bands with two guitars, no bass

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Some of my favorite bands this decade feature two guitars with no bass: arab on radar, natural dreamers, yowie. And don't meshuggah's new custom guitars make a bass player superfluous, mostly?

Other bands like this? Is this mostly a newer trend? (Pardon my ignorance.)

― professor ganson, Thursday, 1 March 2007 21:57 (seventeen years ago) link

JSBX

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:03 (seventeen years ago) link

also Sleater-Kinney, if I'm not mistaken...?

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Oblivians?

― Jordan, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Sleater-Kinney and JSBX are probably my favorites.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:05 (seventeen years ago) link

early Cramps

― sexyDancer, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:05 (seventeen years ago) link

oooh yeah early Cramps stuff slayzzzz

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Gories

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:12 (seventeen years ago) link

mid-late Harry Pussy

― sexyDancer, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:13 (seventeen years ago) link

The Ex currently.

― Ivan, Friday, 2 March 2007 00:56 (seventeen years ago) link

OXES

― Hurting 2, Friday, 2 March 2007 01:20 (seventeen years ago) link

uhm pussy galore had two guitars right?

― killa bee, Friday, 2 March 2007 01:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Henry Threadgill's Very Very Circus

at least if having two tubas doesn't count.

― Oilyrags, Friday, 2 March 2007 02:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers

― earlnash, Friday, 2 March 2007 02:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Pussy Galore had 3 guitars I think.

― Bill Bary, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:54 (seventeen years ago) link

On a side note, are there any (other) bands with 3+ guitars and no bass?

― Bill Bary, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Do Sleater-Kinney and JSBX really count? Jon Spencer and Corin Tucker both play guitars detuned down to bass frequencies. They definitely cover the low end in a manner similar to a bass player. What about bands with absolutely no low end??

― Moodles, Friday, 2 March 2007 05:00 (seventeen years ago) link

The Fall now have two bassists..

― Drooone, Monday, 5 March 2007 05:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Did Plan 9 have a bassist? 9 guitars kinda makes bass irrelevant, in any case.

― libcrypt, Monday, 5 March 2007 06:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Smashchords

― Mike Dixn, Monday, 5 March 2007 23:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Kings Of Convenience

― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 14:22 (seventeen years ago) link

early pavement

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 01:13 (seventeen years ago) link

The Electric Eels.

Interestingly, Eels drummer Nick Knox later joined the Cramps.

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 9 March 2007 11:57 (seventeen years ago) link

The Dead C.

US Maple, although possibly not if you're taking the low-end cop-out as stated above.

― myopic_void, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:37 (seventeen years ago) link

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