A question About The Formation Of MSP?

[Bathtub]

GATS era James looked, played and sounded amazing.

[Suicide Aldi]

Haha thats genius!

[River Boy]

Originally Posted by sculptureofabloke

Apparently Nicky taught James his first guitar chord. I've not got a musical bone in my body but I'd assume that there isn't a great deal of difference between playing guitar and playing bass, if anything bass being easier with less strings..?
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I think bass players are underrated, they have to be persistent whereas guitar players can be looser and mess about a bit, even getting away with a few errors. Matthew Bellamy makes them all the time and he still gets raved about in guitar mags.

[Suicide Aldi]

Originally Posted by River Boy

I think bass players are underrated, they have to be persistent whereas guitar players can be looser and mess about a bit, even getting away with a few errors. Matthew Bellamy makes them all the time and he still gets raved about in guitar mags.

I thibk the bass player from muse is a mych better musician.


Ducks

[Routine Builder]

Matt writes the basslines though....

[Suicide Aldi]

Originally Posted by Routine Builder

Matt writes the basslines though....

Fair enough. Im not really a muse fan to be homest so i didnt know that.

[Symmanine]

Does anyone know... all those early pre- Suicide Alley demos. Are they with Flicker?

[junkymotown]

Originally Posted by Son of Stopped

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPNiS5dd6a8

Full on comedy gold! James around 0.30 looks like he's thinking "Aww shit, shit, they've got the levels wrong!". Sean thinks it's hilarious and at the line about "Postcards" James nervously looks to his right to make eye contact with Nicky.
I think this video should be played to all people who register with this site!

That... is fantastic!!!

[Geranium Terrorists]

Originally Posted by Son of Stopped

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPNiS5dd6a8

Full on comedy gold! James around 0.30 looks like he's thinking "Aww shit, shit, they've got the levels wrong!". Sean thinks it's hilarious and at the line about "Postcards" James nervously looks to his right to make eye contact with Nicky.
I think this video should be played to all people who register with this site!

The worst thing is that Richey's guitar sounds like shit (incredibly trebly). If he had a slightly better tone than that level mistake would almost be forgivable.

[hummingbird]

Originally Posted by NasalScarecrow

You can hear him during that Astoria 1992 gig when James stops playing, I reckon he was just turned down extremely low in the mix.

I think James has said that Richey was always plugged in but turned down low. There is that video where someone shouts at richey *are you plugged in?* from the crowd and he smiles and shakes his head

[Routine Builder]

More Richey action from Astoria 94

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEGP87LKNYA

Not bad actually...

[Suicide Aldi]

Originally Posted by Routine Builder

More Richey action from Astoria 94

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEGP87LKNYA

Not bad actually...

Thats not bad at all to be honest. His timing is bang on on the chord changes. I reckon if he hadnt dissappeard he probably would have ended up being a pretty competent rhythum player. Would probably never have been as good as James, but probably would have continued to improve.

[TheCasual]

As someone who has been learning guitar for nearly 2 years. It takes a hell of a lot effort to even play simply barre chords and power chords in time. Which seems to be what Richey is doing in most videos I've seen.

[Dac X Lee]

Originally Posted by sculptureofabloke

I've not got a musical bone in my body but I'd assume that there isn't a great deal of difference between playing guitar and playing bass, if anything bass being easier with less strings..?

This is what Paul Simonon thought too, as I had heard somewhere. Don't remember now. But I heard playing bass is hard because you gotta make the rhythm or something like that. In the end it all depends on the individual's affinities, I guess...

Originally Posted by River Boy

I think bass players are underrated, they have to be persistent whereas guitar players can be looser and mess about a bit, even getting away with a few errors. Matthew Bellamy makes them all the time and he still gets raved about in guitar mags.

Not all the bass players. Paul Simonon is well praised, as I mentioned. But yeah, you are right in a way. Seems to me we've got more famous guitar players than famous bassists. I wanna add one more to the good bassists list - the one from New Model Army. Now that's a bass.

Originally Posted by TheCasual

As someone who has been learning guitar for nearly 2 years. It takes a hell of a lot effort to even play simply barre chords and power chords in time. Which seems to be what Richey is doing in most videos I've seen.

If James wasn't a musical genius, Richey wouldn't have the reputation as "the one who couldn't play guitar" and nobody would complain about Nicky's playing either. The problem is they're always compared to James, while this guy is simply outstanding on a general level.

[Librarian On Fire]

Originally Posted by Son of Stopped

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPNiS5dd6a8

Full on comedy gold! James around 0.30 looks like he's thinking "Aww shit, shit, they've got the levels wrong!". Sean thinks it's hilarious and at the line about "Postcards" James nervously looks to his right to make eye contact with Nicky.
I think this video should be played to all people who register with this site!

Thank you for posting that link. It's had me sitting here with a mile wide grin on my face. Sean's pissing himself laughing throughout the song. James' looks like he's ready to murder the soundguy. Nicky tries to make eye contact with Richey, but he's blissfully unaware! Fantastic!