“I auditioned for The Ultimate Sin record. I was there for 21 days and recorded almost every day or night”: Greg Chaisson on his gruelling Ozzy Osbourne audition

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/greg-chaissons-gruelling-ozzy-audition

“Those Fender Jazz basses sounded fantastic, but they scared the hell out of me”: Why bassist Paul Samwell-Smith chose a short-scale Epiphone for his “rave-ups” with the Yardbirds

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/paul-samwell-smith-the-yardbirds-lost-woman

“I look down, I see the empty pit, and I see a bass guitar against the wall. I said, ‘Right, I’m gonna show you guys what I’ve got’”: When a teenage Suzi Quatro laid down a marker by jamming with Jeff Beck and Cozy Powell

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/suzi-quatros-jam-with-jeff-beck-and-cozy-powell

“We played a song or two, and I said, ‘Hey, you guys want to jam on some Isley Brothers?’ Nobody laughed”: Les Claypool looks back on his disastrous Metallica audition

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/les-claypool-looks-back-on-his-disastrous-metallica-audition

“I was told to pack for three months, learn four albums' worth of material and be ready to leave in three days!” How bassist Eva Gardner landed the gig with Pink

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“Living in the shadow of my grunge parents, Courtney and Billy… it was a complex and exhausting shadow to come out from under”: Melissa Auf der Maur on joining Hole amidst tragedy and her “Master’s in Music” with the Smashing Pumpkins

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/melissa-auf-der-maur-even-the-good-girls-will-cry-memoir-interview

“After the set, Hendrix came knocking on the dressing room door and said, ‘I want you to come on tour with me’”: Chicago bassist Peter Cetera reflects on signing for Columbia Records, opening for Jimi Hendrix and why Paul McCartney changed everything

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/peter-cetera-opening-for-jimi-hendrix

“People wanna assume the worst and say he’s some kind of dictator and forced me to do it. It was totally not like that”: Steve Di Giorgio sets the record straight on what it was like to sideman for Dave Mustaine and Megadeth

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/steve-di-giorgio-on-what-it-was-like-to-sideman-for-dave-mustaine-and-megadeth

“I feel like I’ve been molded for this gig. Trent has been an influence on me from the beginning”: How new Nine Inch Nails bassist Stu Brooks went from pop royalty to one of rock’s most sonically adventurous gigs

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/stu-brooks-on-landing-the-gig-with-nine-inch-nails

“I was a good bass player, and I am proud of my Celebrity Skin work, but oh my God, it changed my level of musicianship forever”: Melissa Auf der Maur on what she learned from playing with Billy Corgan and The Smashing Pumpkins

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/melissa-auf-der-maur-what-she-learned-from-the-smashing-pumpkins