The_Bassist

Ah, I see, prog death is a bastard genre; metalheads turn up their noses and so do jazz musicians, but do you find it hard to digest Cynic too? Anyway, I don’t see the problem; I’d love to listen to Pastorius and then Cannibal Corpse, and then Dave Holland, and then Black Sabbath. I like music that I find tasty, fun, and "challenging" to play, which is why I love jazz, really everything from bebop to the more "metalized" fusion (Sean Malone and his Gordian Knot), leaving out the definitely commercial free, maybe even more than metal, although I know that one muuuuuch better. Then hard rock and blues (even though I personally find it a bit limiting for the bass), and I also have quite a bit of fun with funk and reggae. As for classical, that’s what the double bass is for, but that’ll take a while; I started this year. In short, real music! Megadeth and Metallica (especially) are delicious, but have you listened to the "old" Testament (the ones from which the tracks for "First Strike..." were reintroduced)? If you haven’t already, listen to Practice What You Preach, The New Order, The Legacy, and Souls of Black...

hahaha I will feed you to my lawyers...

The bass in the photo is a Yamaha, I don't know the model, it has 1 single at the bridge and one split at the neck, now it has become fretless and even though it's formally the least expensive bass I have, it's the one I use the most. Then I have an ESP F-205 5-string fretted with EMG humbuckers, very metal-sounding, and a classic, super simple, standard Jazz Bass USA (with sunburst, which looks really cool), distortion and Boss chorus, and for wah, the new Crybaby, the white one with adjustable Q, but I don't use effects very much...

True, without the Maiden there wouldn't be so much stuff, even Chuck listened to the Maiden, but I just can't stand them, and I consider myself lucky to have come up "from the other side" (you get it, in the sense of Metallica > Thrash/Death > Death (Schuldiner) > Death Prog > Prog, instead of Maiden > Heavy > Power > Melodic Death > Symphonic Black... usually for metalheads these are the two main paths) and to not listen to them out of an emotional bond as the fathers of my metal. At this point, I don't know what to say except to repeat our thirty-eight-year-old bassist's last statement, which translated into Italian, goes, "if you taste a bus and then spit, preferably don't do it towards the east" ... hehehe.

Anyway, a little bass revolution would be nice; these prima donnas of guitarists are starting to get on my nerves more and more.

1. I didn't call you a loser; find me the word "loser" in this expression: "Another powerful bassist, oh no, what a shame..." 2. Really, 38 years and 22 as a bassist? And you still drool over Iron Maiden? Well... to each their own, but you could at least admit that there's an abyss between Iron Maiden and even, say, Sadus, who might be the least prog of the movement, and Harris (besides the fact that I can't stand him, but that's another story) is certainly worse than Malone, DiGiorgio, Choy, Webster and the list goes on (they're actually almost gone). It’s frustrating, now I can’t be the show-off bassist anymore, with my pathetic three years of experience and my miserable year and a half of live experience, but I play Cynic, woohoo, come on, for a sixteen-year-old it’s already something, and don’t take it personally, I argue with everyone at first, especially if they’re metalheads (why is that?!), ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE POWER METAL FANS, AND ANYWAY I AM THE OFFICIAL BASSIST NOW, I'M GOING TO DEPOSIT THE COPYRIGHT (The_Bassist is stripping due to inferiority complexes, but don’t worry, the epileptic fits will pass... maybe).

Another powerful bassist, oh no, what a shame, sure the bass will be heard, the bassist will be decent, but they are a bunch of lame power metal dudes making clichéd and repetitive music. "In metal you can't hear the bass," maybe in that ignorant stuff, try listening to prog death (Sadus, Cynic, Atheist, Death), the old Norwegian black metal (old Dimmu, Ulver), or the raw thrash, excluding Slayer who don't have a bassist (not really) or even just raw death made with some thought and technique (Cannibal Corpse, Bastard Saints)... then let me know how much harm four strings can do...

We were missing the grunge lover, but you write well, and in terms of sounds and feeling, the TWO (in total) songs by Nirvana aren’t that bad. Usually, my hatred for grunge comes from those fans who deify Cobain, who only managed to write a couple of songs where we can wallow in fake teenage depression, allowing even the wealthiest pampered kids to play the part of suffering, getting high badly and whining about it like a little bitch. Oh, when things need to be said, they should be said, anyway, this wasn’t directed at you or the reviewer, who seems to have a bit of sense. In Utero is undoubtedly better than Nevermind, often preferred because it’s easier (even though Utero is quite hard too).

but go fuck yourselves, brain-dead power fanatics, return the Iron Maiden posters to your older brothers and turn off the repeat of "The Number of The Beast" on the stereo, take the money you saved up to buy yet another brand new box set "Buy it Three Times the Price for What You've Definitely Already Bought as an Iron Maiden Fan, but in a New Box", and use it as toilet paper: it will definitely be better spent...a lifestyle?! damn poor stars you're satisfied with so little

let's stop talking about progressive (metal, rock, and the like) when we don't know what we're saying; let's be careful with certain terms, progressive rock the Iron Maiden?!, just because a piece isn't in four-four time or because there are chords instead of power chords doesn't magically make it prog. Look, if you admit you said something silly driven by the wave of the latest prog reviews, we won't beat you up... maybe.