SteveXFR Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Matt Freeman - Rancid Rex Brown - Pantera Jeff Matz - Mutoid Man & High On Fire Al Cisneros - Sleep, Om & Shrinebuilder Scott Reeder - Kyuss, Fireball Ministry & The Obsessed Lemmy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hausbass Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) Stuart Zender Francis Hylton Andre Levy Simon Grove Freddie Thompson (never really see him popping up these days, very 90's) Flea Dirk Lance Edited January 16 by Hausbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Whoever I’m in the mood for on the day. I’m influenced by so many, far too many to list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Off the top of my head: Mark Mendoza Bootsy Collins Larry Graham Billy Sheehan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Rocco Jamerson Zender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) Pino Palladino John Giblin Derek Forbes Adam Clayton Peter Hook James Jamerson Jaco Pastorius John Taylor Edited January 16 by Linus27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Lemmy - Hawkwind Burke Shelly - Budgie JPJ - Zep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Venal Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) Just to offset the sausage fest somewhat, I'll just mention some of my favourite bass players who are also women. 🙃 Annie Holland - Elastica Laura Kennedy - Bush Tetras Ayse Hassan - Savages Kim Deal - Pixies Tina Weymouth - Talking Heads Jenny Lee Lindberg - Warpaint Josephine Wiggs - Breeders Edited January 17 by Vin Venal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 A tricky and ever changing list, but I'd say... Geddy Lee - Obvious. He's the guy the gods worship. Jack Bruce - so good I named my dog after him. Phil Lynott - the swagger, and he owned pick playing. Lemmy - the attitude. John Paul Jones - the consummate professional. Jim Lea - staggeringly good bassist, composer, and multi instrumentalist. Jet Harris - an early pioneer. Paul McCartney - wrote the book on rock bass playing. Marcus Miller- not my thing, but he good, he very good. Geezer Butler - better than most players realise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 The guy from The Doors 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Tessa Pollitt Jah Wobble Mick Karn Derek Forbes Jean-Jacques Burnel Tina Weymouth Paul Raven Aston "Family Man" Barrett 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Most of the ones I'd name have already been mentioned several times. Not only that, but it's hard not to like nearly all the names in here. So I'll add; Klaus Voorman Tony Butler (Big Country) Nice to see Colin Moulding getting some well-deserved attention. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, SH73 said: The guy from The Doors If you're not being sarcastic.... that would be Jerry Scheff on the later stuff. Fantastic bassist and no slouch (check him on the Elvis in Vegas footage). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Bruce Foxton - The Jam JJ Burnel - The Stranglers Glen Matlock - The Sex Pistols Duff McKagan - Guns N Roses I of course like and admire many others but those 4 probably influenced my playing more than any others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAS Bass Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 7 hours ago, SH73 said: The guy from The Doors There were a few! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAS Bass Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Graham Maby Paul McCartney Bruce Thomas Norman Watt Roy Mark Bedford Billy Cox JJ Burnel Lemmy Joe Osborn Dee Dee Ramone John Paul Jones Jim Lea Dennis Dunaway Sting Dusty Hill Carol Kaye Randy Jo Hobbs Ronnie Lane Nick Lowe I can honestly say that I enjoy listening to and feel inspired by all of these players, not just the bands that they have been in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 (edited) Rather than picking the clever heroic ones, I've been more influenced by solid players whose groove, tone and contribution I've probably tried to emulate something from in my own way (not saying I've succeed mind you). I'd go with: Dee Murray (Elton John) Duff McKagan (Guns N Roses) Trevor Bolder (Bowie era) Norman Watt-Roy Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) Gene Simmons (Kiss) Aston Barrett (Bob Marley) Also an honourable mention to whoever was responsible for the thumping bass lines and four to the floor drum beats in the electronic dance music I loved in the 1990s. Instilled in me the satisfying power of thumping away on a solid root note. Sometimes less is much more more. Edited January 17 by bassbiscuits Forgot someone! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Gary Willis Jaco Pastorius Flea Nick Fyffe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 The 3 bassists who started me off were Bill Wyman, John McVie and Duck Dunn. After that it was Tommy Cogbill and Jerry Jemmott. These days Nathan East and Reggie McBride. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 @NAS Bass Thanks for reminding me of Graham Maby and Carol Kaye. Omitted from my list for sure. Carol Kaye's playing on the Dirty Harry opening section.... amazing. Given that it was sight-read.... doubly so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 2 hours ago, NAS Bass said: There were a few! I've read they had an bassist for studio recordings. I have always found The Doors a bit peculiar, nothing to hate nothing to like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAS Bass Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, SH73 said: I've read they had an bassist for studio recordings. I have always found The Doors a bit peculiar, nothing to hate nothing to like. The final one on the LA Woman album was Jerry Scheff, best known for being in Elvis's TCB Band. He played that excellent Burnin' Love bass line! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 40 minutes ago, NAS Bass said: The final one on the LA Woman album was Jerry Scheff, best known for being in Elvis's TCB Band. He played that excellent Burnin' Love bass line! Yep, Elvis... He's not dead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 3 minutes ago, SH73 said: Yep, Elvis... He's not dead! That's a fact! He lives on the alien military bass on the dark side of the Moon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Venal Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 13 hours ago, NAS Bass said: Graham Maby Paul McCartney Bruce Thomas Norman Watt Roy Mark Bedford Billy Cox JJ Burnel Lemmy Joe Osborn Dee Dee Ramone John Paul Jones Jim Lea Dennis Dunaway Sting Dusty Hill Carol Kaye Randy Jo Hobbs Ronnie Lane Nick Lowe I can honestly say that I enjoy listening to and feel inspired by all of these players, not just the bands that they have been in. Bruce Thomas's playing and tone on This Year's Model is amazing, and I feel like he's kinda underrated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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