TShakazBlackRoots Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 I was watching an interesting interview by one of the members of the legendary Ska outfit Skatellites about their hey days in Jamaica. He said, 'An when di bassman hit, bwoy, di woman shock out an dead, man! Yeah man, Ska Tuff! Bwoy mi ah tell ya'! Anyone seen a similar incident? Killed by the bass...tragic! It Began In Afrika. https://www.facebook.com/BlackRootsUNLIMITED/ https://www.facebook.com/TanquerayAllMusicSafari/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teahead Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Ever heard of anyone killed by the Bass? "No, but one guy who had the Salmon couldn't get off the toilet for a week!" Tea. Pedal Clips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Yes, but I can't for the life of me remember who it was. I used to buy Bassist magazine and in it read an interview with a bassist whose first bass had been his late father's instrument, and the reason behind his lateness was being electrocuted by his bass mid-gig. Needless to say, his mother wasn't too happy about her son following in her husband's footsteps. Barefaced Ltd - ultra lightweight, high ouput, toneful bass cabs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxofunk Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 And then there's that one band... they made a documentary, and their drummers kept exploding... - Matt W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie bass dude Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 I am sure Lemmy has killed someone....does that count? no beer until July 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 As I mentioned in the death of famous people thread, Les Harvey, the bassist of the Irish band Stone The Crows was electrocuted on stage when he grabbed a mike stand which had the opposite polarity of his bass amp. And his uncle was the sound man who set up the gear. Tragic. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyote Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Mic stands are polarized??? I used to think I was Libertarian. Until I saw their platform; now I know I'm no more Libertarian than I am RepubliCrat or neoCON or Liberal or Socialist. This ain't no track meet; this is football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham56 Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Originally posted by jeremyc: Les Harvey, the bassist of the Irish band Stone The CrowsAhem....Scottish, not Irish. More useless trivia: Les was brother of Alex, main man of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. Probably the best theatrical hard-rocking band I saw in my youth. Graham I know it sounds unlikely, but hey, I get to correct Jeremy! www.talkingstrawberries.com - for rocking' blues, raw and fresh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicalhair Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Don't forget Dr. Evil's tank of laser equipped ill-tempered Sea Bass. check out some comedy I've done: http://louhasspoken.tumblr.com/ My Unitarian Jihad Name: Brother Broadsword of Enlightened Compassion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcat Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Not a bassist, but Yardbirds/Renaissance singer Keith Relf was electrocuted by his guitar in the early seventies. Mudcat's music on Soundclick "Work hard. Rock hard. Eat hard. Sleep hard. Grow big. Wear glasses if you need 'em."-The Webb Wilder Credo- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxofunk Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Makes me wonder how many injuries have resulted from pieces of guitars (pianos, speaker cabinets, etc) flying into the crowd. A chunk off a Les Paul could do some serious damage, with splinters and all... - Matt W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Phil Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 HAHAHA, you guys make me laugh. This is one of the greatest threads so far. http://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/blue.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/black.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/fuscia.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/grey.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/orange.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/purple.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/red.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/yellow.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 My wife said if I bought one more bass, she'd beat me to death with it.... does that count??? BCR's homepage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 This weekend at Movement 2004 (Detroit Electronic Music Festival) I was almost killed by the large number of and high-powered subwoofers used by techno artists. Talk about Low Down--those low frequencies were impressive! I felt like my heart was starting to palpitate! Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 The Nirvana bassist threw his axe into the air and clonked himself on the head during some award show a couple years ago, that could've had a worse outcome... And I think Relf was electrocuted thru headphones, not his guitar. Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraub Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 I found this ...Keith Relf left Renaissance in 1972 and, after briefly performing with a band called Medicine Head, joined Louis Cennamo and Martin Pugh in forming a heavy metal band called Armageddon. Based in Los Angeles, California, they were joined by American drummer Bobby Caldwell, and made one album - which reached No. 60 in the US charts - before Keith Relf died and the group broke up. Keith Relf was not a healthy man; he suffered from asthma, almost dying from it 3 times in his short life, and he also had emphysema. His death, at age 33, occurred on May 14, 1976. He was rehearsing in the cellar of his house, which had been converted into a studio. He was standing on an old gas pipe by the fireplace, when his guitar, which had not been grounded properly, developed an electrical fault and killed him. His body was discovered by his young son, Danny. from here web page but then there is this Keith Relf: Age 32 1944, Richmond, Surrey, England, d. 14 May 1976; vocals/harmonica). The legacy of the Yardbirds has refused to die, particularly in the wake of the fame enjoyed by its former guitarists. After leaving the Yardbirds, Relf and McCarty stayed with music, first forming a folk duo called Together and then founding Renaissance. The band scored its biggest hit, the top ten single Northern Lights, in 1978 after both former Yardbirds had left. Relf departed the group in 1972, and died in his bathtub on May 14, 1976, electrocuted by his own guitar. from here web page So there is some discrepancy involved. But most researchers looking into this seem to agree that the first story is more accurate. The second link I posted does have some other electrocution death info on musicians. --- And what about Mark from Morphine? Bass player who died onstage playing bass. Seems on-topic to me... Peace, wraub I'm a lot more like I am now than I was when I got here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 A mike stand is not by itself polarized. It has a mike in it. The mike is connected to a PA system which includes an amplifier. The PA system is connected to the power. Your bass is not polarized either. But the strings are connected to ground. And then the bass is connected to a bass amp which is connected to the power. And if the two amps are plugged in with opposite polarity, you can get a shock when you touch a mike stand while touching the strings. If the mike clip isolates the mike from the stand, then you have to touch the microphone to get the shock. And if the power levels are high enough, the shock can be fatal. Keith Richards was knocked unconscious by a shock at a concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Another way to get a shock is to touch the guitar player while you are both playing (although I don't know why you'd want to do that). If your amps are connected differently, there's that shock again. You can also get a nasty shock when touching something which is connected to ground while touching your strings. Sometimes the metal bass of the mike stand can connect the stand to ground, for instance if you are on a concrete floor. Touching a water pipe or heating pipe (see the Keith Relf story above) can give you a major shock. Playing bare-footed on grass can be a very painful experience. The shock can cause the muscles of your hand to contract, causing you to grip the stand or pipe and making things worse. If you want to check, touch the stand with the back of your hand so that won't happen. Or use a polarity checker, they're really cheap. The use of three prong plugs and the building codes have eliminated a lot of these problems. In the old days, amps had polarity switches or two on positions. And you had to make sure that all the amps were switched the right way. You could usually tell by the buzzing noises, but sometimes you had to touch to make sure. It is not fun when your lips touch a microphone and there is a spark. It still happens to me at least once a year, usually when the PA and the bass amp are plugged into different circuits. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahuna855 Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 i was watching law and order the other day, and the person that was murdered was a bassist "I'm thinkin' we should let bump answer this one... Prepare to don Nomex!" -social critic "When I install my cannons, I'm totally going to blast their asses back to the 16th century; Black Beard style" -bumpcity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoney McRing Ring Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Loving this thread I have a mate who knows a guy (stick with me here) that was malkyed (scottish slang: To Hit hard) with a P-Bass when a fight broke out at the gig he was at. We went into see him at the hospital (where he stayed for a few weeks) and the first words that came out his mouth were "God, You think im bad, u should have seen the other guy" Makes me proud to be Scottish Much Love Phoney "I am just an instrument cos the lord is playing this funk"-T.M Stevens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraub Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 posted be Phoney McRR: "What colour would a smurf turn if you choked it?" A smurfy Blue-grey? And the sound they make when you choke 'em? Gargamel. Peace, wraub I'm a lot more like I am now than I was when I got here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TShakazBlackRoots Posted June 3, 2004 Author Share Posted June 3, 2004 Talk about Low Down--those low frequencies were impressive! I felt like my heart was starting to palpitate! Have you been to a dub clash yet? Now, those basslines coming out of their home made subwoofers will 'literally' kill you...heart attack!! I'm sure many people have died from being hit on the head by a bass or electrocuted. However, do you know anyone who's died from the 'sweetness' of the basslines or the mere power/thump of the bass guitar like the example I gave in the original thread? That's why I avoid Bootsy Collins, Miller or Wooten shows. I may keel over and die from the 'sweetness' of their bass playing! It Began In Afrika. https://www.facebook.com/BlackRootsUNLIMITED/ https://www.facebook.com/TanquerayAllMusicSafari/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Jazz drummer, Eddie Moore, died of a heart attack on stage at Yoshi's Jazz House in Oakland, CA in 1990. That's how I want to go. But first I have to get a gig at Yoshi's. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryrobinett Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Originally posted by jeremyc: Jazz drummer, Eddie Moore, died of a heart attack on stage at Yoshi's Jazz House in Oakland, CA in 1990. That's how I want to go. But first I have to get a gig at Yoshi's. Eddie was a great and swingin' drummer. Wee bit over wieght though. Hey I had a gig with my band at Yoshi's. That's still not the way I'd want to go! All the best, Henry Robinett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fonz Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 the u.s. developed a weapon for w.w. II that never got used: the sonic bomb. basically it was a huge piston driven sub-woofer. the point was to pump out super low frequencies at super high levels. theory being this speaker could liquefy the foundations of buildings. Eeeeeehhhhhhhhh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcr Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Originally posted by BigKahuna855: i was watching law and order the other day, and the person that was murdered was a bassist I saw that one, too. Killed by a self-absorbed singer/songwriter/guitar player frontman. Typical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Hoffman Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Why did they pick the bass player to go? I saw that one, too. They couldn't off the drummer? "The world will still be turning when you've gone." - Black Sabbath Band site: www.finespunmusic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro_Man Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Originally posted by II Cliff Burton II: Why did they pick the bass player to go? I saw that one, too. They couldn't off the drummer?Cos they wanted people to notice and care. "i must've wrote 30 songs the first weekend i met my true love ... then she died and i got stuck with this b****" - Father of the Pride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Hoffman Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Actually if they were gonna whack anybody it should have been the sound guy, not the drummer. "The world will still be turning when you've gone." - Black Sabbath Band site: www.finespunmusic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Phil Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 How did this thread get bumped from June? http://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/blue.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/black.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/fuscia.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/grey.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/orange.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/purple.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/red.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/yellow.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abaguer Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 I believe Gary Thain from Uriah Heep was electrocuted onstage and knocked unconsious but he survived that mishap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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