Slap bass has come a long way since Larry Graham first championed the style in the 1970s. Graham has said that he was simply trying to create a drum-like sound to flesh out the rhythm in the then ...

By the time the bass guitar came along in 1951, upright bass players had been slapping and pulling on their strings for several decades. Milt Hinton was one such player who pioneered a percussive ...

There's a lot you can say about Gene Simmons, an admittedly ageist lone wolf — but don't even think of colloquially referring to the retired KISS bassist as a "bass-slapper," or a fan of Flea's work ...

Nick Cave has shared a medley of “Slap That Bass,” “Get Happy,” and “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” as part of the soundtrack for Joker: Folie à Deux. Nick Cave features on the official soundtrack ...