BAZZIK
ONCE UPON A TIME ON THE THREE HOLY KINGS DAY HE WAS BORN OUT OF
A MOTHER WITH A SOUTH OF FRANCE GYPSIE BACKGROUND AND A FATHER WITH HALF
INDIAN SAN FRANCISCO BACKGROUND.
GREW UP IN GERMANY AND NOW LIVING IN THE NETHERLANDS.
AT THE AGE OF SIX HE DECIDED TO BECOME A MUSICIAN
CAUSE HE GOT ALL THE ATTENTION OF HIS OLDER SISTERS GIRLFRIENDS
WHILE PERFORMING ON HER BIRTHDAY PARTY TO A CREAM SONG WITH ONE OF THE
FIRST AIR GUITARS EVER MADE.
IMMEDIATELY STARTED WITH GUITAR LESSONS THE NEXT DAY.
BUT STOPPED AFTER HALF A YEAR CAUSE LESSONS IN THE OLD DAYS HAD THE AMBIENT
OF AN CONCENTRATION CAMP.
BUT THE FLAME WAS BURNING.
AT THE AGE OF TEN HE MET A GUY IN A GUITAR SHOP WHO LATER
GOT FAMOUS UNDER THE NAME MAJOR HEALEY AS GERMANY'S
NUMBER ONE GUITAR PLAYER.
THIS GUY WANTED TO START A BAND AND NEEDED A BASS PLAYER.
NOT KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GUITAR AND A BASS-GUITAR
BAZZIK CLAIMS THAT HE WAS THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB.
SO MAJOR LEND HIM THE BASS-GUITAR OF HIS OLDER BROTHER AND THE FIRST
BLACK SABBATH LP TO FIGURE OUT SOME SONGS HE WANTED TO PLAY.
STILL DIDN'T KNEW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GUITAR AND A BASS-GUITAR
BAZZIK DRIVES HIS PARENTS CRAZY WHILE LISTENING TO THE SAME SONGS
24 HOURS A DAY WHILE HIS FINGERS WERE TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY ON THE
FRETBOARD.
AFTER SEVEN DAYS OF PAIN AND FINGERTIPS THAT LOOKED LIKE THE ONES OF GOLLUM
THE FIRST REHEARSAL CAME ALONG.
HUGE AMPLIFIERS-WALL OF SOUND-FANTASTIC.
TILL THE MOMENT THAT MAJOR SAID
'IT'S REALLY GREAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING BUT IT'S NOT
THE BASS-LINE YOU'RE PLAYING IT'S
THE GUITAR SOLO' .
OEPS.
MAYBE THIS CAN EXPLAIN THE STYLE BAZZIK IS PLAYING TODAY.
AFTER THAT AND LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT REALLY PLAYING
THE BASS THEY STAY TOGETHER FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS
PERFORMING SONGS OF BLACK SABBATH, RORY GALLAGHER, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
WITH THE FIRST PERFORMANCE AT THE AGE OF TWELVE.
AFTER THAT MAJOR JOINED A BAND CALLED BAP
AND BAZZIK STARTED WITH SUPER ANGEL.
WITH A FIVE YEAR OLDER GUITAR PLAYER AND A SIX YEAR OLDER DRUMMER
HE LEARNED QUICKLY ANYTHING ABOUT SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK'N ROLL.
PERFORMING TOGETHER WITH BANDS LIKE THE SCORPIONS, NINA HAGEN AND BIRTH CONTROL
AND ALWAYS JAMMING WITH MEMBERS OF THESE BANDS
AFTER TWELVE YEARS BEING ON THE ROAD WITH A MAJOR DEAL
FROM EMI THE BAND HISTORY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
AT A GAS STATION SOMEWHERE IN THE DEEP SOUTH OF GERMANY
AFTER THE GUITAR-PLAYER SOAKED THE DRUMMER WITH A GALLON OF GASOLINE
AND RUNNING AFTER HIM WITH HIS ZIPPO.
A LITTLE BIT TIRED FROM BEING ON THE ROAD HE AND THE GUITAR PLAYER STARTED
THEIR OWN STUDIO AND RECORDED AND PLAYED MORE THAN 600 SONGS
FOR ANYKIND OF IDIOTS THAT ASK FOR IT AND SOME OF THEM WERE VERY
SUCCESFUL AND SOLD PLATINUM RECORDS OR WIN THE
EUROPEAN SONG FESTIVAL.
AFTER THE GUITAR PLAYER DIED AT THE DESEASE OF JACK DANIELS
BAZZIK STARTS WORKING AS A MUSIC JOURNALIST AND INTERVIEWED AND PLAYED
WITH SOME OF THE FINEST MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD.
SO HE LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT MAKING MUSIC.
FOR EXAMPLE WHILE TALKING TO CARLOS SANTANA ON A TENNIS COURT IN COLOGNE
CARLOS TOLD HIM THE TWO ESSENTIAL WAYS OF MAKING MUSIC.
MAKE MUSIC TO LET THE GIRLS DANCE OR
MAKE MUSIC TO LET THE BOYS BANG THEIR HEAD.
BAZZIK CHOOSED THE FEMALE SIDE.
ALSO THE TWO WAYS OF PLAYING YOUR INSTRUMENT
DO IT LIKE YOU MAKE LOVE OR
SMASH SOMEBODY'S FACE.
BAZZIK CHOOSED THE LOVE SIDE.
TALKING TO FLEA IN AMSTERDAM HE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE JUST TWO
KINDS OF MUSIC
GOOD ONE AND BAD ONE.
MIGHT YOU CAN GUESS WHICH ONE BAZZIK CHOOSED??
NOW HE WAS NEARLY READY FOR THE REAL THING.
BUT FIRST HE MET MARIO DE M..... NEW YORK FELLOW WHO PLAYED
WITH TOMMY BOLIN, THE METERS, EVEN DID SESSION STUFF FOR THE STONES.
ONE OF THE BEST MUSICIANS AND GREATEST ASSHOLES BAZZIK EVER MET IN HIS LIFE.
HE LEARNED HOW TO LISTEN TO MUSIC IN A DIFFERENT WAY
LEARNED MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT STYLES AND COMBINING THEM
AND NOT TO LEND YOUR MONEY AND INSTRUMENT TO ANYBODY EVEN IF HE IS A FAMOUS MUSICIAN.
THERE MUST BE SOMEWERE IN NEW YORK ONE OF FIRST MADE PROTOTYPES OF
A WARWICK THUMB BASS THAT BELONGS TO BAZZIK.
BUT AFTER A LONG JOURNEY OF MUST WE SAY ODYSSEE?
HE FOUND IN A VERY MYSTIC WAY HIS GREAT LOVE THE ONE AND ONLY
SEEMS LIKE IT WAS MADE JUST FOR HIM LADY SHAPED
ALEMBIC BASS.
OR DID SHE FIND HIM?
NOW HE LEARNED THAT HE COULD LET THE INSTRUMENT TELL A STORY
AND HAD THE FABOULUS EXPERIENCE THAT HE LEFT HIS BODY AND JUST
LISTEN AND ENJOY TO WHAT HE AND THE BASS ARE PLAYING.
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