Meet Brad Houser – Umphrey’s McGee – “Mantis” Bassist – Ryan Stasik This band has my vote for best progressive rock band on the planet… For...
Meet Brad Houser – Sludge. Proto-Grunge. Progressive Mud. Melvins. Since 1983 these fine folks from Washington State have been throwing a rusty wrench into the rock...
Meet Brad Houser – Garage a Trois: These guys rule. At present, they are one of the best instrumental bands in existence. Their sound is difficult...
Meet Brad Houser The Flaming Lips are an American Cottage Industry… since 1983, American all the way. These guys are still home-based out of Oklahoma City,...
Meet Brad Houser I tend to use superlatives a lot. If I try to use them to describe Dirty Projectors, I will run out very quickly...
Meet Brad Houser I am a procrastinator. This issue’s column was to be about “The Flaming Lips.” I kept trying to get started on it, and…....
Meet Brad Houser – I tend to use superlatives a lot. If I try to use them to describe Dirty Projectors, I will run out very...
Meet Brad Houser – MUSE. The biggest band that many Americans have never heard of. England and Europe certainly know these gents quite well. Just check...
Meet Brad Houser – Hello Bass People… First, a disclaimer… There is no “bad-ass” bass playing on this CD; CD by whom? Deerhoof. ‘Friend Opportunity’. “Deer-What?”...
by Brad Houser – Hello Bass Friends… For this issue of BMM I would like to introduce to you, The Mars Volta. Formed in 2001, The...
by Brad Houser Hello again, Bass-o-philes… Let us together contemplate the sublime bliss that is ………..Radiohead. Released in 2007, their album “In Rainbows” has infected my...
Hello bassers. My name is Brad Houser and I have been given the privilege/honor of writing this column for Bass Musician Magazine. Over the next few...