Level 42

thebattle · Post by **thebattle** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:51 pm

Just heard of this band today there older there called Level 42 and what a bass player wow and he sings too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXZoowWAPZA&fmt=18

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:07 am

They been around for a while now, good band also ..

MOONDOGGY · Post by **MOONDOGGY** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:59 pm

Mark King is an amazing little white dude with as much soul as a 300lb southern baptist choir woman! It ain't easy to get a signature bass from Alembic, Status AND JayDee! He's one of the greats.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:33 pm

Here is one of their hits -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zamqe602AU4

TJ Kelly · Post by **TJ Kelly** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:05 pm

I have several DVD's of Level 42 that Mark King personally signed when they shipped. Very cool person and a awesome talent.

thebattle · Post by **thebattle** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:41 pm

TJ Kelly wrote:I have several DVD's of Level 42 that Mark King personally signed when they shipped. Very cool person and a awesome talent.

there deff great i love the tone of that bass AMAZING!

thebattle · Post by **thebattle** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:42 pm

f.sciarrillo wrote:Here is one of their hits -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zamqe602AU4

O WAIT i have heard of these guys i know this song

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:50 pm

I have World Machine on vinyl, and I pulled it out the other week to give it a listen. Good stuff! They always reminded me of a more progressive Toto. Alembics always were a little too pristine sounding for my tastes (I actually do prefer more hifi sounding basses), but Mark King definitely has a great tone. He was originally a drummer and picked up on slapping by watching bass players in the music store he worked at.

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:22 pm

Definitely a very cool band and Mark King is a terrific bass player. I was just watching some of their live videos a few weeks ago and he was doing some jazzy, funky slapping bass solos. Normally, a little slapping can go a long way and be overdone; but, Mark King is absolutely great at it. Check out this live video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXZoowWA ... PL&index=3

thebattle · Post by **thebattle** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:10 pm

moxham123 wrote:Definitely a very cool band and Mark King is a terrific bass player. I was just watching some of their live videos a few weeks ago and he was doing some jazzy, funky slapping bass solos. Normally, a little slapping can go a long way and be overdone; but, Mark King is absolutely great at it. Check out this live video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXZoowWA ... PL&index=3

you must of not clicked my link this is the same thing

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 1:49 pm

oops - I clicked on the video link for Something About You