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 ...

APTV's Nick Major catches up with the hottest new DJ at Taste Of Chaos—the one and only Mark Hoppus! Learn about Hoppus' sweet DJ moves, how he practices for a DJ set, Emo Night LA, why he identifies ...