What have been the main influences for virtuoso melodic punk hardcore and punk rock bass players? Several would be the obvious, 99% accurate, answer, right? But let's think about some; we hear players being influenced by those pioneering the punk hardcore genre (guys like Dead Kennedys' Klaus Flouride, Descendents' Tony Lombardo, RKL's Joe Raposo, The Clash's Paul Simonon, The Who's John Entwistle) some taking hints from more rock'n'roll blues and reggae oldies (Rancid / Operation Ivy's Matt Freeman) and an impressive bunch influenced by Steve Harris and melodic riffing of mighty Iron Maiden. And the Iron Maiden's list could go on and on, especially among the bass shredders in melodic skate punk, but to name a few I'd think of Face to Face / No Use For A Name's Matt
Riddle, Propagandhi's John Samson, Satanic Surfers' Tomasz SokoĊowski No Fun At All's Henrik Sunvisson... mind I've never heard or read these dudes making reference to the metal band but listen to the stuff they play).FACE TO FACE bassist Scott Shiflett talks about of Iron Maiden's influenced bass line he came up with for the tune "Bent But Not Broken" and play a tight playthrough for a clip up on YouTube.
"Bent But Not Broken" is the opening track off "Protection", first FTF record in over 20 years at the time of release in 2016.
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