xilddx Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Can never understand why Scott Thunes and Tom Fowler so rarely get mentioned. They are both incredible players and musicians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 [quote name='thestick' timestamp='1317275114' post='1388844'] Trevor Bolder Uriah Heep!![/quote] Gary Thain of Uriah Heep (my fave Heep bassist). Also big +1 for the earlier mention of Jon Camp, and a mention for my personal fave Leigh Gorman of Bow Wow Wow. Listen to the bass part in Sexy Eiffel Towers..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apa Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) Leslie Langston and Bernard Georges of Throwing Muses A Edited September 29, 2011 by apa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyf Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) + another for Colin Moulding from XTC and Mark Bedders. Dozens of great pop basslines between them. Dick Nolans playing with It Bites too. Joe Puerta's playing with Bruce Hornsby and The Range. Some wonderfully inventive and tasteful playing. My top pick, pop pickers? Sir Gentleman....aka Horace Panter. Maybe it's my age but favourite band with my favourite bassist. T Edited September 29, 2011 by tonyf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 [quote name='4000' timestamp='1317288710' post='1388983'] Gary Thain of Uriah Heep (my fave Heep bassist). Also big +1 for the earlier mention of Jon Camp, and a mention for [b]my personal fave Leigh Gorman of Bow Wow Wow[/b]. Listen to the bass part in Sexy Eiffel Towers..... [/quote] Great player! Great band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apa Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 There was a bit of a rush at the beginning of the year when he passed away but Mick Karn from Japan and Dalis Car. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Why does no-one ever mention Mark King or Flea? Another vote for Dennis Dunaway from me, plus Trevor Bolder, the Spiders from Mars bassist. I'll also add Jim Lea of Slade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 From the neo proggy lot Pallas, good old Graeme Murray is a good player plus great bvox & midi pedals man. Also a qualified and practising lawyer so you don't want to try to rip him off in you are in management! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Randy Tico (Airto and Flora Purim) Bunny Brunel (Chick Corea) Brian Bromberg Neil Murray (Whitesnake but also National Health) John Mole (Colosseum II, Gary Moore) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Brian Robinson from A Wilhelm Scream is one of my favourite bass players at the moment. He always makes his stingray shine through with some super fast playing. I saw Face to Face at Leeds fest earlier this summer and their bass player Scott Shiflett (brother of Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters) completely blew me away. I'd forgotten how good he is. Karl Alvarex from The Descendents is also a great player. He gets a lot of stick, but Fat Mike from NOFX has influenced my own playing from a really early age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottle Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) Well for me, the two most under-rated and seldom-mentioned bass players (and among ones that inspired me to play bass in the first place - incidentally, both played for Paul Weller during his early solo period - Wild Wood/Stanley Road/Heavy Soul etc) - [b]Damon Minchella [/b]and[b] Yolanda Charles[/b] Maybe chuck in [b]D'Arcy Wretzky [/b]and[b] Melissa Auf Der Maur[/b] from Smashing Pumpkins - don't often see them mentioned on here, and have laid down some solid rock basslines during their tenancy in arguably one of the biggest Alt/Rock outfits of the last twenty years - it's always the sodding guitards/frontmen/drummers who hog all the limelight [b]Colin Greenwood[/b] from Radiohead also springs to mind - again with the guitards/frontmen Ithankyou, Ian Edited September 29, 2011 by Bottle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 John McCoy out of Zzebra (and Gillan, Mammoth etc) Richard Sinclair - Hatfield and the North, Camel Roger Glover -no mention yet? Cripes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mog Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Another one for Tye Zamora here. I'll also add: Dee Murray Ron Carter Jeff Ament Mike Inez Pat Badger Tom Hamilton Philip Bynoe Bob Daisley Mog Noel Redding John Paul Jones ........ ....... .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamPodmore Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Another guy i cannot believe that i forgot to mention, is Paolo Gregoletto of Trivium, That guy is one hell of a player, really quite technical too, watching some videos of Trivium Live at Chapman Studios and he's not even breaking a sweat with the stuff he's playing, he also works really well with the drummer Nick, those 2 make a really tight and defined rhythm section. Liam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ern500evo Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Big +1 for Nate Mendel, a man of immaculate timing and impeccable taste, what more could you want! I'll add Bruce Foxton, way underrated IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 I'd agree with Dave Ellefson (Megadeth) and Rob Wight (NoMeansNo) as already mentioned. I'd also add Aston "Family Man" Barrett (Wailers/Upsetters) and Horace Panter (The Specials). Neither of which are the most "flashy" players, but both form the backbone of the bands they play in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analog kid Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Good to see a few i was going to say get a mention Never see Graham Gouldman of 10cc get a mention but some of his Basslines are a joy to play. Dave Meros of Spocks Beard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul torch Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Don't know if he's been mentioned here but I was blown away by Steven Terebecki of White Denim when I saw them at The Electric Ballroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treeb Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 [quote name='Vinny' timestamp='1317256156' post='1388822'] In no particular order... Martin Turner[/quote] +1 ... Wishbone Ash went down the pan after they kicked MT out ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethFlatlands Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 [quote name='Grant' timestamp='1317280510' post='1388874'] I'm really surprised at that. Brad and Satchel were Shawn's springboard, so to speak, so I thought they'd still be readily available. Try Amazon, and look out for "Shame", "Interiors" and "Welcome to Discovery Park" (all Brad), and "The Family" by Satchel, which features Mike Berg on bass. I had a copy of EDC by Satchel, but struggled with it. I thought it was a bit too "trippy". You might be able to hear them on Spotify too. Conversely, I can't seem to get hold of Shawn Smith's solo stuff... Massive fan too, even the Pigeonhed album "The Full Sentence" is worth a look. "Battle Flag is fantastic. [/quote] I got and fell in love with 'Interiors' for a while but never got any Brad stuff beyond that. Might be time to round out the collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethFlatlands Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 [quote name='Bottle' timestamp='1317296414' post='1389129'] Maybe chuck in [b]D'Arcy Wretzky [/b]and[b] Melissa Auf Der Maur[/b] from Smashing Pumpkins - don't often see them mentioned on here, and have laid down some solid rock basslines during their tenancy in arguably one of the biggest Alt/Rock outfits of the last twenty years - it's always the sodding guitards/frontmen/drummers who hog all the limelight [/quote] I'm sure I read somewhere that Billy Corgan recorded the basslines on the albums as he's a massive control freak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottle Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) [quote name='GarethFlatlands' timestamp='1317309989' post='1389349'] I'm sure I read somewhere that Billy Corgan recorded the basslines on the albums as he's a massive control freak. [/quote] Yes, I've heard that too - my understanding is that Corgan and Chamberlain were the driving force behind much of 'Mellon Collie' and that James Iha's rhythm guitar parts and D'Arcy's basslines were all done in a locked studio by just Corgan, and Chamberlain on drums. The rest of the band were just for the live tours. In that case, add Billy 'No Mates' Corgan to the list of (Somewhat) forgotten bassists then Ian PS seems to be going out of his way to annoy just about everyone - typical bassist hehehehe Edited September 29, 2011 by Bottle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pods Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, Kenny Gradney (Little Feat), Rhino Edwards (mostly pre Quo with Judie Tzuke. Check out "Road Noise") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witterth Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Paul S Denman, Sade Rutger Gunnarson, Abba Johann Asmundsson, Metzzoforte They'll do for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkpegasus4001 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 I'll throw in some more..... Peter "Mars" Cowling (Pat Travers) Joe Puerta (Ambrosia) Martin Tiefensee (Lake) Heiko Efferts (Lake) Gary Strater (Starcastle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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