After lots of delays, Courtney Love is seemingly ready to start rehearsing for the recording of her new album and its subsequent tour. But she needs a bass player, and so she’s turned her MySpace blog into her own personal Craigslist because the dude she wanted originally, who, uh, worked with Plant/Page, is currently on tour with Goldfrapp. Are you that man? I ask if you’re that man because she doesn’t want a chick bass player for reasons that she’s keeping secret. (I’m hoping that it has something to do with the way the “chick bassist” went from trope to joke during the last decade’s alt-rock boom of 10 years ago, but I fully expect to be disappointed.) If you feel like applying, the ad–complete with suggested musical influences–is after the jump!
we dont care if your from Iceland, if we can listen to you play and PLAY BRILLIANTLY well fly you in from anywhere! hurry! an dont be shy, someone will get back to you )( named Chris) IF your at the level we NEED!!!!!
GO LISTEN to ZEPPELIN 2 and 3 and Verve “Urban Hymms” and Blood On The Tracks and dare i say it Nevermind, and the Sp early early Gish nineties song “Rhinocerus” wich has the most pinpointed perfect dynamics EVER and if you can compete with THAT bunch get back to us asap!
Nevermind, huh? I guess Krist Novoselic is too busy reviewing R.E.M. albums to apply. But any excuse to post “Rhinoceros” is OK by me:
BASSIST PLEASE! [Courtney Love's MySpace Blog]
Smashing Pumpkins - Rhinoceros [YouTube]
My former band mate, a female bass player, once auditioned for some incarnation of Hole and got pretty far along in the process. The thing that stopped her from pursuing it further was when Ms. Love informed her she would want the rights to every song said former band mate had ever played on in case her sudden fame as a member of Hole brought those songs more attention and potential royalties.
So, female bass players of the world, you can breathe a sigh of relief!
Know those songs, then forget them so you can only play the roots!
Somewhere D’Arcy, Melissa Auf De Mar, Kim Gordon, Kim Deal, Kira from Black Flag and a reanimated Kristen Pfaff just formed a band called “F*ck Courtney Love”
Yeah, well, I didn’t want to play bass for you either, Courtney.
… mostly because I don’t really know how, but that’s just semantics.