Morphine Bass Tabs

Biography

Purveyors of quite startling, low-end alternative music, US trio Morphine were one of the few bands in the field not to employ guitars. The bass of vocalist Mark Sandman (b. 24 September 1952, d. 3 July 1999, Palestrina, Italy) was a rudimentary affair, comprising two strings usually tuned to the same note, enabling him to produce a sound that doubled as a heavily distorted guitar and ordinary bass. The band was inaugurated by Sandman and Dana Colley (baritone saxophone) after the break-up of the former's Treat Her Right (who recorded three albums between 1986 and 1991). The line-up...

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