<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Voodoo Child:</div><div class="quote_post">Wow, not a fan of RHCP but a fan of all that other 90's rock on my list? I guess their sound is a sound that you can either really get into or really hate. A lot of people really get irritated by Kiedis' voice, Frusciante is a bit out there, and their earlier stuff was fast, sloppy, and sometimes hard to listen to. However, there's no denying that Balzary (Flea) is one of the top slap-bassists out there, and that's ultimately what got me into the band and has kept me interested to this day.
By the way, thanks a lot for the recommendation of Venus. I couldn't find their songs on Limewire and Borders doesn't carry them, but I've placed an order from Amazon with a giftcard I had, and
Vertigone should be here any day now. From the clips I heard, it sounds like one hell of an album.
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I don't hate RCHP, I'm just not going to buy their albums. You know what I mean? Yeah, Flea is a great electric bass guitarist and is very talented at slap. One of my favorites as well. I'm quite good at that myself, but my inspiration for the instrument mostly comes from Pierre Jacqmin of Venus or Les Claypool of Primus.
No problem on informing you on Venus. Actually I don't believe any store in this region [N.A.] carries their work as I've mentioned before they try to focus around Belgium, Switzerland, France, and the Netherlands. Though it is a bit odd on one hand that they sing in English when they don't perform much in native English speaking countries. You should also try Half Asleep. You can download their entire first album for free here --
http://www.halfasleep.be
Just click the white silhouette freak and go into the downloads section. When you're there click on this link --
"L'album entier ? t?l?charger sur le site de Unique Records" [mp3 - zip] and you'll be brought to another page. Start the download right off. If you don't want to look around the site just click this direct link to download the entire album --
http://www.uniquerecords.org/MP3/Halfaslee...edinprofile.zip
They are cult music, very odd and organic. They use very few instruments and yet pull power out of what little they perform with. May take some getting used to I promise you that but the lyrics and tunes are genius.