OFF: Great Bassists (was100 Greatest Guitarists)

[Nick Medford]

On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 17:49:39 EDT, RMayo19761 at AOL.COM wrote:

>In a message dated 9/6/2003 4:59:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>nickmedford at HOTMAIL.COM writes:
>
>> What else?
>
>Bob Daisly is an overlooked, underrated GENIUS
>laff if you like, but listen to his work on Ozzy's 'Diary of a Madman' and
>tell me he's not a MASTER of the creative arrangement. His work on that
record
>rates him as the secret weapon that every heavy rock band since '82 has
been
>sorely missing.

>more?
>John Wetton
>Cliff Williams (that's not easy, you know...)
>Ian Hill (ditto)
>Martin Turner
>Kenny Aaronson

OK, I can't really debate this, as I'm not a fan of most "classic" HM/hard
rock, in fact to be honest I strongly dislike a lot of it. The only bands I
really like who might fit into that genre would be Sabbath (who, in their
70s heyday at least, I always thought of as having a strong psych edge that
set them apart), Led Zep (who were so much more than just a hard rock
band), and Motorhead. So I'm not really familiar with Daisley.
Although I have heard that Ozzy album, and thought it was pretty good at
the time, but that was at least 15 years ago, I don't remember it well
enough to say anything here.

I actually had to go onto Google to discover who Ian Hill and Cliff
Williams are, stuff like Priest and AC/DC really isn't my thang... they
both had their moments back in the day I suppose. I have no idea how good
these guys are as instrumentalists.

Nick