Suspicious of sin!

I think I'll keep this small in content for today.

The end of this month will see that "awesome" car festival Summernats returning to this fair city. Over this three day period, bogans, morons and sexual deviants from around the country converge in the city to look at cars, get drunk and sexually assault women.

Needless to say, this festival is not the peak of our cultural integrity. The streets are alive with the sound of car hoons racing and people yelling at each other. I thought my city had dignity. I do fancy our Chief Minister, he's the best one we've had yet. He seems to be on the ball and fairly with it, so why does he allow this abomination to continue? Surely it could not be bringing in THAT much revenue to the Government.

People should avoid the city while this festival is on. All the hallmarks for stupidity are there!! Muscle cars, uneducated idiots, alcohol and strippers! We need this thing out of our city!!! Or at least focus 90% of our police force just in that little area of the city where these morons congregate. It's advertised as a whole family outing, yeah it is if you don't mind being beaten up by yobbos and having your daughter raped. Let's get it out of here now!!


So I'm going to continue with my Music Awards.

Now we move on to best bass player.

Flea - Red Hot Chili Peppers. Unbelievable skill with the bass. He's keeping the instrument alive in a time when the bass is used for about 3-4 notes per song. He uses the whole part of the instrument and can play many styles.

Les Claypool - Primus. This guy is without a doubt the best bass player who has ever lived. He can play any form of the bass (4 string, 5 string, 6 string, fretless). All primus songs are built around the bass and he can do stuff with the bass which will make you gasp, even if you don't understand the technical aspect of what he does.

Dirk Lance...?? - Ex Incubus. Well he was supposedly fired from the band because of "creative differences", which we all know is code for saying "yeah they do too many drugs". Not much in the way of technical skill (that I can tell), but he supports the rest of the band with his instrument. It's a good thing that he does, he doesn't outplay anyone and he also never underplays. This guy's style is just smooth. The new guy for Incubus seems tight, but his talents have yet to be shown off.

Live Bass Player. I don't know his name unfortunately. The guitarist is innovative yes, but the bass player is the true talent in this band. He's a bit of a bastard really, he stays just in the shadows, then out of nowhere he just makes variations of his basslines at every measure and then starts messing around and he's just an unfortunately underrated brilliant player.

John Enthwistle - The Who. This is the man you can credit with keeping the bass alive in rock and roll music. Picture it, the 60's, people are all into guitar and the bass is taking a back seat. Then comes the song My Generation, with a bass solo that rivals most guitar solos that I have heard. Then everyone wanted to pick up the instrument. Of course McCartney from The Beatles was also a bass player, but he was a bare bones player. This guy's style was very aggressive, and there hasn't been a player like him since.


Best guitarist

Dave Navarro - Jane's Addiction. This guy is the greatest new wave guitarist at the moment. He has technical skill and his riffs are just sublime. Unfortunately he is also underrated and most people don't know who the hell he is. I don't expect to hear too much more from this guy though, as he's married to Carmen Electra and Jane's Addiction just broke up again.

Slash - Ex Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver. Nobody in the world of rock music can match this man's improvisational skill and his raw feeling in his playing. Whether it's acoustic or electric mixed up in a wall of wah, this guy's playing is unique. It's made even better by the fact that this guy is entirely self taught, and every note he ever played was pure blues, just played at a frantic pace.

Kirk Hammett - Metallica. He has written some of THE best solos I have heard in my life. How this guy can get so many notes out of a chord is just ridiculous. He is a phenomenal talent in practical skill and theory, he was even taught by guitar master Joe Satriani. He can play complicated stuff at the most amazing speed, although I've heard that when he's playing live, he plays dumbed down versions of his solos and that he messes up regularly.

Jimi Hendrix - The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Alright, I'd be shot if I didn't include him. Greatest guitarist of all time. Can improvise to the nth degree, not a single stray note and a total mastery over his effects. How many songs he played while straight, I just do not know!

Eric Clapton - Ex Cream, Ex Derek & The Dominoes, Ex Yardbirds, Ex Bluesbreakers. Probably the most influential blues guitarist in the world. This guy cannot be pinned down. He used to play some of the heaviest rock in the 70's, wrote some of the craziest leads ever and is just a full on freak. What's even worse is that he's changed his style completely in the 90's, switching to a full on acoustic fingerstyle player and actually GAINING in skill capacity.

Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman - Megadeth. These guys are just ridiculous. I had to group them as one even though they are both distinct in their styles. The reason being that they play(ed) in the same band and they wrote their rhythm patterns very similar so you cannot tell who is playing what until one of them starts the solos. Mustaine was pure speed and aggression whereas Friedman was technically accomplished and could play absolutely anything. What puts them on this list though is the crazy riffs and verse guitar parts in their songs. How the hell they managed to play (let alone remember) the parts and play them WELL just amazes me.

The Edge - U2. The one and only reason this guy gets a mention is because he is innovative. No skill, no accuracy, he's got his style to match his skill level, it's quite brilliant and suits the band well.

That's it for this edition, but be aware that I am adding to the Joaquin rate list tonight so go check it out! Have a nice day.