Not something I've seen before. Not convinced about the music, but cool to see something new.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1up4D-xk0HM
I'm convinced.
Heh! I'm with Granny. Yeah that's a lot of great early Minutemen stuff. Pretty solidly delivered (aurally if not physically) by Tom Watson standing in for D Boon, and Raul Morales standing in for George Hurley. A lot of this stuff was written when Watt played with a pick, sounds mushier here.
Quote from: slinkp on November 29, 2015, 10:13:02 PMA lot of this stuff was written when Watt played with a pick, sounds mushier here.
That is probably what I'm unconvinced by. :mrgreen: I like the Double Nickels album but I'm never sure of where it sits on the line between genius musicianship and seat-of-the-pants in terms of what they are doing. I guess it doesn't really matter, but the dry, tight sound of Double Nickels is missing here. They need to bring back George Hurley!
Double Nickels sounds like all fingerstyle, albeit with a brighter sound than he plays with now. I was thinking of the pick on earlier tracks like "Cut" or "If Reagan Played Disco".
Seems like Watt was using a white PJ bass for a fair chunk of the Minutemen period.
Yup, the white P/J bass was a frankenstein. I googled it, he talks about it quite a bit here: http://www.talkbass.com/threads/minutemen-firehose-tele-bass.61987/
I miss George Hurley too! Here's Watt, Hurley, and the franken-bass in question - first with D. Boon in full on one-of-a-kind performance (and no time for tuning apparently) ... and then a bit later with Firehose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHFjGI26soI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l94v8u1Cv_o
Quote from: slinkp on November 29, 2015, 10:13:02 PM
Heh! I'm with Granny. Yeah that's a lot of great early Minutemen stuff. Pretty solidly delivered (aurally if not physically) by Tom Watson standing in for D Boon, and Raul Morales standing in for George Hurley. A lot of this stuff was written when Watt played with a pick, sounds mushier here.
I didn't realise it was a lot of Minutemen stuff. Somehow I like this more than any Minutemen stuff I have heard (ducks for cover). Something more emo (like Fugazi 90s emo vs 2000s mascara and silly haircuts emo) about the delivery that I like.
In terms of Emo, I like the early band 'Pond'. Seems their bassist used a Rick from time to time.