Playing bass in Alice in Chains - Part 1 - Mike Starr - Bass Habits - Ep 41 

How about Harley Flanagen of The Cro-Mags their 1st album Age of Quarrel inspired countless Hardcore and Metal bands.

but not a hard sound to get at all, its the P pickup with some of the The Jazz mixed in.

Would gets my blood flowing the mike did such a great job even if it’s simply

Would is an awesome baseline he created

That combo of Stuart Spector bass and an Ampeg cabinet. So good!

@@craigmoran893 there's an acoustic bass also, I dont think it is that easy to mimic the overall tone.

Wow ur teacher is awesome, that was a sad day indeed 😢

Defining for sure, the Bass on the intro made me a lifelong fan of A.I.C....

That's one piece of music though lol

yeah, probably for like 20 some years... sure he didnt really need to listen to it while coming up with that song to have its influence sneak into the song.

Thanks Saul

allegedly he was also scalping tickets while on tour with the band

I suppose maybe he was less of a "functional" addict? The others maybe knew their limits better at the time and didn't let it get in the way of everything else?

Yeah apparently on the Dirt tour Mike let his addictions become top priority. Skipping practice cause he was out doing or scoring drugs and also (as noted before) scalping tickets and offering backstage passes to people willing to pay.

No the real reason was that he slept with too many underage girls. The band didn’t want to get in some serious legal trouble

I heard he had sex with Jerry’s girlfriend, that would do it!

I agree. I play bass as well. It’s all about filling in the open space. Driving the band forward and sometimes let them know it’s time for a dynamic change

Well; just because he doesent play as fancy as geddy did, doesent mean he is a worse musician. He just cared about other musical things than geddy did, so they are both very good at what they do. Mike was more about attitude and stage presence, which isnt bad or a worse attribute than geddys technical perfection. So pls, dont say hes bad or worse, just because you dont get the things he was about. You cant really compare them

@@heinrich5098 I didn’t mean any disrespect to Mike Starr or his contributions. He played perfectly for AiC. My statement was more intended as easy for the analysis. Honestly I much prefer AiC music as I’ve never cared for Rush. Obviously they are all incredible musicians but I don’t care for prog rock. I do still listen to AiC often.

@@travisstafford397 great! I didnt want to be mean

@@heinrich5098 no worries

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Follow the guitar

Boss DS-1 and SD-1 making heavy distortion that makes the bass lose its low end that's why Slayer bass lines suck.

@@Wheresthepepsibismol Raining Blood is not the only Slayer song.

@@R3DONE I know dude I got seasons in the abyss on cassette.

You think so? They were pretty huge in their day but losing Layne put the breaks on things.The singer who replaced him really wasn't bad and the album I heard with him was pretty good.

Alice in Chains have sold over 30 million records worldwide, and over 14 million records in the US alone. Damn that’s underrated…what’s successful to you??? Billion sales. High expectations huh?

@@tonyhensonart5232 Of course were they big back then, but I think that they deserve more hype nowadays, cause they are songwriting wise superior to Nirvana. Thats my point. I didnt say, that they werent succesfull

AIC is still an unknown band to most (in general) or maybe people just don't care anymore...AIC is one of my all time fav bands (since 1992) with Layne being my fav singer but they were never that huge or "mediatic" like Nirvana for example. Not even close. Most people (especially younger generations) have never heard of Layne Staley or Jerry Cantrell. Almost all I know have heard of Metallica, AC/DC, Nirvana, etc...but have no clue about AIC. I mean even most people (younger generations too) that are not Nirvana fans know who Kurt Cobain was...based on my experiences. I also know people that don't like AIC music at all (with the exception of few songs maybe) because they find it too depressive, hard to listen.

@@MLCrow what young kids know or don't know isn't strong evidence.lol

Im jealous

Yeah Paul didn't describe very well Mike Starr here. Good job so far but I found out this video a little unfair to Mike.

One of the best bass players!

Glad you added that last part. Cause that’s all it is man, opinions.

@@river2352 Agree. I just don't like when people speak for all somehow. Music is subjective, personal preferences.

Vaughn Hardy I can't disagree with you because you stated it's your opinion. So it's ok. AIC & Soundgarden are two of my favorite bands, I never cared much about Nirvana and I totally can't stand Pearl Jam. That's how it is for me. Whatever.

No he didn't he rarely used one. Only when they needed him to your probably thinking about Inez.

No. It just needs some more time than modern music oder nirvana. Aic is songwriting wise better than Nirvana or most other bands

You’ve got Poison on your channel. Guess AIC would be too hard for you to understand. Alice in Chains have sold over 30 million records worldwide, and over 14 million records in the US. Move along.

Si Cotic...I suggest you to just add "for me" in your comment...it's not terrible for all of us. Music is subjective, personal preferences or not.

I don't wanna hear it you're stuck in the 80s.