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Bassinvaders is the creation of Helloween bass player Marcus Grosskopf, a
concept borne while under the influence of too much alcohol me
thinks.
Marcus has managed to gather together a who’s who of 4-string slingers
from across the globe. Billy Sheehan, Rudy Sarzo, Marco Mendoza, Joey
Vera, Lee Rocker, Nibbs Carter, Dennis Ward, DD Verni, Stig Pederson,
Tobias Exxel, Peter Baltes, Jan S Eckert, Jens Becker and Dirk
Schlachter. Along with Schmier (Destruction), Tom
Angelripper (Sodom), Peavy
(Rage) providing bass & vocals we have Apollo
(Firewind) and Jesper Binzer (D.A.D) on vocals and
Andre Hilgers and Stefan Arnold (Grave Digger) on
drums.
Unfortunately this all star cast cannot save this from being
unlistenable. Bass players, along with drummers, provide the backbone
within a group but you need the counterpoint of 6 strings to raise songs
above the mundane.
We
Live, the first real song on the album is actually very good and lulls you
into thinking this album is going to be a revelation. Unfortunately, the
rest of the songs on here take us on a downhill spiral.
'Romance In Black'
could be a fantastic song if it included 6 strings.
'Godless Gods', no tune, boring and downright poor.
And so it continues
On
and on
And on
And on
The Asshole Song, is indeed amusing
The cover of Helloween’s Eagle Fly Free, a classic song reduced to a
laughing stock.
As
much as I love Marcus’s work with Helloween, this concept just doesn’t
work, too painful for me to listen to further. If you’re a bass player
you’ll love this, so all you 4 stringers should give it a listen.
*Review by Brassy |
