Underrated Bass Players

[Born 2B Mild]

From the past, an underated player is Dave Pegg ...Fairport/Tull. He inspired me from the day I heard his wah bass solo on Sloth. I met him 30 years later and told him that me playing bass was all his fault. Saw him gigging recently and he's still inventive, with trade-mark harmonics and 5-string.

From 'now' I'd go for Alonza Bevan of Kula Shaker. Creative, yet complimentary to the rest of the band.

[groove machine]

trevor bolder on the early bowie stuff, holds it all together nicely while keeping a bit of melodic interest. and the guy with elvis costello i think its bruce thomas, listen to "pump it up"

[Longmayyourun]

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='162127' date='Mar 23 2008, 11:51 AM']From the past, an underated player is Dave Pegg ...Fairport/Tull. He inspired me from the day I heard his wah bass solo on Sloth. I met him 30 years later and told him that me playing bass was all his fault. Saw him gigging recently and he's still inventive, with trade-mark harmonics and 5-string.

From 'now' I'd go for Alonza Bevan of Kula Shaker. Creative, yet complimentary to the rest of the band.[/quote]


+1 for Dave Pegg - he's the reason I started playing too.

And Danny Thompson

[Born 2B Mild]

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='162127' date='Mar 23 2008, 11:51 AM']From the past, an underated player is Dave Pegg ...Fairport/Tull. He inspired me from the day I heard his wah bass solo on Sloth. I met him 30 years later and told him that me playing bass was all his fault. Saw him gigging recently and he's still inventive, with trade-mark harmonics and 5-string.

From 'now' I'd go for Alonza Bevan of Kula Shaker. Creative, yet complimentary to the rest of the band.[/quote]

Oh, and another not on most pundit's lists, but perfect for mentioning in these here despatches ...Brian Ritchie -bass and other odd objects for the legendary [b]Violent Femmes[/b]

[nick]

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='162424' date='Mar 23 2008, 10:59 PM']...Brian Ritchie [b]Violent Femmes[/b][/quote]
+1

Would like to add Ibanez Blazer basher Mick Quinn (Supergrass)

Edited March 23, 2008 by nick

[steantval]

Mark White (SPIN DOCTORS)

Muzz Skillings (LIVING COLOUR)

[teen t-shirt]

Tye Zamora (Alien Ant Farm)

[metalmaniac]

Steve Di Giorgio

[metalmaniac]

Oh and Shannon Birchall

[thebassmandave]

Tom Hamilton - Aerosmith

[thisnameistaken]

Not often thought of as a bassist, but: Mark Brydon (Moloko) is a really tasteful player.

[rodneymullen]

Linley Marthe who played with Joe Zawinul before he died

[Bilbo]

Linley Marthe died? When did that happen?

[Kev]

already been said, but ryan martinie is one brilliant brilliant bass player

[MB1]

[quote name='nick' post='162016' date='Mar 23 2008, 12:56 AM']Mark Burgess : Chameleons

Julian Phillips : Marion

Lee Belsham : Dr. Phibes & the House of Wax Equations[/quote]

MB1.
Wasnt the Chameleons Bass player called Dave?

[Jono Bolton]

Joe Lally of Fugazi. Lovely reggae/dub/funk/punk style.
Another +1 for Tony Kanal. Disagree with Ian Grushka from New Found Glory though,saw them a year or so ago, he was lucky if he could get through a whole song without fudging it up.

[nick]

[quote name='MB1' post='189655' date='May 1 2008, 12:36 PM']MB1.
Wasnt the Chameleons Bass player called Dave?[/quote]

No Dave & Reg were the two guitarists, Mark sang & played bass.

[Hot Tub]

John McCoy.

Nowt fancy, just pumping, thumping roots & a few bits & pieces, but absolutely rock solid, which is what a ROCK bassist is supposed to be. Simple and effective. And live? Sheer entertainment!

[BigBeefChief]

Nick Papagiorgio of Shooting Sparrow fame.

[nick]

Youth - (sometimes) Killing Joke
Not only a top producer...
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPWQfAv_qBQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPWQfAv_qBQ[/url]

[Jono Bolton]

Colin Greenwood of Radiohead. A lot of his lines are pretty simple but they're usually what makes the song, it's offset nicely against all the complicated w***ery going on.

[Motocross_nick]

Sam Rivers - Limp Bizkit.



very tasty lines i think, especially on the chocolate starfish & the hot dog flavoured water album

[Jono Bolton]

[quote name='Motocross_nick' post='191381' date='May 3 2008, 10:57 PM']Sam Rivers - Limp Bizkit.



very tasty lines i think, especially on the chocolate starfish & the hot dog flavoured water album[/quote]

+1. Rearranged is a tasty line. Actually, everyone in the original LB lineup was ridiculously talented with the exception of that knuckle-dragging twat of a frontman.

[WalMan]

I'll say it here as well.

Rick Anderson - The Tubes

One of my favourite bands who I will always make time to get to see at least once (if not more) when they are over here

[Tait]

dunno if anyone else or i've already said this i've only read to page 6, but who's the guy who plays for rancid? he's great. also ben osmundson of zebrahead, and ian gushka of new found glory can both be quite good. i never hear anyone mention any of these guys, i think they deserve a little more recognition than they get.