Went gold–no mean feat in that era of Poison and Def Leppard. Just imagine it: there our antipodean heroes were, trudging out of the musical underworld like Orpheus, singing those beautiful songs, playing those beautiful Rickenbacker guitars, closing in on the taillights of the Cure, damnit. But something happened. Perhaps they turned to look back at Eurydice too soon, taking their eyes off the righteous path just long enough for grunge rock to sail on by and steal all the glory.
In the Church’s defense, no one could have predicted the impending Death of All Melody that would overtake the world for the better part of a decade. In 1988, they were an up-and-coming band with nothing but bright possibilities stretching before them. And during that summer, my friend Joe Carpenter and I became thoroughly besotted with the quartet, though we came at the band from quite different directions: Joe admired the Church’s charismatic guitarist Marty Willson-Piper who, with his long hair, black leather jacket, tight pants and manic stage moves thoroughly personified rock ‘n’ roll cool. Steve Kilbey–the shadowy, sulky guy wielding the bass and penning most of the lyrics–was an altogether different kettle of fish. He had a predilection for stuffing his verses with references to the Bible, ancient history (particularly the Babylonian, Byzantine and Roman Empires), the surrealists, and all manner of pre-twentieth century esoterica. Steve was
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By the way I tried ebay and they are expensive even on there.
I really want one. Please help anybody.
If not what is the best bass make after rickenbacker for a heavy rock sound?
have you looked on Musician's Friend?
been a while, but last I checked they had Ricks.
I own a fender active jazz deluxe bass and I WORSHIP Geddy Lee. I saw Rush live twice already and I noticed he made his jazz sound like a rickenbacker. I know he plugs his bass direct to the P.A through a series of preamps. But Im looking at getting the rickenbacker sound through an amp. HELP...
Those active pickups arent' helping...
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