Bass Player UK Magazine 110 November 2014 Back Issue

Rock is a cruel mistress, eh? Take the Stone Temple Pilots, one of America’s biggest bands of the alternative rock persuasion. Singers have come and gone, albums have been certified platinum, side projects have abounded. Their two decades in business have been anything but tranquil – and yet bassist Robert DeLeo has stayed the course, delivering powerful, James Jamerson-indebted bass-lines for a whole sequence of albums with a bunch of STP-related bands. His interview is something to behold, and has lessons for all of us.

Elsewhere in this frankly dynamite issue of BGM we’ve had sit-down time with the widest range of bass players yet, from thrash metal monster Jack Gibson to jazz maestro Paula Gardiner. Somewhere in between we meet the minds behind the Great British Bass Lounge and Anaconda Basses, talk bass with Billy Sheehan and Jah Wobble and rock out at Warwick’s annual Bass Camp. Not a bad month’s work, we reckon, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Check out our reviews section, too, in which we delve into eight-string territory for the first time in, well, ages, and our world-beating tuition section, which has expanded in recent months. As well as our beginners, intermediate and advanced columns, we offer you double bass, FX and cover band advice to help you become the bassist you need to be. Finally, have you booked yourself in for the London Bass Guitar Show in March 2015 yet? Visit www.londonbassguitarshow.com or find us on social media without delay. We can hear the floor shaking at Olympia already...