I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple also started out as a blues band.
My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
The power, the complexity, the aggression - there's so many things that would attract anyone to Metallica. I think that they are the prime example of a metal band.
My guitar-playing always included bass lines, melody lines, and rhythm-guitar grooves.
With Audioslave, it's all about melody and chord progressions.
There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important to me and when I am recording a bass track, that is still very important to me.
Amon Tobin has been producing electronic music since the mid-'90s, and was a key figure in the rise of drum-and-bass. He's also written some of the genre's most compelling tracks, in the process delving into jazzy breakbeats and bass lines.
There are no prog elements to Adrenaline Mob; it's very song-oriented, with shredding and grooves.
It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open.
I was mostly influenced by bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest - Metallica's 'Kill 'Em All' was also a hell of an inspiration.
I don't like rock opera with back beats.
I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song.
I've always loved big riffs and chunky guitars.
I'm working on a proper rock record, a good, old-school rock record. Finally.
I'm not a big metal fan. I love and respect the musicianship, which is spectacular.
I continued studying by myself in the field of jazz with my own technique of improvisation, walking bass lines, rhythms, all kinds of stuff, which I created for myself.
I just recorded in studios, you know, people pressed the buttons for me. So I just started recording the bass lines and guitar parts with my voice, covering classical pieces, or just making up melodies so I could learn how to use it.
My favorite bands are the Allman Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
I've often talked about metal being the underdog in rock n' roll music.
Metallica is a wonderful key to have on my key ring. I can go anywhere - it's great.
The main thing that those two albums have in common aside from my music, which of course, a sense of it, you can recognize, it is that the bass on Infinite Search was playing much, much less like a bass.
