The Wildhearts

I'm beginning to think he is.

May I submit to you, this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=5VqQnVv93_Y

no...

I think it's way, way too early to tell for sure but I'd say he's in a good position to take the crown.

Definately since he joined the band have had an energy that they haven't had for a while, and he's certainly quite high on the "entertaining performers to watch live" list.

I'm not voting yet - will do so in a few months perhaps...

yes

Can we have an undecided button please.

I'm not a fan of these type of debates, but what I can say is this.....take a look at the Koko Pops DVD and then make a choice.

As a bass player, i gotta say i find dannys bass lines more interesting. Right up until SITN single he produced some really decent and stylish stuff. Watching Scott play in my anal bass playish way, i can see that he has simplified quite a few of Dannys parts. However this has the effect that he can jump around a lot more. On the new album he is very solid without doing anything particularly exciting.

Overall im undecided though, as Scott is a great performer on stage and also a better backing singer than Dan. Saying that, they needed it after losing Stidi`s high falsetto!

I like a lot of the stuff he does on the new album, and found a lot of it to be quite unusual and interesting. Destroy All Monsters comes initially to mind for his weird gradual swelling climb in the main riff... it just really makes me think of some huge monster struggling against its chains or surging toward the surface of the ocean or something. To me, that's one of the greatest moments in the album all because of Scott's work.

He plays straight with the guitars for a lot of stuff, but with this kind of music, there's not a lot of room for climbing around all over the place.

I spent one week with Danny through the Yo-Yo's tour in Germany and could watch him play every night. He is a f****** brilliant bass player. I've seldom seen a bass player use the fret like a guitar player. Danny has an outstanding feeling for melody in his bass lines, but still has a punk attitude...
For me there always will be one perfect fit on the bass for the Wildhearts...guess who...

And like Tom Spencer said: "Ginger needs Danny...he is the Sid Vicious of the Wildhearts and the fans love him"

to say that scott simplifies dannys basslines just to be more energetic onstage is daft, by that presumption, danny's lack of stage presence is due to his technical basslines?? dont think so, watch any live video pre-95 dannys got awesome energy, after that, well, its pretty clear that the drugs/knee injuries have took effect.

scott's got some great basslines on the new album, and its obvious that he writes really well with the rest of the band because he actually has bass lines rather than choosing the simple option of just following what the guitars are doing...

i agree the fans love danny, but i prefer scott, sure you could romaticise things by saying danny's the 'sid vicious' of the wildhearts but anyone with half a brain can identify that aint a good thing!

danny will always be valued and respected amongst wildhearts fans as he a fantastic down to earth bloke who helped - in a huge way - make the wildhearts what they were... but it aint the 70's anymore, if bands (especially bands who've been there and done it like the WH) want to be successful (rather than infamous) nowadays IMO having members who aint a liability and can deliver tight energetic performances (like scott does) is an integral asset.

how many of us on this board prefer seeing a kick ass wildhearts show (kudos to ritch and scott) than the lacklustre performance/whats gonna happen/go wrong next scenario??

Pointless thread. They've had three bassists and all have been great.

Yeah totally agree with damian, its a stupid thread, they all bring theyre own thing to the group. I wonder what they would say themselves. Scott already said it was a big thing to replace danny and jon. And he said jon was one of the best bass players he had ever seen.

having been watching the ever evolving lineup live over the years , i think whoever has played in the band has done a great job , as long as the Wildhearts continue to tour and record great music , i dont care whos in the lineup

Gotta say, i think Scott ROCKS on and off the stage. After chatting with him and seeing how grateful he was to be in the band i think he's helping the band focus on how lucky they are to have such a devoted fan base.

He's definately one small part of the current re-invigoration of this great band. An esential cog in the ever evolving bigger machine.