"Basses Wild" is an opportunity for Girl Germs to showcase a female bass player in a band that we might not normally play on the show - a "wild card," if you will (get it?).
This week we're featuring Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads. Weymouth was the only female member of the band, and her funk/reggae-tinged bass lines were a huge part of what made Talking Heads so popular. Her trademark style has inspired bass players - male and female - since the '70s.
Weymouth (who is now 59, if you can believe it) also made a name for herself as one half of Tom Tom Club, a dancehall-tinged take on new wave. Check out video below and see Weymouth's awesomeness for yourself! (We just wish she would have gotten half the screen time David Byrne got...)
Here's some background behind the formation of Tom Tom Club and their first single, "Wordy Rappinghood." ("But Tina, you don't have to sing. There's this new thing; it's called rap!"):
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