Doktor Avalance's bass playing

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Doctor E
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We have heard many Heartlanders express their wish that Eldritch hire a live bass player to relieve the workaholic Doktor. Just to prove the democratic nature of this Heartland is there anybody out there who prefers the Doktor's playing? If so, it would be great to hear your arguments.

In case Eldritch is looking for someone, here is a snippet from a new interview with an available bassist:

"You must be worth around £30m, I say. 'Are you serious?' he asks. 'Whatcha talking about? With properties and everything? Nah. Maybe £20m. But cash in hand is the problem and I've got very little of that. So I've got to work. I can't stop.'"

The player? Bill Wyman.

Pros for hiring him:
He already knows "Gimme Shelter."
At almost 70, he will make Von feel young again.
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My brother is available. I'm sure he can handle the job and he won't ask for gazillions of $, £, €, or whatever that is. :lol: :wink:
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Doctor E wrote:
"You must be worth around £30m, I say. 'Are you serious?' he asks. 'Whatcha talking about? With properties and everything? Nah. Maybe £20m. But cash in hand is the problem and I've got very little of that. So I've got to work. I can't stop.'"

The player? Bill Wyman.

Pros for hiring him:
He already knows "Gimme Shelter."
At almost 70, he will make Von feel young again.
Stolen from Hal's site...
Andrew Eldritch wrote: WHO SHOULD REPLACE BILL WYMAN IN THE ROLLING STONES?

Tony James
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Badlander wrote:My brother is available. I'm sure he can handle the job and he won't ask for gazillions of $, £, €, or whatever that is. :lol: :wink:
That's aswell as I don't think Mr E pays much above minimum wage :wink:
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Doctor E wrote:Pros for hiring him:
He already knows "Gimme Shelter."
At almost 70, he will make Von feel young again.
Cons for hiring him:
If :von: puts a dead guy on stage as a bass player, he'll *never* shake that pesky "goth" label :lol:
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Doctor E wrote:He already knows "Gimme Shelter."
I doubt he knows it the way the Sisters play it...
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I'm happy with the Doc. Never seem them with a real bass player so I don't know any different I suppose. :innocent:
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Well if it's a Craig Adams-type of bass player, if he has the same kind of juggernaut sound, why not ? Lemmy would be a nice fit. :innocent:

It's about the sound you want, rather than the identity of the bass player. Bass driven songs (Floodland era) could benefit from a human bass player. Otherwise I'm happy the way things are.
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Lemmy. 8) Not likely though.
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I can't think of an awful lot of human bass players whose presence would benefit the band. No particular name comes to mind.
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Badlander wrote:I can't think of an awful lot of human bass players whose presence would benefit the band. No particular name comes to mind.
Patricia Morrison? :innocent:
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Dark wrote:
Badlander wrote:I can't think of an awful lot of human bass players whose presence would benefit the band. No particular name comes to mind.
Patricia Morrison? :innocent:
!!REF!!
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Dark wrote:
Badlander wrote:I can't think of an awful lot of human bass players whose presence would benefit the band. No particular name comes to mind.
Patricia Morrison? :innocent:
:eek: :lol:
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David Allen of Gang of Four/Shriekback/King Swamp/Gang of Four fame gets my vote
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That bloke out of Level 42?

*BAM! Door hits my arse on the way out*

TJ was good enough at Leeds Poly in 91. The Doktor was awesome at the NEC in 92, but does seem to overwhelm proceedings sometimes. At Josephs Well last year this was most definitely not a bad thing, indeed it was a bloody good thing. 8)
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Planet Dave wrote:That bloke out of Level 42?

*BAM! Door hits my arse on the way out*
You got it. :lol:
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If you want an early-Sisters style bass player who can work with a drum machine, Tom from Black Wire would be a good choice, neglecting the fact that he's currently employed ;)
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but Black Wire have released a record
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Unfortunately for Andrew, yes.

For everyone else? Quite fortunate.

I'll have to back you on David Allen then ;)
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David Allen was pretty sloppy in his GO4 days IMO, he really did come out with Shriekback, Accretions being a particularly wonderful bassline.
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i'll do the job for nowt if von covers me drugs bill. i can play the bass a sight better than tony james fer starts.
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And I knew the words to every song.
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eastmidswhizzkid wrote:i'll do the job for nowt if von covers me drugs bill. i can play the bass a sight better than tony james fer starts.
Now that we have to see. :twisted: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :twisted:

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That would fookin' pwn.

Do it :twisted:
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EvilBastard wrote:If :von: puts a dead guy on stage as a bass player, he'll *never* shake that pesky "goth" label :lol:
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Motz wrote:That would fookin' pwn.

Do it :twisted:
i'm going to show my age now, but what does that mean? :oops:
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