Gregory Isola

Staff Writer

Articles by: Gregory Isola

Bassist Chris Chaney of Jane's Addiction performs at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas at The LINQ on November 21, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“I knew my pentatonic scales before I went to Berklee – and 90% of the time that’s what I’m called upon to play”: For the third time in his career, Chris Chaney has landed one of bassdom’s most coveted gigs – a slot in the re-energized AC/DC

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Jazz-schooled bassist Chris Chaney has now secured three career-defining gigs – first with Alanis Morissette and Jane’s Addiction, and now with AC/DC

Paul Simon (L) performs with bass guitarist Bakithi Kumalo on the Auditorum Stravinski stage during the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival on July 9, 2008 in Montreux.

Paul Simon: “People have tried to cop that bass solo, but it’s physically impossible” – how engineer Roy Halee created the iconic bass break on Call Me Al

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Bakithi Kumalo: “Listening back, I didn’t know what happened – I thought it was from God, you know?”

Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison (behind) from Talking Heads perform live on stage in New York in 1977

Tina Weymouth: “I know Bono used me to taunt Adam Clayton when U2 were starting out”

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One of the bass world’s most influential female figures talks gender stereotypes and why her small stature was “almost like a dare to boys”