The fact remains that Rinus Gerritsen was (and still is) on equal level with players like Jack Bruce and John Entwistle in having an influencial aggressive lead bass playing style. But he also never masked any dud notes, if anything if he DID play a dud note, he'd play them over and over again.
Gerritsen doing a solo during the "Cut" tour of 1981
Steve Harris from Iron Maiden for example named Gerritsen his main influence on wanting to start playing bass.
