Bass Player US Magazine - June 2015

In this issue

Foo Fighters bassist Nate Mendel discusses the band's eighth album, Sonic Highways, which was written and recorded in eight different cities and had its own HBO series. Nate also dishes on his first solo album, If I Kill This Thing We’re All Going to Eat for a Week, for which he serves as singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Elsewhere, we take an inside look at Marcus Miller’s new album, Afrodeezia, catch up with Gov’t Mule bassman Jorgen Carlsson, check in with Kyle Sanders of Hellyeah, and talk to veteran bassist/songwriter Glenn Burtnik about his new Beatles project, the Weeklings. On the gear side, we review the Fodera Emperor 5 Standard Classic, the Markbass Bass Multiamp, and Ernie Ball's new Cobalt Flatwounds. To cap things off, we sail back to ’70s Southern California for the Pablo Cruise smash “What You Gonna Do?” via a transcription of the late Bud Cockrell’s bubbling bass line.