ATHEIST live @ The Waters Club: "The Formative Years" (feat. Roger Patterson, Feb. 1991) 

he IS one of the greatest bassists in metal! and I think any great metal bassist alive today would agree.

Dude one album like this at age 22. He is one of the greatest and without a doubt the best bassist ever in death metal.

its a fucking nazi

Music isn't subjective, musical taste/preference is :p ..Roger remains one of the greatest musicians ever whether widely acknowledged or not! 💗

Might not exactly have been because Tony couldn't play them... even back then Tony seemed to be a total monster on bass... but... the fact that usually in a band a bassist takes care of the basslines... and if he suddenly dies , what are the chances Roger would have left behind notes/tabs or anything? he obviously just knew 'em all by heart... I don't think they extensively demo'd U.P. and of course they wouldn't have had any of THESE youtube videos we are watching for Tony to have studied back in the day, so, makes you wonder... how DID they manage to have Tony play atleast 80% of what Roger played which as it is contained all kinds of fills at distinct stops of songs not just underneath riffs... perhaps Kelly and the others in the band were able to have grasped what Roger played having rehearsed so many times? Unless Roger left cassette tape type recordings of his basslines for study/studio/etc

My uncle was Rodger never got to meet him my dad his twin says he was the best there ever was

Alexander, that's truly a shame. I worked with the guys in Atheist in their recent years, but have known them for about 25 years. I only got to meet your uncle once (on this same tour, but in New Jersey) and he was kind, quiet and very creative. He was also an absolutely incredible musician, as you can see here. When I talked to Kelly, he said that your father went to see them play live after the accident. Kelly was freaked out because since they're twins it looked like Roger was watching them from the front row of the audience.

Your uncle was a friend of mine. Many good times. He was an awesome dude. Very funny.

Roger was absolutely the best I had the privilege of knowing him. Grew up with him and played football together. He had natural talent in everything he did. One of the coolest guys I've ever known. I miss him every day.

@@alexanderpatterson1538 One of the greatest bass players in metal ever, bro. He was Cliff Burton 2.0 and that's a huge understatement.

Cause he died so young. I mean others did too but he only had the one album

Because atheist was so obscure at the time, people just didn't get it and they didn't get the recognition they deserved, especially Roger.

One of which plays upside down strings (Rand Burkey).

That's my uncle

@@alexanderpatterson1538 He is a legend in the metal world, in case you didn't know.

My uncle was the base player

Alexander Patterson You're uncle was a natural born musician. He was on par with Cliff Burton (Metallica) in my opinion. They both honed skill in their instruments. RIP

Oi325 no sir he was not on par with cliff he was light years ahead of anything cliff did

my opinion, other than the superb playing most bands back then didn't mess with gear that kills the sound. today's gear is s**t, lacks harmonics and many musical elements. Back then the analog stuff allowed them to play clear even in 300 bpm tempos. This is common in all Sadus, Morbid Angel, Death etc early lives.