Sarah5string Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Tim Commerford Chris Wolstenholme Nick Olivieri Nadia Peulen Talena Atfield Duff McKagan To name a few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 I previously mentioned a few fusion, modern jazz geezers who I check out nowadays but back when I was a young'un the biggest inspirations were.. Dave Allen, not the wry Irish comedian but the original 4 stringer with Gang of Four and then Shriekback. To my ears some the best sounds from a bass I've ever heard were on Shriekback tunes like My Spine is The Bassline Derek Forbes during Simple Minds Empires & Dance to New Gold Dream period. First player I heard who was right up front in the mix Simon Gallup of the Cure. Definitely a major feature of the classic Cure period Michael Dempsey, the original Cure bassman but his best stuff was on Sulk by The Associates. Really imaginative, out of the box pick playing. Steve Severin -that tone he gets on Juju onwards is fantastic 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: Derek Forbes during Simple Minds Empires & Dance to New Gold Dream period. First player I heard who was right up front in the mix Agree 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 hour ago, The fasting showman said: George Murray with Bowie, also the players with Bowie before him. Don't know how I forgot Trevor Bolder, a local lad who everyone round here was so proud of (along with Mick Ronson too of course). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekomatic Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Isn't it about time somebody mentioned Steve Swallow? Pleased to see the love for Me'shell upthread though. And does anyone else know Bob Fitzer of Universal Congress Of? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Barking Spiders said: Derek Forbes during Simple Minds Empires & Dance to New Gold Dream period. Totally. Empires & Dance remains one of my top five albums, very much (to my ears) a bass riff driven record. Great bassist, great album. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Dad3353 said: An interesting tack. In my case, at infant school, we heard Saint-Saëns, Prokofiev and Liszt, and at home, Listen With Mother (Think 'Joyce Grenfell' - 'George... Don't do that..!') and 'South Pacific'. No 'pop music' until mid-teens (Yardbirds, Astrid Gilberto, Lonnie Donegan...). T'wasn't till I left education and stumbled across Jefferson Airplane that things 'took off'. In my case (‘60s) at school we got the usual mixture of hymns, classical and popular folk songs, all of which I loved, and which I’m sure influence my tastes to this day. At home? Jazz. My dad was a jazz muso and wouldn’t let anything that wasn’t jazz in the house (apart from our Disney storybook albums); he took his listening so seriously that the family tv was eventually moved into the kitchen so it didn’t interfere. On the radio the stuff that really stuck was The Beatles, the Mamas & The Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, The Doors; my regular stays at my older cousins’ was all Beatles. I probably heard Motown on the radio but it didn’t interest me at all. Then I saw ABBA win Eurovision in ‘74 and fell in lifelong love with them. Finally, at some point in my early/mid teens my older brother came back from Uni with a bunch of Prog albums; I remember walking in from school one day to Shine On You Crazy Diamond and my world changed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusee pee Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 23 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said: This bassist and this exact song got me into bass 👍👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishfacefour Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 19 hours ago, 4000 said: He took his listening so seriously that the family tv was eventually moved into the kitchen so it didn’t interfere. Now that's the right idea. It's the other way round in our house. I'll have to rectify that immediately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 There's a few who made me want to play bass and who I'd love to be able to play like Matt Freeman of Rancid Lemmy Justin Chancellor of Tool Jeff Matz of High On Fire Al Cisneros of Sleep & Om & Shrinebuilder Krist Novoselic of Nirvana (the reason I have a Thunderbird) Lou Barlow of Dinosaur Jr Tim Commerford of Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave I have been fortunate enough to meet Lemmy, Tim Commerford and Matt Freeman, all genuinely nice people who are obviously extremely enthusiastic about playing bass live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Not sure if he’s been mentioned ,but I’ve been transcribing a few culture club songs , mikey Craig is a great player 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford13 Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 In chronological order of influence, and almost autobiographical : Mark Hoppus - Blink 182 Flea - RHCP Les Claypool - Primus Victor Wooten Janek Gwizdala Pino Palladino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 17 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: Not sure if he’s been mentioned ,but I’ve been transcribing a few culture club songs , mikey Craig is a great player PM them to me when you're done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, TheGreek said: PM them to me when you're done? Sure mick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman666 Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 On 17/06/2021 at 11:59, MrCrane said: I'd go with that list plus Dee Murray P.S. Bonus point for spelling Jack's name correctly, but Ashley's surname is Hutchings 😀 you beat me to it... notable track was grey seal on yellow brick road, his tone and what he played on it was just out of this world. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassManGraham Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 So many. John Entwistle Paul McCartney Chris Squire John Paul Jones Andy Fraser Phil Lynott Roger Glover Glenn Hughes Mick Karn Martin Turner Bernard Edwards Stanley Clarke Mark King Sting James Jamerson Louis Johnson Geezer Butler Flea Tony Levin Derek Forbes Singing frontman bass players such as Macca, Phil Lynott, Sting, Glenn Hughes & Martin Turner were a major influence, particularly as I often seemed to be cast in that role, but I'm in a band with two excellent female vocalists now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Jet Harris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 IIRC....there was always time to listen to different people but these were the ones that I rated as I was developing as a player Steve Harris Chris Squire Jaco Jeff Berlin Percy Jones Jimmy Johnson Marc Johnson Dave Holland Mingus (as a composer, though, rather than as a player) Everyone.....(I stopped being a fan boy and started focussing on the music) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Klaus Voorman Herbie Flowers Tony Levin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Horace Panter made me pick up a bass. Mark King showed me how I wanted to play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 (edited) My influences come in two phases. At the beginning it was Bill Wyman and Willie Dixon, followed by Duck Dunn and John McVie. The second phase consists mainly of Duck Dunn, Nathan East and Reggie McBride. Every good bass player and every great bass line has been an influence, but these are the guys who actually informed my playing style, tone, patterns and ideas. Edited September 13, 2021 by chris_b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 On 16/06/2021 at 22:23, Sarah5string said: There definitely needs to be more ladies in these lists, gents! I've been on a Talking Heads bender this last week, for my money one of the 5 best American bands of all time, if not top 3. That's in no small part to Tina Weymouth who came up with some cracking lines, especially on the first 4 albums. Incidentally another of those 5 is Pixies whose first 4 albums are all 5 star in my book. After Kim Deal left, something was lost. Not flash no but her lines were integral to their sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 On 17/06/2021 at 20:57, Frank Blank said: Totally. Empires & Dance remains one of my top five albums, very much (to my ears) a bass riff driven record. Great bassist, great album. Yep, that succession from E&D through to NGD is one of the best 4 album runs in rock IMO. BTW I'm counting Sister Feelings Call as a separate album, to Sons & Fascination, which is also very much bass driven to whit.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Probably been mentioned before but no harm in mentioning again, Bob Babbitt. So often overlooked with James Jamerson hogging the limelight, but BB came up with some fabulous bass lines like Mercy, Mercy Me for Marvin Gaye. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 13 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: Yep, that succession from E&D through to NGD is one of the best 4 album runs in rock IMO. BTW I'm counting Sister Feelings Call as a separate album, to Sons & Fascination, which is also very much bass driven to whit.. Derek's still got the same Cherry Burst Precision hasn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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