BenLoy Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 Okay, it's actually a collaboration between Scott Thunes and his high school buddy Geoff Wolf. The album is called "In Rememberance". Pretty cool stuff. Very, very catchy. I could listen to this stuff all day. The stuff has a surfy, ventures quality to it. Scott Thunes' Punk-approved, harmonically aware P-Bass virtuosity is on display throughout. It's only available as free mp3 downloads on Scott Thunes\' webpage. For the unititiated, Scott Thunes is the brilliant bassist who played in Frank Zappa's 80's-era bands, including the '88 juggernaut that he was the "Clonemeister" (or MD) for. That band also included Mike Keneally, the Fowler Brothers, Chad Wackerman, and Ed Mann. After Zappa, he played with Steve Vai, Z, and Fear. He plays with the attitude of the great punk bassists (slammin' his P-Bass with a pick), coupled with the knowledge and musicality of a guy who has a thorough understanding of 19th and 20th Century classical music. Wild and very cool to listen to. He's been "out of rok" for a while now, but he put this record together a while ago and finally posted the samples. I think they sound great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDL Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 Ha! Very cool. Very surf like. JDL on Purevolume Bird\'s Eye View on Purevolume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 And of course while visiting TNB, I told him a Scott Thunes story. The guy's a monstrous bass player and hasn't been playing in recent years. He was featured in Bass Player Magazine once and I better not say anymore. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLoy Posted July 25, 2003 Author Share Posted July 25, 2003 Yeah...I'm not gonna go there, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 Scott is a monstrous player. Pretty cool stuff here, but I'd rather listen to him with Frank or Dweezil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnb Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 I have been playing the Thunes stuff all day and I am digging it. I was thinking of covering a couple of those tunes in a power trio that I am going to evenually work with. (I say eventually because our gig schedules are all conflicting but we have already managed to record one bad ass cd.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaCosaNostradamus Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Originally posted by jeremyc: The guy's a monstrous bass player and hasn't been playing in recent years. He was featured in Bass Player Magazine once and I better not say anymore. Thunes\' interview http://www.cidanka.nl/keneally/stbp0397.htm I'm not sure what to make of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLoy Posted July 27, 2003 Author Share Posted July 27, 2003 Stories about Scott Thunes' "caustic personality" are well documented. Do a google search on his name to find them. I've read pretty much everyone's "side" of why the '88 band broke up. You can pretty much chalk it up to Ed Mann and Scott Thunes not seeing eye to eye on how the band should have been run. The rest of the band became divided into two camps which created enough inner termoil to cause Frank to stop the tour. Whether it was Ed Mann's or Scott Thunes' "fault" isn't really for any of us to say, and has been discussed to death in other forums. They've both publicly reconciled with each other, and Scott seems very happy working in the software industry and doing his own musical projects on the side with no pressure. I'll rather listen to "Make a Jazz Noise Here" or "The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life" and concentrate on how amazing that band sounded while it lasted, rather than how it broke up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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