favorite bass players (alive or dead)

n3ophy7e said:
I believe the thread title is asking who is your "favourite bass player", not who is the "best bass player" ;)
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VERY GOOD POINT I did not even pay enough attention to that...


that changes my answer....

my favorite COULD BE Ike Azadian..... No one has ever heard of him because he is a .... no comment.... difficult to work with

iBut, for how, it is Aston 'Family Man' Barrett
 
Flea overrated? ya'll are on some serious shizz here. he is the Bootsie Collins of the modern music industry. sometimes "slap bassists" are gimmicky, but he still lays down impressive grooves with his incredible chops.

also, Jaco is a huge dickhead junkie. met him at the Berklee College of Music some years ago.

my contribution is Matt Freeman. so often punk rock bassists are under glorified and follow simple chord patterns. he most certainly does not
 
axl blaze said:
also, Jaco is a huge dickhead junkie. met him at the Berklee College of Music some years ago.
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who are you to judge his personality. He had some demons man. WE all handle them differently.


He contributed some of the most amazing music to our universe....


Ginger Baker was a "dickhead," drunk, coke-head.... who the fuck cares... you do not have to be his friend let alone listen tot his music



OUT!
 
oneswtwld said:
who are you to judge his personality. He had some demons man. WE all handle them differently.


He contributed some of the most amazing music to our universe....


Ginger Baker was a "dickhead," drunk, coke-head.... who the fuck cares... you do not have to be his friend let alone listen tot his music



OUT!
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true, but as a fellow junkie dickhead I feel like I have the right to call apples when I see them. my only beef is that he was supposed to give a presentation, but instead took the money afforded to him and was found passed out in the Boston Commons by some people an hour after the demonstration.

I'm not one to judge, but still a shitty thing to do. I have played while on tons of substances. you don't have to be a professional, just be a professional drug-taker
 
axl blaze said:
true, but as a fellow junkie dickhead I feel like I have the right to call apples when I see them. my only beef is that he was supposed to give a presentation, but instead took the money afforded to him and was found passed out in the Boston Commons by some people an hour after the demonstration.

I'm not one to judge, but still a shitty thing to do. I have played while on tons of substances. you don't have to be a professional, just be a professional drug-taker
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lmao so true.

cliff burton
les claypool
victor wooten
mike watt
ryan martinie (mudvayne)
and even though i don't really like him, billy sheehan is pretty good.
 
pinkstarscracate said:
Roger Waters.
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Dude, saying Roger Waters is your favorite bass player is kinda like saying Babe Ruth is your favorite baseball pitcher.

Yes, Roger Waters is great and Roger Waters is a bass player. But his bass playing is not why he's great. I'd put him in the top 10 best lyricists and he was a fantastic songwriter (although I'd describe him as an "ideas guy" more than a "songwriter"). David Gilmour said that he recorded half the basslines on the PF albums.

I'd cast my vote for Andy Rourke of The Smiths. There are flashier and more technical bass players. But Rourke's playing would enhance the song and the overall music very tastefully. His basslines have been described as "a song within a song" which is a pretty accurate description, IMO.
Examples:
This Charming Man
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
 
EA-1475 said:
Dude, saying Roger Waters is your favorite bass player is kinda like saying Babe Ruth is your favorite baseball pitcher.

Yes, Roger Waters is great and Roger Waters is a bass player. But his bass playing is not why he's great. I'd put him in the top 10 best lyricists and he was a fantastic songwriter (although I'd describe him as an "ideas guy" more than a "songwriter"). David Gilmour said that he recorded half the basslines on the PF albums.

I'd cast my vote for Andy Rourke of The Smiths. There are flashier and more technical bass players. But Rourke's playing would enhance the song and the overall music very tastefully. His basslines have been described as "a song within a song" which is a pretty accurate description, IMO.
Examples:
This Charming Man
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
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Totally agree with you. Although I personally have a deep issue with Waters, I have to admit the man can write. But play bass? Nope. I'm with you on Rourke. Part of being a great bass player is being the backbone of a band... not the "in your face" type. It's the subtle liaison between the bass player and the drummer that can ultimately make or break a great song. And yes, Rourke, while not popularly hailed, defintely proved to provide the backbone of so many great Smiths songs... For me, its all about the foundation. The rest is all decoration.
 
Mark Egan

Bunny Brunell

Jonas Hellborg

Will Lee

Paul Jackson

Matt Garrison

Steve Rodby

Gary Willis

Alphonso Johnson

...hey, but that's just me...
 
Flea
Patrick Dahlheimer
Stefan Lessard
Phil Lesh
Toshiya (of Dir en grey)
 
STUART HAMM
Billy Sheean
John Patitucci
Bryan Beller
Sting
Jack Bruce
Noel Redding
Billy Cox
 
James Jamerson
Bootsy Collins
Leroy Hodges (Hi House Band)
Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine)
William Mysterious (The Rezillos)
 
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