Hywel Davies
Latest articles by Hywel Davies
Classic interview: KISS' Gene Simmons - “Studio bassists who play with their fingers live have no idea that we can’t hear what they’re playing”
By Hywel Davies published
The bass icon on bass rigs, riches and 50 years of music
Behemoth's Tomasz ‘Orion’ Wróblewski: “I’m not looking at my fingers; I don’t want to see them. I just want to listen to what I’m playing”
By Hywel Davies last updated
The Polish metal titan's bassist on his role, writing and I Loved You At Your Darkest
Snow Owl: “This is the magic of what Hans Zimmer does. He told us, ‘Don’t play the notes on the score - do more!’”
By Hywel Davies published
We talk to Juan García-Herreros, Hans Zimmer collaborator and orchestral electric bassist
Lamb Of God's John Campbell: “The pinkie is 25 per cent of what you’ve got going on, and you’ve got to use it!”
By Hywel Davies published
The metal bassist on 20 years of making records
Trivium's Paolo Gregoletto: “Playing fast is great, but the detail’s got to be worked out”
By Hywel Davies published
With album number eight, The Sin And The Sentence, Floridian metal warriors Trivium return with a vengeance. Bassist Paolo Gregoletto reveals the secrets behind the (very) low notes
Wednesday 13's Troy Doebbler: “Be what you’re supposed to be. You’re the wall behind it all”
By Hywel Davies published
Scared? You should be! Troy Doebbler, bassist for shock-rockers Wednesday 13, meets Hywel Davies...
Creeper's Sean Scott: “In the punk world, bassists are often put to the side”
By Hywel Davies published
From underdogs to pack leaders, Creeper are a force that cannot be ignored. Bassist Sean Scott and Hywel Davies talk punk… a lot of punk.
Sepultura bassist Paulo Pinto Jr: "I always have problems in the studio"
By Hywel Davies published
Few metal bassists have had a career like that of Paulo Pinto Jr. of Brazilian legends Sepultura. Hywel Davies grills the great man about Seps’ album number 14
Danny Worsnop talks starting his own acoustic guitar company, vintage Martins and going country
By Hywel Davies published
The Asking Alexandria/We Are Harlot man on solo left turn The Long Road Home
Johnny Christ on The Stage, playing style and rhythm relationships
By Hywel Davies published
Unsociably loud, theatrical and bombastic - but that’s enough about MusicRadar's Hywel Davies. Here’s his little chat with Avenged Sevenfold bassist Johnny Christ
Black Stone Cherry's Jon Lawhon on playing 'lead bass', his signature Dean and recording with Bob Babbitt
By Hywel Davies published
Southern rock low-end maverick speaks
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