Bassists

[fifthorange]

i want to learn about some of your all-time favorite bassists.

 

[LeftyLB]

Mine is Wayne Kerr, the bass player in a band called Black Lace.

They had a massive hit in the UK in the 80's called Agadoo.

Hard Rockin' Mothers.

 

[fifthorange]

well my all-time favorites are Flea, Stuart Hamm (solo artist, joe satriani, steve via), Victor Wooten (solo artist, bela fleck and the flecktones) Marcus Miller ( solo artist), Paul Simmonon (the clash), tim commerford (rage against the machine), Doug Whimbish (living colour, many more), jaco (need i say more), mike dirnt (green day), paul mccartney, john paul jone, and queens bass player

 

[LeftyLB]

I'm not very good on names but, other than Black Lace, my other fave bassists are:

Russ Abbott's Bassist
The bass player in the Dooleys
Jock Git from Bay City Rollers
Renee from Renee and Renato
Des O'Connor
Joe Dolce
The bass player with Mr Blobby


By the way, I think the Bassist with Queen is called Joey Deacon

 

[Stingray Matt]

Joey Deacon? Ha ha!

My all time fave bassist is Jeff Ament from Pearl Jam.

 

[jifty]

Jaco
Mark King (level 42)
Dirk Lance (ex incubus)
Robert Trujilo (ex infectious grooves, suicidal tendencies and ozzy osbourne. playing now with metallica. the best place to hear him is infectious grooves)
Les Claypool (primus)

These are my main influences and favourites

did you notice how much effort iv'e done here? high-lighting the names in red? i should get some extra credit for that eh? a new set of strings perhaps? i preffer mine 45-105.. you got my address.. remember? #36034? yeah thats me.. thanks!

 

[bovinehost]

I would have to say Peter Tork from the Monkees and of course Danny Partridge.

Well, and even earlier, Fang from Paul Revere and the Raiders.

 

[ceddy]

I would have to say Peter Tork from the Monkees and of course Danny Partridge.

Well, and even earlier, Fang from Paul Revere and the Raiders.

O wow..... another Danny Partridge fan... No one could strum a bass like Danny....

 

[StingEye]

Favorite Bassists

Ryan Martinie of MuDvaYne is a must listen. I haven't heard a more versatile aggressive bass player in some time. I recently had a chance to see him play live and I would compare it to some crazy mixture of early Flea but with Jaco's insight and the volume turned up to 11.

 

[Aussie Mark]

I always thought the chicks in Robert Palmer's video clips played pretty guitar well.

 

[easelkillya]

Fat Mike of NOFX is incredible. Check out "Idiots are Taking Over" or "The Decline" by them, and be amazed.

Rancid's Matt Freeman is a punk rock bass god as well. Any of their songs has a good bassline.

...and, of course, Les Claypool and Victor Wooten (duh)

 

[secondHHbassman]

Some of mine are:
Will McGinnis (Audio Adrenaline)
Otto Price (DC Talk, Zilch, and others)
Tai Anderson (Third Day)
Jackson Eppley (Adelayda)
Stefan Lessard (DMB)
Brian Yale (Matchbox Twenty)
and of course Victor Wooten

 

[midopa]

Ryan Martinie of MuDvaYne is a must listen. I haven't heard a more versatile aggressive bass player in some time. I recently had a chance to see him play live and I would compare it to some crazy mixture of early Flea but with Jaco's insight and the volume turned up to 11.

Haha... Finally someone who sees likewise! I love the his bass lines, they just walk right through the song and match perfectly.

As for my inspirations and idols:
Les Claypool
Jaco Pastorius
Marcus Miller
Flea

 

[LeftyLB]

I would have to say Peter Tork from the Monkees and of course Danny Partridge.

Well, and even earlier, Fang from Paul Revere and the Raiders.

Thank God, someone can see through the sarcasm!