Who played bass on 'Alice (1993)'?

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Who played bass on 'Alice (1993)'? Was it Tony James, or had he left by the time that was recorded?

I was listening to it in the car today and ... MY LORD!!! It's good :eek: I'd kind of skipped past it previously, thinking the definitive 'Alice' was 1983 and nothing could top that original edit.

'Alice (1993)' really is that full-on pounding "industrial groove machine". There's something quite raw, yet polished about the production and that bass line is just hard. The sound system in my car is good, with a sub-woofer as standard ... not too much, just enough. Confined in a tin box, you really can hear the music.

You're now going to tell me it was synthesised, aren't you? It doesn't sound like Tony James, as he sounds on 'Vision Thing'.

Having done 'Temple of Love (1992)', then 'Alice (1993)' ... can you imagine what 'Body and Soul (199X)' would have sounded like? 'Afterhours (199X)'? :notworthy:
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Tony James already left the band in 1993. As far as I know, the bass is synth on the whole single. And Adam played all the guitars. I've read it somewhere...
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Thanks for the reply. So Tony had left the band.

I have an early demo of 'Body Electric' where the bass sounds very similar. It is a fantastic sound re-captured on 'Alice (1993)'.
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The production on Alice '93 and Under The Gun was just so, so good - was so looking forward to a new album with those two examples as standard bearers. Fuuuuuck!!! :von:
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Machine Regime wrote:The production on Alice '93 and Under The Gun was just so, so good - was so looking forward to a new album with those two examples as standard bearers. Fuuuuuck!!! :von:
Yes, I remember that day as if it were yesterday! :roll:
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Machine Regime wrote:The production on Alice '93 and Under The Gun was just so, so good - was so looking forward to a new album with those two examples as standard bearers. Fuuuuuck!!! :von:
If that were the case, I'd happily have waited til '97. Summer could quite readily commits atrocious acts of violence to Under The Gun on any given day. In the brightest yellows and blues, of course.

These days I'd settle for a triple album of live recordings, The New Ones / The Reworkings / The Covers. I can dream.
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I dare say the posh fella below

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The bass on those tracks is pure synth ......And I am sorry..but the first half of utg is complete and utter sh*te......I really don't have a thing for the aspiring and subsequently failing love god thing going on in that video and song.....
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