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“They’re looking at each other and not saying anything. Finally, they said, ‘We've auditioned a lot of people, and you're the only bass player who wants to play that song’”: The moment Doug Wimbish knew he’d joined Living Colour

A fearless audition proved Doug Wimbish was exactly what Living Colour needed following the departure of bassist Muzz Skillings

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“It’s a one-string instrument with a handle on it, and I hit it with a stick”: Les Claypool’s bonkers one-string leads the biggest (and strangest) bass releases of the month

May saw the reissue of Fender's best-selling bass, a custom Rickenbacker for Geddy Lee, and a supersized version of the daddy of all fuzz

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“Slapping was a matter of natural evolution”: 21 slap bass legends who made thumpin’ and pluckin’ their own

From the godfather of thumpin’ and pluckin’ to Victor Wooten’s game-changing slap technique, we bring you the players that you must know if you want to call yourself a true bass aficionado

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“I played a 5-string with Lauryn Hill, but it didn’t feel like a real bass”: Raised on R&B, schooled by fusion, and empowered by punk rock, Bad Brains bassist Darryl Jenifer remains a 4-string purist

The bass powerhouse behind Washington DC’s Bad Brains pioneered a style that changed the history of punk

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“I’m able to pick these instruments up for the first time and play them like I’ve already had them for years”: Spector unveils two new Doug Wimbish USA Custom Series basses, including a replica of the Living Colour bassist's iconic 1987 5-string

With signature EMG pickups and an era-specific headstock design, Spector's new basses promise to deliver “the sound and feel that inspired Doug Wimbish's signature style”

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Keith Le Blanc, drummer for The Sugarhill Gang, Tackhead and many more has died aged 70

Le Blanc also contributed to work by Nine Inch nails, R.E.M., Depeche Mode and more

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“It’s hard to think who the greatest bass players are. You could say Flea, but he doesn’t need the plug!” Jack Bruce on the bass players that shaped his sound

Back in 2010, we asked Cream bassist Jack Bruce to nominate five albums that influenced his bass playing

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“Prince liked the band. He would come see us. He would mysteriously appear and disappear, which always made me mad – ‘Damn it!’” How Vernon Reid’s expressionist shredding juiced Living Colour and won fans in Prince and the Rolling Stones

From Vivid to Time’s Up to Stain, Vernon Reid’s radical solos and effects experimentalism set Living Colour apart from every other guitar band in the grunge era

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The great White Lines robbery: How a bassline by art-rockers Liquid Liquid became one of the biggest hip hop anthems of all time

In 1983 Doug Wimbish was asked to recreate a bassline that was tearing up NYC clubs. Transformed into White Lines (Don’t Do It) it became an enormous worldwide hit – but the original creators never received a dime…

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Mark Stewart, Pop Group frontman and revered countercultural musician, dies aged 62

Bristol-born vocalist celebrated for political lyricism and highly expressive style was influential both with the Pop Group and a long solo career

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