METALLICA, RUSH, BLACK SABBATH, QUEEN Featured In Ultimate Guitar's Top 10 Basslines Of All Time
September 8, 2012, 12 years ago
Ultimate-Guitar.com recently invited their readers to nominate their favourite bassline ever for a Top 10 poll: Hundreds took part, resulting in what has been dubbed "a definitive list of awesome riffs."
An excerpt from that list is available below:
5) METALLICA - 'For Whom The Bell Tolls'
"Cliff Burton, yet another brilliant bassist who was taken before his time. People used to mistake this opening sound for a guitar, but instead it was Burton's bass running though distortion and a wah-pedal. He actually wrote the riff before joining Metallica, and first aired it during a 12-minute jam at a battle of the bands competition in 1979."4) BLACK SABBATH - 'N.I.B.'
"It seems UG readers love a bit of wah on bass! This time it's from Geezer Butler, who recorded his part in one legendary take. Geezer says he named the song after drummer Bill Ward's beard, which makes so little sense that some Americans decided to rename it 'Naivety In Black'".
Click here for the complete Top 10 list.
