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Queen guitarist Brian May jokingly asked the band bassist, John Deacon, to learn the double bass for the recording of his folk song '39. Just a couple days later, he found Deacon in the studio with the instrument, having already learned to play it.
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When composing the song "'39", Queen guitarist Brian May jokingly asked bassist John Deacon to play the double bass on the recording. Deacon didn't got the joke and actually learned the instrument. In two days.
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One of the most prominent bass guitarists of the 60's and 70's was a woman by the name of Carol Kaye. She has an estimated 10,000 recordings under her belt over a 55-year period.
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Robert Trujillo, bass guitarist for Metallica, helped Jaco Pastorius family to recover his stolen original Bass Of Doom Fender Jazz Bass
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The Doors did not have a dedicated bass guitarist. For live performances, Ray Manzarek played bass with his left hand and right foot while simultaneously playing keyboards.
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While The Who's guitarist Pete Townshend considers "Magic Bus" his favourite song to play, bassist John Entwistle claimed it was his least favourite song by the band due to the one-repeated-note bass part.
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Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello and TOOL guitarist Adam Jones were in a band together called Electric Sheep in the early 80's, with Tom on guitar and Adam on bass. Tom wrote original material for the band that included politically-charged lyrics.
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The Who guitarist Pete Townshend was completely deafened in one ear after his drummer Keith Moon put dynamite in the bass drum of his drum set and set it off on stage.
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The hooks and bass lines for the 1983 Yes hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart" were worked out by guitarist Trevor Rabin while he was on the toilet.
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Rock group The Pretenders fired bass guitarist Pete Farndon due to his drug abuse in June 1982. Two days later guitarist James Honeyman-Scott died as a result of cocaine intolerance. In April 1983 Farndon drowned in the bath at his home in London, after overdosing on heroin
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Carol Kaye, a session musician and one of the most widely-heard bass guitarists ever. She is credited with playing bass on some of the biggest hits of all-time.
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Donnie Thornberry, the wild 5-year-old from Nickelodeon's "The Wild Thornberrys", is voiced by Flea, the bass guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers (go to 0:40 to see for yourself!)
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Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour was an uncredited performer on the soundtrack to the movie Hackers, composed by Guy Pratt (who has also played bass for PF).
Before starting Rage Against the Machine, Tom Morello formed a band called the Electric Sheep in 1982. The band featured future Tool guitarist Adam Jones on bass. - source
John Richard Deacon, bass guitarist of the Queen, was the only member never to sing on their records. In Bohemian rhapsody's musical video, he's just pretending to - source
The song "How Long" by Ace was actually about their bass guitarist secretly playing with other bands, and not about an affair with a woman.
