TOP 5 CRAZIEST PUNK BASS RIFFS (And I Learned Them)
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➡️ I've been cruising down the punk rock rabbit hole lately, and it's been a friggin' blast! I wanted to take this moment to reflect on all the new bands and bass players I've discovered, and highlight the TOP 5 punk bass lines I've heard so far. To sweeten the pot, I wanted to take it up a notch and challenge myself to learn each one and cover them as authentically as possible. I enjoyed getting into these players' heads and trying to replicate each of their unique playing styles. Let's count these down, shall we?!
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Mark Michell is an internationally-touring and recording bass player known for his work with Scale the Summit, Tony MacAlpine, Tetrafusion, Watermox, and more. Michell is a published educator and author for Hal Leonard, the world's largest music publisher, and has taught bass clinics around the globe for many years. He founded Low End University in 2015, and has since enrolled over 2,500 students through his lessons program. Alongside his educational endeavors, he played on many Billboard-charting album releases and is sponsored by Jackson Basses, EMG Pickups, and Dunlop.
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Fishbone - Bonin in the Boneyard (ska)
And
Rollins Band - Grip (jazz musicians playing hardcore)
Fun points...
Bonin' in the boneyard- I anticipate the use of the phrase "root note" 😆
Grip - Im not sure if the bassline is repeated. Anywhere outside of the chorus🤣
GREAT JOB NOT ONLY PLAYING THESE KILLER BASS LINES BUT SHOWING US HOW THE AI PROGRAM WORKS. YOU SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT "WHITE KNUCKLE RIDE" BY RANCID. DEFINITELY RIGHT UP THERE WITH "MAXWELL MURDER". KEEP IT COMING!
The punk content is what got me hooked on your channel. Keep killing man 🤘
You nailed Maxwell Murder
Well ....
Legend! That is by far the best I’ve heard anyone not named Matt Freeman play the Maxwell solo
I think the craziest part about the horse is that, while tapping that riff, he is also singing the harmony
Pretty easy actually
You're pretty gay, actually. @@alwaysabiggafish3305
@@alwaysabiggafish3305no. It’s not. It’s very hard and takes a specific set of skills.
What you meant to say and what too many people mean to say when they say something is “easy” they mean to say “it’s easy for me”. And that’s awesome! I’m glad it’s easy for some people.
But if it were easy I’d be able to grab some random McDonald’s employee and teach them to do it in an hour. That’s universally easy.
@@alwaysabiggafish3305just like your momma 😂
Karl Alvarez playing the instrumental bonus track that comes after Thank You (though that one's good too) at the end of Everything Sucks by Descendents
He did a whole album reaction to everything sucks including that track on his patreon. You should subscribe and check it out, it's good!
bro im glad someone mentioned this. my favorite!
Every Wilhelm song is a lesson in the bass god lifestyle
brian j robinson is my favorite 😍
My top 5:
1 - The Horse
2 - Maxwell Murder
3 - All my friends are metalheads (Less Than Jake)
4 - I Disappear (The Faint)
5 - Hunting for Witches (Bloc Party)
I remember discovering all these songs 15 years ago, this is why I started to play bass and music in general (...and because of Mark Hoppus lol)
I also think that Less Than Jake should be looked @ but not certain which song. Plus, the guy slapped a part with 1 finger live (if I recall correctly).
The Interuppters too.
Man, your work and this videos are one of the best ambassadors that can promote punk rock, it's like blowing up years of stereotypes about punk rock. Thank you! ❤
The crazy thing is Brian Robertson does it flawlessly while running around a stage and sounds just as clean
Yeah. Some technical bands are great studio bands and either lazy or sloppy live. But a wilhelm scream is so tight live. And sometimes even more technical.
1. Hotprowl by Tiger Army(Upright Bass)
2.Fences by Hot Water Music
3.Keep it secret, keep it safe by Slick Shoes
4. Carry This by Slick Shoes
5. Snake in the grass by Much the same
Heck ya! Some love for Slick Shoes! Very underrated bassist because their guitarists are so good.
@@phxdwn121 They’re amazing. Once I listened to their latest album 20x, I started to focus on the bass and it was like I was hearing the album for the first time again.
@@jacoblopez2549 you need to listen to Downhill by them. Badass song.
Deserved #1. Great selection of songs for a top 5. Honourable mention to Firecracker by Strung Out.
The Hawk Killed The Punk by NoMeansNo is one, because all three instruments are playing in different time signatures.
Anything by nomeansno TBH
@@corvus5782 yeah, I was kinda at a loss to pick one, tbh. Wiggly Worm, Paradise, This Story Must Be Told, Big Dick...just a few of the many, MANY crazy great bass lines, made only better by John's insane drumming
nomeansno is, and this is not hyperbole, underrated
Happy Bridge
Just watched Nofx play last night in Portland. This was a great video to wake up to!
My crappy punk band played a battle of the bands type of show with one of your bands in 2012-13ish. I’m so happy you’re getting into this stuff now hahah.
Not sure why my first comment didn’t post. But I was there. I have videos of Down to Ride playing on my channel. And I remember your band. I was friends with the parents of one of your band members who were there that night.
This rules
I love that you chose face to face. They are my favorite band hands down. I really hope that you take the time to check out their entire catalog. I really think that you’re going to be a fan of their what I now consider their best writing “ignorance is bliss” I can admit sadly like a lot of their fans at the time that when it was released I felt betrayed and very upset. Why would my favorite band, a punk rock band, release an album like that? They gave us “don’t turn away” then “big choice” and then the self titled album!! When that self titled album came out it was like finally my favorite band has a great sounding album!!! Then after 3 years of live albums and various releases here comes the next record!!! NOFX, Lagwagon, No Use For a Name and the others all gave us pretty solid records during the tail end of the 90’s and now it’s time for face to face to show them up!!! NOPE!! IIB is NOT what you expected at all. I didn’t want anything to do with that record in 1999.
Fast forward five years and I gave it a second chance. It’s not only one of my favorite face to face records but one of my top 5 records of all time. The production is really really good but the fucking song writing on that bitch!! I was 19/20 when it was originally released not to mention playing in my own face to face inspired punk band at the time. Most likely the two main reasons I reacted the way I did upon its release. Then having matured quite a bit in those previously mentioned five years allowed me to approach that record not as a f2f fan but as a fan of Trever, Scott, Pete and Chad. That record really showed me why f2f is my favorite band. It’s Trever’s voice, Scott bass playing, the guitar tones. In all the previous records those things were there just smashed together at 180bpm in 3mins or less. Ignorance broke that wide open and allowed all those things that made f2f different from all their punk rock brethren to breathe.
That being said I’m glad they’re still putting out that smashed together 180bmp in 3min or less f2f punk rock that we’ve all stuck around for all these years. They just do it really well. They got a formula and a sound that works. Much like Social Distortion, NOFX and Bad Religion. When you hit play on any of their “punk rock” records, you automatically know it’s them within the first few bars.
Detroit by Rancid.
I was literally listening to Detroit the other day and thought he should try to take a crack at it.
I was thinking rejected by Rancid as my pick to hear him try but Detroit would be good too
Detroit is just ungodly. Matt Freeman is not of this world. I've spent 25+ years tryna play Detroit and I just cannot get the feel and tone correct.
This is the most excited I’ve been about a video on this channel.
Great idea for a video and fantastic integration with your sponsor!
Journey to the End of the East Bay by Rancid. The bass intro, while not crazy, is one of my favorites of all time.
Yeah in terms of music theory, it looks like simple I-V-vi-IV - but what makes it crazy is this vi chord - bass play major, not minor. Pretty gnarly
My favorite Rancid bass line is Black Lung. There's so many to choose from though.
@@FatMilkPLin that bass riff, he plays all the notes in the chromatic scale except for the augmented fifth
By far the rarest perfect list I’ve seen! You killed it man! 🔥
Wow this was unexpected. Well done brother, fantastic playing! Top 5 is such a hard call to make think this list was pretty solid
Dude. That was sick man .. I gotta get some vids up. Thanx for the inspiration.
Epic video!! Great playing on your part!!!
normally up front sponsored videos turn my stomach as i start to watch, BUT : This was a GREAT use of the product to showcase exactly what it's capable of. A brilliant partnership!
Thank you so much! I know what you mean, and only took this because I thought I could integrate it smoothly. Really appreciate you saying that!!
Great video! Glad you got a solid sponsor that you were able to integrate so seemlessly. Most importantly, great bass playing!
It may be their farewell, but I finally get to see NOFX live.
your Maxwell Murderer was great, ir would be great to watch you react to New Orleans from Rancid
This video is top tier. You didn't just play the recording, you genuinely played them. I'm now hyped on a Monday morning.
Love this format of a video, also love seeing the 4 string bass come out. Great vid
So happy you've done through this trip; going from bassist rooted in metal to finding punk and its bass-centric madness. Big fan of your videos; big fan of bass!
My man strikes again! Well done
Rufio-still!!!!
Thank you so much the punk rock content!
So stoked Wilhelm got #1. Got to meet Brian last year after a show. Such a cool dude
finally, finally, finally, getting some respect
Best vid yet. Glad you got into some punk and ska!
Still waiting for Detroit by rancid
You gotta check out White Knuckle Ride and/or Axiom by Rancid! Matt Freeman absolutely goes berserk on WKR, no joke!
Agreed, those two are even more insane than Maxwell Murder!
Amazing! Great job! Wish I had you when I was trying to learn these songs in the 1990s!
Just seeing someone play that Betrayed intro warmed my heart. You a real one, Mark.
How fitting Wilhelm is "No. 1"
#iykyk
Only the devil don't know
Love all the punk content. Great video!
Since you love the tapping in The Horse, you will be amazed by the tapping in Check Request Denied. It's much harder than The Horse and is cooler imo :P
Great list! 🤘
That tapping bassline is straight out of the Hal Leonard book. Nicely executed!
Keep up the great content!
Horray!!! I knew you had it in you! Great Job!!!!
Awesome to see you just PLAY. Love the channel.
more unique videos with play throughs like this please!
This was cool, great vid. Wilhelm is so fun in every aspect
Can't wait to see you do metal, and all the sub genres of metal too!
amazing! a lot of my absolute favorite punk, and even favorite bass riffs (Freeman is in my top 3). astounding list!
Well i am not a bassplayer or really good at music, but just got rancid's self-titled from i think 2001 and it feels like that whole record got insane basslines.
Less Than Jake - Scott Farcas Takes It On The Chin 💯
SO many LTJ bass riffs are crazy. Roger is crazy talented.
If I remember right, he’s mentioned learning an LTJ song or two in the recent past
One of you sickest videos 👏
Great and fun video again!
You could added the "sexy riff" from Give it back as a bonus shredding 😂
Love the punk section you do, hope it keeps coming
You've gotten so good with a pick in the last few months!
Maybe the most iconic American punk band was the Bad Brains. Back towards the beginnings more than any other bands of their era they took the music towards hardcore. Their music was about as tight as it got. D.O.A. was another great band from Vancouver. I’d also mention the Ruts from the UK or going anarcho punk UK’s Subhumans….there was a Vancouver Subhumans too.
i know you've done lots of Rancid but Axiom is another one with a crazy bass part
yessss
I just recently discussed this with another bassist friend. I couldn't quite understand how Axiom doesn't come up more often in regards to Matt's mad skills. I guess my buddy gave me the answer: It's the album which is just such an beginning-to-end piece of art and simply gets way more attention, really.
But despite that, I do believe that Axiom is the much superior solo of the two, and if not for playing then for sound. I could listen to it for hours in a loop.
Completely agree, its the hardest bassline Matt plays. I actually think its because of that why its not played live much or at all, its fucking insane what he does on that track.
Great list. Please more lists!
Hell yes! You rock!! 🤘🏼
Enjoy your channel. This is a really good ad for that program.
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You know the funny thing is I'm a metal guitarist but have played bass in punk bands. And it's the punk stuff that actually got me into this channel.
truly believe you nailed the top 3!
Nice!! I’d asked if you had software like this in a previous video. It’s neat to be able to isolate the instruments. Great video!
Punkrock got a lot of awesome bass-players!
Fat Mike, Mike Dirnt, Matt Freeman, Paul Simonon, Bruce Foxton,
Peter Hook, Dee Ramone, Mark Hoppus, Karl Alvarez and so many more... 🤩
Thanks a lot for the video! 😊👍🏻
I played bass for a rancid tribute set a couple years ago. Definitely simplified my version of maxwell murder. However, I wish I had this video to learn from. Your great video and sound quality is perfect to learn from. Hope others can utilize it for that reason
You played that Maxwell Murder solo flawlessly
love this video, i've recently taken a dive back into bass again (because of Fat Mike) its rough but just the tone and sound it can get is beautiful. your videos are always fun
bro, Im subscribing to your patreon. ya finally got me. excellent list
Great job on maxwell...good stuff brutha
wow, that tapping from #1 reminds me of the stuff I learned from Dave Crigger instructional tape long time ago, and I used it massively later
That betrayed riff live is one of my favorite moments. And that app is pretty slick.
I had to learn the horse the first time I heard that tapping section back in the day. Easier than it sounds actually
i love the bass tone and parts in the song "give it all" by rise against
Great video my dude
Glad you enjoyed!!
Can definitely see your pick work is improving, that's some absolutely gnarly stuff. Im glad to see I got the list mostly correct, only miss was Face to face over Cigar. Legacy of the 7 Plies is just a completely different beast.
As soon as I saw the title, I knew you were gonna do the horse. Also, it's crazy how close you can get to most sounds. But, isn't it crazy how you just can't mimic fat Mike? You weren't lying about him. Nobody sounds like Mike.In my opinion, he's one of the best punk bassist of all time, one of the best punk and rock producers of all time, and one of the best lyricist in general of all time. Nice work, homie. That's a pretty neat little gadget. I like it a lot. Much love. Be well.
Love Streetlight Manifesto, RKL, NOFX, Violent Femmes, & Maxwell Murder.
We built this city on debts and booze from a wilhelm scream has a crazy bassline throughout the song and a dope solo at the end
Fuck yeah that list is great and with AWS on top? Amazing! Love the vids! Cheers!!
Was expecting matt freeman on no 1 🫣 great video 🔥
I can foresee podcasts with some of the fellow bass players who tuned in on your channel.
very good list.
My top 5 (songs that you haven't covered):
1. Squirtgun - Make It Wreck
2. J Church - Yellow, Blue, & Green
3. Crimpshrine - Summertime
4. The Ergs! - Extra Medium
5. Cobra Skulls - H.D.U.I. (Honorary Discharge Under The Influence)
HATE IT TOO - The Leap, great bass line!
You Nailed It!!!
Always great. I can't imagine the time you had to take to get those riffs down. So complicated.
Some of my favorites are punk-adjacent:
Braid - first day back (1998)
the Coathangers - watch your back (2016)
the Dismemberment Plan - academy award (1997)
gods reflex - to the discontent of all his previous loves (1996)
J Church - yellow, blue and green (1993)
I highly recommend checking out 'THE PRESS CORPSE' by 'ANTI FLAG'. In my opinion one of the best examples of bass playing in all of punkrock. You won't regret. If you think it's worth it, i'm looking forward to see you analysing it in the future maybe.
Great to see people exploring and appreciating good ol punkrock stuff.
Keep up your great work mate!
You gotta check out NOFX - Stickin in my eye. Bass chord intro is probably what got me interested in bass as a kid.
Disorder by Joy Division!
Amazing!!!
The Press Corpse - Anti-Flag (controversial band member now)
Too Close to See- Strung Out
No Cigar - Millencolin
Violins - Lagwagon
Love will Tear us Apart - Joy Divison
Haha i just saw nofx and face to face two days ago on Portland and watching Mike play the decline live was incredible
Time for "A Wilhelm scream - skid rock" reaction
the king is dead/we built this city on debts and booze
@@tonightweareone yeah definitely
Great list. I’d throw the intros to “The Death of John Smith” (NOFX) and “Punk Rock Rulebook” (88 Fingers Louie) in there and the “Axiom” (Rancid) solo
Great job! Those riffs are so tricky. I would dare say they're kind of beyond punk. Have you listened to crossover? It's basically hardcore bands incorporated thrash. DRI and the like. I dig it.
“Not to Regret” by Rancid is craziest riff.
I highly suggest we built this city on debts and booze- a wilhelm scream if nothing but for the outro alone brian takes you on john paul jones ramble on walk in a dark park, love you work as always peace
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listen allllll the way to the end and turn it uppp
Yes 💜 Playing with a pick too I see