bands with two guitars, no bass

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Some of my favorite bands this decade feature two guitars with no bass: arab on radar, natural dreamers, yowie. And don't meshuggah's new custom guitars make a bass player superfluous, mostly?

Other bands like this? Is this mostly a newer trend? (Pardon my ignorance.)

― professor ganson, Thursday, 1 March 2007 21:57 (eighteen years ago)

JSBX

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:03 (eighteen years ago)

also Sleater-Kinney, if I'm not mistaken...?

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:04 (eighteen years ago)

Oblivians?

― Jordan, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:04 (eighteen years ago)

Sleater-Kinney and JSBX are probably my favorites.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:05 (eighteen years ago)

early Cramps

― sexyDancer, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:05 (eighteen years ago)

oooh yeah early Cramps stuff slayzzzz

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:08 (eighteen years ago)

Gories

― bernard snowy, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:12 (eighteen years ago)

mid-late Harry Pussy

― sexyDancer, Thursday, 1 March 2007 22:13 (eighteen years ago)

The Ex currently.

― Ivan, Friday, 2 March 2007 00:56 (eighteen years ago)

OXES

― Hurting 2, Friday, 2 March 2007 01:20 (eighteen years ago)

uhm pussy galore had two guitars right?

― killa bee, Friday, 2 March 2007 01:46 (eighteen years ago)

Henry Threadgill's Very Very Circus

at least if having two tubas doesn't count.

― Oilyrags, Friday, 2 March 2007 02:07 (eighteen years ago)

Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers

― earlnash, Friday, 2 March 2007 02:42 (eighteen years ago)

Pussy Galore had 3 guitars I think.

― Bill Bary, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:54 (eighteen years ago)

On a side note, are there any (other) bands with 3+ guitars and no bass?

― Bill Bary, Friday, 2 March 2007 04:57 (eighteen years ago)

Do Sleater-Kinney and JSBX really count? Jon Spencer and Corin Tucker both play guitars detuned down to bass frequencies. They definitely cover the low end in a manner similar to a bass player. What about bands with absolutely no low end??

― Moodles, Friday, 2 March 2007 05:00 (eighteen years ago)

The Fall now have two bassists..

― Drooone, Monday, 5 March 2007 05:32 (eighteen years ago)

Did Plan 9 have a bassist? 9 guitars kinda makes bass irrelevant, in any case.

― libcrypt, Monday, 5 March 2007 06:02 (eighteen years ago)

Smashchords

― Mike Dixn, Monday, 5 March 2007 23:40 (eighteen years ago)

Kings Of Convenience

― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 14:22 (eighteen years ago)

early pavement

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 01:13 (eighteen years ago)

The Electric Eels.

Interestingly, Eels drummer Nick Knox later joined the Cramps.

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 9 March 2007 11:57 (eighteen years ago)

The Dead C.

US Maple, although possibly not if you're taking the low-end cop-out as stated above.

― myopic_void, Friday, 9 March 2007 16:37 (eighteen years ago)

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