Favorite bassist?

[neepers]

Just wondering. Who's your favorite bassist? Personally, I can't stand slap & pop, odd as it may be. I respect guys like Claypool and Wooten (his version of Amazing Grace was badass), but it's just not my thing. My two favorite bassists are Justin Chancellor, from the band TOOL, and Drew Roulette from the band Dredg. These guys borth add a lot to their music, instead of just emphasizing the guitar work all of the time. Justin writes some really amazing lead bass lines (Schism, 46 & 2, etc.), in addition to adding extra flavor to the music (Pu****, Third Eye, Eulogy, etc.)
If you listen to any Dredg song, you'll immediatly notice Drew's great rythmic playing. I really think that he takes Dredg from good to great.

What about you?

[kinhad]

steve harris from iron maiden is my favorite bassist. he's just amazing.

[Stbok]

Marc Friedman from the Slip
Mike gordon
Victor Wooten

[i_finlayson37]

Andy Rourkes walking basslines are just great.

[monkeyspunky]

FLEA!!!!!!!

JOHN ENTWhISTLE!!!!

[boyecho]

the bassist from the specials.
the bassist from op ivy.
kim gordon
coco the electronic monkey wizard

[.:NV:.]

Les Claypool (Primus etc)

Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne)

Im sure you all know who les is but seriously if you dont know about ryan, check mudvayne out. even if you dont like that music. I strongly suggest buying their albums but if you are not wanting to spend the cash (cheap arse) then download "Nothing to Gein"

[RUSHFANnLV]

Geddy Lee from rush is my favorite bassist. He is not only an amazing bassist he sings too. If you ever get a chance to see him live, do it. Watch him play the hell out of his bass, sing and play keyboards with his feet all at the same time. He gets a really good sound from his bass also.

I like steve harris too.

[skyneverclaimed]

Originally posted by .:NV:.
Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne)

Im sure you all know who les is but seriously if you dont know about ryan, check mudvayne out. even if you dont like that music. I strongly suggest buying their albums but if you are not wanting to spend the cash (cheap arse) then download "Nothing to Gein"

I agree with you, i'm not that into mudvayne, but their rhythm section is amazing

[Epiphone8]

i 2nd justin chancellor

flea
john entwistle
john paul jones
andy fraser
colin greenwood
noel redding
timmy c
brain wilson

[skyneverclaimed]

Oh yeah, I third Justin Chancellor from tool, he's amazing.. but then again, so is the rest of the band

[jonjonbolt80]

Flea
victor wooten

[300mhz]

Timmy C. from Rage Against the Machine.

[TomBert05]

John Entwistle "Ox"
Geddy Leed
Steve Harris

[Clayton38]

Martyn Lenoble
Mike Watt
Tony Levin
Eric Avery

[ennui]

I second the guy from Dredg. That whole band kicks ass. I aslo want to to add The guy from Radiohead. Not to shure on his name, but that guy comes up with some funky stuff.

[Twistedin]

Les Claypool, Timmy C, and Flea are my favorites.

[Crash]

Jeff Ament

There's other bassists I consider far more talented and skilled thatn him but I really like his style of playing.

[Satch_21]

John Entwhistle
John Paul Jones
Mike Gordon
Jack Bruce

[Phantom Man]

The bassist from Nada Surf is amazing.

[thunda-berd]

well... id have to say

Mike Dirnt (Green day)
Nate Mendell (Foo Fighters)
+ some others that i cant remember right now

[bloo]

claypool and flea

[jcyphe]

JACO

[bronc-ccombo]

nate mendel: he's boring as hell in the foo fighters, but go check out his basslines on the juno record "a life lived in past tense." holy **** good. plus, he's the only reason i can stand to listen to any sunny day real estate.


kevin

[Aconite_Sikth]

James Leach of Sikth
Ali Challans of Aconite Thrill
Bill ****ens

truly awesome

[thetikiman]

1 Originally posted by jcyphe
JACO

2 Marcus Miller

3 Geddy Lee

[Ex-Cowboy]

Peter Hook
Kim Deal
Mani

[supermutt]

flea
les
justin chacellor
dirk lance
stuart zender (ex-jamiroquai)
mike inez (ozzy, aic, black label society)
mike starr (aic)
p-nut

surprised no one has mentioned cliff burton yet

[matb]

flea
les claypool
john entwhistle
mike dirnt
mike watt

[Persona]

Flea
John Paul Jones

[rhcp311]

Flea
Les Claypool
Dirk Lance
P-Nut
Victor Wooten
Stu Hamm
Matt Wong

[rhcp311]

Flea
Les Claypool
Dirk Lance
P-Nut
Victor Wooten
Stu Hamm
Matt Wong

[nyrkickazz1]

- Jaco Pastorius - he's simply the best, no question.

- Cliff Burton - Listen to the harmonized bass solo in Orion at about 6:40...that's all you need to hear.

- Steve Harris - He's Steve Harris! I don't know what more I need to say. Crazy technique, great tone, and he wrote some of the greatest metal songs ever without a guitar present.

- Colin Greenwood - The perfect backbone to some amazing music. Very 'appropriate'.

- John Paul Jones - In my opinion, he's the best rock bass player who ever lived. Combine that with his awesome keyboard skill/arrangement skill, and he's just the total package.

Honorable mentions - Geddy Lee, Les Claypool, John Entwistle, Chris Squire, Flea, Duff McKagan

[Motorhead]

Most of the best bass players have already been spoken for in this thread ... I'll add 2:

Lemmy: Sure he's a rhythm guitar player on bass but has tone and can belt out a mean bassline too.

Billy Sheehan : If you have a chance to play with a Billy Sheehan nut ... go for it! ... he'll make you sweat.

[shroomboye]

i third Drew Roulette of Dredg. he's not only an amazing musician, but a great artist (i own one of his paintings, gonna buy another) and he is just an all around great person, very nice and humble

Dredg ****ing rocks :D

[eurofish_2004]

Some of my favs


Carlos D. - Interpol
John Entwistle - The Who
Neil Busch - And You Will Know Them By The Trail of Dead
Colin Greenwood - Radiohead

[evilenaz]

3. tim payne-thursday. yeah all you snobs scoff at "screamo" or whatever you wanna call them, but tim brings the goods. great tone and lyrical basslines. not to mention tasteful and supportive, many times i stop listening to that band and just listen to him.

2.ed breckenridge-thrice. yeah more emo-core for you 30 yr. old doctors with prs's, or 27 year old metal dudes with les pauls and mesas to make fun of, but this dude owns tone. and in a world of fenders-thru-solidstate bass amps this guy rocks a gibson through a distorted all tube ampeg. not to mention he hangs on to all of the triplets with a defective right arm and everything. rock and roll

1.manuel carrero-glassjaw(eyewtkas only) now glassjaw isnt that great, and the second album was really homogenous and generic sounding, even ill admit that. manny only played on the first album, his sound defined tone for me. he played a distorted fender with his fingers. and some of the riffs on the first record seem like they might be a tad difficult to play with fingers. he later went to play with hardcore legends burn. and then metal band jiant. im not sure where hes at now...give this guy a listen, he really has some skills

[_john_]

john paul jones.
hunter(afi).
the guy in rancid( for the solo in maxwell murder and general blow your bals off speed)

[MSR]

Les Claypool (Primus)
Dirk Lance (Incubus)
Flea (need i tell you?)
Timmy C (RATM/audioslave)


But locally
Chris Hargreves
Timmy Christian
and Me

[maclean]

Tim C & Robert Deleo

[BenLee]

Les Claypool
Flea
Justin Chancellor
Nick Oliveri
Josh Homme - guitarist for the Queens of the Stone Age but he played bass on his first album and a lot of it was amazing. He's also playing bass on the new Queens album.

[rudedawg416]

my favourites (in no particular order)

Justin Chancellor
Tim Commerford AKA Timmy C, AKA Tim Bob, AKA Y-Tim-K
Flea
Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden)
Mark King (Level 42)
Geddy Lee
Les Claypool
Cliff Burton

[LesPaulKing]

JPJ
the guy from RAGE
n the guy from DMB

[fridgebuzzz]

Andy Rourke - The Smiths
Bruce Thomas - The Attractions, Elvis Costello and
Colin Greenwood - Radiohead

[rhcp311]

Yeah, I need to add Matt Freeman (rancid), Stephan Lessard (DMB), and Timmy C. (ratm). I can't believe I forgot those three.

[mahfoo]

John Nowlin (Barkmarket, Decency Committee)
Eric Avery (Janes Addiction, Polarbear)
Fugazi's bass player (name slips me)

[spongemonkey]

the bloke out of Cake
the bloke out of Supergrass
Paul McCartney on Revolver and Rubber Soul
Kim Deal
Kim Gordon
Josephine Wiggs
Manni
Andy Rourke
Peter Hook

[RandyRhoads]

Geddy Lee.

[ikkyu2]

Charlie Mingus.

[sngnsgt]

Geddy 'Dirk' Lee of Rush #1 close 2nd Steve 'Arry' Harris of Maiden

[devankdevank]

Entwhistle. It doesn't get any better then him.

The Real Me is the work of gods.

[NoiZe]

Jaco Pastorius
Les Claypool (Primus)
Trevor Dunn (Mr Bungle)
Ben Kinney (Incubus)
Flea (RHCP)
Marcus Miller
Billy Gould (Faith No More)
Keith Hubbard (NaCH)

[Talent?!]

Steve Harris
Geezer Butler (how did anyone forget him? :p)
Billy Sheehan
Stu Hahm
John Entwhistle
John Myung
James Leach (SiKth)
Cliff Burton
Rob Trujillo
Paul Raven

[nyrkickazz1]

Originally posted by Talent?!
Geezer Butler (how did anyone forget him? :p)

I am a Sabbath fan and loved Geezer when I was learning, but he just get's so damn repetitive. He constantly stays within the same minor pentatonic and NEVER strays from it.

He's a solid bassist and still one of my influences, but he never really got very creative with his playing.

[mrnico]

My favourite bass players are

Charles Mingus
Donald "Duck" Dunn
Bootsy Collins
Lemmy

Chris Wolfenstein from Muse is also pretty good. And yes, I know that's not how you spell his name, Muse fans.

[Postal_Dude89]

hahaha Chris Wolfenstein :p very inventive hehe

erm, lemme see


Les Claypool (Primus)
Chris Wolstenholme (Muse)
John Entwisle (The Who and others)
Shavo Odadjian (S.O.A.D)
Jaco Pastorious (Weather Report etc.)
P-Nut (311)
James Leech (SikTh)
Fieldy (KoRn)
Sam Rivers (Limp Bizkit)
bassist of Lit ( :confused: )
Kim Deal (Pixies... the hot momma she is:P)

I was a bit embarrased when i found out that Kim Deal is about 40 :( seeing as I'm 15, my friends were a bit worried what my taste in women was turning into :eek:

[devankdevank]

The bassist from lit is Kevin Baldes. He's pretty good but sometimes he does no better then the atrocities which are blink 182 (basicly just playing root notes of the guitar which is boring as hell).

He said he never took bass lessons before and that he'd only learned guitar. Sometimes though he does do some really great basslines that I'm yet to figure out.



And I also forgot to mention Jim Creegan from Barenaked Ladies. Not too many people these days still play uprights, let alone uprights and regular electrics, let alone totally own them both. At a concert in Feb. he did like a 2-3 minute solo on his upright. I almost wanted to quit playing, it was so good.

[Postal_Dude89]

cheers..yeah your def. right, sometimes he's good but sometimes he's way too Hoppus-esque...which cant be a good thing :mad:

[coley]

Flea-rhcp
timmy c-rage agaisntthe machine
dirk lance-incubs
les claypool-primus

[definis]

justin chacellor, jeordie white and dirk lance.

especially dirk lance. ben kenny's not a bad bassist, but incubus lost a lot when they parted ways with dirk. science (and their new live renditions of the songs off that album) is proof enough of that.

[deadhead420]

Flea (RHCP)
Victor Wooten (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones)
Mike Gordon (Phish)
Phil Lesh (The Grateful Dead)
Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
Bootsy Collins (Parliament Funkadelic)
Les Claypool (Primus)

[thecoz]

john paul jones
MIKE GORDON
Timmy c
chris squire
Matt Freeman
phil lesh

[darthpony]

In no particular order...

1. Dirk Lance (ex-Incubus)
- Well, I live in South Africa so the chance of me every seeing Incubus here is slim to none, but one of the guys posted that Ben Kenney doesn't pull off Dirk Lance's basslines live. To me, A Crow Left of the Murder is a very good album, but Ben just isn't Dirk ;) Doesn't make him a bad bassplayer though.

2. Tye Zamora (Alien Ant Farm)

3. Sam Rivers (Limp Bizkit)

4. Stuart Zender (ex-Jamiroquai)

5. Geoff Gascoyne (solo, Jamie Cullum trio)

6. Warren Leicher (local bassplayer for Plum, Odball and New ****)

7. Denny Lalouette (local session)

8. Stefan Lessard (DMB - we share the same first name hehe!)

And all the other guys like Victor Wooten, Jaco, Pattitucci, Claypool, etc.

[bleed]

steve digiorgio, the master of fretless(testament)
Stu Hamm
Ryan (mudvayne)

[Drunk Fly]

Colin Greenwood (Radiohead)
Carlos D (Interpol)

[bluesy_marquee]

Noticed no one called these two by name:

- GRAHAM MABY (Joe Jackson + They might be giants)
- Rhonda Smith (Prince & the NPG)

The first one is incredible, the second is a pleasant surprise. Funky girl.

Just one of us said MANI from the Stone Roses. Even though I find this band over-rated and I can't believe the Brits love'em so much (but I'm not Brit :) ) Mani and Reni, what a duo!

Btw:
Mani - Reni = Hands - Kidneys
(Italian lesson's finished)

[madjack45]

Flea
P-Nut
Justin Chancellor
Tim from RATM
Stu Hamm

[NoiZe]

Originally posted by darthpony
1. Dirk Lance (ex-Incubus)
- Well, I live in South Africa so the chance of me every seeing Incubus here is slim to none, but one of the guys posted that Ben Kenney doesn't pull off Dirk Lance's basslines live. To me, A Crow Left of the Murder is a very good album, but Ben just isn't Dirk ;) Doesn't make him a bad bassplayer though.


Hey there Darthpony. I am actually surprised that you say that. In my opinion (and I did see them live) Ben is way superior than Dirk. Ben is a pro, a real one. Dirk was awesome and the one who wrote most of those funky basslines in the records, but Ben is a real pro who is absolutely flawless on stage, a great studio performer and an overall musician. He is also a phenomenal drummer and guitar player (he does a drum section with Jose and Brandon during "vitamin"). I think there is a video of this on www.enjoyincubus.com
In addition, I got to meet them all last month and we hung out for like two hours and that did nothing but boost my appreciation for these guys. Put it this way: I went to the concert without being a fan...now I love them.

[BassMania700000]

my favorite bassists are:

Flea
Stu Hamm
Jason Newstead
Y. Tim K.
Jaco Pastorious
Les Claypool

[RandyRhoads]

Originally posted by bleed
steve digiorgio, the master of fretless(testament)

Oh yea, Steve is god. I am particularly fond of his solo tradeoff's with Chuck in the outro of Death's "The Philosopher."

[Lews]

1. JACO!

2. Victor Wooten

3. Marcus Miller

4. Les Claypool

5. Flea (good at what he does, but very overrated)

6. Timmy C. (RatM - I can't help it... not an amazing technical bassist, but this guy can groove)

[severedbysorrow]

1. Sam Rivers (limp bizkit)
2. Cliff Burton R.I.P (metallica)
3. Adam Russell (story of the year)
4. Rob Trujillo (metallica)
5. Ben Kenney (incubus)

haha #3 i picked adam russell from story of the year, not quite a skilled bassist but a hell of live stage prescence.

[darthpony]

Originally posted by NoiZe
Hey there Darthpony. I am actually surprised that you say that. In my opinion (and I did see them live) Ben is way superior than Dirk. Ben is a pro, a real one. Dirk was awesome and the one who wrote most of those funky basslines in the records, but Ben is a real pro who is absolutely flawless on stage, a great studio performer and an overall musician. He is also a phenomenal drummer and guitar player (he does a drum section with Jose and Brandon during "vitamin"). I think there is a video of this on www.enjoyincubus.com
In addition, I got to meet them all last month and we hung out for like two hours and that did nothing but boost my appreciation for these guys. Put it this way: I went to the concert without being a fan...now I love them.

Hey man :)

In NO way am I dissing Ben Kenney. I think he's a good bass player.

Well, like you said you've seen them live and I haven't. But I've read posts about guys who say they think Dirk was better than what Ben is. Maybe it's just a case of different perceptions? I've tried to find as much live stuff as what I can of the band over the last couple of years, and I've never observed Dirk being a bad player live. He looked and sounded as pro as could be. I haven't seen Ben Kenney play with them in a live environment, but that's besides the point. Dirk just grooves more.

Maybe it's the sound the band has chosen to go with, and that's all good, I love Incubus and I always will, but as a bass player I'm preferential to Dirk's playing. Or at least, the Incubus sound back then. I don't really care if he plays guitar or drums or the french horn for that matter - his role in the 'bus is that of a bass player. And my idea of a bass player is Dirk Lance :)

But anyways, I'm sure there's too many Dirk vs Ben discussions on the internet, so let's just stick to the topic at hand.

This is just my opinion by the way ;)

[stratomaster]

John Entwhistle ( THe Who)
John Paul Jones (Zeppelin)
Les Claypool (primus)
Mike Dirnt (green Day) their music is predictable but Mike dirnt has some pretty interesting basslines.

[tmoney1282]

Dirk Lance could tear it up on bass, I really like watching him play. Ben Kenny is still really good, I would like to see him play some of Dirk's old lines sometime and see how he matches up(*cough* New Skin)

[563]

the big two that come to mind now:

Jah Wobble - P.I.L., and his own projects

John Edwards - bunch of euro free improv cats, for me specifically its his work with drummer Eddie Prevost



past faves and influences:

Enwhistle - The Who
Joe Lally - Fugazi
Kira - Black Flag
Chris Squire - Yes
Holger Czukay - Can
Paul Raven - Killing Joke (later of Pigface and Prong)
Stefano Scodanibbio - his own stuff

and plenty more ...

[Tecx]

Kato Hideki
Bill Laswell
Tom Jenkinson
Chris Squire
Graham Lewis
Colin Greenwood

they are my all time faves...

Alex

[JaguarSG]

has anyone mentioned Bootsy yet?

[563]

Originally posted by Tecx
Kato Hideki

they are my all time faves...

Alex


OH MY GOODNESS! How could I forget Kato! Shame on me. The mans a freakin' genious! And I feel fortunate to have seen him play, even just the once.

[Tecx]

HOLY SH*T!.. Someone else who knows of him!!! Which band did you see him with??? Death Ambient, Ground Zero, or Dying Ground??? If it was DG I will hunt you down and kill you like a dog!!! mind you I am very envious if you saw him in any of thoughs projects, was it a solo gig???

Alex

ps. I have tryed his prime number tuning system, and WOW!..

pps. Otomo is my favorite guitar/synth player as well...

Originally posted by 563
OH MY GOODNESS! How could I forget Kato! Shame on me. The mans a freakin' genious! And I feel fortunate to have seen him play, even just the once.

[563]

Originally posted by Tecx
HOLY SH*T!.. Someone else who knows of him!!! Which band did you see him with??? Death Ambient, Ground Zero, or Dying Ground??? If it was DG I will hunt you down and kill you like a dog!!! mind you I am very envious if you saw him in any of thoughs projects, was it a solo gig???

Alex

ps. I have tryed his prime number tuning system, and WOW!..

pps. Otomo is my favorite guitar/synth player as well...

It was technically solo, but not literally. He was playing with some local cats (Seattle being local). All improv stuff. Honestly it wasn't the best stuff of his Ive heard, but it was still a great treat. :D

I havent tried his tuning system yet. But I should.

I've seen Eyvind Kang a number of times, as hes based here and a friend of a friend. And now that I think about it, G. Calvin Weston is coming to town in the next month or so. Sometimes, Seattles a great place to live. :D

I dig Otomo as turntablist most. To many other guitarists I like more. (note the mention of Haino in my sig ;) who I saw with Fu****susha a while back ... THAT was a religious experience!)

Sorry for the partial hijack!

[whatsthefreezer]

Flea sucks live.

[whatsthefreezer]

Jeff Ament
Nate Mendel
Chris Wood
Chi Cheng

[Matti]

John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin Steve Harris of Iron maiden and Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers

[stoogesfan]

Holger Czukay from Can
John Wetton (King Crimson, etc.)
Nick Oliveri (hopefully coming back to QOTSA)
Roger Waters/David Gilmour (yeah, he played when Waters didn't feel like it, like most of Animals).
Dave Alexander on the first 2 Stooges records
Geezer Butler (!!!!!!) of Black Sabbath
and Jon Spencer/ Judah Bauer, for their cool "bass" lines

[Jazzmuffin]

Flea
Tim C (Audioslave)
Dirk Lance (ex incubus)
Chris Wolstenholm (muse)
Ron Carter (Miles Davis)

[BassMania700000]

Flea, Stu Hamm, Les Claypool, Jason Newstead, and Jaco Pastorious. (in that order)

[rckmusicartst7]

ryan of Mudvayne
ryan (i think) of Flaw
Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit

also bassists from 40belowsummer, deftones, and dream theater

thats all i can think of for now!:)

[intorvert]

Andrew Weiss formerly of Rollins Band and Wartime. His bass sound is so raw and powerful. When I get a bass rig I want it to sound like his... and I want my guitar rig to sound like me...

[JJJJH]

Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd, Icehouse, Madonna, Toy Matinee, Michael Jackson, Sophie Ellis-Bextor... session musician, his list goes on and on)

[Alecto]

MY GIRLFRIEND!!! :D :cool:

Seriously (although she *is* good):

- Tim C. (RATM, Audioslave)
- Ian Da Souza
- Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, King Crimson)
- Aston "Family Man" Barrett (Bob Marley)
- Robert Trujillo (Suicidal Tendencies, Metallica)
- John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
- James Jamerson
- Nick Olivieri (QOTSA)
- Flea
- Les Claypool
- Victor Wooten (also a really nice guy, with a lot of class)

[RAZZLE]

Y HASNT ANY ONE SAID
NIKKI SIXX OF MÖTLEY CRÜE OR
GENE SIMMONS OF KISS

[Alecto]

Originally posted by RAZZLE
Y HASNT ANY ONE SAID
NIKKI SIXX OF MÖTLEY CRÜE OR
GENE SIMMONS OF KISS

For one very, very, very good reason . . . :rolleyes:

[RAZZLE]

AND WHAT IS THAT VERY VERY GOOD REASON?

[Alecto]

Originally posted by RAZZLE
AND WHAT IS THAT VERY VERY GOOD REASON?

Take a wild guess . . .


You just discovered the wonders of "caps lock", didn't you? :D

[nyrkickazz1]

I recognize Nikki Sixx as a songwriter and nothing else. Gene too. Gene had a few cool lines here and there but I never heard anything cool from Nikki.

[buddhaguitarist]

ok, i gotta say claypool, the man is a god! plus jaco, i havent seen him mentioned too many times. also flea, eric avery (formerly jane's addiction) chris chaney (avery's replacement for last year's album and tours). thats all i can think of right now.

[spanky]

Jaco
Stanley Clarke
Billy Sheehan
John Paul Jones
Stu Hamm
Chris Squire
.......

[underthesun]

Only three for Geezer?! Oh man, what's happening?!
But you're probably right, he isn't/wasn't exactly incredibly varied when he plays/played with Sabbath.
And Al Jourgenson from Ministry seems pretty cool to me as well.

[Alecto]

Originally posted by nyrkickazz1
I recognize Nikki Sixx as a songwriter and nothing else.

My favourite Nikki Sixx story is when he saw Judas Priest live in the 80's, and very famously observed, "That guy (Rob Halford) must get a lot of *****!" :D

Re: Ministry. I preferred Paul Barker myself.

[coldbuggin]

sean from the "pure phase" and "ladies and gentleman" era of spiritualized.

[nyrkickazz1]

I wanted to add John Deacon from Queen to this list, who really is a gravely underrated bassist.

[cubby]

Originally posted by underthesun
Only three for Geezer?! Oh man, what's happening?!
But you're probably right, he isn't/wasn't exactly incredibly varied when he plays/played with Sabbath.
And Al Jourgenson from Ministry seems pretty cool to me as well.

Al didn't play bass - Paul Barker played bass with Ministry, RevCo and numerous other Al side-projects.

[underthesun]

I've always seen Al listed as a bass player, like on the 1.000 Homo Dj's personnel list on NIB. ALso, he just did an ad in Bass player wherein he is showing off his ESP(?) bass of choice.

[CicadaSilence]

Charles Mingus
Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Sasaki Hisashi

[Alecto]

Originally posted by underthesun
ALso, he just did an ad in Bass player wherein he is showing off his ESP(?) bass of choice.

That's the ESP/LTD ad where it's the three of them (Al, Mike Scaccia and some other guitarist) wearing sombreros and holding their guitars upright. Yeah, Al's holding a bass in that picture and Paul Barker's nowhere in sight. That ad's making the rounds in all the guitar mags.

[cubby]

Originally posted by underthesun
I've always seen Al listed as a bass player, like on the 1.000 Homo Dj's personnel list on NIB. ALso, he just did an ad in Bass player wherein he is showing off his ESP(?) bass of choice.

He was paid to pose with the bass - he has always played keyboards and guitar and nrither of those has he played much. I have seen both RevCo and Ministry and Paul Barker was playing bass both times. Paul quit Ministry a while back - that's why he's not in the ESP ad.

Hermes Pan is creditied with plaing bass in 1000 Homo DJ's (and many other side projects) - Hermes Pan is Paul. Al was often credited as Hypo Luxa.

For all I know Al may be playing bass some now that Paul has retired but in the prime or Ministry it was Paul.

[underthesun]

Perhaps I knew not enough to make the comment. My knowledge of Ministry is essentially limited to hearing the music, but I know little about the band. I haven't seen the credits on the 1,000 Homo Dj's album, but on the Nativity in Black Black Sabbath tribute album, the credits for "Supernaut" list Al Jourgensen as "Buck Satan," and list him as playing bass and keyboards as well as singing. However it is, they're* awesome, and "Supernaut" on that album is probably the best Black Sabbath cover ever, except maybe for Soulfly's "Under the Sun."

*Refers to both 1,000 Homo DJ's and Ministry.

Also, does anyone know completely the whole deal with Trent Reznor, and who does which version of that song? I thought they originally recorded it in '91, then they did it again with Al instead of Trent in '94, or they remixed the vocals to make Trent sound like Al. Its confusing, and discussing it in this kind of painful detail is the reason why this site is called Guitargeek, I suppose.

[Alecto]

Originally posted by cubby
He was paid to pose with the bass - he has always played keyboards and guitar and nrither of those has he played much. I have seen both RevCo and Ministry and Paul Barker was playing bass both times. Paul quit Ministry a while back - that's why he's not in the ESP ad.

I'm sure he was paid well to pose with that bass; Al's a self-described "promosexual". He's also done ads for Ibanez and Gibson.

For all I know Al may be playing bass some now that Paul has retired but in the prime or Ministry it was Paul.

Most likely, unless their current bassist doesn't want to endorse LTD.

I've seen Ministry a few times and Paul was with them each time. He used a Gibson Thunderbird; he's so tall that it looked like a regular guitar!

[Icculus]

phil lesh
flea
mike gorden
claypool

[waihen84]

Duff McKagan and Flea.

[bob]

GEEEEEZZZZZEEEEEEERRRRR !!!!!!!!!!!!

honorable mentions go to :

- Scott Reeder (the mighty Kyuss)

- Noel Redding

- That guy called Josh who replaced Trujillo in Suicidal Tendencies

- The guy from Badmarsh and Shri (and he smokes on Tablas too !!!)

[PageKillsHalen]

Billy Sheehan, hes the only bassist that acually BLOWS me away. Some people say Stu Hamm is better, but all he does it takes licks from like cartoons and stuff. Billy Sheehan is the first guy ive seen that taps on bass.

[_john_]

as of last night its the guy in from autumn to ashes. so fast my kinda thing

[fburn666]

Fildey ..................(not)












FLEA

[cubby]

I'm listening to Talking Heads tonight so I'd like to add Tina Weymouth to the list.

[stevew]

Fieldy From Korn

[nyrkickazz1]

Originally posted by stevew
Fieldy From Korn

Most around here hate him, but I think he's an original player with a uniquie tone. His tone/style FITS perfect in Korn - I doubt it would work in any other band.

[godsavetheclean]

Mike of godheadSilo

[UVBass]

My favorite bass player is.....oh I dunno! >_< it's a toss up between Geddy Lee (seen him live...great stuff) Billy Sheehan, or John Myung.

[r_a_smith3530]

Damn, I can't believe that I read through 7 pages until I came to the first vote for either James Jamerson or Stanley Clarke.

Jamerson put the groove in Motown, and if you haven't heard of Stanley Clarke, find a copy of the album "Romantic Warrior" by Return to Forever.

Many people cite Jaco because of Weather Report, but if you really want to hear someone laying down some riffage, listen to Clarke, DiMeola, and Corea have at it in "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant." That piece just blows me away every time I hear it.

I was also somewhat surprised that one of my favorite bassists didn't get one mention in over fifty posts. Who, you might ask? Mel Schacher, bassist for one of the most underrated bands ever, Grand Funk Railroad. Take a listen to either "Footstompin' Music" or "Inside Looking Out." The dude flat rocks!

[StratMasterFlex]

victor wooten
larry graham

[buchanan-d]

+1 to Phil Lesh.
I think Entwistle was the best rock bass player hands down, he did so much to bring the bass from backline to the fore. Also , I can't beleive no one has mentioned , Berry Oakley, or Mel Schacher. These guys were great bassists, to bad Berry is gone.

[StratSanders]

billy shehan =-D

[StratSanders]

billy shehan =-D

[nyrkickazz1]

I made my original post what seems like eons ago, so here's my current favorites:

- Paul McCartney
- Carol Kaye
- Jaco
- Andy Rourke
- Tina Weymouth
- Bruce Foxton

[lemonhed]

mark sandman a la morphine. i dunno i f anyone picked him but the two string slide bass is sweeeeeet.

[del]

DEE DEE RAMONE

John Cale - Velvet Underground
John Paul Jones - Led Zeppelin
Larry Graham - Sly and the Family Stone
Lemmy Kilmister - Hawkwind/Motorhead
Steve Hanley - The Fall
Jah Wobble - P.I.L.
Mike Watt - The Minutemen