Which artists would never be the same without their original bass player ?

[Bilbo]

Paul Young (Pino)

Paco De Lucia (Carles Benavent)

[Moos3h]

None for playing the music already written.

But if we are talking about the creation of new music with the same vibe, then RHCP would probably be my pick, closely followed by Cream.

[cocco]

Budgie wouldn't have been right without Burke Shelley either.

[Bill-R]

Jack Bruce Cream
Paul McCartney Beatles
Lemmy Hawkwind and Mortorhead
James Jamerson Motown
Andy Frazer Free

Edited December 14, 2012 by Bill-R

[BetaFunk]

[quote name='muttley' timestamp='1354785180' post='1890249']
The Smiths
Joy Division / New Order
Weather Report
Japan
Parliament / Funkadelic / Bootsy's Rubber Band
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Parliament / Funkadelic had many excellent bass players before and after Bootsy.

William 'Billy Bass' Nelson
Lige Curry
Cordell "Boogie' Mosson
Prakash John
Rodney 'Skeet' Davis
Jimmie Ali
Jimmy G
plus
Ron Ford, Steve Washington and multi-instrumentalist Junie Morrison all played bass on Parliafunkadelicment recordings.

Edited December 14, 2012 by BetaFunk

[charic]

Korn? But then it would probably be an improvement

[Prunesquallor]

[quote name='Bill-R' timestamp='1355443874' post='1898611']
Jack Bruce Cream
Paul McCartney Beatles
Lemmy Hawkwind and Mortorhead
James Jamerson Motown
Andy Frazer Free
[/quote]

Lemmy wasn't Hawkwind's first bassist - though they weren't nearly as good before or after - but I concede he may have been Motorhead's first.

[Stan_da_man]

Incubus for sure.

Never had a good album since Dirk Lance left.

[BetaFunk]

[quote name='tedgilley' timestamp='1354738686' post='1889927']
Chicago, in their early days, with Peter Cetera. Outstanding presence on their first two LPs.
[/quote]
Couldn't agree more.

[BetaFunk]

Kajagoogoo

[Wylie]

Amazingly melodic player, up against a wall of horns. Never better.

[guildbass]

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1355509064' post='1899504']
Kajagoogoo
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Yep, plus one on that one...

And T Rex...

[vindi]

Agree def Andy Fraser
also like to add Tina Weymouth, Talking Heads - neat, compact, inventive bass lines.

[Black Coffee]

Would nirvana have missed krist?

[AussieBassman]

Rory was never the same after he parted company with Gerry McAvoy.

[12stringbassist]

[quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1355066064' post='1893552']
Which one was it that you were referring to as one of the best bassists of all time?

CB
[/quote]
I was referring to the replacement of John Entwistle (in The Who) with Pino Palladino as being laughable.

[12stringbassist]

XTC

[cloudburst]

[quote name='12stringbassist' timestamp='1355698647' post='1901649']
I was referring to the replacement of John Entwistle (in The Who) with Pino Palladino as being laughable.
[/quote]
I'd agree that replacing one of the most overrated, unmusical bass-players who had terrible tone, no idea when to be silent and who got by on quantity of notes rather than quality, with Pino was indeed laughable. ;-)

CB

[Doddy]

[quote name='muttley' timestamp='1354785180' post='1890249']
Weather Report
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They were never the same after Miroslav Vitous left.

[drTStingray]

[quote name='tedgilley' timestamp='1355528224' post='1899753']
Amazingly melodic player, up against a wall of horns. Never better.
[/quote]

Did you mean Nick Beggs of Kajagoogoo??

[Grangur]

I don't recon Paul Simon's Gracelends would ever have been the same without Bakithi Kumalo.
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]In case there's some who've not yet seen it... take a look at this: [/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAgd9Ijw6WI"]www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAgd9Ijw6WI[/url][/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I don't recon I've seen anyone play fretless quite like that. If you know someone, I'd like to see it.[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Other than that, I recon all bassists are "replaceable" but to answer the OP; all Artists who have a GOOD player wouldn't be the same.[/font]

Edited December 17, 2012 by Grangur

[BetaFunk]

Chas and Dave

[Wylie]

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1355707554' post='1901754']
Did you mean Nick Beggs of Kajagoogoo??
[/quote]

Sorry, no. I was referring to Peter Cetera of Chicago.

tg

[Black Coffee]

Queen without JD ?