Editing Alex Webster (section)

== Artistry and influences ==
[[File:Cannibal Corpse - Wacken Open Air 2015-3443.jpg|left|thumb|Webster performing at Wacken Open Air 2015]]
Webster's [[Heavy metal bass|bass playing]] has been likened to "booming, sloppy [[spaghetti]] strings."<ref>{{Cite web |last=MetalSucks |date=2009-01-28 |title=CANNIBAL CORPSE AND NAPALM DEATH TAKE THE YOUNGSTERS TO SCHOOL |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2009/01/28/cannibal-corpse-and-napalm-death-take-the-youngsters-to-school/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=MetalSucks |language=en}}</ref> He plays bass with his fingers and does not use a pick. He has cited [[Billy Sheehan]], [[Geddy Lee]], [[Cliff Burton]], [[Steve Harris (musician)|Steve Harris]], and [[Steve Di Giorgio]] as influences on his bass playing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bellerpublished |first=Bryan |date=2020-01-08 |title=Alex Webster: to the extreme |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/alex-webster-to-the-extreme |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Guitar World |language=en}}</ref> He has also expressed his fondness of [[Slayer]], and that if any band could cover a Cannibal Corpse song, it would be Slayer.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="autogenerated2" />

Webster's five all-time favorite albums are (in descending order) [[Accept (band)|Accept]]'s ''[[Restless and Wild]]'', [[Morbid Angel]]'s ''[[Altars of Madness]]'', [[Metallica]]'s ''[[Master of Puppets]]'', [[Iron Maiden]]'s ''[[Powerslave]]'' and [[Slayer]]'s ''[[Reign in Blood]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Invisible Oranges StaffInvisible Oranges |date=2012-11-05 |title=Interview: Cannibal Corpse's Alex Webster |url=https://www.invisibleoranges.com/interview-cannibal-corpses-alex-webster/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007004115/https://www.invisibleoranges.com/interview-cannibal-corpses-alex-webster/ |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Invisible Oranges - The Metal Blog |language=en}}</ref> and, in a 2006 interview with LambGoat.com, Webster named his five favourite albums of the past five years as [[Spawn of Possession]]'s ''[[Cabinet (album)|Cabinet]]'', [[Necrophagist]]'s ''[[Epitaph (Necrophagist album)|Epitaph]]'', [[Aeon (band)|Aeon]]'s ''[[Bleeding the False]]'', [[Hate Eternal]]'s ''[[I, Monarch]]'', and [[Spastic Ink]]'s ''[[Ink Compatible]]''.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |date=July 15, 2006 |title=Cannibal Corpse interview // Interviews // Features // Lambgoat |url=http://www.lambgoat.com/features/interviews/cannibal_corpse.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716075407/http://www.lambgoat.com/features/interviews/cannibal_corpse.aspx |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |access-date=2011-09-14 |publisher=Lambgoat.com}}</ref>[[File:Cannibal Corpse Rockharz 2018 12.jpg|thumb|Webster performing at Rockharz Open Air 2018 in Ballenstedt, Germany.]]

When describing his relationship with music, he has stated "I just always liked music since I was a little kid. Music was always a soundtrack in my head to things going on in my life. I always wanted to play. I wanted to play drums when I was about three. I made a drum out of an old butter container and hit it with tinker toys. I was going to make music. Most people who are musicians didn't have to have anyone tell them to do it. I would never push music on someone, because it is something that doesn't need to be pushed. If you're going to make music, you're going to make it."<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Cyanide-Assassin's Journal – Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse) interview |url=http://www.last.fm/user/Cyanide-Assasin/journal/2006/12/10/287075/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204010557/http://www.last.fm/user/Cyanide-Assasin/journal/2006/12/10/287075/ |archive-date=December 4, 2007 |access-date=2011-09-14 |publisher=Last.fm}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web |author=Karma E. |title=Cannibal Corpse interview |url=http://www.fourteeng.net/cannibalcorpse.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824200240/http://www.fourteeng.net/cannibalcorpse.html |archive-date=August 24, 2011 |access-date=2011-09-14 |publisher=Fourteeng.net |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In addition to rock and heavy metal music, Webster has cited influence from [[classical music]] on his craft, such as [[1812 Overture]] and the early work of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]].  He said, “that’s really heavy stuff [...] you know, when those guys wanted to do heavy music, that was heavy before there were electric instruments. [...] You know, writing something heavy does not depend on electricity. One of the heaviest things out there [is] “[[The Planets]]” by [[Gustav Holst]]” [...] He wasn’t letting the lack of gain or distortion get in the way of something super heavy!”<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WewvwF2eTVY |title=20 Questions With Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse) |date=2018-11-03 |last=Granville Guitars |access-date=2025-03-06 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

When asked about his favorite Cannibal Corpse song, Webster answered: "I don't know, it would be hard to choose one that's the "best", but one of my favorites is "From Skin to Liquid", mainly because it was so different for us. It showed we didn't necessarily have to be playing at warp drive and have gory lyrics to be heavy."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cannibalcorpse.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15047 |title=Official Cannibal Corpse forum |publisher=cannibalcorpse.org |access-date=2011-09-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002235528/http://www.cannibalcorpse.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15047 |archive-date=October 2, 2011 }}</ref>