Krosstika

Rob

Wide Mouth Mason - "This Mourning"

Mr. T

Hall and Oates - "Private Eyes"

G-Man

Pearl Jam - "In Hiding"

Doug

The Police - "Message In A Bottle"

Dano

Talking Heads - "Life During Wartime"

Jonny HP

TBD

Mike D

38 Special - "Caught Up In You"

The Low End Fat

On today's blog the boys look at songs where the Bass is the main instrument. The one steering the ship. The one driving the tune! A musical theme brought to us by our longtime member Mr. T! As always, Rob gets us started...

Rob

Nirvana - "Lounge Act"

Jamiroquai - "(Don't) Give Hate A Chance"

Mr. T

The Rolling Stones - "Emotional Rescue"

G-Man

Rancid - "Journey To The End Of East Bay"

I struggled with this one a bit. Landed on this Rancid tune, but even though it has a killer bass riff by the legendary Matt Friedman, wasn't sure if it really drove the song...

Jaco Pastorius - "Come On, Come Over"

Then I remembered about this beauty! Jaco is like the Hendrix to many bass players. A diety in the field. A virtuoso and a visionary. Taken too soon, like so many young legends

Doug

Paul McCartney & Wings - "Silly Love Songs"

Dano

Les Claypool & The Holy Mackarel - "The Awakening"

Feist - "Sea Lion Woman" (Chromeo Remix)

Jonny HP

Korn - "Dead Bodies Everywhere"

Mike D

Sixx AM - "Life Is Beautiful"

Pink Dollar Sign Tattoos

Rob

The All-American Rejects - "Move Along"

The All-American Rejects - "Gives You Hell"

Mr. T

10cc - "Rubber Bullets"

G-Man

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - "Twins"

Doug

Kacey Musgraves - "Rainbow"

Dano

The Sword - "Buzzards"

The Sword - "Buzzards (Acoustic)"

Jonny HP

Flora Cash - "You're Somebody Else"

Mike D

Lights - "Ice"

Skull Grotess

Rob

Elvis Costello - "Watching The Detectives"

Mr. T

The Band - "Atlantic City"

G-Man

Sponge - "Have You Seen Mary?"

One of G-Man's all time favourites. A classic from my youth. Never to be heard the same way twice.

Doug

Maren Morris - "The Bones"

Frozen - "In The Summer"

Dano

Bones UK - "Pretty Waste"

Bones UK - "Leach"

Jonny HP

Leonard Cohen - "So Long, Marianne"

Mike D

Halsey - "You Should Be Sad"

Painful, Precious Memories

Rob

Coheed & Cambria - "The Suffering"

Mr. T

Ry Cooder - "Alimony"

G-Man

Dropping Daylight - "Tell Me"

This was one of those songs that just popped up on my playlist randomly the other night. A forgotten gem. Used to rock it all the time

Doug

JP Saxe - "If The World Was Ending"

Dano

Volbeat - "Still Counting"

Jonny HP

Dinosaur Pile Up - "Back Foot"

Mike D

Kygo & Rita Ora - "Carry On"

In honour of the greatest movie of 2019, Detective Pikachu

Special Guest Pick!

Sweet Amber

Fleetwood Mac - "Oh Daddy"

JuSt DiScOvErEd ThE aLbUm "Rumours". ItS CoOoOoOoL

Rage Of The Sabbath

Rob

Rage Against The Machine - "People Of The Sun"

Mr. T

Ed Robinson - "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"

G-Man

Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath"

They started out as Earth doing mostly blues covers around England. It turned out another band had been using that name, so they had to come up with another. Guitarist Tony Iommi had a terrifying experience one night, seeing a dark ghostly figure staring at him from the foot of his bed. He wrote a song about it and called it "Black Sabbath". The band liked it so much that they used it for their name. It also signaled a change to a heavier style of music for the band. This album turned 50 yesterday. Released Feb 13th 1970 and with it ferried in the world of Heavy Metal.

Doug

Headstones - "Leave It All Behind"

Headstones - "Heart Of Darkness"

Something new and old from The Headstones!

Dano

Metallica - "Sabbra Cadabra"

Jonny HP

TBD

Mike D

Rage Against The Machine - "New Millenium Homes"

In honour of the Bluesfest announcement

Uranus Passing

Rob

Wide Mouth Mason - "Burn"

Mr. T

Gary US Bonds - "This Little Girl"

G-Man

Fluke - "Atom Bomb"

In the 90's we had a term called Industrial Music, a fusion of techno, electronic and heavy metal. Fluke dipped more into the techno pool, but it harkens back to an exciting time. Industrial never really had it's day in the Sun, but it's nice to go back and peer beneath the surface once in a while

Fluke - "Absurd"

Doug

Stealers Wheel - "Stuck In The Middle With You"

Dano

Void Droid - "Milkaholic"

Jonny HP

Motorhead - "Ace Of Spades"

Mike D

Megasus - "Megasus"

Special Guest Pick(s)

Riiiick

Blackalicious - "Deception"

Talibe Kweli - "Get By"