I saw him play with Kevin Coyne's band in the early 80's. Quite a flashy, Jaco-inspired player. I remember him yelling at the soundman during the interval to turn him up!
I basically do the downstroke 'tugbar' thing (the Brian Wilson thing mentioned earlier in the thread) but flip my hand back to use fingers... so then its a floating. 90% of the time I'm using my thumb to pluck the strings. Nothin' fancy.
I'm guessing most of us use some sort of hybrid technique...?
I enjoyed Cate LeBon. Quite nice to hear prominent bass lines played with that 80's sound - a jazz bass and chorus pedal, Old-fashioned Avant - to use a confutation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0c91cpy/glastonbury-cate-le-bon
Music nearly always sounds better without bass. Bass guitars are not necessary especially in Rock and Pop. As bass players we should all remember that!