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Just recently having started up a bass/vocals and drums/vocals duo together with an old drummer friend of mine I found this list of bands/duos just consisting of a bass player and a drummer interesting (there's a couple of extra bass and drums duos mentioned in the comment section of the linked thread) :




Here's the list from the link above copy/pasted (there's a couple of extra bass and drums duos mentioned in the comment section of the thread linked to above that I added here at the bottom of the OP list) :

  • DFA1979 - Dance punk, very abrasive and synthy

  • Lightning Bolt - noise punk, very chaotic and LOUD

  • Silent Lions - "Chill punk" (as described by the band), Hall & Oates stoner rock, very groovy yet raucous, know the bassist personally and is very chill

  • Royal Blood - Alternative rock, classic blues-tinged rock, Page loves them (yes, THE Jimmy Page)

  • Om - Rhythm section of Sleep + a [mediocre] singer, still doomy as all hell

  • Bangladeafy! - Primus meets The Fall of Troy, great math rock, groovy as hell when it needs to be

  • The Garden - Post-punk, two androgynous twin brothers making quirky tunes

  • Ruins - Japanese math rock, still getting into them but liked what I've heard, kinda esoteric at times

  • Whitey Houston - Mean punk rock, tongue-in-cheek social commentary, great groovin' riffs

  • godheadSilo - Noise rock tinged with post-rock, kinda wandering at times, but great riffage

  • Disciplina Kicme - Only heard one song off of the album, but it's also noisy and nice

  • Planets - Mathier than Bangladeafy! rock, very solid

  • HighKicks - Bass Black Keys with a better singer and rhythm section, classic vibe and FUZZ BASS

  • Big Business - Not a duo anymore, and there is some guitar added on the album, but were originally just bass + drums, stoner rock heavy-hitters

  • Geryon - Death metal, pretty sludgy but good riffage

Also :

- Ninja Academy - Math rock with occasional guest musicians.

- Sabot - Math prog with a Ruins influence.

- El Ten Eleven - Dance rock with mathy elements, bass player often uses a double neck bass/guitar, but sometimes just bass.

- Cause for Effect - Jazzgrind. Either you dig it or you don't.

- Japanther

- Bell Witch

- Clatter



Via that list I discovered this band from Japan (sort of sounds like a Primus/Mr. Bungle/Captain Beefheart crossover/fusion :




Anyone else here who play in a bass and drums duo?


Mine is called "all I nil" and we do sort of progressive psychedelic stoner/doom rock.

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Falcon Arrow is another. They’re super poop heavy and the guy makes great use of a Line 6 DL4 with its double speed function. The sound is less stoner than most of the bands on here, but not quite math-rock either. Kinda like Emo, but soundscape?

EDIT: that was supposed to say “loop heavy,” but it’s funny, so I’m keeping it.
 
Just recently having started up a bass/vocals and drums/vocals duo together with an old drummer friend of mine I found this list of bands/duos just consisting of a bass player and a drummer interesting (there's a couple of extra bass and drums duos mentioned in the comment section of the linked thread) :




Here's the list from the link above copy/pasted (there's a couple of extra bass and drums duos mentioned in the comment section of the thread linked to above that I added here at the bottom of the OP list) :

  • DFA1979 - Dance punk, very abrasive and synthy

  • Lightning Bolt - noise punk, very chaotic and LOUD

  • Silent Lions - "Chill punk" (as described by the band), Hall & Oates stoner rock, very groovy yet raucous, know the bassist personally and is very chill

  • Royal Blood - Alternative rock, classic blues-tinged rock, Page loves them (yes, THE Jimmy Page)

  • Om - Rhythm section of Sleep + a [mediocre] singer, still doomy as all hell

  • Bangladeafy! - Primus meets The Fall of Troy, great math rock, groovy as hell when it needs to be

  • The Garden - Post-punk, two androgynous twin brothers making quirky tunes

  • Ruins - Japanese math rock, still getting into them but liked what I've heard, kinda esoteric at times

  • Whitey Houston - Mean punk rock, tongue-in-cheek social commentary, great groovin' riffs

  • godheadSilo - Noise rock tinged with post-rock, kinda wandering at times, but great riffage

  • Disciplina Kicme - Only heard one song off of the album, but it's also noisy and nice

  • Planets - Mathier than Bangladeafy! rock, very solid

  • HighKicks - Bass Black Keys with a better singer and rhythm section, classic vibe and FUZZ BASS

  • Big Business - Not a duo anymore, and there is some guitar added on the album, but were originally just bass + drums, stoner rock heavy-hitters

  • Geryon - Death metal, pretty sludgy but good riffage

Also :

- Ninja Academy - Math rock with occasional guest musicians.

- Sabot - Math prog with a Ruins influence.

- El Ten Eleven - Dance rock with mathy elements, bass player often uses a double neck bass/guitar, but sometimes just bass.

- Cause for Effect - Jazzgrind. Either you dig it or you don't.

- Japanther

- Bell Witch

- Clatter



Via that list I discovered this band from Japan (sort of sounds like a Primus/Mr. Bungle/Captain Beefheart crossover/fusion :




Anyone else here who play in a bass and drums duo?


Mine is called "all I nil" and we do sort of progressive psychedelic stoner/doom


Glad to see Highkicks on here! I've seen them live a few times and have a bunch of their stuff downloaded. It's old-school bandcamp but money goes directly to them. You can find it @ link below you won't be disappointed! ps... you can preview every song/album for free. My advice, start from the beginning. Fuzz bass, kick ass rock with good melody and singer is wicked!

Attached an early banger for the impatient. You're welcome!

 

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