Good Punk-Bass Player

[That_Guy91]

<3 Mingus .

[RageAndLov]

Just because I'm slightly interested in what your reply will be I ask you this, Raku:

If Blink is punk, what are they doing on MTV all the time singing about girls?

In fact, if you want to start a punk band, all you have to do is to study Blink and do the opposite.

Another thing I always have been wondering that I'd like to just throw up there: Why is it that fans of a certain band so desperatly must insist that their favourite band is punk? As if punk was a label that made a band good. There are a lot of shitty punk bands, and there are a lof of bands that are really great, but aren't punk. None of this of course apply to Blink. They just suck.

[Raku]

Originally Posted by RageAndLov

If Blink is punk, what are they doing on MTV all the time singing about girls?

You don't need to be singing about politics to be punk, it comes with the sound and the attitude.

In fact, if you want to start a punk band, all you have to do is to study Blink and do the opposite.

Yeah, if I don't want to get nowhere. Here's an old interview from them. They mentioned something about this in an old interview. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c0TsccQaOk

Another thing I always have been wondering that I'd like to just throw up there: Why is it that fans of a certain band so desperatly must insist that their favourite band is punk? As if punk was a label that made a band good.

You're the asshole starting this shit. I have to defend my band because your are saying idiot things that are not fact.

There are a lot of shitty punk bands, and there are a lof of bands that are really great, but aren't punk. None of this of course apply to Blink. They just suck.

Music is subjective. I will leave you this part of this interview where tom talks about blink and ava. I will leave you with it. Please listen to what he says...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HygMEwtdgr0

I give you a lot of facts and links. Please, give me fact and links instead of opinions. So far I have given you my opinion and facts that back it up. All you are giving me is an empty opinion that means nothing to me, but pisses me off.

They're a different level of punk, they did skate punk and punk rock in their early days. I'll admit they have become a pop punk band and alt rock with their last record. However, they are still punk nonetheless. Please, find me info that disproves the facts that they are punk. You can read it everywhere. Everyone including themselves are calling the band punk. When Tom was in AVA before blink reunited, he said he was done playing punk rock... Wait, punk rock? who was punk? Blink 182.

[Raku]

Originally Posted by coke_a_holic

The fact is that it doesn't matter. The fact that this thread demands "good punk bassists" as its purpose is just stupid. What's the matter, can't let something that's not punk pass through your nonconformist ears? Bullshit. The best bassists don't play anything close to punk rock, and to limit yourself to a genre that's constantly in dispute will leave you robbed of the best music styles out there.

Just sayin'.

PS: I picked different links for all different genres. So I recommend checking each, because they're all completely COMPLETELY different.

A good musician is a diverse musician... Sadly I only listen to Punk Rock, Grunge and Alt. Rock XD I can listen to other genres, but those are my main favorites XD

[funkmonkey]

i always thought Joe Escalante was a solid bass player. He has the root parts, but then there are a lot of more complicated lines thrown in as well.

Joe Gittleman from the Bosstones(sure most categorize them as ska, but they definitely have a punk influence in them), and Nate Mendel from Flogging Molly are both also very good.

[cool 2 hate 681]

Originally Posted by Raku

Music is subjective. I will leave you this part of this interview where tom talks about blink and ava. I will leave you with it. Please listen to what he says...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HygMEwtdgr0

he is a egomaniac the way he talks about the last blink album in this interview proves that

Originally Posted by funkmonkey

i always thought Joe Escalante was a solid bass player. He has the root parts, but then there are a lot of more complicated lines thrown in as well.

i always liked escalante as well

[randy]

Originally Posted by coke_a_holic

The fact is that it doesn't matter. The fact that this thread demands "good punk bassists" as its purpose is just stupid. What's the matter, can't let something that's not punk pass through your nonconformist ears? Bullshit. The best bassists don't play anything close to punk rock, and to limit yourself to a genre that's constantly in dispute will leave you robbed of the best music styles out there.

Just sayin'.

PS: I picked different links for all different genres. So I recommend checking each, because they're all completely COMPLETELY different.

Oh,you know a lot of music,good for you,your mom must be so proud,if people are discussing about punk rock bassists is maybe because we are in an Offspring forum,punk band or not,The Offspring has a lot of punk rocker fans,so if you wanna talk about your snoby music,go somewhere else,you think you are the only one who knows other bands besides punk stuff,I´ve seen your posts before,they all suck.

[coke_a_holic]

Well, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Would you like another juice box, bud?

[RageAndLov]

Ahhh, now I see. You're just trolling! Thank God. You really got me there, Raku, I really thought you were serious.

[ragepinhum]

'm so unbelievably excited for this album!

Interpunk is usually pretty accurate about this stuff, and the date sounds about right. I'll probably pre-order it fairly soon.

Nice to finally see the tracklisting: i know for a fact they've played "Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah" live, but i haven't heard any bootleg version of it yet.