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Jun 28, 2022 · With this in mind, these are the 20 greatest punk-rock bass players of all time. As always, please enjoy our custom playlist as you peruse our picks. Ron Asheton. CLAIM TO FAME: Iggy And The ...
- Tim Stegall
- Michael “Fat Mike” Burkett
- Darryl Jenifer
- Mike Dirnt
- Bruce Foxton
- Chris “Chris #2” Barker
- Deedee Ramone
- Rob Wright
- Klaus Flouride
- Karl Alvarez
- Mike Watt
Band:NOFXMain Bass: Modified Fender PrecisionNotable for:Melodic and fast playstyle, chord usagePlucking style:PickBand:Bad BrainsMain Bass:Modulus Jazz bassNotable for:Tone, Speed, Genre-blendingPlucking style:PickBand:Green DayMain Bass:Fender Precision, Gibson Grabber G3 (early)Notable for:Adaptability, Melody, GroovePlucking style: PickBand:The JamMain Basses:Rickenbacker 4001, Fender PrecisionNotable for:Melodic and groovy basslines, genre-blendingPlucking style: PickBand:Anti-FlagMain Bass: ESP LTD with J and P bass pickupsNotable for:Melodic and dominant basslinesPlucking style:PickBand:The RamonesMain Bass:Fender PrecisionNotable for:Influence, forming punk as a genre, stylePlucking style:PickBand:NomeansnoMain Bass:Fender PrecisionNotable for:Unique guitar-like tone and playstyle, creative and fast groovesPlucking style:PickBand:Dead KennedysMain Bass:Fender Jazz Bass, Fender Bass VINotable for: Creativity, Maniacal sound, filling spacePlucking style:PickBand: Descendents, AllMain Bass:Ibanez Roadster 2 and a modified P bassNotable for:Melody, playing the bass as a lead instrumentPlucking style: FingersBands: The Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Big Walnuts Yonder, The StoogesMain bass: Fender PrecisionNotable for: Versatility, Productive career, Technical proficiencyPlucking style: Pick and fingers- Paul Simonon. I've read dozens of lists on the best punks bassists over my years as a punk fanatic, and none ever list Paul Simonon of The Clash at #1.
- Mike Watt. Mike Watt is widely considered one of the greatest bassists ever, not just in punk, because of how he has always blended punk's speed and intensity with jazz and funk elements.
- Matt Freeman. You could put Matt Freeman here just for Operation Ivy or Rancid alone, but together he's almost unbeatable. Two of the defining punk bands from the late '80s-'90s that felt like they had a little bit of everything the genre had to offer.
- Bruce Foxton. Are the Jam a punk band? Some might argue they weren't as fundamental as their contemporaries in late '70s England. And while they certainly were leading a mod-revival, ala Kings & The Who, they still were angry young men raging against authority.
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- Thundercat. Survey the sounds that have defined the vanguard of hip-hop, jazz, R&B, electronica, and beyond during the past decade-plus — including records made by Kendrick Lamar, Janelle Monáe, Flying Lotus, Kamasi Washington, Erykah Badu, Childish Gambino, and more — and you’ll land on one name again and again: Thundercat.
- Duff McKagan. Prior to joining Guns N’ Roses, Duff McKagan had barely touched a bass. He was an ex-guitarist and ex-drummer who had come up in Seattle’s early-Eighties punk scene, and the combo of his background and his raw approach to playing gave Guns N’ Roses songs like “It’s So Easy” and “You Could Be Mine” a rough edge.
- Kim Deal. Kim Deal was working as a receptionist at a doctor’s office in 1986 when she read a Boston Phoenix newspaper ad saying a band was looking for a “bassist into Hüsker Dü and Peter, Paul, and Mary.”
- Leland Sklar. The singer-songwriter movement of the Seventies called for backup musicians who could anchor ballads and midtempo rockers while never distracting from the singer or the song.
- Brett Milano
- Jaco Pastorius. Jaco Pastorius used every minute of the short time he had to expand the technical and dramatic possibilities of the bass, giving his various clients – Joni Mitchell, Pat Metheny, and even Ian Hunter – more than they bargained for.
- Paul McCartney. Paul McCartney made a trademark out of the supple, lyrical bassline more than any rock player before or since, and that’s on “Paperback Writer” alone.
- Carol Kaye. Putting the bottom end into The Wrecking Crew, Carol Kaye played the indelible parts on “Midnight Confessions,” “River Deep – Mountain High,” The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations” and an estimated 10,000 other tracks.
- Stanley Clarke. Stanley Clarke was a bass virtuoso with a canny sense of riffs and grooves, plus a few great tricks like that finger-strum trademark.
Jun 9, 2021 · 30. Shavo Odadjian (System Of A Down) Those golden SOAD hits – ‘Chop Suey!’, ‘Toxicity’ and the rest – may be 20 years and counting in the rear-view mirror, but Shavo’s slinky, heavy bass parts still hit the spot every time. A DJ and guitar player as well as bassist extraordinaire, he remains one of modern metal’s most ...
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