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jarvis cocker
Dec 16, 2007

by Lowtax

lol

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FogHelmut
Dec 18, 2003


smokyprogg
Apr 9, 2008

BROKEN DOWN!
MISSION FAILED
lol @ nerds getting an angry black frontman for "street cred" :rolleyes:

FogHelmut
Dec 18, 2003

Panamaniac
Jun 18, 2007

HEROES NEVER DIE

smokyprogg posted:

lol @ nerds getting an angry black frontman for "street cred" :rolleyes:



FogHelmut
Dec 18, 2003

wolfgoon van halen



ghlbtsk
Apr 19, 2005

these bath mats
are
GORGEOUS

ghlbtsk posted:

If the bass player in your band is expendable, it is because bass player plays nothing but root notes and has no creativity whatsoever and therefore your entire band is worthless.


Don Tacorleone posted:

Anyone in U2 who isn't Bono or The Edge

That's exactly who I was referring to.

jarvis cocker
Dec 16, 2007

by Lowtax

lol x2

ghlbtsk
Apr 19, 2005

these bath mats
are
GORGEOUS

Katana Gomai
Jan 14, 2007

"Thus," concluded Miyamoto, "you must give up everything you have to be my disciple."

Does anyone remember Wheatus? You know, the Teenage Dirtbag guys. Their entire band outside of the singer must have been token as gently caress because apprently they still exist and he's the only original member left. Behold:

Current members

Brendan B. Brown – lead vocals, guitars (1995–present)
Matthew Milligan – bass, electric upright bass (2006–present)
Karlie Bruce – backing vocals (2008–2011, 2011–present)
Gabrielle Aimée Sterbenz – backing vocals (2011–present)
Mark Palmer – keyboards (2011–present)
Will Tully – drums (2013–present)

Former members

Peter McCarrick Brown – drums, backing vocals, turntables, samples (1995–2006)
Philip A. Jimenez – percussion, samples, turntables, special effects, keyboards, harmonica, banjo, and multiple other instruments (1995–2003)
Rich Liegey – bass, backing vocals (1995–2000)
Mike Joseph McCabe – bass, backing vocals (2000–2005)
Elizabeth Grace Brown – backing vocals (2002–2007)
Kathryn Elizabeth Froggatt – backing vocals (2002–2006)
Shannon Patrick Harris – keyboards (2002–2004)
Vanessa Jimenez – backing vocals (2003)
Michael Bellar – keyboards (2004–2005)
Nicolas DiPierro – bass (2005–2006)
Gerard Charles Hoffmann – keyboards (2005–2011)
Kevin Joaquin Garcia – drums (2006–2013)
Constance Renda – backing vocals (2006)
Melissa "Missy" Heselton – backing vocals (2006–2007)
Johanna Cranitch – backing vocals (2007–2011)
Georgia Haege – backing vocals (2007–2008)
Ken Flagg – keyboards (2011)
Delaney Gibson – backing vocals (2011)
Dani Elliott – backing vocals (2011)

Shonuff
Sep 26, 2007
White like Frank Black is
Meg White

I'm Crap
Aug 15, 2001
powerful lol at the idea of Wheatus still being a going concern in tyool 2014

Attitude Indicator
Apr 3, 2009

ghlbtsk posted:

If the bass player in your band is expendable, it is because bass player plays nothing but root notes and has no creativity whatsoever and therefore your entire band is worthless.

Frostwerks
Sep 24, 2007

by Lowtax
black guy and the blowfish

Taye Diggs
Aug 12, 2013

Holla at yo boy


does it get any more token

BUSH 2112
Sep 17, 2012

I lie awake, staring out at the bleakness of Megadon.

Claven666 posted:

dude, try telling this to Cliff Burton's ghost and Bootsy Collins

It's too bad that "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" is like the only song on the album where the bass is even audible in the mix.

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007
everyone in the smashing pumpkins except corgan

also, free username for the needy: billy krogan

BUSH 2112
Sep 17, 2012

I lie awake, staring out at the bleakness of Megadon.

paranoid randroid posted:

everyone in the smashing pumpkins except corgan

also, free username for the needy: billy krogan

Sorry, dude. James Iha is a totally underrated guitarist and Jimmy Chamberlin is one of the best drummers that I've ever heard. Billy Corgan is a douche now, but I will admit that you can't gently caress with Siamese Dream or Mellon Collie. I can take or leave the rest of their stuff.

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007
that was mostly a joke about how corgan is apparently a control freak that wouldnt let the rest of the band in the studio during recording

but yeah hes a mega weirdo

FreudianSlippers
Apr 12, 2010

Shooting and Fucking
are the same thing!


Didn't Bez get them dope though?
In the case of the Happy Mondays that's probably more important than playing an instrument.

jBrereton
May 30, 2013
Grimey Drawer
Vegas, in Bad Company.

Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

BUSH 2112 posted:

It's too bad that "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" is like the only song on the album where the bass is even audible in the mix.

bass can be awesome but like 99% of the time the bass rhythm is so simple or it's awesome but completely inaudible. burton is good but even a lot of the songs he plays on just involve him generating a slightly distorted background throb.

Stex T
Mar 7, 2005

Shut the fuck up and get out. Have fun being a slave of the rich and powerful.

Davincie
Jul 7, 2008

BUSH 2112 posted:

Sorry, dude. James Iha is a totally underrated guitarist and Jimmy Chamberlin is one of the best drummers that I've ever heard. Billy Corgan is a douche now, but I will admit that you can't gently caress with Siamese Dream or Mellon Collie. I can take or leave the rest of their stuff.

iha did the excellent linda linda linda soundtrack and thus owns forever

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

That black dude who rapped alongside Eminem (Doctor something?)

Orkin Mang
Nov 1, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
garfunkle

FreudianSlippers
Apr 12, 2010

Shooting and Fucking
are the same thing!


Flavor Flav can play like 15 instruments though.

Chuck Tanner
Nov 10, 2012

by Lowtax

Homestar Runner posted:

Token band members, gotta love em.



Ace of Base had two worthless dudes who didn't sing whatsoever and would just strike poses in their videos. They added nothing.









also Foo Fighters have 3 guitarists for some ridiculous reason

anyways post token band members ya fucks

that blonde ace of base girl was pretty hot

too bad shes like 90 now

Irradiation
Sep 14, 2005

I understand your frustration.

paranoid randroid posted:

everyone in the smashing pumpkins except corgan

also, free username for the needy: billy krogan

Pumpkins without Jimmy is garbage.

SirEvelynTremble
Dec 25, 2013

FUCK YOU HITLER
STALINGRAD
ROFLMFAO

FreudianSlippers posted:

Didn't Bez get them dope though?
In the case of the Happy Mondays that's probably more important than playing an instrument.

Homestar Runner
Oct 9, 2012

This is the best videogame
I have ever played!

Chuck Tanner posted:

that blonde ace of base girl was pretty hot


hells yeah




did the random white guy in NWA ever do anything? seems pretty token

sex excellence
Feb 19, 2011

Satisfaction Guranteed

FreudianSlippers posted:

Flavor Flav can play like 15 instruments though.

Not really. Or rather, most classically trained musicians can play almost any instrument at the level he can; which is just above lovely.. You can sound mediocre and a lot of different instruments if you are knowledgeable about theory and spend a little while learning basic technique.

The Monkey Man
Jun 10, 2012

HERD U WERE TALKIN SHIT
Peter Sinfield was a member of King Crimson for the first four albums even though he didn't perform, he just wrote their lyrics.

What was the band that had one guy who just danced around on stage?

Homestar Runner
Oct 9, 2012

This is the best videogame
I have ever played!

The Monkey Man posted:

What was the band that had one guy who just danced around on stage?

that would be The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and yes he is still part of the band, dancin' away

FreudianSlippers
Apr 12, 2010

Shooting and Fucking
are the same thing!

Richie Edwards from the Manic Street Preachers wrote a lot of their lyrics but usually wasn't even plugged in on stage. Then he killed himself by jumping into the ocean or something since the body has never been found.

Crow Jane
Oct 18, 2012

nothin' wrong with a lady drinkin' alone in her room
In the liner notes for one of the Happy Mondays albums, where they list the band members and what instruments they play, Bez's instrument is listed as Bez

Alberto Basalm
Nov 14, 2005


samuel t. herring of Future Islands

btw trent reznor owns

I'm Crap
Aug 15, 2001
he said "token" not "rear end-ugly"

couldn't they find three better looking people in all of North America to be pop stars than the semi-evolved simians in Future Islands

I'm Crap
Aug 15, 2001
their music's also real drat bad. a bad band for bads

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paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007

I'm Crap posted:

their music's also real drat bad. a bad band for bads

wrong

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