Lemmy vs. Geddy

[phlemmy]

I am a fan of Lemmy's face wart.

which one?

[alanz]

The upper one. The lower one is just a poseur.

[henry5]

Gene Krupa was the greatest, buddy stole alot of his chops from Gene, I would love to see Gene Krupa jam with any of todays great musicians, he would fit right in, Im not a fan of Geddy or Lemmy's, so I dont have anything to say on that issue.

Gene has also been quoted as saying Buddy was the greatest drummer ever......he'll get no argument from me. Saw him twice, greatest musician (yes, musician) I ever saw by a mile...

I'd love to see Buddy play with Lem & Geddy. Imagine the new swearwords that would be invented.

[atomic_punk]

Does your dad have the original negative? If not I can make you a 4x5 copy neg of the print and make you real b&w prints for you.

I have to find the original picture, he passed away in 1996 and my Mom has all the pictures stored away. Thanks for the offer, Jeff, I will get back to you if I can find it.

[jps]

I'll be here!

[bassassin]

Missed this thread up until now - Lemmy & Geddy were both simultaneous early influences on my bass playing & I think that's still quite obvious in my style... Lemmy is mostly identified with "sturm und drang thrashing" (his description!) but he's put his name to some good, melodic lines & solos, particularly in Motorhead's early years. Never met the man myself but I recommend his autobiography White Line Fever to anyone interested in The Legend!

I certainly don't connect an interest in Nazi memorabilia with any kind of support for the politics here - but there's an irony in that Rush, in the late 70s, because of the (left-wing) political tone in the UK at the time, were actually accused by the British music press (specifically the NME) of being right-wing neo-fascists - "nice-guy Nazis" was the term used, if I remember. This was based on their choice of lyrical inspiration (Ayn Rand's anti-Socialist polemics) and an interview the NME conducted with Neil Peart, where Peart took a (very naive) devil's advocate stance against the interviewer's provocative line of questions. Peart later countered this by opining that Rush must be the only band in the world with "a Jewish Nazi bass player"!

Unfortunately, this stigma stayed with them for quite a few years in the UK, and was probably instrumental in Peart making the choice to stop giving interviews.

Jon.

[johnallg]

Jon, considering how this thread developed, I find this humorous.

[henry5]

Jon's absolutely right about the Rush thing. Irony eh?

Have to add that Lemmy was my first actual big playing influence (Phil Lynott was arguably more instrumental in making me pick the thing up in the first place), and then Geddy took over the second stage of my development (ironically although I love them both I prefer Lem these days; his early stuff - "Keep Us on The Road" for a start - is great. His Hawkwind era stuff I love to this day. Some great, melodic, driving lines; Space Ritual rocks!)

[phlemmy]

Keep Us On the Road is one of my fave 'Head tunes.

[ricnbacker]

I ran across this thread while searching Google. I just thought it was mildly amusing.....

http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?showtopic=39930

Thanks Brian, I ended up reading all 5 pages

Pretty funny stuff.

Geddy for sure then. Lemmy's a slut. And wtf is that on his face? He looks like he has ticks.

LOL


I am Totally straight but need to add neither of these guys are any prizes.

Although as a Manly Man I think Lemmy would Kick Geddy's *** anyday in a street brawl. Geddy always seems so....um.... Dainty

lol

[bassassin]

Jon, considering how this thread developed, I find this humorous.

In retrospect, it's utterly absurd - but back at the start of the 80s, it was a weird time to be a Rush fan in the UK!

Lemmy would definitely have Geddy in a scrap. Unless Alex Lifeson waded in & sat on him.

J.

[gareth]

Lemmy's style and sound have always been a little of an aquired taste for the bassists. However, most of us tend to be influenced by what's going on at the fretboard end. Lemmy was an unusual influence for me in that he's practically the only bassist whose right hand picking style influenced me. Before I started listening to him, if I was playing fast, I was tending towards the Dee Dee Ramone straight 16th notes style. After hearing Bomber for the first time, I was blown away by that syncopated 12345 sweep that he does. It's just so much more propulsive and musical than the other style of fast playing. I promptly stole it, and have been using it ever since for fast rock. I suspect that it was a style almost forced on him by the bridge pickup cover, as it's actually hard to do right without resting your hand on it. The 4004LK doesn't actually have one as supplied, but his personal ones have a false cover mounted in the right position.

[henry5]

Ah, Bomber.....possibly my favourite 'Head track. When I was in my teens a friend (sadly now lost to us through leukemia) and I played that over and over and over again at a party we went to, threatening to kick the *** of anyone who tried to change the record. Kids eh?

[weemac]

I'll admit that Ged is one of my faves but I have to wonder how Lemmy makes one note sound so good. The intro to Ace of Spades should be up there in the top ten of song intros!
Eden.

[jnbass]

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