James Nada Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 [quote name='Graham' timestamp='1449939860' post='2928229'] Brian May? [/quote] Ahh. Yes, I think you're right. There can't be anyone else though. Animal from the Muppets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Acker Bilk..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 A large majority of people who aren't musicians aren't even aware there is an instrument called a bass guitar, so to expect there to be bass players who are household names is just unrealistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 [quote name='bassace' timestamp='1449940238' post='2928236'] Jack Bruce, surely. And for those of a certain age, Jet Harris. [/quote]Jack Bruce was a singer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Bill Wyman John Entwistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 John Entwistle ? Bill Wyman ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 [quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1449941145' post='2928251'] Bill Wyman John Entwistle [/quote] Snap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburstjazz1967 Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Did anyone read my OP? I did say that knowing what a bass guitar was or indeed that is what they played was secondary, Kim Kardashian is a household name and she does nothing at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Derek Smalls ? 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburstjazz1967 Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 [quote name='James Nada' timestamp='1449939284' post='2928216'] I can't think of a guitarist or drummer (who isnt a also a singer) who I think would be recognised either. [/quote] Slash Hank Marvin Keith Richards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Floyd Pepper ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) [quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1449941438' post='2928256'] Did anyone read my OP? I did say that knowing what a bass guitar was or indeed that is what they played was secondary, Kim Kardashian is a household name and she does nothing at all! [/quote] Going by your criteria I would say the only 'bass player' who is genuinely a household name would be Keanu Reeves. Do people really think that Jack Bruce, John Entwhistle or John Deacon are names that would familiar to the majority of the population? Edited December 12, 2015 by RhysP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Perhaps the title should be household names of people who are interested and like music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 [quote name='timmo' timestamp='1449942336' post='2928269'] Perhaps the title should be household names of people who are interested and like music. [/quote] Stockhausen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1449942400' post='2928270'] Stockhausen. [/quote] Sounds like a syndrome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 When it comes to household names it's shocked me when I've seen surveys that claim that sizeable percentages of the UK population don't even know who the current Prime Minister is... so expecting that many people who are non-musicians and/or uninterested in music would know bass players by name is probably expecting way too much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Jim Tavare' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1449942081' post='2928265'] Going by your criteria I would say the only 'bass player' who is genuinely a household name would be Keanu Reeves. [/quote] Richard Hammond would fall into the same category Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 [quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1449944799' post='2928287'] Jim Tavare' [/quote] Lol.... I have done gigs/shows in far flung corners of the Earth with him. Indeed, a very, very funny man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Look! A Dwarf with a violin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) Some of the people being named I am wholly unfamiliar with. And as for Brian May, surely at best (or at worst) he would be 'the other bloke in Queen' because there is only the two of them. Edited December 12, 2015 by EssentialTension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 [quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1449945623' post='2928299'] Look! A Dwarf with a violin. [/quote] No, I don't know that one either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 [quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1449945623' post='2928299'] Look! A Dwarf with a violin. [/quote] Where are we going tonight, sir? It will have to be your place officer...my parents are a bit old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Flea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykilz Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 My generation ( I'm 45 😫) may recognise the name Mark King ( Level 42) as he did a lot of t.v back in the mid eighties, and was the one well known bass player from the era. Doubt they'd recognise him in a photo though...!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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