Latest articles by Bryan Beller
James Hetfield credits Metallica’s original bassist with expanding the band’s horizons
Cliff Burton’s breakneck metal riff laid down the gauntlet on thrash metal classic Battery
When bassist Arthur Barrow survived an audition for guitar genius Frank Zappa
The 26-year-old bassist from San Antonio was given just two days to learn a song about church pancakes, stolen margarine, and the patron saint of Portuguese smelt fishermen
How Peter Nordin navigated a 172bpm maze of nightmarish polymetric riffs on Meshuggah’s Future Breed Machine
Original Meshuggah bassist Peter Nordin breaks down the tech-metal trailblazers’ 1995 underground classic
“Beck wanted the bass coming unhinged at every turn”: Justin Meldal-Johnsen's bassline on Beck’s Sexx Laws
How Justin Meldal-Johnsen anchored Beck’s postmodern pop classic by breaking all of the rules
“There was no intention to be clever. We didn’t know what we were doing!” Herbie Flowers’ bassline on David Bowie’s Space Oddity
Listen to Herbie Flowers give lift to David Bowie’s lyric about “floating in a tin can”
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