Great Bass Players

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+1 for;

Colin Moulding (XTC)
Pete Trewavas (Marillion)
Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, Liquid Tension Expt, King Crimson etc. etc. etc.)

And I'll add Graham Maby (Joe Jackson) especially on the albums "I'm the man" and "Look Sharp". Done with a Plectrum on an Ibanez Roadstar IIRC!

[andy67]

ok, ok I've tried to refrain and abstain but cant do it any longer!

BILLY SHEEHAN...!!!

[Johnzy]

sheehan did alot for rock bass, he kinda redefined what was "expected" from rock bassists. he can REALLY lay it down and stick to root note chugging, but has also got the ability to tear someones face off with a nasty shred!!! RESPECT the sheehan!

[ARGH]

Roger Patterson of Atheist

Guy got killed by a drunk driver in about feb 91....one lp recorded and one written (Piece of time and Unquestionable presence) Genuinly one of the most versitile and tightest bassists within a genre that features too few bright stars (that beingDeath/Thrash metal).

Easily more acomplished than say...Cliff Burton and tonally more upfront in the mix,but Cliff got 3 lps in before his passing,Patterson had only 1 and some demos. Cue up the intro to 'I deny' as the best example! great work.

Edited November 1, 2007 by ARGH

[andy67]

[quote name='ARGH' post='82214' date='Nov 1 2007, 12:47 PM']Roger Patterson of Atheist

Guy got killed by a drunk driver in about feb 91....one lp recorded and one written (Piece of time and Unquestionable presence) Genuinly one of the most versitile and tightest bassists within a genre that features too few bright stars (that beingDeath/Thrash metal).

Easily more acomplished than say...Cliff Burton and tonally more upfront in the mix,but Cliff got 3 lps in before his passing,Patterson had only 1 and some demos. Cue up the intro to 'I deny' as the best example! great work.[/quote]


any clips or vids link?

[ARGH]

[quote name='andy67' post='82313' date='Nov 1 2007, 02:59 PM']any clips or vids link?[/quote]

Sadly..nothing I know of exists,of saying decent 'clear' quality,of Rogers playing on film.

[url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cYLwCSWfQ_g"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cYLwCSWfQ_g[/url]
[url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Ku18m9BKY"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Ku18m9BKY[/url]

You can try those,but his playing is unclear,as is ..well...him..Im still searching,but I can only find vids with Tony Choy (himself a VERY accomplished player)But Roger was METAL as METAL can be.

This is I deny
[url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5ElZTB6AWV4"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5ElZTB6AWV4[/url]

I just wish I had footage to show you,theres some amazing pics of him in 'mid'bang onstage,ripped jeans and Warlock in hand,he was very Cliffesque with the slightly out of phase look,but just an awsome player!

[Tait]

[quote name='bass_in_ya_face' post='62345' date='Sep 18 2007, 08:06 PM']Mick Karn, JJ Burnell, Geddy Lee, Nick Beggs, Norman Watt Roy, Peter Hook,[/quote]

+1 for JJ

also duff makagan and tim crommerford (i think its him from rage against the machine)

[Bassworm]

Graham Maby (Joe Jackson Band)-

Mark Bedford (Madness)

Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello)

All of the above are in my opinion, criminally underrated.

Mike E.

[ped]

Nathan East ;0)

Mike Porcaro

[Alun]

[quote name='jakesbass' post='81928' date='Oct 31 2007, 08:16 PM']+1 on Jimmy Johnson, for me the worlds current master of tasteful and supremely musical/interesting bass playing[/quote]

And he's on a UK tour in a couple of weeks with Allan Holdsworth - can't wait!!

[iamthewalrus]

Here's my list:

Rock:
Paul McCartney, John Paul Jones, Jack Bruce, John Entwistle, Carl Radle, Berry Oakley.
Jazz:
Jaco, John Patittucci, Marcus Miller, Ron Carter, Jimmy Blanton.
The Soul era:
Jamerson, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Jerry Jemmott, Tommy Cogbill, David Hood, Chuck Rainey.
Everything else:
Pino.

Cheers,
iamthewalrus.

[TPJ]

Sooo many, but here's a few

Marcus Miller
Jaco
Charles Mingus
Rocco
Charlie Hayden
Ray Brown
Geddy Lee
Leland Sklar
Jimmy Johnson
John Paul Jones


on and on and on

[guzzibass]

Suzi Quatro!!!

[fusionbassist1]

Norman Watts-Roy from Ian Dury and the Blockheads

There's plenty more but when a musician's doing exactly what's asked of him in a band, especially as a bassplayer or when there's a frontperson involved you'll never know he/she's there there.

Edited November 5, 2007 by fusionbassist1