Other no-bass bands?
 

Other than Sleater?

I mean "rock" bands (in the broadest sense)

Oh yeah. Doors.

Any others?

did suicide have no bass?

The Blind Shake

Autechre

Early Cramps and Pussy Galore

White Stripes, technically.

While Stripes ain’t got no bass

No guitar bands that sound like they have guitar but don’t are fun too (lookin’ at you, Three-Mile Pilot)

The Lee Ranaldo Electric Trim Trio

Cat Power, in the early years
Dirty Three

Yes. Definitely.
Both.

Jesus how did I forget HELLA?
There is no Hella anymore, of course, but for a time — before Death Grips was even a glimmer in God’s eye — Hella was on some insane shit. In their earliest years, they sounded the demon spawn Rodan and Slayer had after going back in time and having a three-way with This Heat. Or something. Goddamn magical.

Also Yeah Yeah Yeahs. YYYs were pretty damn good for a couple albums, and before “Maps” caught on, they were ferocious live. Just insane. Seriously twisted punky shit to show the Stokes who was boss.

Isn’t Explosoons in the Sky bassless too?

Those two Mary Timony Band albums don't feature a lot of bass... seemly like mostly guitar and drums. Those albums are fantastic

Apparently Slanted and Enchanted has no bass whatsoever. Not sure I 100% buy that for every single song, but it's possible.

Psychic Hearts

A Thousand Leaves (minus 2 songs)

Whaaaat. I don’t but that shit. Fuck that. Really?
It literally sounds like it *opens* with a bass riff.

Some myth-making by Malkamus, perhaps. He's insisted in a few interviews there's no bass.

I guess one can get bass-y sounds from a guitar. But...yeah, I'm not totally buying it.

I knew there was no bass player on Slanted, but dammit it sounds like there is bass on some of those songs for sure. Huh.

There’s goddamn bass on plenty of those goddamn songs goddammit

I think the word you are looking for is "toothless."

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Thought Forms!
(except on their latest album(s) that features a guest bass player)

Hah. Admittedly, yes. A bit. At least on record. They are (or can be?) an interesting live band. I’m not really a fan but I have seen them and they did some cool Sonic Youth-y shit; feedback jams and whatnot.

Thought Forms ain’t got no bass? “Songs About Drowning” even?

Slanted absolutely has fucking bass on it

Those early Westing singles I believe yeah

“Songs About Drowning” and Evil have a guest bass player, and Charlie also plays bass on it.
But earlier albums like Ghost Mountain have no bass

I can see that. I got into them with Songs About Drowning and worked back from there, and that motherfucker had some bass on it. Thanks for clarifying.

At least some Half Japanese lineups haven't had a bass player. And if solo artists count, Johnny Dowd's backing bands have rarely if ever had a bassist.

On the "no-bass songs" front: "Sister Ray".

And Prince's "When Doves Cry" and "Kiss", evidently...

I believe it. All trump came from a synth on “Kiss,” I’ll bet.

Anyway, that’s veering into other territory. Millions of songs have “no bass” in that sense. Artificial bass, or synthetic bass or whatever. Like, 90% of hip-hop songs, 99% of electronic songs.

I think this is more like a no bass *guitar* thing.

Yes, agreed. I got carried away after mentioning "Sister Ray", because it's pretty fuckin' amazing that that ("rock") song features no bass. And by the way man, have you got a dollar...

Yep. Agreed agreed.

“Oh, no, man, I haven't got the time-time”

(Next line’s yours ;) )

And of course The Jon Spencer Bore Explosion.

Pussy Galore I dig, though.

Harry Pussy

Ha!

Cheater Slicks (i think)

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (I think)
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