy talent, blod brothers, brand new, the kinison, lovedrug, mewithoutyou (check my avatar and usertitle), misery signals bass player isnt bad, number 12,rufio,saetia most definitley has a good bass player (in venus and bachus he uses harmonics for those who dont beleive gav and i. not saying that using harmonics makes you a good bass player, but he definitley knows his stuff and knows what his isntrument can do), sunny day real estate, the used bass player isnt bad even though his band is, thursday. gav if ive left any out feel free to add.

[bottlerocket]

^ About 1/10 of those bands are actually "emo" but whatever. :lol:

-Gav

[Left Shoe]

yeah i threw in a disclaimer, i mean people arent as knowing as they could be with the genres, so i figure ill just throw those in there before someones like "well omg you forgt lyke da bassist froml mCR!!"


EDIT: from first to last has a good bass player

[neal_672]

:lol:

Seriously though, enough genre debating it's all a bit ridiculous, music is music.

As for the topic: Of course there are good emo bassists, there's good bassists in every genre.

[bottlerocket]

yeah i threw in a disclaimer, i mean people arent as knowing as they could be with the genres, so i figure ill just throw those in there before someones like "well omg you forgt lyke da bassist froml mCR!!"


EDIT: from first to last has a good bass player

:lol:!!!!!!!!!!

FFTL bores me to tears and I'm sick of the whole "scene" thing they try to do...death to the scene!

/pitchfork in one hand and torch in the other

And their bassist is "meh" but they kicked him out so whatever.

-Gav

[Left Shoe]

haha im glad you said that, i told this kid in my math class this morning that he was "from first to last scene".

but if they kicked him out...then theres no actual reason to listen to them in the slightest.

[bottlerocket]

^ Ew, not at all...all I know is that he played a G&L Tribute in P/J config...:p

-Gav

[muthafunkabass]

i think emo bassists pick good basses. seriously, they are always playing nice instruments.

[Left Shoe]

^ Ew, not at all...all I know is that he played a G&L Tribute in P/J config...:p

-Gav
when im up in boston, we go to shows much k.

[BassMasterMike88]

I'm not sure, from what little emo I'm familair with the bassists are for the most part pick players that have very little pick technique, or general creativity for that matter.

[IPolkaLikeThis!]

do any of u guys know any "emo bands" that have a decent bass player i cant think of any

cheers

yes, stfu n00b

[Bass_swede]

emo sucks


lUlz, uR Zo mAtuR3!! :smash:

[Phalanx]

isn't Gav emo?

[BassasonicMuthaplucka]

Nope, Gav is just a little bitch.

How you been, anyway Gav? I heard they made you a mod in my abscence.

Remember your landmark thread about when you ran away for a few days?

[Urban Rhythm]

Corse there is such a thing, not all bass players that are good have to fanny about all over the neck unneccesarily.

Is there such a thing as an open mind? ;)

Jase

[Raiven]

My Chemical Romance

[BassasonicMuthaplucka]

What about them?

[Raiven]

They have a good emo bassist.

And Good Charlotte.

They are my inspiration.

[Bass_swede]

They have a good emo bassist.

And Good Charlotte.

They are my inspiration.
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You are SO speaking thruuth here!

[pukeboy66]

yeah i threw in a disclaimer, i mean people arent as knowing as they could be with the genres, so i figure ill just throw those in there before someones like "well omg you forgt lyke da bassist froml mCR!!"


EDIT: from first to last has a good bass player

*had* a good bass player

[bottlerocket]

^ I already covered that...and no, he wasn't good, in my opinion. He did a few runs here and there. He was decent, though. I'll give him that.

They have a good emo bassist.

And Good Charlotte.

They are my inspiration.

:lol:

Phalanx: No, you can't "be emo." Having dyed hair over one eye, wearing tight pink shirts and girl pants, having a white belt, etc., do not make you "emo." If you wear girl pants or white belts or whatever because they're comfortable and you like it, that's cool, but that's "scene" and there's a difference. I don't wear girl pants anymore, by the way, so don't try to call me on it. :thumb:

-Gav

[Rose_Of_Sharyn]

Oh my God, this topic has been covered by myself and Phil to death:

Saetia
Hot Cross
Welcome the Plague Year
Circle Takes the Square
Love Like...Electrocution

http://www.myspace.com/saetia

Listen to "Some Natures Catch No Plagues"

First you gotta know what emo is...

Look at the hardcore/emo forum on here and read the rules and definitions. They're really solid, probably the best definitions I've ever seen. :thumb:

Tryxx: Matt Rubano plays bass for TBS and they're pop-punk. :thumb:

-Gav

Welcome the plague year is the band my art teacher plays in, hes the bassist :naughty: suprised youve heard of them.

[bottlerocket]

^ Are you serious? I love Welcome the Plague Year. They're one of my favorite bands. Tell him I'm a huge fan of WTPY and Joshua Fit For Battle...he'll know what I'm talking about. :thumb:

-Gav

[Rose_Of_Sharyn]

^ yeah my art teacher is Mr.Marinari in my high school heh

[bottlerocket]

^ Heh...it's a small world. If you could, definitely tell him I'm a huge fan of his band(s). :D

-Gav

[BassVirtuoso]

I like the bassists from Avoiding Disaster, Return to Sender, Faking Death, Running Halfway Home, and Billboard Politics.

[Phalanx]

^ I already covered that...and no, he wasn't good, in my opinion. He did a few runs here and there. He was decent, though. I'll give him that.



:lol:

Phalanx: No, you can't "be emo." Having dyed hair over one eye, wearing tight pink shirts and girl pants, having a white belt, etc., do not make you "emo." If you wear girl pants or white belts or whatever because they're comfortable and you like it, that's cool, but that's "scene" and there's a difference. I don't wear girl pants anymore, by the way, so don't try to call me on it. :thumb:

-Gav

I see, so are you scene then? :D

I guess you owned me so....

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/6559/circumcisowned8mp.gif

[bottlerocket]

^ :lol: Good one.

I wasn't trying to own you I was just saying. :p

It's all good in my book. :thumb:

-Gav

[Munky_Jam]

OMG THERE R NOE GOOD EMO BAZZIZTS

Just kidding. I still after years on these boards struggle with these stupid genre's ands subgenres. I'm going to say it all sounds like pop-punk to me, but i understand why theres divisions jjust can't wrap my head around them.
btw I actually like quite alot of these bands

[Akira]

How can you call MCR's bassist good, he dang near always roots.

[IPolkaLikeThis!]

How can you call MCR's bassist good, he dang near always roots.

he is good at rooting.:rolleyes:

[Munky_Jam]

How can you call MCR's bassist good, he dang near always roots.
If it fits the song then thats good

[pukeboy66]

^ I already covered that...and no, he wasn't good, in my opinion. He did a few runs here and there. He was decent, though. I'll give him that.



:-Gav

you shut up before i shut you up :amaze:

[sr800bkBassist]

Heroin
Antioch Arrow

[bottlerocket]

^ I love Antioch Arrow...

You like some good music, man. :D

Listen to Angel Hair at all?

-Gav

[sr800bkBassist]

^ I love Antioch Arrow...

You like some good music, man. :D

Listen to Angel Hair at all?

-Gav
i've scraped the surface, but haven't gotten into them yet, although i plan to.

what is a good album to start with?

[bottlerocket]

^ I'm not sure how many they've had but I've heard their 7" s/t (like every other emo band) but I'm not sure about the others (if they even have any)...if you can, dig up some stuff off that. :thumb:

I'm pretty sure it was in Gravity Records.

-Gav

[FunkMetalBass]

In answer to the title of this thread:

"No."

:thumb:

[Left Shoe]

In answer to the title of this thread:

"No."

:thumb:
...

*looks around*

...


*double thumbs your head off*

[bottlerocket]

^ I read it, chuckled at his ignorance, and let it slide. :thumb:

Even if it was a joke it really wasn't funny, but whatever.

-Gav

[AlmightyPancake]

Mic from coheed and cambria displayed a wonderful talent for groove and thump in the first two coheed albums, and does a hell of a live show. Same goes for 3 (emo-prog), zella mayzell (emo-punk), and plenty of other bands--silverstein, armor for sleep, from autumn to ashes, atreyu...

[bottlerocket]

^ Not one of those bands are emo. :lol:

I hate C&C, fata, atreyu, etc....C&C is pop-punk, fata and atreyu are metalcore, Armor for Sleep is pop punk-ish type stuff, Silverstein is pop punk...

-Gav

[AlmightyPancake]

^ Not one of those bands are emo. :lol:

I hate C&C, fata, atreyu, etc....C&C is pop-punk, fata and atreyu are metalcore, Armor for Sleep is pop punk-ish type stuff, Silverstein is pop punk...

-Gav
C&C gets pegged as pop-punk because most of their singles are poppy, and same with Armor. I'd think that silverstein's older stuff is definitely a predecessor to emo bands like saetia and circle takes the square. Fata and Atreyu are definitely not metalcore, and it's easy to see how Underoath and The Number Twelve Looks Like You and Funeral For a Friend can be grouped with them.


Just the way I see it.

[BassVirtuoso]

The most emo band I listen to is...Ion Dissonance.

[Toggle Switch]

Oh my God, this topic has been covered by myself and Phil to death:

Saetia


http://www.myspace.com/saetia

Listen to "Some Natures Catch No Plagues"

-Gav

Lol. I know I ask this everytime this thread comes up, but; would either you or left shoe mind tabbing that out for me?:p

[bottlerocket]

^ I was bored and figured it out once but I've since forgotten...I'll try doing it again later but I can't really play now for a few reasons so I'll get back to you. E-mail me sometime (address is in my profile in case you forget): FUNKINBassist@GMail.com

C&C gets pegged as pop-punk because most of their singles are poppy, and same with Armor. I'd think that silverstein's older stuff is definitely a predecessor to emo bands like saetia and circle takes the square. Fata and Atreyu are definitely not metalcore, and it's easy to see how Underoath and The Number Twelve Looks Like You and Funeral For a Friend can be grouped with them.


Just the way I see it.

Silverstein's older stuff is no where near Saetia or CTTS...are we talking about the same band? :amaze:

Yeah, they definitely are metalcore. They're nothing like # 12 or Funeral for a Friend.

-Gav

[Toggle Switch]

^ I was bored and figured it out once but I've since forgotten...I'll try doing it again later but I can't really play now for a few reasons so I'll get back to you. E-mail me sometime (address is in my profile in case you forget): FUNKINBassist@GMail.com
-Gav

Thanks, I appreciate it! I'll get at you sometime in the future.

[Efrim]

Well, I'd say Joe Lally, but Fugazi isn't emo, they is post-hardcore, so that doesn't quite work.

[bottlerocket]

^ They're close enough, since they came from Rites of Spring and Minor Threat (even thought MT isn't emo) and RoS started emo, I guess, so they're almost emo by some weird relationship. :p

They're good, though...Waiting Room has a cool bass intro.

-Gav

[Left Shoe]

old silverstein has more emo-ish roots to them than their new cd but i woudlnt group them with ctts at all.

fata...gotta love fata. atreyu not so much at all ever.

armor for sleeps got some pretty heavy stuff, but again they dont really compare with ctts. not saying one is better than the other, because at the moment im not sure which one i like better.

c&c definitley good band....as long as you ignore this new album, good bass player, and good music, but more pop oreinted than traditional emo.

and gav....funeral for a friend? pfffff

[bottlerocket]

^ FFaF is decent, as is Armor for Sleep but I'd hardly call them emo or "heavy." They're pop-punk, just like Scary Kids Scaring Kids (who kick butt, by the way).

-Gav

[Efrim]

^ They're close enough, since they came from Rites of Spring and Minor Threat (even thought MT isn't emo) and RoS started emo, I guess, so they're almost emo by some weird relationship. :p

They're good, though...Waiting Room has a cool bass intro.

-Gav


well, I guess i would describe Joe as an emo bassist, but quite a bit of the earlier stuff could be emo, like Rend It.

I love playing Waiting Room, its just so jump-around-like-fun.

[Left Shoe]

scsc definitley kick some ***.

armor for sleep while not very heavy...well their guitar playing is just admirable. not actually related to this topic but hey.

now question for you gav, what do you classify thursday as? the pop punk forum seems to like them a whole bunch, but i dont think ive ever heard anyone who listens to thursday actually call them pop punk

[bottlerocket]

^ I'd say they're definitely some kind of emo mixed with indie...doesn't really matter; Thursday is amazing. <3

And yeah, Waiting Room is a fun bassline...

-Gav

[PillarFreak]

Emery's bassist sometimes has some interesting bass lines.

Btw, I'm not sure if somebody already mentioned Emery, but I didn't really want to read through all...well however many posts there were. I started to...

[bottlerocket]

^ Emery's weird...not really emo but they're still pretty good.

The Ponytail Parade and Disguising Mistakes with Goodbyes are sweet songs. :D

I never noticed their bassist doing anything special, though...

-Gav

[pukeboy66]

^ Not one of those bands are emo. :lol:

I hate C&C,....C&C is pop-punk,

-Gav
you shut up before i shut you up :amaze:

*cough*

[da_s_man13]

Bahaha, of course there isnt.



Best thread ever.

[bottlerocket]

^ Shall we hang him or skin him slowly and painfully?

-Gav

[da_s_man13]

Just sing to me in an emo fashion, itll be the same thing really.

[pukeboy66]

skin him :angry:

[IPolkaLikeThis!]

pretty much a bunch of lol at this thread. emo is just punk. learn how to play punk, then spice it up, and you are a good emo bassplayer. or you are a good punk bass player. it is all the same.





jk

[bottlerocket]

Just sing to me in an emo fashion, itll be the same thing really.

:rolleyes:

http://youdontknowemo.tk/

Moron.

-Gav

[FunkMetalBass]

^ I read it, chuckled at his ignorance, and let it slide. :thumb:

Even if it was a joke it really wasn't funny, but whatever.

-Gav

You just don't find it funny because you support the whole emo scene much more than I do. Whatever. Your call.

I find it funny because it is.

[IPolkaLikeThis!]

Just call the music rock and listen to it.

WHO GIVES A **** WHAT DAMN GENRE IT IS!!!!!ELEVEN!!!!


play some good bass that is based off punk and you have whatever you want it to be.

[bottlerocket]

You just don't find it funny because you support the whole emo scene much more than I do. Whatever. Your call.

I find it funny because it is.

...no? I just didn't find it funny...I wouldn't have found it funny if it was about metal or prog, either. :amaze:

-Gav

[FunkMetalBass]

...no? I just didn't find it funny...I wouldn't have found it funny if it was about metal or prog, either. :amaze:

-Gav

Gav, you are a failure at life.

**goes back to reading youdontknowemo.tk**

[da_s_man13]

:rolleyes:

http://youdontknowemo.tk/

Moron.

-Gav

http://www.myspace.com/saetia

Annoying singing.

Moron.

[bottlerocket]

^ o rly?

:amaze:

Yeah I honestly just didn't find it funny so I don't see why there's a discussion on this...

And yeah read YDKE.tk because it's clear some of you don't know what emo is. :lol:

-Gav

[BassVirtuoso]

Come on Gav, let's give him a Boston Beatdown.

[bottlerocket]

http://www.myspace.com/saetia

Annoying singing.

Moron.

I never said you had to like it but when you say "annoying singing" I assumed you were referring to "emo" bands like Fall Out Boy and crap. If you don't like it that's fine but don't spam up a thread that's asking for good emo bassists, please. :thumb:

-Gav

[da_s_man13]

I dont recall saying i liked or disliked it. Yes i may of implied it. Im the only one 'spamming' in this thread??

[IPolkaLikeThis!]

illiterate cuntfunnel.

[bottlerocket]

^ Wow, dude...wow. Stop trying to call me on little mistakes. You know what it meant.

I'm not gonna spam this anymore so if you respond I'll just ignore it.

Actually, I'm just gonna close this.

-Gav