Matt Freeman - "Animosity" by Rancid [Bass Bunker Sessions]

[@fantakaccy]

A girl sent me an SMS with lyrics of this song maybe 25 years ago. Don't know why... Now she's my wife. What a memory. Great video as Always ❤

[@adrianotocabaixo]

Listening to the song I already think "those bass lines are crazy", seeing you playing the only thing that comes to mind is "it's crazier than I thought". Thx Matt.

[@reikenkayzer]

Matt Freeman's left hand hypnotizes me!

[@MarckVK]

Very uplifting to see how much he enjoys and how happy he is playing his own songs, very inspiring

[@G1bran.04]

You can play adina in another video? please

[@Hickorybee]

The way your head is positioned with the bass behind you, gives you horns 😉

[@xATROZx]

Omfg, Rancid 1993 it's a crazy álbum

[@PostModel]

Fucking kills it… “alright. That songs hard to play”

[@Ty-138]

I can't wait to get out of this meeting and watch this!

[@RyanGriffiths-r9k]

your boss probably thinking the same thing.

[@Ty-138]

@RyanGriffiths-r9k my boss agreed with me that the meeting was a complete circle jerk. It's an absurd world.

[@YN-oc4qv]

マット動画UP有難うございます。 また自分の好きな初期のアルバムからの選曲で痺れました。 マットの指捌きがとてもクレイジー過ぎます。 今後も初期のアルバムの曲をUPしてくれる事を期待しています。

[@JeffAbarta]

Hey, I sang on Animosity! Great job dissecting this one, Matt!

[@RGACT]

Mr. Birkenstocks!

[@potter.felipematos]

I love every Rancid album and era. But this record is very unique within their catalogue. The chord progressions have a riff quality to them, they’re exploring more hardcore influenced ideas and the bass work sets the band apart from anything released by that time. Great pick and playing as usual, master!

[@Mr_Rien]

"I made some mistakes." Man, how is it possibly humane to play this song without any mistake ? Great job as always

[@Bobby_Pyn]

16 year old me in 1992 could never imagine myself watching you on a tv 30+ years later showing me how to pull this stuff off. Such great content. Of the too of my head, I look forward to you showing us Sound System and Radio Radio Radio.

[@PunkTome]

My kind of jazz!!

[@gregoriusadhe316]

my favourite album 🔥 10/10

[@DonkeyWalloper]

A master at his craft

[@embel905]

Haha "Let's see if we can pull this one off". Then immediately 3:51 You're a legend Matt!

[@thadrifter_]

Such talent. Amazing

[@inkywafflestobygizmo2942]

I love how happy you look playing

[@davidburk905]

You and les claypool are my heros and main influences for why I picked up a bass at the age of 15, now I'm 42 and I love you guys to this day and forever!

[@TheFeo2e]

Matt, you're the best I'd like to hear farewell Lola blue

[@zandercittadin8328]

Hey Matt, hugs from your oooold brazilian fan since 1996 when I heard Rancid for the first time, and after that Operation Ivy as well. Thanks for all...

[@bigkduo5415]

So self-deprecating... your god-level sir, even your mistakes sound amazing

[@_Buddah_Warlord_]

A video on Shakedown or movin through by devil’s brigade would be kick ass 🤘🏼

[@lifeformco]

Love this song, the riff breakdowns and any info about recording!! Would be cool to hear about how you come up with your basslines. Really great!!

[@jeffreyd3794]

I feel like that album has the fastest and most difficult songs to play. But that album inspired me to play bass and I’m forever grateful for that. Keep up the good work! Love the videos.

[@WilliamVespe]

You da fuckin man! My favorite rancid record hands down! Would walk around with this cassette on repeat! Love it!

[@angryjavi]

Besides just going back so far with this song and the whole album when I was younger and homeless, (Another Night) I love how the chromatic play demonstrates how you can pull that off beautifully if you just nail the timing to fit it into the time allowed in that measure. Absolute top tier musicianship, Matt. I actually got kicked out of a band when I was younger because I took that scale approach. I joined a band as a bass player and went nutty, properly with this type of playing and they were seriously like “we want more of a Dee Dee approach. 😂 I bowed out respectfully.

[@taengineering5604]

Шикардос! Умопомрачительные рифы! Обожаю этот альбом.

[@nicebrickbuilds4975]

Ons of my favorite songs off my favorite rancid albums!

[@seanmccarthy1421]

Awesome thanks

[@stelogis]

Great to see your videos Matt!

[@mrknebel475]

With such ease

[@zachwhittaker5886]

to my bass hero! MERRY CHISTMAS, God bless tou n yours! cant wait for the next video!!!

[@markslade6727]

Thanks Matt for sharing great video from the best bass player out there would love to see Cocktails or Fall Back Down

[@garywhitehead4160]

Excellent video as always.. and that's another tune to get my teeth into over the Xmas period!! Cheers

[@soreearcollective5421]

Sometimes I sit and listen to the early records and like, I think “there is SO much going on there” with the bass lines, here you are proving me right. Would’ve been a dream to see y’all in the era ripping these songs and the 7”/ “demos from the pit” shit.

[@hockeypunk76]

Rocked it Matt!

[@Gredin666]

HUGE! Thank you! Once, during a jam session we played that song (and i'm glad to see that my bass lines were right🎉) with friends, and people were amazed, saying "You should make a record!" 😂 (It was 25 years ago) Great song from a great album.

[@TonyPepers]

Glad you did this one! I've always been fascinated with the bass line on this track. My fav song from Rancid '93. This is why you're the GOAT of punk rock bass. Those fingers...look at them fing!!

[@timpushor8700]

Love Thursdays!

[@CSW994]

DUDE Another favorite of mine!!

[@alessiomelchiorre6968]

Grandissimo come sempre,il migliore! Tour please!!🥺

[@evilcoress9397]

Incredible talent

[@SpyOnDeck]

Best album 🙌

[@RyanGriffiths-r9k]

i love this album. I remember not liking Lets Go or AOCTW very much when my brother played them for me, but after loving LWW i bought this album. Thankfully it convinced me to buy and relisten to LG and AOCTW's. i used to play the chord portion of every song off those 4 records on guitar.

[@donrankin6009]

You could do this whole album on this channel and it'd be amazing content because you were amazing on that one.

[@djsinclair2854]

I love how you’re like “I do this, and this, but faster,” then you play it and it’s noodlenoodlenoodlenooodle. It’s so awesome! Love this song!

[@heal66]

I had to ask Tower Records in Chico to special order that record for me in 1993! Love the helicopter and city FX in the song.

[@Sup3rM4rioBB]

damn!! thats crazy

[@johndcoffee632]

Man that's so cool, funny how these songs teleport me back 20 years ago when i was first learning bass. Thanks for doing this Matt, it's so cool to see

[@jasonwiller3980]

🔥

[@Nikolasbass1]

So great, thanks Matt,

[@buldo81]

that’s a great song! thanks Matt

[@t.g.cat-rag941]

Always amazing teaching and playing🎸🎶This bassline is very difficult but has a lot of sense and is cool✨

[@phxdwn121]

Matt, love this channel! Thanks so much for all this. I would love to see you do Backslide or Holiday Sunrise.

[@stephenrichey8170]

Thanx a bunch Matt. Didn't Animosity start out as a Generator tune. Seems like the lyrics were around for awhile. Are ya' gonna be there when the storm comes! Are ya' gonna be there baby.... Really appreciate you. Merry Christmas to you and family.🎶

[@anthonybahr3613]

This one was a gem! Happy Thursday!

[@mandalorthedeaf1237]

Woah, just mind blowing.

[@OldFatPunker1975]

Best day of the week!

[@davidahmad83]

🔥🔥

[@shanethestain]

That's wild

[@danziglucifuge]

Your face shows that you still love to play that song to this day

[@angryjavi]

Thank you!!!

[@justingibson9622]

Thank you Matt!! That was bad ass!

[@mikeroutledge6929]

Thanks Matt, love from the UK

[@Ben_Mdws]

That P bass is just a beaut.

[@tripolarmisfit]

Please play Meat Market from Basic Radio!

[@325kanga]

Sick dude. Love watching you play

[@grantpeter6986]

I appreciate you man. This is such a cool channel, I've been learning your basslines on my own for years. To learn them right from you is so fucking rad thank you. Another night and your solo in that would be dope

[@joefrank5274]

Posted 12 minutes ago....sweet! And just when I thought my luck could not get better!!

[@cheliceratabass]

The ‘93 self titled record is naaaasty (in the absolute best way possible) some insanely good bass work 🙌

[@BoredomEnsues]

I didn't hear any mistakes, you killed it! That's a tough one, I was always wondering what you were actually doing on the verses, nice to see you break it down.

[@iocat]

Plays impossible bass line... "so that's it slowed down" -- such an amazing song! Just finally got this on vinyl for the first time yesterday (had it on CD when it came out)

[@jmulk77]

jfc man you are an animal!!

[@UltraPerception]

Happy Christmas Matty I don't celebrate but I know rancid do

[@RichieAppel]

I wanna see you do Life Won’t Wait.

[@SamCunanan-t6v]

Mr. Freeman absolute rad run through!!! Had my brain tripping over itself trying to keep up with you!! What an awesome display for us out here!! Thank you!! Do you still get the same feeling of those songs as you did when you were young and put them together? Again I appreciate the mention of Mr. Brett Reed. What about running through the OP IVY song The Crowd. Merry Christmas to you and your family and us fans thank them too for letting you give us some of your time every week!! Thank you sir! From a US Navy Veteran

[@cuckooflower]

I effing love these videos! The fact that this song popped in my head earlier today makes it even better. Thanks, Matt. (Could I request Brixton for you to do a video of?)

[@ericandriechack1726]

Rancid 93 is one of my favorite punk albums. To me it ranks up right next to London Calling, Nevermind the Bollocks, Damned Damned Damned, Los Angeles as a classic

[@brendanhummel3094]

God damn, sir! Amazing as always. When are we going to start talking about Axiom? Haha!

[@jamienjirich7047]

Right On target, and Laying it down! though for a request of dissecting a song id like To hear/see is “under the red hot moon”

[@rbalara31]

Another rad video, man! Can you do a video playing that upright next to you?

[@anthonyrita4366]

First, I look forward to your videos 🎉❤. Question Does it ever become annoying to be compared to other bass players 🤔 especially that don't play same genre?

[@user-yr7eo7yb7l]

Would love to see Injury.

[@hockeypunk76]

Might be cool to see a deep cut like Just a Feeling, crazy bass line

[@mattw4547]

Please play Ghost Dance, thanks!

[@jessejorgensen3931]

Every time I here this song it takes me back to nyc Tompkins park alphabet city

[@ryansisco7258]

Please do "the bottle" and "7 years down"

[@arkham7911]

Please play "Injury"

[@mcgeemcgee3539]

I’m interested to know what bass was used on that record? Sounds similar to the bass used for let’s go

[@ParapluieDefenestrator]

we need to download matt's brain

[@jessejorgensen3931]

How do you know all my favorite songs?

[@AndrewGraves-z1o]

You gotta do, No more Misty ays and avenues and alley ways.

[@BassDrope]

I have one question. The intro you showed in the slow part you play different when you played the play along. I noticed that dont have the Eb on the D string first fret .

[@Karsoncreates878]

HEY MATT what are your amp settings or what is giving your bass that kind of crunch, that's sick!

[@nickbrown5440]

Be cool to see Devil's Dance.

[@OkNoBigDeal]

James Hetfield is the Matt Freeman of guitar.

[@kevoj5083]

James Hendricks maybe

[@bradc7014]

lets see that stand up bass get some action. Devils Brigade