Does anyone know this band?

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 11:27 am

Last week I saw a band on MTV who had three white guitars with black pickguards and one was a 4003, along with a Fender P bass. The two bass players were at opposite ends on the stage, the name of the song is "Here we Kum" or something like that, most of the song is in Spanish, the title and some lines are English. It is a hit here in S. america as far as I know but I only watch MTV when I am extremely bored so I don't want to watch it just to see the video again (apologies to anyone who likes MTV), and I've also heard it on the radio, but again missed the name. The last band I heard of with two bassists were "The Strawberry Alarm Clock"

bigbajo60 · Post by **bigbajo60** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 12:07 pm

I'm not basing myself on an actual viewing of the video, but the way you describe the band sounds like it might be Molotov. Is the music an aggresive type of rock/rap? If so, that increases the liklihood that it's them.

Or not.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 5:31 pm

Yup that's them, do they actually use both basses or was one a prop? I didn't think of the music as particularly aggressive, it was more like pop-hard rock, with slight hints of rap, but much more melodic. There were no where near as heavy as the rock-rap I've heard in the states, but that is definitely the band.

bigbajo60 · Post by **bigbajo60** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 5:04 am

Yeah they do actually use both basses Bob. If I'm not mistaken, the Rick guy plays overdriven chords and melodic lines... and the other bassist mostly does a lot of slappin & poppin. Very interesting stuff.

There was a brief article on them a couple of years ago in Bass Player mag.

The dance clubs 'round these parts occasionally play a song by them entitled "Puto", which means... uh, no... I'd better not translate that.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 9:21 am

Gracias para tu oferta Alvaro, mi castellano no es muy bueno, pero comprendo mucho de tu idioma, Yo vivo en Lima Perú.
And yeah the song I've heard is kind of catchy in a poppy way.

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 6:17 am

Bob-- I think that Spinal Tap used two bass players on their "hit" called "Big Bottom"
I just remembered that I love that part of the movie!

eatswodo · Post by **eatswodo** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 11:38 am

It's actually *3* basses.....

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 8:07 pm

....and one was a double neck B.C.Rich.

doctor_j · Post by **doctor_j** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 11:18 pm

*3* is one louder, innit?

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:04 am

louder than what *2*?