Coolest of bass players

[Barking Spiders]

Essentially not Flea, who do you reckon to be the 'coolest' bassists. By cool I mean those who exude presence onstage with minimal effort and can play demanding basslines without breaking sweat. Kinda like this

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQk0av8L0oY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQk0av8L0oY[/url]

[MrCrane]

I think you picked the number one already.

[lowhand_mike]

That would be Les Claypool then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7jnhTDg4mk

[interpol52]

For me its Joe Dart.

Edited January 27, 2017 by interpol52

[bubinga5]

Pino Palladino easily imo. Could probably outplay most without breaking a sweat.

Edited January 27, 2017 by bubinga5

[ROConnell]

Have to say I really enjoy Nathan East (Clapton, Phil Collins). He's just cool as, effortless playing and he plays some nice lines too!

[Bilbo]

Lee Sklar.

[MoonBassAlpha]

Tony Levin.

[Leonard Smalls]

As the official S.I. unit of cool is the Bootsy, where 1 Bootsy is the maximum achievable value,it's obvious who the coolest everything is!
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIHrdLwa_y8[/MEDIA]

[timmo]

Too many to choose from.

[stuckinthepod]

Andy Fraser, he didn't even have to play to look cool. Effortless.

See here, perhaps the greatest ever "cool" performance by a rock band imho
Free - All Right Now - Isle of Wight Festival '70
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpLv4M4paSI

[xgsjx]

There's loads, but by far the coolest is Les Claypool.
What tops it off is that he can play the amazing bassline & sing at the same time whilst making it look a doddle!

[Lozz196]

Not sure about the demanding bass-lines bit, but Duff McKagan has to be the coolest looking bassist there is.

[Rich]

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Not sure about the demanding bass-lines bit, but Duff McKagan has to be the coolest looking bassist there is.
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Sorry Duff, but Phil Lynott has the Coolest Looking Bassist award in perpetuity.

[bartelby]

Again, not demanding bass lines but Mark McCarthy in The Wonder Stuff is one of the coolest mofos around.

[Rexel Matador]

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1485524714' post='3224628']
Not sure about the demanding bass-lines bit, but Duff McKagan has to be the coolest looking bassist there is.
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You beat me to it!

I find it's quite hard to [i]not[/i] look cool holding a bass. In terms of effortless chops I would go for Matt Freeman.

Steve Harris looks cool by virtue of not caring about looking cool.

Anyone here heard of Propagandhi? Their bass player, Todd Kowalski, is one of the most energetic performers you will ever see and he plays like a beast too.

[BrunoBass]

Paul Simonon.

[martthebass]

For me it was Mick Karn, just really looked (and sounded) the part...

[Cuzzie]

dUg Pinnick

Thread can be closed now.....

[barneyg42]

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Sorry Duff, but Phil Lynott has the Coolest Looking Bassist award in perpetuity.
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This!!!!!

[crez5150]

Francis Hylton is a pretty kool looking dude on stage

[casapete]

+1 for Nathan East. makes it look so easy, doesn't overplay and everything right for the song.

This also applies to these guys for me -

Dale Davis (Amy Winehouse etc)
Alan Gorrie (AWB)
Stuart Zender (Marc Ronson etc)
Dave Bronze
Tom T-Bone Wolk (Hall and Oates)
Garry Tallent (E-Street band)

[leroydiamond]

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1485525181' post='3224632']

Sorry Duff, but Phil Lynott has the Coolest Looking Bassist award in perpetuity.
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End of.

[Funky Ghost]

Geddy.

His playing is on point.
He always appears to be having a good time on stage.
He seems like a proper "dude" who wouldn't flip out or brush you off if you met him on the street.

[Ghost_Bass]

All the aforementioned are great players and performers (just a mention to Richard Bona and Tony Levin that weren't refered) but the Coolest Bass Player Ever can only be Bootsy, he is the face of coolness with chops to go with it.