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Fox On The Rocks 
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Posted: May 01 2013 at 14:58 |
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If John Entwistle had played in a proggier band he might be right up there with Chris Squire in the progger's top bassists rankings. |
Entwistle's way better though. Squire's not even that good. He had some good lines, but Entwistles really knows to drive the music, and also as a soloist, the guy slays.
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: May 01 2013 at 07:33 |
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Another vote for Rutherford
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: May 01 2013 at 06:47 |
One more for the top  Pitty Percy Jones isn't here though. What an incredible bassist he is!
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Gerinski
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Posted: May 01 2013 at 06:36 |
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If John Entwistle had played in a proggier band he might be right up there with Chris Squire in the progger's top bassists rankings.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: May 01 2013 at 06:29 |
The Mystical wrote:
Mike Howlett is pretty cool. |
Yes, he is 
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Posted: May 01 2013 at 06:28 |
The.Crimson.King wrote:
Tom Ozric wrote:
The.Crimson.King wrote:
I went with Nic Mozart Potter...not so much for his studio work but his live work on "Vital" and "Room Temperature Live" is amazing. |
Mozart was a monster on those....... |
Ya the ballsy fuzz tone he gets on "Vital" is incredible.
Funny story, when I saw the Room Temperature Live tour in San Fran there was an amusing dynamic going on between PH and Mozart. Seemed whenever the band was a little off timing-wise PH would give Mozart these bizarre looks like "WTF are you doing?"  |
'Vital' is the proggiest punk music I've ever heard (or punkiest prog, if you wish). Relentless is the word. I thought 'Room Temperature' was brutal. Stu Gordon's screeching violin + Mozart's monster-bass + Hammill's no-holds-barred delivery = sonic insanity, madness and mayhem...................
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The Mystical
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Posted: May 01 2013 at 00:27 |
Mike Howlett is pretty cool.
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 22:55 |
Any way to add Eloy's Klaus-Peter Matziol to the poll? 
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Neo-Romantic
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 17:17 |
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I'm partial to Mike Rutherford.
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 16:40 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
The.Crimson.King wrote:
I went with Nic Mozart Potter...not so much for his studio work but his live work on "Vital" and "Room Temperature Live" is amazing. |
Mozart was a monster on those....... |
Ya the ballsy fuzz tone he gets on "Vital" is incredible.
Funny story, when I saw the Room Temperature Live tour in San Fran there was an amusing dynamic going on between PH and Mozart. Seemed whenever the band was a little off timing-wise PH would give Mozart these bizarre looks like "WTF are you doing?"
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 15:41 |
The.Crimson.King wrote:
I went with Nic Mozart Potter...not so much for his studio work but his live work on "Vital" and "Room Temperature Live" is amazing. |
Mozart was a monster on those.......
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 15:34 |
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I went with Nic Mozart Potter...not so much for his studio work but his live work on "Vital" and "Room Temperature Live" is amazing.
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 02:36 |
Hammond-Hammond. John Glasscock would be my favorite Tull bassist, though. (I guess he'd be a not-other bassist probably)
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 02:20 |
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That's a cracker-jacker ... I'm gonna have to think about it.
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The Mystical
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Posted: February 16 2013 at 15:58 |
I have always appreciated Doug Ferguson's bass playing, and I consider it to be a great merit to Camel's overall sound.
I love Roger Water's bass playing too.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: January 25 2013 at 05:02 |
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Richard Sinclair is an underrated virtuoso !!! For me, I say his 'finest hour' comes in the form of Hatfield & The North's 'Rotter's Club'. Great tone and technique, complex lines and just plain amazing all 'round. For a carpenter (by trade), he is an astonishing bassist.
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Posted: January 25 2013 at 01:59 |
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^^^^Read the original post you'll see that Gandalff mentions Geddy Lee and Rutherford is on the list I think
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Posted: January 24 2013 at 16:45 |
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Where's Geddy Lee and Mike Rutherford?
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Posted: January 24 2013 at 15:49 |
Melomaniac wrote:
Many great bass players here, but as a bass player myself, I'd have to say the one who's playing grabs me the most among these is Doug Ferguson, especially on three of the 4 Camel albums he's played on, namely Mirage and the classics The Snow Goose and Moonmadness. Amazing basslines in there. Sinclair also had great moments with Camel, especially on Rain Dances and A Live Record, don't know much about what he previously did with Caravan though. |
Sinclair with Caravan was fantastic. That's why I don't like his work with Camel that was of a lower level, IMO. I suggest checking also Hatfield and the North and the stupendous "Before A Word Is Said" with Gowen, Tomkins and Miller, a very moving album (check the story).
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Posted: January 24 2013 at 13:00 |
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Many great bass players here, but as a bass player myself, I'd have to say the one who's playing grabs me the most among these is Doug Ferguson, especially on three of the 4 Camel albums he's played on, namely Mirage and the classics The Snow Goose and Moonmadness. Amazing basslines in there. Sinclair also had great moments with Camel, especially on Rain Dances and A Live Record, don't know much about what he previously did with Caravan though.
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