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Members of New Order, The Smiths, & Stone Roses Form Supergroup



You say you like Bass? Well then you might want some Freebass. That's what New Order's Peter Hook, The Smiths' Andy Rourke, and Gary "Mani" Mounfield of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream fame have dubbed their new supergroup. Alright, I'll give you a second to writhe in agony a little while over the name before we move on. Ready? Okay.

In a reported interview with Filter magazine, Hook reveals the band was first conceived as a drunken joke, and not as a serious venture. However, the trio of Mancunian veteran bassists began working on songs and soon found themselves looking for a singer.

"We have about 19 ideas,twelve of them are ready for vocals. We’ve had a problem finding a vocalist. I think the problem is that the three of us have such a pedigree of vocalist, that if we come out with someone that’s not good we’ll obviously be slated! You’ve got Ian Brown, bloody Bobby Gillespie, Ian Curtis, Bernard (Sumner) and Morrissey. Those are big shoes to fill, especially collectively. We want someone young with something to say. Someone new. We don’t to be some kind of rock supergroup for the sake of being a supergroup".


So how are these low-end giants working the room for three? Aces, apparently. Hook reveals the roles of each player:


All of the songs...they all have three basses. Mani does the low part, Andy Rourke in the middle and I do the high bit…it works out quite well.”



There's yet to be a progress report on the trio's search for a front person.

Who would you cast your vote for?

 

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treasurerats

treasurerats

Cambridge, MA
December 2004

DEC 05, 2006 05:02 AM

My vote: Les Claypool. I mean, why stop with three. I can't imagine what this is goanna sound like.

filmjedi

filmjedi

Brighton, MA
June 2004

DEC 05, 2006 06:39 AM

sting plays bass......

my vote is for the guy who is playing ian curtis in control...that would be neat.

or jared leto, man, he was hot in my so called life, soooo hot. ahahaha

cop_n_blow

cop_n_blow

USA
July 2004

DEC 05, 2006 07:27 AM

i would vote for me, but i'm old and have nothing to say; except "bollocks." but, that's been done before.

so, with a name like "freebass," they should go with pete doherty.

King_Mob

King_Mob

I'm lost
September 2005

DEC 05, 2006 07:36 AM

Jesse from Death From Above 1979... But that might just be me mourning that bands demise.

VonBismarck

VonBismarck

I'm lost
January 2006

DEC 05, 2006 07:41 AM

Nick Cave.....or Polly Jean Harvey.
Either would be fun and fittting. But I just like to listen to them regardless.

If they wanted to go for the perfect cocky swager of late 80s mid 90s britpop....
Jarvis Cocker

IF they wanted the band to only record one record, and break up amidst a massive fistfight while playing a festival show.....
Mark E. Smith.



mydogfarted

mydogfarted

Oakland, NJ
June 2003

DEC 05, 2006 08:44 AM

David St. Hubbins.

rodan

rodan

Baltimore, MD
February 2005

DEC 05, 2006 09:24 AM

Jack Bruce?

lol

Lips_wawa

Lips_wawa

I'm lost
December 2006

DEC 05, 2006 09:56 AM

VonBismarck said:

If they wanted to go for the perfect cocky swager of late 80s mid 90s britpop....
Jarvis Cocker



I agree. That would make me quite excited. YES!

lowredmoon

lowredmoon

I'm lost
June 2006

DEC 05, 2006 10:02 AM

Only 3 bass players,..get a singing bass player to do the bass solos as well..haha,

defpony

defpony

Burlington, ON
May 2006

DEC 05, 2006 10:13 AM

kim deal plays a mean bass, and has an amazing voice

lil_tuffy

lil_tuffy

MODERATOR

San Francisco, CA

DEC 05, 2006 10:25 AM

Lemmy.

And then they should go on tour with Dianogah opening.

Lil_Tuffy

lint737

lint737

Hollywood, FL
July 2004

DEC 05, 2006 11:10 AM

Ned's Atomic Dustbin did a crack job with two bassists so im sure it will sound pretty good.

narcoticblur

narcoticblur

Kalamazoo, MI
October 2006

DEC 05, 2006 11:40 AM

my vote would be me... cause i'm a manchester obsessive!

filmjedi

filmjedi

Brighton, MA
June 2004

DEC 05, 2006 03:16 PM

what about the guy from the happy mondays?

_Elichrusos

_Elichrusos

Australia
November 2004

DEC 05, 2006 08:35 PM

lil_tuffy said:
Lemmy.

And then they should go on tour with Dianogah opening.

Lil_Tuffy



Winner.

And I am so hot for this band.

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