Greatest Bassists (dancing, rock, guitarist, tracks, quote)

lucifer_sam · 07-16-2008, 02:45 PM

^ Lol. Claypool is in every other post. I think Flea is an admirable bassist, but he gets overshadowed by John's guitar a lot. He definitely has some groovy bass lines and is probably the reason their so funky.

I find there are a few good female bassists (in part because there are so many more female bassists than guitarists or drummers). I'm not talking about Kim Gordon or D'Arcy Wretzky (though they were decent). I think Melissa Auf Der Maur is a good bassist, even in comparison to other male bassists.

Double X · 07-16-2008, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

^ Lol. Claypool is in every other post.

He's crazy. I am not huge on Primus, but the bass lines in every song are sick.

AsherM · 10-15-2008, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

^ Lol. Claypool is in every other post. I think Flea is an admirable bassist, but he gets overshadowed by John's guitar a lot. He definitely has some groovy bass lines and is probably the reason their so funky.

I find there are a few good female bassists (in part because there are so many more female bassists than guitarists or drummers). I'm not talking about Kim Gordon or D'Arcy Wretzky (though they were decent). I think Melissa Auf Der Maur is a good bassist, even in comparison to other male bassists.

Kim Deal, buddy. Simple, but very melodic and I believe she was in large part responsible for saving the Pixies from being completely over-the-top grungey-evil sounding.

Off the topic of females:

Flea
Tim Commerford (forgot spelling)
John Deacon
The cat from The Who was pretty good, although I'm not a big Who fan.

And I wouldn't call Matt Sharp an amazing bass player, but his work on Pinkerton sounds pretty cool to me.

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lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	^ Lol. Claypool is in every other post. I think Flea is an admirable bassist, but he gets overshadowed by John's guitar a lot. He definitely has some groovy bass lines and is probably the reason their so funky. I find there are a few good female bassists (in part because there are so many more female bassists than guitarists or drummers). I'm not talking about Kim Gordon or D'Arcy Wretzky (though they were decent). I think Melissa Auf Der Maur is a good bassist, even in comparison to other male bassists. __________________ first.am