Mauricio Morales

I picked up the bass at age 15 after my uncle gave my brother an imitation J Bass, and it was just sitting in the corner for a while.  Music is in my blood; my dad was a mariachi down in Mexico, so playing an instrument came naturally and it’s why I’ve been playing music for 30+ years and will play till my dying day.  Because, if it feels good, do it!

As a kid I was hearing the stuff my bro and uncles listened to. Bands like VH, Ozzy, Maiden, Dio, Priest, Crue, Metallica and 70’s bands like Sabbath, Zeppelin, Santana and Skynyrd, to name a few, but it wasn't until later on when I heard my neighbor across the alley playing drums and letting different bands practice in his garage that I started wanting to learn to play music and be in bands. Now there are the greats who I idolized, musicians like Steve Harris, Cliff Burton, Geezer, Lemmy, and Claypool and Jaco later on, but I ended up being in bands with people with the same influences, and those fools are brothers from other mothers to this day. That’s a brotherhood that never dies!

Favorite Bands/Albums

1. Bad Brains - Bad Brains

2. Iron Maiden - Live After Death

3. Faith No More - Angel Dust

4. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

5. Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

6. Soundgarden - Louder Than Love

7. Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil

8. Metallica - Master of Puppets

9. Slayer - Reign in Blood

10. Alice In Chains - Dirt

Too many great bands/albums to just pick five, so here's my top ten favorite bands and favorite album from that band.  Please note that Tool, Motorhead, Fugazi, Black Flag, Kyuss, Deftones, Misfits, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Primus, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, STP, RATM, NIRVANA, The Beatles, Rush, Ozzy, Morphine, Them Crooked Vultures, The Cure, and a lot more could all very easily be on this list.  There's others too, but I'm not going into jazz, fusion, reggae, blues, country, R&B or hip-hop right now.