Archive for July 2022 - Page 2

Eleven years after leaving the group, bassist Jon Miller has rejoined the ranks of Devildriver. He is an original member of the California metal group.

Megadeth alumni David Ellefson and Jeff Young have announced a tour under the name Kings of Thrash. The band, completed by drummer Fred Aching and guitarist/vocalist Chaz Leon, will perform their former group’s albums.

Last night, Tedeschi Trucks Band dropped the third of the four films for “I Am The Moon.” Episode III features music from “The Fall, “with Brandon Boone’s fantastic bass work behind the equally incredible band.

Snarky Puppy returned to their roots by recording their forthcoming record, “Empire Central,” in the studio with an audience. The album will be coming out on September 30th, after which they’ll spend a couple of months touring Europe.

Ashdown Engineering has rolled out another new bass amp for 2022. The LB-30 2.N head is a 30-watt all-tube head that has traditional speaker outputs as well as on-board IR emulations of six cabinets.

Frowin Ickler got a new Schönitz 6-string fretless bass, and in celebration, he sent us his first bass duet video. Using a Schönitz fretted and the new fretless, he performs his arrangement of Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’.”

Bob Heathcote, who played in Suicidal Tendencies at the end of the ’80s, has died after a motorcycle accident. He was 58 years old.

We have featured a lot of unique and interesting basses over the eleven years since we started this column, but this extended range bass will certainly go down as one of the most amazing.

Davie504 took “Gangsta’s Paradise” by Coolio and made it all about the bass. He calls it “BASSta’s Paradise.” It’s a masterpiece.

In a surprise announcement, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have revealed a follow-up album to “Unlimited Love,” which they released in April. “Return of the Dream Canteen” is a second double album produced by Rick Rubin.

This week’s top 10 roundup is here. This week, we shared the news of Pantera reuniting, we remembered Michael Henderson, a new app by MarloweDK, a new “Keep It Groovy” bass lesson, and more.

No Treble reader Maarten Plukker shared this ambitious arrangement with us. Check out his reinterpretation of Jaco Pastorius’ “Okonkole Y Trompa.”