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From the bassist's long, mildly unkempt, blond hair one might take him for the most articulate surfer in the world.
Theo Spielberg: Meet The Vaccines! Theo Spielberg 2011
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From the bassist's long, mildly unkempt, blond hair one might take him for the most articulate surfer in the world.
Theo Spielberg: Meet The Vaccines! Theo Spielberg 2011
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On its release it was an enormous cultural event; midnight store openings, five-star reviews, seven-times platinum sales for both albums and a mammoth, 194-date tour marked by riots, resignations and the eventual explosion of the bassist's pancreas.
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From the bassist's long, mildly unkempt, blond hair one might take him for the most articulate surfer in the world.
Theo Spielberg: Meet The Vaccines! Theo Spielberg 2011
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The problem was this: the keyboard player, who was the girlfriend of the frontman, was having an affair with the bassist; the bassist's ex-girlfriend, also a singer in the band, knew their secret but withheld it.
The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their on-stage lows 2011
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Two moments, however, stand out: Monique beginning one number by saying, "We're going to sex it up a little," as if the pelvis-grinding piece they'd just finished were some Schubert minuet; and an incident in which two (presumed) friends approached the stage repeatedly shouting "F**k you, Lamar Jones" in an apparent attempt to disrupt the bassist's concentration; but Jones, smiling slyly, just kept grinding out the groove without missing a beat.
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You not only can hear this bassist's Jaco Pastorius and Sting influences, but, as producer, she also employs some of the best tricks hip-hop (with some beats) and minimalist Juno-era artists have circulated.
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In blues, rock, and jazz, the drummer and bassist's function is primarily to lay down a tight groove over which the front men can let loose.
Mark Levine: How Led Zeppelin Broke Through the Walls Between Islam and the West 2008
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I'm surprised no VH-1 "Behind the Music" episodes haven depicted a band's demise due to a bassist's Latte addiction.
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Ben Allison: Peace Pipe (Palmetto) Allison founded the lofty sounding Jazz Composers Collective 10 years ago, but the 35-year-old bassist's music is anything but.
Hidden Talents 2007
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