Doug Wimbish
Doug Wimbish was one of the most versatile bassists of the '80s, able to move from pop and mainstream rock session work to heavy metal, funk, and experimental music over the course of the decade; he continued in this vein through the 1990s before finally releasing his first solo album, Trippy Notes for Bass, in 1999. Wimbish is perhaps best known as the bassist in the house band of the legendary rap label Sugar Hill, backing Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five on their epochal Message album, among many others. As the '80s wore on, though, Sugar Hill found itself overtaken by hip-hop innovations outside its stable of artists, and its house band had already formed a productive relationship with British dub reggae experimentalist Adrian Sherwood.
Wimbish, guitarist Skip McDonald, and drummer Keith LeBlanc began working on a variety of projects with Sherwood, including backing ex-Pop Group member Mark Stewart on his solo recordings and issuing their own 12" singles under the name Fats Comet. Major Malfunction was released in 1986 under Keith LeBlanc's name, although it was essentially a group collaboration; that group dynamic became official when the trio members christened themselves Tackhead and began recording full-length works with Sherwood. However, their two albums -- 1989's Friendly as a Hand Grenade and 1990's Strange Things -- didn't quite capture the avant-garde Funkadelic-meets-Lee Perry experiments of their earlier work or of LeBlanc's "solo" albums.
When Living Colour bassist Muzz Skillings departed his band in 1992, Wimbish was tapped as his replacement. However, after 1993's Stain, the group disbanded, and Wimbish returned to session work, playing on albums by Madonna, Annie Lennox, Mick Jagger, the Rolling Stones, Ron Wood, Seal, Joe Satriani, and many others, plus the occasional Sherwood project. Wimbish also reunited with Living Colour drummer Will Calhoun in the experimental funk/electronica trio Jungle Funk. In 1999, Sherwood's On-U Sound label issued Wimbish's first solo album, Trippy Notes for Bass.
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Trippy Notes For Bass
Electronic - Lançado por On-U Sound em 01/06/2015
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CinemaSonics
Rock - Lançado por NovaSound em 01/01/2008
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Another One Bites the Dust (Full EP)
Pop - Lançado por Echo Beach em 19/11/2021
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CinemaSonics
Doug Wimbish feat. Adrian Sherwood
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Yellowbird Records em 01/01/2008
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Another One Bites the Dust (Remixed)
Pop - Lançado por Echo Beach em 28/01/2022
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Strip Mall Church ((Vocal) Keith LeBlanc Prophet Siren Remix)
Televangel, Scott Crow, Keith LeBlanc
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por eMERGENCY heARTS em 10/03/2023
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