How to play Post-Punk bass in 1 minute

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  • Опубліковано 16 лис 2024
  • How to play Post-Punk bass in 1 minute by Desmond Doom.
    Feel free to argue about what "Post-Punk" means in the comments.
    "Doom And Bloom" EP now available on Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp
    open.spotify.c...
    / doom-and-bloom-ep
    desmonddoom.ba...
    Gear used:
    Fender Player Jaguar Bass
    Focusrite Scarlett solo interface
    Ableton Live stock effects ( thank you for existing ‪@Ableton‬)

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  • @Diftonez
    @Diftonez 7 місяців тому +3698

    And remember you have to play this pattern for 5-7 minutes straight.

    • @a.dudeman7715
      @a.dudeman7715 7 місяців тому +93

      The Cure's "Disintegration" comes to mind.

    • @mecrac
      @mecrac 6 місяців тому +28

      Lol, the only reason I consider letting the band use an electronic bass part and let me leave the stage instead

    • @zebrapringlez3141
      @zebrapringlez3141 5 місяців тому +7

      Nice profile picture

    • @JakeSnake07
      @JakeSnake07 4 місяці тому +15

      No, no, this is post punk man!
      You have a range of 3-13 minutes, depending on which version of the song your singwr feels like going with this session.

    • @mareoio4141
      @mareoio4141 3 місяці тому +3

      do you care because i do?

  • @kadeshaderow
    @kadeshaderow 7 місяців тому +939

    "For even more spice you can just play like Peter Hook from Joy Division playing Disorder"

  • @TheVioletBunny
    @TheVioletBunny 7 місяців тому +1093

    this guy mastered the peter hook

    • @fuckamericanidiot
      @fuckamericanidiot 7 місяців тому +2

      ​@@eboethrasher100%
      Peter Hook very often uses an open string for that drone while switching notes.
      This is the Cure, whatever his name was xd

    • @cecilioromo7587
      @cecilioromo7587 7 місяців тому +16

      sounds nothing like a peter hook riff.

    • @ThumpingThromnambular
      @ThumpingThromnambular 7 місяців тому +5

      he really didn't

    • @neilwhitaker6284
      @neilwhitaker6284 Місяць тому

      @@fuckamericanidiot Simon Gallup is the Cure bassist. Exactly who I thought too. Hook as you said use a lot of open strings.

  • @edwardcamp3376
    @edwardcamp3376 7 місяців тому +718

    Andy Rourke! RIP

  • @zugzugthezuggernaut4533
    @zugzugthezuggernaut4533 7 місяців тому +257

    Dude just spilled the beans on the secret for the whole genre - everything else is spice in the mix. Insane!

  • @enricomontovanelli2535
    @enricomontovanelli2535 7 місяців тому +19

    1:02 literally became addicted to this moment its so good to hear

  • @michaelwilson2340
    @michaelwilson2340 7 місяців тому +96

    Hooky is getting closer to 70 (unbelievable) and he's still relevant with his sound and technique. And he was never in the background in New Order. Look how boring they are without him.

    • @ragheadand420roll
      @ragheadand420roll 4 місяці тому +3

      Without peter hook. New order is a garbage cover band devoid of soul or energy. F barney. F gillian. F stephen. Slags

    • @dawgunna
      @dawgunna 2 місяці тому +2

      He spawned a bass player son to replace him though 😂

  • @erikjleiken
    @erikjleiken 7 місяців тому +24

    1. Peter Hook
    2. Simon Gallup
    3. Andy Rourke
    4. David J. Haskins
    5. Tina Weymouth

  • @inphatmoi
    @inphatmoi 7 місяців тому +96

    Barry Adamson (Magazine) never gets enough love. The bass lines to Song from Under the Floorboards and The Light Pours Out of Me are personal highlights

    • @heavenorhell2024
      @heavenorhell2024 6 місяців тому +3

      and the Bad Seeds. He is just generally underrated as musician, great solo stuff

    • @TheHumanPurpleTape
      @TheHumanPurpleTape 2 місяці тому +1

      Great choice! The Light Pours Out of Me is one of the best bass riffs of all time.

  • @Malum09
    @Malum09 7 місяців тому +53

    Steven Severin is so underrated!

  • @virtualobject
    @virtualobject 7 місяців тому +146

    My new favourite post Punk bassist? Mr D Doom

  • @wagnerribeiro4061
    @wagnerribeiro4061 7 місяців тому +96

    Simon Gallup, Peter Hook, and Andy Rourke are the Holy Trinity to my taste. But there are other guys that make me being in love with post-punk style: Mark Burgess (The Chameleons), Thierry Sobézyk (Asylum Party), Helen Carter (Do Ré Mi), Shmoo Ritchie (The Organ), João Pavanelli (Finis Africae), Frank van den Nieuwenhof (World According To / W.A.T.), and Desmond Doom :)
    Cheers!

    • @LANGI902
      @LANGI902 7 місяців тому +4

      Asylum Party were INCREDIBLE

    • @wagnerribeiro4061
      @wagnerribeiro4061 7 місяців тому +2

      ​@@LANGI902I totally agree with you.

    • @HeroinChrist
      @HeroinChrist 7 місяців тому +1

      @@wagnerribeiro4061I totally agree with you agreeing

    • @tmage23
      @tmage23 7 місяців тому +4

      Add David J of Bauhaus and the holy trinity becomes Mt Rushmore

    • @wagnerribeiro4061
      @wagnerribeiro4061 7 місяців тому

      ​@@tmage23Hahaha - great! I can see clearly that place in my mind. It would be a perfect spot for a big festival.

  • @Fil_Mo
    @Fil_Mo 7 місяців тому +133

    not sure if it counts (maybe modern post-post-punk?) but Carlos D from the OG Interpol era was a true badass

    • @blunderless
      @blunderless 7 місяців тому +25

      it counts as post punk revival and i was looking for this comment... his bass playing trumps everyone elses. obstacle 1, obstacle 2, stella, pda? absolute genius.

    • @ThePenguinG
      @ThePenguinG 7 місяців тому +12

      @@blunderless the new has interpol's best bass line imo. it's just so clean and groovy, throughout the song it's just doin its own thing but it is so amazing

    • @blunderless
      @blunderless 7 місяців тому +8

      @@ThePenguinG yes, the new's bass is insane. that part after the bass guitar interlude between paul and carlos is insanely groovy, so is the whole breakdown really.
      but i think the groove and development of obstacle 2's bass is underrated. i also love obstacle 1 for how simple and uncanny it is.
      special mention to pda. love the part where the bass starts to change course from the guitars, right before "you're so cute when you're frustrated". the syncopation between the bass and everything else is so interconnected yet so unpredictable...
      carlos is my favorite bass player
      *was

    • @ThePenguinG
      @ThePenguinG 7 місяців тому +3

      @@blunderless slow hands' bass line is really good at the instrumental too

    • @blunderless
      @blunderless 7 місяців тому +2

      @@ThePenguinG honestly, the bass breakdown is just a simplified version of the bassline he plays throughout the song, just higher on the frets. you should listen to a bass cover, as the bass in slow hands too quiet in the mix to hear. perhaps the best interpol bassline...

  • @Skaxarrat
    @Skaxarrat 7 місяців тому +1545

    I am boring and unimaginative, but I'm going to say Peter Hook.

    • @richsackett3423
      @richsackett3423 7 місяців тому +46

      Saved me the embarrassment. Thanks.

    • @jennyl309
      @jennyl309 7 місяців тому +53

      May be an obvious choice, but he's really good to be fair

    • @RegebroRepairs
      @RegebroRepairs 7 місяців тому +42

      He's on a completely different level, to be fair.

    • @Skaxarrat
      @Skaxarrat 7 місяців тому +58

      @@jennyl309 He's one of the first bassists that show me that a bass can do more than root notes.

    • @blue_shiner
      @blue_shiner 7 місяців тому +19

      Only boring because its true - especially with a last name like 'Hook'

  • @rapha2028
    @rapha2028 7 місяців тому +23

    this is absolutely a bassline on some random obscure band's song on one of their practically unknown albums or eps that I'm not a particularly big fan of but still like to death regardless; love the video

  • @ShikiKiryu
    @ShikiKiryu 7 місяців тому +19

    Gallup, Severin and David J, also Mark Burgess for me personally.

  • @cronaaukerman6422
    @cronaaukerman6422 6 місяців тому +50

    This is one of the most effective UA-cam tutorials I have ever seen

  • @andrewpearson1903
    @andrewpearson1903 7 місяців тому +28

    Haven’t seen Jah Wobble in the first few comments, so here’s some love for “Metal Box”

    • @leosierras9643
      @leosierras9643 7 місяців тому +4

      Jah Wobble is fantastic, but also a completely different style of bass.
      To get the Jah Wobble sound, boost lows as loud as possible and play Dub Reggae, but darker and moody.

  • @Waktrax2
    @Waktrax2 7 місяців тому +2

    Best bass guitar player video ever!

  • @miniyodadude6604
    @miniyodadude6604 7 місяців тому +6

    This is just a good lesson in making your bass lines more interesting. Next step is harmonic influence (not a real term to my knowledge, just the idea that you can emphasize different degrees of the chord as the bassist and influence the sound of the chord)

  • @billybonk7673
    @billybonk7673 7 місяців тому +12

    Graham Bailey from The Sound is an underrated bassist.

  • @anttam117
    @anttam117 4 місяці тому +10

    I’m not a musician, but god, do I love post-punk bass. It sounds so damn good.

  • @kadnaz
    @kadnaz 7 місяців тому +50

    Dave Allen (Gang of Four), Steve Hanley (The Fall), and the very obvious Peter Hook pick.

  • @emaN_sdrawkcaB
    @emaN_sdrawkcaB 2 місяці тому +2

    The bass on I love you by Fontaines dc is just heavenly post punk bass

  • @TompkinsAnimation
    @TompkinsAnimation 7 місяців тому +7

    Oh dang these are the same settings I used for the bass and amp unknowingly before watching this 💀💀💀

  • @skylarjon3464
    @skylarjon3464 7 місяців тому +5

    Also an easy way to make a cheap and easy post-punk bass line is to never pluck the string at the same time as snare hits. Instant groove

  • @djaxupjazz
    @djaxupjazz 7 місяців тому +7

    Thierry Sobézyk of the band Asylum Party. His bass riffs are so cool... the "Borderline" album has many cool bass riffs.

  • @igbarbadark
    @igbarbadark 7 місяців тому +84

    Hook, Gallup and Sting.

  • @danielo174
    @danielo174 7 місяців тому +5

    Brilliant. More of this sort of stuff. Love your album as well. REally great work.

  • @oysteinalsaker
    @oysteinalsaker 7 місяців тому +28

    Derek Forbes from Simple Minds!

    • @RichardPaynter-j2r
      @RichardPaynter-j2r 7 місяців тому +2

      His baselines made early Simple Minds what they were.... Simple Minds today is a sorry tribute act, with Kerr and Burchill out front. Sorely lacking the chops of the likes of Forbes + MacNeill + Gaynor.

    • @jjosefsson69
      @jjosefsson69 6 місяців тому +1

      If this excellent video were like three minutes, it would have proceeded into Derek Forbes lines.

  • @wandregisel6385
    @wandregisel6385 6 місяців тому +4

    Post-punk bassist I really like who doesn't get mentioned much is Will Heggie, Cocteau Twins first bassist. I love the basslines on Garlands, and he also did some great work with his next band, Lowlife

  • @aria_chatt
    @aria_chatt 7 місяців тому +22

    David J Haskins of Bauhaus, super underrated, great at the simple yet effective lines

    • @SR-ic4sf
      @SR-ic4sf 7 місяців тому +3

      Fucking a, love his dub style bass lines

  • @stephen3511
    @stephen3511 7 місяців тому +4

    Great vid. Andy Rourke and Steve Hanley amongst mY favourite PP bass players.

  • @frivolo2892
    @frivolo2892 7 місяців тому +3

    Peter Principle of Tuxedomoon, love all their early eighties stuff

  • @sanakassara
    @sanakassara 7 місяців тому +3

    When I first picked up a bass couple of years ago, I noticed that all you needed effect wise was a detune and light reverb on P-bass to get the old Post-Punk vibes.

  • @ActualChef
    @ActualChef 5 місяців тому

    This is a perfect how-to delivered with no fuss. Genius. Love it.

  • @TooDarkPuppy
    @TooDarkPuppy 6 місяців тому +2

    Les Pattison, Mark Burgess, Simon Gallup and Graham Bailey are probably my favorite post-punk bassists.

  • @carlosg8108
    @carlosg8108 6 місяців тому +3

    I call this fooling around while I'm watching a movie, never realized how much potential it has lol

  • @n0haTe46
    @n0haTe46 7 місяців тому +2

    just bought my first bass, awesome timing - thank you desmond!

    • @sychro_1122
      @sychro_1122 6 місяців тому +1

      gl remember to do what you enjoy not whats "best" for learning bc commitment beats everything

  • @Cycluing
    @Cycluing 7 місяців тому +5

    Carlos D from Interpol. They're post punk in my book

  • @djamel3010
    @djamel3010 Місяць тому

    Merci. Simple, clear ,straight to the point. I love it.

  • @andrew6889-p5c
    @andrew6889-p5c Місяць тому

    You respected my time and got everything across in 1 minute. Appreciate that.

  • @adk5980
    @adk5980 3 місяці тому

    man your music is so good. We listen to you non stop at my tattoo shop up here in northern sweden. Much love

  • @kolper6799
    @kolper6799 7 місяців тому +1

    I forgot the name but Red zebra had really nice and subtle bass. At those rare times when its not mess of guitar and vocal it just sends powerful shivers down your spine.

  • @ArythNeon
    @ArythNeon 7 місяців тому +1

    bro makes great music and now is teaching me how to play bass

  • @AlanElias350
    @AlanElias350 Місяць тому

    This album is insane. I love it.

  • @Brody_RaTBoY
    @Brody_RaTBoY 7 місяців тому +1

    Baseline of the year!!!

  • @collette3428
    @collette3428 7 місяців тому +5

    My boy Simon

  • @optomix3988
    @optomix3988 7 місяців тому +3

    Playing some Bass now thanks to you.

  • @kunaikai
    @kunaikai 7 місяців тому +4

    Steven Severin is my favorite post punk bassist. Although idk if he entirely counts.

    • @akirakosaintjust
      @akirakosaintjust 7 місяців тому +2

      Why not? It doesn't get more postpunk than Siouxsie and the Banshees does it?

  • @yannickpage2333
    @yannickpage2333 7 місяців тому +7

    Carlos D (ex-Interpol)

  • @hubertwerding
    @hubertwerding 7 місяців тому +12

    best post punk bassist of the 2000s has to be interpol's carlos d. unbelievable bass lines. so dark

    • @2112jonr
      @2112jonr 6 місяців тому

      If you like Interpol, you should check out IST IST. Brilliant live band.
      ua-cam.com/video/Ih85-eFVZi8/v-deo.html

    • @SaltAndAluminum
      @SaltAndAluminum 3 місяці тому +1

      Less goooo best post punk band

  • @pwhite102
    @pwhite102 5 місяців тому

    The white pickup covers look cool. The bass has gotta look cool

  • @mrmikev1
    @mrmikev1 7 місяців тому +4

    Peter Hook like others have said, really like these types of lesson vids please do more, also what about a top 5 or 10 post punk /goth bands albums videos

  • @Link-ji7kx
    @Link-ji7kx 7 місяців тому +1

    Dude when that guitar came in at the end I was like “Helll yeah”

  • @melir0x138
    @melir0x138 5 місяців тому

    @desmonddoom also, humbly requesting more bass content :) picked it up recently after not learning to play guitar for 30+ years and loving it. Soaking up all the content i can and super stoked you have your other tutorial up as well, going to be one of the ten ive decided i will focus on (have 8 picked now)

  • @fleetadmiralsidiqi1941
    @fleetadmiralsidiqi1941 6 місяців тому

    Cooking with that tribute thumbnail 🤘

  • @greed7304
    @greed7304 7 місяців тому +1

    What a great video! Love it

  • @Gmabonoski
    @Gmabonoski 7 місяців тому +2

    Stuart Morrow from NWA, one of the best to do it, still sounding unique and fresh

  • @phoenixdaronco9540
    @phoenixdaronco9540 2 місяці тому +1

    I think the 8th note melody could work as a bridge or a quick guitar solo, since Hooky would occasionally use droning like in Candidate for example.

  • @OneHandedBassist
    @OneHandedBassist 7 місяців тому

    this is actually a perfect guide.

  • @IlSinistero
    @IlSinistero 7 місяців тому

    Your new EP is really nice 👍

  • @douglas9811
    @douglas9811 3 місяці тому

    This is so beautiful

  • @Sidus666
    @Sidus666 7 місяців тому

    Playing small chords or diads higher up the neck, eslecially in harmony with ringing open strings is an amazing technique as well! Think she's lost control or twenty four hours for example

  • @spezifisch4468
    @spezifisch4468 7 місяців тому +9

    1:14 me at 2 am who already played bass the last 2 hours: ok if you say so *grabs bass again*

    • @christiananderson6761
      @christiananderson6761 7 місяців тому

      ive not once regretted picking up my instrument and playing a little more

  • @pzignani
    @pzignani 7 місяців тому +36

    Simon Gallup

    • @Szejski
      @Szejski 7 місяців тому

      Galuppin on his behs

  • @jaca-k
    @jaca-k 7 місяців тому +1

    i'm in love with the sound of early Belgrado bassists - Tete Martin and Renzo Narvaez - the former was a total punk with his aggressive basslines, and the latter had this beatiful post-punk coldness in his sound
    and another favourite of mine is a fella named Desmond Doom, dunno if u know him

  • @jackcrook4435
    @jackcrook4435 7 місяців тому +4

    Les Pattinson, hope to see him walking around melbourne one day as apparently he lives here now

    • @stevehill8657
      @stevehill8657 7 місяців тому +1

      Yes. Les Pattinson. King of the upstroke groove!

  • @deanaf
    @deanaf 7 місяців тому +1

    You, sir. Are brilliant.

  • @M0torsagmannen
    @M0torsagmannen 7 місяців тому +1

    feels like an obvious choice, but i been loving Peter Hooks bass since i heard the intro to Disorder. so got to go with him as my #1 Post Punk bassist

  • @TarulMan
    @TarulMan 7 місяців тому

    Sean Yeaton of Parquet Courts has some really cool grooves! Awesome tutorial: funny and to the point

  • @pabloruggiero1752
    @pabloruggiero1752 7 місяців тому

    Listen to the band Sumo from Argentina. More specifically, the tune called Estallando desde el océano. (Bursting out of the Ocean)

  • @sciexp
    @sciexp 7 місяців тому

    Interesting. Thanks for sharing this.

  • @technicolorgiallo1111
    @technicolorgiallo1111 7 місяців тому

    As usual, everyone loved this.
    Thank you. :)

  • @jeorgewatson
    @jeorgewatson 6 місяців тому

    Peter Hook, Simon Gallup, Steve Severin, Andy O’Rourke, are the 1st that come to mind…but also don’t forget Kevin Mooney,(Adam & Ants).

  • @RadioCulebra
    @RadioCulebra 4 місяці тому +1

    Nice. Gracias ❤

  • @LevShutov
    @LevShutov 6 місяців тому

    The video lesson is awesome. I want to learn to play bass in the future.
    And my favorite post-punk bands (except super popular post-punk bands): Abwärts!

  • @rekindle
    @rekindle 7 місяців тому

    Derek Forbes of Simple Minds working in the post punk era with a big funk influence as well as the influence from Can, Neu etc - Forbes had great, cyclical Escher-like bass lines

  • @Sammyandbobsdad
    @Sammyandbobsdad 6 місяців тому

    I was listening to your EP today.

  • @1234drums
    @1234drums 7 місяців тому +1

    Accurate and effective ❤❤❤❤

  • @Fairytale_school
    @Fairytale_school 7 місяців тому

    Great video man good job

  • @sasarasasarasa
    @sasarasasarasa 7 місяців тому +3

    Steven Severin and David Jay, in that order.

  • @mr.champlinssciencechannel906
    @mr.champlinssciencechannel906 7 місяців тому

    Thank you. Super helpful!

  • @zanenorman05
    @zanenorman05 7 місяців тому +1

    Simon Gallup! Also I love this song and the new album!

  • @PeterByker
    @PeterByker 6 місяців тому

    Desmond Doom is my favourite Post-Punk bassist.

  • @thomasglas3613
    @thomasglas3613 6 місяців тому +1

    I was Hooked from the very start!

  • @wallface4793
    @wallface4793 7 місяців тому +3

    It's any The Cure song bass line :)

  • @fido8667
    @fido8667 7 місяців тому

    My favourite post punk bassist is Diego Arnedo from Sumo and Divididos, both bands are argentinian.

  • @christiaanvandenakker901
    @christiaanvandenakker901 7 місяців тому +1

    Dave Allen (Gang of Four / Shriekback), Geordie Walker - R.I.P. (Killing Joke), and of course, Hooky

  • @kimmolaine8069
    @kimmolaine8069 7 місяців тому +2

    This was not boring.

  • @treyebillups8602
    @treyebillups8602 4 місяці тому +1

    Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads and, for a brief time in 1983, Mike Mills of R.E.M.

  • @jaides8424
    @jaides8424 6 місяців тому

    nice thanks fot this moment.

  • @doctorscoot
    @doctorscoot 6 місяців тому

    My favourite post-punk bassist? Tracey Pew!

  • @Setsunamustdieeeee_
    @Setsunamustdieeeee_ 7 місяців тому

    I don´t even play the bass, but still enjoyed this one minute tutorial.

  • @marlonandre7789
    @marlonandre7789 7 місяців тому

    So cool dude, and now lesson to us a Bass Darkwave! Depeche mode style is so good!

  • @s-c5377
    @s-c5377 7 місяців тому +3

    Цой жив!

  • @michaelmyers9891
    @michaelmyers9891 27 днів тому

    Hello Desmond, have a good day! Please, make a complete song Composed of level 3 bass. So awesome!

  • @JobsLuix78
    @JobsLuix78 3 місяці тому

    Awesome!

  • @swiftdeparture
    @swiftdeparture 2 місяці тому

    Simon Gallup was fucking mental on the early cure records, him and Andy Rourke are two of my biggest bass influences.

  • @BrandonMcBarrettFace
    @BrandonMcBarrettFace 23 дні тому

    I straight up feel more cool having watched this video