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    Posted: May 07 2009 at 22:04
I agree that the Cynic albums aren't the best showcase of Malone's talent.Try out his two Gordian Knot albums and his solo album Cortlandt to see how awesome a bassist Malone is.


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A lot of people are speaking the name "Sean Malone."  He's kicked back so far in the mix of Cynic's albums I barely notice.  Can someone name me a song on either Focus or Traced in Air where he is prominent?
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A quick,off the top of my head Top 5:
 
1. Steve Harris
2. Justin Chancellor
3. Steve DiGiorgio
4. Troy Tipton
5. Colin Marston


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Originally posted by brainerd brainerd wrote:

Originally posted by hagguhsem hagguhsem wrote:

Originally posted by Moatilliatta Moatilliatta wrote:

The guy in Unexpect plays some wild stuff too

He uses a nine string bass. Cool as f*ck
 
I hate to be petulant, but speaking as a bassist myself NOBODY needs nine strings on a bass. more than six is just silly, and people deride me for playing a five!
 
And I'm disappointed that nobody's mentioned Justin Chancellor, not the grooviest basssist by any stretch but he's very melodic, inventive and tasteful with his use of effects. He really fills out the comparatively sparse Tool 'sound', too. And his tone is immaculate.
 
And er, I also enjoy Dan Briggs (BTBAM) Jeff Caxide (Isis) and Colin Marston from Dysrhythmia (THE best bass tone I've ever heard, it could demolish buildings)
 
Well obviously he doesn't need nine strings. But anyway I agree with your selections. If you haven't heard already, you should hear Colin's Warr guitar work in his main band Behold... the Arctopus.
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Originally posted by hagguhsem hagguhsem wrote:

Originally posted by Moatilliatta Moatilliatta wrote:

The guy in Unexpect plays some wild stuff too

He uses a nine string bass. Cool as f*ck
 
I hate to be petulant, but speaking as a bassist myself NOBODY needs nine strings on a bass. more than six is just silly, and people deride me for playing a five!
 
And I'm disappointed that nobody's mentioned Justin Chancellor, not the grooviest basssist by any stretch but he's very melodic, inventive and tasteful with his use of effects. He really fills out the comparatively sparse Tool 'sound', too. And his tone is immaculate.
 
And er, I also enjoy Dan Briggs (BTBAM) Jeff Caxide (Isis) and Colin Marston from Dysrhythmia (THE best bass tone I've ever heard, it could demolish buildings)


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If you guys listened to the bass work on Prehisotricisms your minds would all be blown.

And then some....
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If you guys listened to the bass work on Prehisotricisms your minds would all be blown.
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Oh, and I suppose Arif from Protest the Hero could count too.
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John Myung of course
 
I do love the bassist from Symphony X that everyone here is raving about
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Michael Manring.


Definitely one of my favorite bassists of all time, though I'd have a hard time calling a guy who is most well known for collaborating with Michael Hedges a prog metal bassist LOL.  That being said, plenty of his other work (Thonk, Attention Deficit) have their heavy as hell moments.

I have to give my appreciation to Joey Vera, perhaps best known as bassist of Armored Saint (not prog) and Fates Warning (prog).  I call him the Tony Levin of metal in that he always plays the right parts and rarely plays more that the right parts.  Big inspiration to my playing.

Everyone else was getting away with a fair few non-prog metal bassists, so I wanted to do the same Tongue
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Martin Mendez from Opeth...
The bassists who have played in Symphony X
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Originally posted by Orbit Orbit wrote:

Michael Manring.


Definitely one of my favorite bassists of all time, though I'd have a hard time calling a guy who is most well known for collaborating with Michael Hedges a prog metal bassist LOL.  That being said, plenty of his other work (Thonk, Attention Deficit) have their heavy as hell moments.

I have to give my appreciation to Joey Vera, perhaps best known as bassist of Armored Saint (not prog) and Fates Warning (prog).  I call him the Tony Levin of metal in that he always plays the right parts and rarely plays more that the right parts.  Big inspiration to my playing.
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Jean-Yves Thériault (Voivod)

Cliff Burton (Metallica)
 
Steve DiGiorgio (Death)
 
Byron Stroud (Strapping Young Lad)
 
 
And I consider all hose bands borderline with prog-metal
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Originally posted by Moatilliatta Moatilliatta wrote:

The guy in Unexpect plays some wild stuff too

He uses a nine string bass. Cool as f*ck
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Originally posted by easytargets easytargets wrote:

Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:

[QUOTE=easytargets][QUOTE=markosherrera]The bassist of MrBig ,
 

and played with Planet X as well
 
But he's been doing that sort with Niacin for a lot longer and far more albums. Then there is the guesting with Steve Vai:
 
 
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The bassist of Spiral Architect is good too
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Steve DiGiorgio (excellent bass player) was on the last Death album, Sound of Perserverance as well, plus the Controle Denied album.

Lets see, 10 amazing PM bass players...

Kristoffer Gildenlow (Pain of Salvation, Dark Suns)
Thomas Miller (Symphony X)
Oliver Holzwarth (Sieges Even, Blind Guardian)
Torsten Reichert (Vanden Plas)
Martin Mendez (Opeth)
Sean Malone (Cynic, Gordian Knot)
Tony Choy (Cynic, Atheist)
Roger Patterson (Atheist)
Toby Driver (maudlin of the Well)
Ward Evans (Psychotic Waltz)
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Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Jonas Hellborg (The Shining Path)
 
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Points: 843 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 01 2009 at 02:50
Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:

Originally posted by easytargets easytargets wrote:

Originally posted by markosherrera markosherrera wrote:

The bassist of MrBig ,
 
I hadn´t read your post before replying.
He is Billy Sheehan one of the all time greats for meThumbs Up
Great dude and I think probably most skilled bassist I´ve seen in my life


and played with Planet X as well
Yesterday I was listening to Moonbabies after posting in this thread
and I reminded ´bout all great bassists involved in any Sherinian work,
just can´t remember all of their names (Rufus Philpot is one of them I thinkUnhappy).
 
I dunno like so much TFK but find Jonas Reingold is another quite good bass player
with that particular old sound I love.
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