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Post subject: For those in the UK: Mark Stoermer in June's Bass Guitar Mag
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 1:03 am
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Mark Stoermer is the bass player in the Killers. Nice article about him in June's Bass Guitar Magazine, with loads of pics of his Geddy Lee Fender Jazz Bass.

This quote should be manna from heaven for the Fender PR team:

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"For this tour I am going back to Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass.... It's a $700 bass that i found when we first got our record deal and there is just something about it. It has a fairly skinny neck for a bass and the big inlays make it easier to play live.
I can hit it hard, I can hit it soft and it responds the way that i want it to. It's not necessarily this great vintage instrument, and right now i can have any bass that i want, but there is just something about it that really works live."

Pretty good endorsement, hey? Having said that, i thought i would spin the latest Killers album to see what i have been missing. I still find them remarkably dull musically and tune-wise. As is the norm currently the bass line is so buried and root-notish that anyone could be playing any bass guitar and you wouldn't notice. Over-compressed as ever. At least Stoermer doesn't mention the dreaded "in the pocket" once during the interview, though i bet he was itching to.


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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:54 am
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i agree with the whole them being remarkably dull thing, i also find that none of their lyrics make any sense.


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