About

Bass Dogs is a single topic Tumblr blog that curates a series of photoshopped images in which well-known bassists are shown as if they are petting dogs instead of strumming their instruments.

Origin

The Tumblr blog Bass Dogs^[1] was created on July 28th, 2013 by Scottish artist Michael M (@michaelmphysics).^[2]

Spread

On July 29th, 2013, the official Facebook page^[3] for the blog was created. On August 1st, Buzzfeed^[6] published a list titled "The 14 Step Guide To Playing A Bass Dog." The blog was covered by Kotaku^[11] on August 6th, The Chive^[7] on August 7th, and The Laughing Squid^[8] on August 8th. It was also covered by Internet culture blogs Bored Panda^[12], The Awesome^[13], Pleated Jeans^[14], Mashable ^[15], The Frisky^[16], 9gag^[17] and Metafilter.^[18] Bass Dogs was also covered by a variety of music blogs including Metal Sucks^[19], Metal Insider^[20] and Complex^[21], as well as newspaper Metro.^[22]

Notable Examples

Solo Slugs

On July 16th, 2014, michaelmphysics created the single topic blog Slug Solos^[4], which replaces bass players’ instruments with slugs instead of dogs. On July 30th, The Daily Dot^[9] published an article titled “‘Slug Solos’ imagines a world where rock stars play giant slugs.” The blog was covered by Bustle^[5] on August 1st, and by io9^[10]on August 2nd.

Notable Examples

Search Interest

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