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* [[{{ThePolice}} Sting]]Sting]]. Unless you're either [[AHouseDivided Andy Summer or Stewart Copeland]].
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* Joe Lally of punk band Fugazi was more noticeable than the average bass player. Many of the band's songs (including their most famous one, "Waiting Room") feature his melodies front and center, sometimes even pushing the guitars into more of a support role . Towards the end of their tenure, he started singing as well.
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* Joe Lally of punk band Fugazi was more noticeable than the average bass player. Many of the band's songs (including their most famous one, "Waiting Room") feature his melodies front and center, sometimes even pushing the guitars into more of a support role . Towards the end of their tenure, he started singing as well.well.
* Juan Alderete of TheMarsVolta and RacerX became a bassist partly because of this reason, he felt that bass was under-appreciated, he also has his own project Vato Negro which is heavily bass driven.
* Juan Alderete of TheMarsVolta and RacerX became a bassist partly because of this reason, he felt that bass was under-appreciated, he also has his own project Vato Negro which is heavily bass driven.
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* ...as was country music's Boy Howdy, led by bassist Jeffrey Steele. After the band broke up, Steele became a highly prolific songwriter for other artists.
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* [[RedHotChiliPeppers Flea]]Flea]]. Especially the female fans.
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* TheDoors didn't even have one.
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* Joe Lally of punk band Fugazi was more noticeable than the average bass player. Many of the band's songs (including their most famous one, "Waiting Room") feature his melodies front and center, with sometimes even pushing the guitars merely adding texture.into more of a support role . Towards the end of their tenure, he started singing as well.
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* Joe Lally of punk band Fugazi was more noticeable than the average bass player. Many of the band's songs (including their most famous one, "Waiting Room") feature his melodies front and center, with the guitars playing fill-in, atmospheric, or support roles. Towards the end of their tenure, he started singing as well.
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* Joe Lally of punk band Fugazi was more noticeable than the average bass player. Many of the band's songs (including their most famous one, "Waiting Room") feature his melodies front and center, with the guitars playing fill-in, atmospheric, or support roles.merely adding texture. Towards the end of their tenure, he started singing as well.
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* Joe Lally of punk band Fugazi was more noticeable than the average bass player. Many of the band's songs (including their most famous one, "Waiting Room") feature his melodies front and center, with the guitars playing fill-in fill-in, atmospheric, or support roles. Towards the end of their tenure, he started singing as well.
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* Joe Lally of punk band Fugazi was more noticeable than the average bass player. Many of the band's songs (including their most famous one, "Waiting Room") feature his melodies front and center, with the guitars playing fill-in or support roles. Towards the end of their tenure, he started singing as well.
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* Joe Lally of [[punk]] punk band Fugazi was more noticeable than the average bass player. Many of the band's songs (including their most famous one, "Waiting Room") feature his melodies front and center, with the guitars playing fill-in or support roles.
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* The Kentucky Headhunters have zig-zagged this. Original bassist Doug Phelps was not ignored, since he was the main backing vocalist. When he and brother Ricky Lee (the lead singer) left, Anthony Kenney took over on bass and played this trope straight. Doug re-joined as lead singer soon afterward, and once again became bassist after Kenney left, making him a rare example of a lead singer/bassist.
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* The Kentucky Headhunters have zig-zagged this. Original bassist Doug Phelps was not ignored, since he was the main backing vocalist. When he and brother Ricky Lee (the lead singer) left, Anthony Kenney took over on bass and played this trope straight. Doug re-joined as lead singer soon afterward, and once again became bassist after Kenney left, making him a rare example of a lead singer/bassist.singer/bassist.
* Joe Lally of [[punk]] band Fugazi was more noticeable than the average bass player. Many of the band's songs (including their most famous one, "Waiting Room") feature his melodies front and center, with the guitars playing fill-in or support roles.
* Joe Lally of [[punk]] band Fugazi was more noticeable than the average bass player. Many of the band's songs (including their most famous one, "Waiting Room") feature his melodies front and center, with the guitars playing fill-in or support roles.
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* The same can be said about {{funk}} music, if the reader would direct their attention to the above aversions. Count how many of them play funk or funk-related bass?
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* The same can be said about {{funk}} music, if the reader would direct their attention to the above aversions. Count how many of them play funk or funk-related bass?bass?
* Terry [=McBride=] of country music band [=McBride=] & the Ride averted this about as far as he possibly could, since he was both bassist and lead singer. Keeping the trope going further, he became BrooksAndDunn's bassist after his own band broke up — where he was also a prominent songwriter for the duo.
* Country music band River Road is also led by bassist Steve Grisaffe.
* Teddy Gentry of Music/{{Alabama}}, to an extent. He wrote several songs for other artists, and got lead vocal on several album cuts.
* The Kentucky Headhunters have zig-zagged this. Original bassist Doug Phelps was not ignored, since he was the main backing vocalist. When he and brother Ricky Lee (the lead singer) left, Anthony Kenney took over on bass and played this trope straight. Doug re-joined as lead singer soon afterward, and once again became bassist after Kenney left, making him a rare example of a lead singer/bassist.
* Terry [=McBride=] of country music band [=McBride=] & the Ride averted this about as far as he possibly could, since he was both bassist and lead singer. Keeping the trope going further, he became BrooksAndDunn's bassist after his own band broke up — where he was also a prominent songwriter for the duo.
* Country music band River Road is also led by bassist Steve Grisaffe.
* Teddy Gentry of Music/{{Alabama}}, to an extent. He wrote several songs for other artists, and got lead vocal on several album cuts.
* The Kentucky Headhunters have zig-zagged this. Original bassist Doug Phelps was not ignored, since he was the main backing vocalist. When he and brother Ricky Lee (the lead singer) left, Anthony Kenney took over on bass and played this trope straight. Doug re-joined as lead singer soon afterward, and once again became bassist after Kenney left, making him a rare example of a lead singer/bassist.
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* {{http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Ptitle5f061mdv F@nb0y$}} makes sure to promote the [[http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?comic=95 air-bass]] whenever they mention GuitarHero.
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* {{http://tvtropes.[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Ptitle5f061mdv F@nb0y$}} F@nb0y$]] makes sure to promote the [[http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?comic=95 air-bass]] whenever they mention GuitarHero.
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* [[{{Qeen}} [[{{Queen}} John Deacon]]
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* [[{{Metallica}} Cliff Burton]]
** Played completely straight with his [[ReplacementScrappy replacement]] Jason Newsted.
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Again, where\'s the page for Sly and the Family Stone?
** The instrument shop has an over-sized double-neck Fender custom with the description "For once... they will pay attention... to the ''BASSIST''!"
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** This may be a reference to Hugh McDonald, who has been playing with BonJovi since 1994 but is still an "unofficial member" as the band agreed to never officially replace their original bassist.
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** This may be a reference to Hugh McDonald, [=McDonald=], who has been playing with BonJovi since 1994 but is still an "unofficial member" as the band agreed to never officially replace their original bassist.
* [[RageAgainstTheMachine Tim Commerford]]
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* This trope is generally averted in jazz. Though bassists still frequently take a backseat to keys, saxes, and trumpets, they get a lot more respect.
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* This trope is generally averted in jazz. {{jazz}}. Though bassists still frequently take a backseat to keys, saxes, and trumpets, they get a lot more respect.respect.
* The same can be said about {{funk}} music, if the reader would direct their attention to the above aversions. Count how many of them play funk or funk-related bass?
* The same can be said about {{funk}} music, if the reader would direct their attention to the above aversions. Count how many of them play funk or funk-related bass?
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In the music industry, nobody has worse press than the bassist. The singer is almost always the first person who comes to mind when thinking of the band, the guitarist is almost the second (complete with AirGuitar), and there is always the one person who sits to the side and hisses along to the beat.
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In the music industry, nobody has worse press than the bassist. The singer is almost always the first person who comes to mind when thinking of the band, the guitarist is almost the second (complete with AirGuitar), and then there is always the one person who sits to the side and hisses along to the beat.
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* The ''TheCommitments'' (the novel), Derek is easily the least competent of the instrumentalists in the band.
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* The In ''TheCommitments'' (the novel), Derek is easily the least competent of the instrumentalists in the band.
** In the film, there's a gag scene where he and one of the evil exes engage in a "bass battle."
* [[GreenDay Mike Dirnt]]
* [[{{Tool}} Justin Chancellor]]
* [[{{AFI}} Hunter Burgan]]
* [[{{AFI}} Hunter Burgan]]
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* PaulMcCartney would be PlayingWithATrope if he was fictional - [[BrokenBase if you're a fan of TheBeatles and don't respect him]], it's not because he's a bassist, it's because you think he's a douchebag.
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* PaulMcCartney would be PlayingWithATrope if he was fictional - [[BrokenBase if you're a fan of TheBeatles The Beatles and don't respect him]], it's not because he's a bassist, it's because you think he's a douchebag.
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* The ''TheCommitments'' (the novel), Derek is easily the least competent of the instrumentalists in the band.
* In ''RockBand'', the first game had no solo bass career, as allegedly the bass didn't have enough interesting songs to warrant a solo mode. Fans of the bands found under Aversions disagreed.
* Despite playing with the [[Left4Dead Midnight Riders]] since 1985 on 23 albums, and writing most of the band's material including their only #1 single, Jake Thorne is still the "provisional temporary band member."
** This may be a reference to Hugh McDonald, who has been playing with BonJovi since 1994 but is still an "unofficial member" as the band agreed to never officially replace their original bassist.
* Though one could argue that he doesn't particularly stand out as the loser of his band, and he is the hero of the story, ScottPilgrim is definitely a bit of a loser, probably more so in the [[ScottPilgrimvstheWorld film]].
** Michael Cera seems to have a thing for this, playing the role of loser bassist again in ''Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist''.
* In ''RockBand'', the first game had no solo bass career, as allegedly the bass didn't have enough interesting songs to warrant a solo mode. Fans of the bands found under Aversions disagreed.
* Despite playing with the [[Left4Dead Midnight Riders]] since 1985 on 23 albums, and writing most of the band's material including their only #1 single, Jake Thorne is still the "provisional temporary band member."
** This may be a reference to Hugh McDonald, who has been playing with BonJovi since 1994 but is still an "unofficial member" as the band agreed to never officially replace their original bassist.
* Though one could argue that he doesn't particularly stand out as the loser of his band, and he is the hero of the story, ScottPilgrim is definitely a bit of a loser, probably more so in the [[ScottPilgrimvstheWorld film]].
** Michael Cera seems to have a thing for this, playing the role of loser bassist again in ''Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist''.
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* PaulMcCartney would be PlayingWithATrope if he was fictional - [[BrokenBase if you're a fan of TheBeatles and don't respect him]], it's not because he's a bassist, it's because you think he's a douchebag.douchebag.
* [[{{ThePolice}} Sting]]
* This trope is generally averted in jazz. Though bassists still frequently take a backseat to keys, saxes, and trumpets, they get a lot more respect.
* [[{{ThePolice}} Sting]]
* This trope is generally averted in jazz. Though bassists still frequently take a backseat to keys, saxes, and trumpets, they get a lot more respect.
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** Played completely straight with his [[ReplacementScrappy replacement]] Jason Newsted.
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** Played completely straight with his [[ReplacementScrappy replacement]] Jason Newsted.Newsted.
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* PaulMcCartney would be PlayingWithATrope if he was fictional - [[BrokenBase if you're a fan of TheBeatles and don't respect him]], it's not because he's a bassist, it's because you think he's a douchebag.
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!!Notable Aversions:
*[[TheWho John Entwistle]]
*[[{{Cream}} Jack Bruce]]
*[[{{Rush}} Geddy Lee]]
*[[{{Primus}} Les Claypool]]
*[[RedHotChiliPeppers Flea]]
*[[BlackSabbath Geezer Butler]]
*[[IronMaiden Steve Harris]]
*[[{{Ptitlep2icempu}} Lemmy Kilmister]]
*[[DreamTheater John Myung]]
*[[{{Yes}} Chris Squire]]
*[[{{Mudvayne}} Ryan Martinie]]
*[[{{Metallica}} Cliff Burton]]
**Played completely straight with his [[ReplacementScrappy replacement]] Jason Newsted.
!!Notable Aversions:
*[[TheWho John Entwistle]]
*[[{{Cream}} Jack Bruce]]
*[[{{Rush}} Geddy Lee]]
*[[{{Primus}} Les Claypool]]
*[[RedHotChiliPeppers Flea]]
*[[BlackSabbath Geezer Butler]]
*[[IronMaiden Steve Harris]]
*[[{{Ptitlep2icempu}} Lemmy Kilmister]]
*[[DreamTheater John Myung]]
*[[{{Yes}} Chris Squire]]
*[[{{Mudvayne}} Ryan Martinie]]
*[[{{Metallica}} Cliff Burton]]
**Played completely straight with his [[ReplacementScrappy replacement]] Jason Newsted.
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* Discussed ''and'' inverted in "The Day the Bass Players Took Over the World" by TroutFishingInAmerica:
-->Now one day the bass players, they decided to uprise,
-->They were tired of being sidemen to all those other guys.
-->So they kidnapped the horn section,
-->They put drugs in the drummer's drink,
-->And they tied up all the guitar players
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* Discussed ''and'' inverted in "The Day the Bass Players Took Over the World" by TroutFishingInAmerica:
-->Now one day the bass players, they decided to uprise,
-->They were tired of being sidemen to all those other guys.
-->So they kidnapped the horn section,
-->They put drugs in the drummer's drink,
-->And they tied up all the guitar players
-->With their big ol' flat-wound strings
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* Let the KidsInTheHall [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAYUUJ28UU demonstrate.]]
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* [[TeenGirlSquad Can I not get stuck playing bass?]]
* [[TeenGirlSquad Can I not get stuck playing bass?]]
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* In the HomeMovies episode ''Guitarmageddon'', Jason complains about getting saddles with bass, saying it's thankless and the bass player is 'the loser of the group. His friends say that bass is important, but when he says that one of them should play it instead, they back out saying they called out the other instruments.
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* In the HomeMovies episode ''Guitarmageddon'', Jason complains about getting saddles saddled with bass, saying it's thankless and the bass player is 'the loser of the group. His friends say that bass is important, but when he says that one of them should play it instead, they back out saying they called out the other instruments.
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** ''If you can hear the bassist, your speakers are too loud.''
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** ''If you can hear the bassist, your speakers are too loud.''''
*Guess which instrumentalist isn't represented in the main page for FiveManBand? That's right, the bassist is less important then the ''Tambourinist''.
*In the HomeMovies episode ''Guitarmageddon'', Jason complains about getting saddles with bass, saying it's thankless and the bass player is 'the loser of the group. His friends say that bass is important, but when he says that one of them should play it instead, they back out saying they called out the other instruments.
* {{Metalocalypse}}, [[http://video.adultswim.com/metalocalypse/arent-you-the-bass-player.html Why don't you make like a bass guitar and be inaudible?]]
*Let the KidsInTheHall [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAYUUJ28UU demonstrate.]]
*Guess which instrumentalist isn't represented in the main page for FiveManBand? That's right, the bassist is less important then the ''Tambourinist''.
*In the HomeMovies episode ''Guitarmageddon'', Jason complains about getting saddles with bass, saying it's thankless and the bass player is 'the loser of the group. His friends say that bass is important, but when he says that one of them should play it instead, they back out saying they called out the other instruments.
* {{Metalocalypse}}, [[http://video.adultswim.com/metalocalypse/arent-you-the-bass-player.html Why don't you make like a bass guitar and be inaudible?]]
*Let the KidsInTheHall [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAYUUJ28UU demonstrate.]]
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