Bassists - Page 134

Something Different, released February 15th 2008 by bassist Alberto Rigoni, should be on your list of albums to check out. This album lives up to its title, moving between bass centered ballads, rock grooves, heavy metal mixed with fusion and experimental music. Something Different delivers a unique sonic journey. Guest guitar players Tommy Ermolli and Daniele Gottardo are also featured...

Bassist Chris Murphy, of the well-known Nova Scotia band Sloan, was hospitalized last week after being hit by a drunk driver. Murphy had been riding his bicycle. His injuries include a broken collarbone along with other collision damage. He’s been released from the hospital to rest, and he will require additional surgery later in the week. Sloan issued an optimistic...

Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt has broken into fashion. He has been working with Macbeth footwear to design a shoe, the 45 RPM. The 45 RPM is completed vegan, all of the materials used in its creation are free of animal products. Dirnt is donating all royalties from sales to shoe charity Soles4Souls, the international shoe charity dedicated to providing...

Nick Lowe joined guitarist Ry Cooder as a bassist for his latest tour, which kicked off in June. The duo is planning to head to Australia. Lowe is best known for his songwriting efforts including (What’s so Funny Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding, Cruel to be Kind, and I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass. “I was very pleased [to...

Bassist Ben Kenney of Incubus was recently interviewed by the Cleveland Scene. He talks about what everyone was up to during Incubus’s long hiatus and how they have matured as a band. Kenney joined Incubus in 2003 after playing with The Roots. From the interview: “It was the band’s choice to put out Monuments,” says Kenney. “We wanted to put...

Bassist Chris Morrissey has done an interview with CityPages, where he talks about his move to New York City and his latest album, The Morning World with the Chris Morrissey Quartet. You may know Morrissey from his work with Mason Jennings, Haley Bonar, Bill Mike Band, Tarlton, Ben Kweller on his “The Trio on the Train Track Tour” and Andrew...

Cream bassist Jack Bruce has revealed that he has been receiving death threats after insulting Led Zeppelin. Bruce described the Led Zeppelin reunion gig at the 02 Arena as “lame” and chided them: “You’re crap and you’ll never be anything else. Cream is 10 times the band Led Zeppelin is,” during an awards ceremony. Bruce was shocked by the responses...

Jazz composer George Russell has passed away. His publicist has released that he died due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease on Monday at the age of 86. Russell, a MacArthur fellow who is credited with the first theoretical contribution to music from jazz with The Lydian Theory, published in 1953 and responsible for first introducing modal improvisation, taught at the...

Blink 182 bassist Mark Hoppus has been interviewed by the Los Vegas Sun, to talk about the the 52-date tour scheduled to kick off this week, and their new album project. You may remember that we covered Blink 182’s announcement to reunite in March. The venues for Blink 182 tour have been selling out quickly. Hopper’s view on the huge...

Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx has posted a reactionary post to the Wall Street Journal’s alleged misrepresentation of his views. The opening line in the article is “Nikki Sixx thinks the Internet is ruining rock and roll.” Sixx’s Myspace Blog reaction: “It’s always a struggle to get what YOU have to say and not what THEY want you to say...

Bassist Kyle Eastwood, in a recent interview with All About Jazz, talks about his life as a musician and his latest album Metropolitain. Eastwood has a varied career working as both jazz player and in film score production. “It’s like I have two musical beasts in me,” he admits. “One is the musician, the other the composer. One plays live...

Bassist Ruth Davies has been featured in a piece by the San Jose Mercury News. Davies is a freelance bassist for jazz and blues and has an impressive discography including Grammy-winning and Platinum records. From her website biography: Ruth has performed with such jazz and blues greats as Charles Brown, Clark Terry, John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, Jay McShann, Van...