Bass Player US Magazine - October 2015

In this issue

Duran Duran and Power Station bassist John Taylor sits for a candid interview and takes us on an inside tour of Duran’s new album, Paper Gods—the 14th studio effort by the hundred-million-selling punk/pop quintet. The dean of dance bass mans both bass guitars and synth bass on the album, which we highlight via excerpts and analysis in a sidebar lesson. Elsewhere, we catch up with Hagar Ben Ari, anchor of The Late Late Show with James Corden; David Hungate and his return to Toto; Bryan Beller and his double duty with Joe Satriani and the Aristocrats; and Brazilian bass prodigy Michael Pipoquinha. We check out ESP Bunny Brunel signature basses, Elixir strings, and the Rupert Neve RNDI. And we summon the groovy Greenwich Village jazz scene of the ’80s with a transcription of the Don Grolnick-written, Will Lee-played bass anthem, “Pools.”