relley i can only think of 1;john entwhistle but i would like to know who you guys no.

relley i can only think of 1;john entwhistle but i would like to know who you guys no.

I'm gonna go with Sting.

I'm sorry, but please fix the spelling in the title of the thread. I normally have Grammar Nazi turned off, but that just can't be excused...

Uhhh . . . McCartney? Also John Wetton. I'm sure I can think of others.

Peter Cetera

Timothy Schmidt, Michael Anthony, Jack Bruce, Geddy, John Lodge, Jason Scheff are a few that come to mind, and although it may be a stretch to call some of them "awesome", they're very good.

Will Lee

Geddy Lee, definitely!

'Vortex' from Dimmu Borgir.

Phil Lynncott! Of Thin Lizzy fame, his voice is killer!
So is Lemmy from Motorhead really gravely voice.
Sting of course is nice.

Claypool! he has just enough nasally snot in his voice to make it rock!

'Vortex' from Dimmu Borgir.



+100.

My friend saw them at Ozzfest... 2 or 3 years ago and he said his voice is just bone chilling live. After watching they're live VD I hve to agree, he's got a great voice. Isn't he classically trained or something?

Marco Hietala of Nightwish.

add:
Chris Squire
Greg Lake
Richard Sinclair

Don't forget:
Glenn Hughes
Have you ever heard Marco Mendozza singing lead?
Just great.

BTW - I like that term "Grammar Nazi", never heard that before - cool.

Mark King :hiding:

T.M. Stevens

roger waters

I'd definitely have to say Larry Graham. He even released a single without him playing the bass, and it turned out to be a huge hit in the '80s. Larry Graham - One in a Million You

This is crazy !
You guys forget ...

Richard Bona!

He has one of the most personal and amazing singing voices out there.

Geddy Lee, Mark King. There are more. Larry Graham for one.

what about Kip Winger? :eyebrow:

Jack Bruce and Richard Bona are my 2 favs...Peace...DAcat:cool:

How can you forget Doug (dUg) Pinnick? Amazing voice - rock and soul in equally huge measures, not to mention awesome bass tone. :)

I like moe.'s Rob Derhak's voice, personally.

Marco Hietala of Nightwish.

same voice but more singing in TAROT !!!!

The first one that came to my mind was Sir Paul Mccartney.

Not only he built some great melodic bass lines, but also has a great voice. His register is quite high and difficult to reach (well, for me at least :smug: )

Geddy Lee!

MC Divinity...

John Wetton
Kip Winger
Will Lee
Richard Bona
Jack Blades
Bootsy


the list is endless...

Greg Lake

pete steele
sting

Jack Bruce is probably my top one then Sir Paul.

John Entwistle
Larry Graham
Les Claypool (his voice isn't great or even half-good - but it's awesome nonetheless)
Bootsy

come to think of it... it seems like nearly 100% of africans have good/cool/great/awesome voices.

come to think of it... it seems like nearly 100% of africans have good/cool/great/awesome voices.

I'll take you to church with me and you can hear some in the congregation that don't have awesome voices. :D

For my list....

Meshell Ndegeocello, Prince, Sting, Larry Graham, Richard Bona.

John Wetton
Kip Winger
Will Lee
Richard Bona
Jack Blades
Bootsy


the list is endless...

yep...add these 2 guys to the list :

Seth Horan (http://www.myspace.com/sethhoran)
John Lester (http://www.myspace.com/johnlestermusic)

glen hughes

All the guys mentioned, Larry Graham, Felix Pappalardi, Greg Ridley.

How can you forget Doug (dUg) Pinnick? Amazing voice - rock and soul in equally huge measures, not to mention awesome bass tone. :)

Props to Dug (of King's X for those who don't know)!

Tom Araya;)?

Vernon Porter.
Will Lee.
Mark King.

Jack Bruce can sing.
he isnt the best singer in the world but he can play the fretless and sing at the same time while I cant do even one of these things alone as good as he does.

roger waters

You're kidding, right? :confused:

Water's may very well have the worst voice I've ever heard on a professional recording.

relley i can only think of 1;john entwhistle but i would like to know who you guys no.

:rollno:

Nobody has said Lemmy yet??

One from a new poster and old lurker...

Add Oteil Burbridge. I just saw him and his band at the Bamboo Room in Lake Worth, Florida last month and the man can SING. and PLAY!!!

Great show. Try and catch him if you can.

edmidlifecrisis

Lamont Johnson from the R&B/Soul/Funk group Brainstorm(and solo artist)and he does it while playing fretless.


http://www.eulajohn.com/

That guy in Fastball.

Yeah, Tony Scalzo. Very appealing voice, and with Miles Zuniga also singing they hit a Lennon-McCartney kind of level at times. It's great stuff.

EDIT: Fastball's website (http://www.fastballtheband.com) reveals a new bass player, an Austin girl called Harmoni Kelly. Tony Scalzo now plays rhythm guitar.

esperanza spalding

Peter Cetera, ex-bassist for Chicago, now solo.

Ben Kenney(Incubus)
Caleb Schofield(Cave In) I choose him for screams though.

Peter Cetera, ex-bassist for Chicago, now solo.

Speaking of Chicago, Jason Scheff.

When I saw this thread the first name that came to my mind was Will Lee, awesome singer!

Danyel Morgan of Robert Randolph & the Family Band

I gotta say +100000000 to everyone who said Richard Bona, not only a killer bass player, but a great vocalist too.

Aimee Mann (although she mostly plays acoustic guitar these days, in live performance, anyway)

Of course, McCartney.

But the grand prize winner:
Jack Bruce, who is such a great singer that he's been sought out by high-class folks like Kip Hanrahan, Michael Mantler & Carla Bley, etc., for that alone. And yes, he can play and sing just about anything simultaneously, even staying in tune on the fretless.

John Gustafson (Quatermass, Hard Stuff, Ian Gillan Band, Roxy Music. etc)
Kasim Sulton (Utopia)
Boz Burrell (King Crimson, Bad Company)

How can you forget Doug (dUg) Pinnick? Amazing voice - rock and soul in equally huge measures, not to mention awesome bass tone. :)


+10010

my favorite is danyel morgan from robert randolph and the family band. he hits some amazing falsettos!

Marco Hietala of Nightwish.

+1

Kip Winger
Pete Steele
Sting
Peter Cetera

Sheryl Crow
Nathan East

Nobody has said Lemmy yet??



http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3689974&postcount=10

Will Lee

+10000!!!

sting...but i stand by danyel morgan. he's the man!

Second Richard Bona, I saw him a few years ago at the Monterey Jazz Festival and was VERY impressed.

We forgot a couple.

Brian Wilson (at he used to have a great voice)

and WILLIE DIXON!!

+1 on Seth Horan

larry graham

Michael Anthony- Van Halen
Royston Langdon- Spacehog

Danyel Morgan of Robert Randolph & the Family Band

Oh man, I'm sorry, but that dude cracks me up. He looks pretty hardass, but then he busts out that uber-falsetto. It's quite strange... he's good, but too over the top.


P.S. Mark Sandman

Jimmy Dewar of Robin Trower's band.
Howie Epstein of Petty's Heartbreakers, at least a great backing vocalist. Both men dead now. R.I.P.

I also like Joe Bouchard's voice on some BÖC stuff, like "Hot Rails To Hell".

Rick Danko

Rick Danko

Absolutely. One of the greatest singing bass players.

Lamont Johnson from the R&B/Soul/Funk group Brainstorm(and solo artist)and he does it while playing fretless.


http://www.eulajohn.com/

+1,000! I like to think of Lamont Johnson, Fernaundo Saunders, and Michael Henderson as the Detroit fretless r&b mob.:D

Second Richard Bona, I saw him a few years ago at the Monterey Jazz Festival and was VERY impressed.

We forgot a couple.

Brian Wilson (at he used to have a great voice)

and WILLIE DIXON!!

+1 on Willie Dixon

I got to see him play with the Chicago All Stars once. He fronted the band, sang, and played upright. He was so cool. He would smile every now and light up the room. He seemed to really dig what he was doing.

+1,000! I like to think of Lamont Johnson, Fernaundo Saunders, and Michael Henderson as the Detroit fretless r&b mob.:D


:)

I'm gonna go with Sting.

+ 1
I think Richard Bona, Bootsy Collins, and Paul McArtney are great singer/bassists too.

I'd say Kip Winger, then again I'd call him an 'awsome singer' who happens to play bass.

I would not consider Michael Anthony to have an awesome singing voice, despite his extended upper range.

Can't recall if she was mentioned or not.............

Debra Killings!

Jimmy Dewar of Robin Trower's band.



James Dewar has to be my favorite.
In my opinion he was at least 50% of the Trower sound.

Greg Lake
Peter Cetera
Paul McCartney
John Wetton

Raphael Saadiq and both Allan Gorrie & Hamish Stuart of AWB.

Ryan Martinie has a good voice, he's won awards for his voice :)

+100 for oteil burbridge. the george benson-y/scatting thing he does is absolutely amazing. got to see him in a tiny club in cleveland years ago, it was fantastic, and he was polite enough to let me get a picture with him!

Ryan Martinie has a good voice, he's won awards for his voice :)


he won an award? what singing does he do on their albums?

Peter Cetera +1

a guy I like here in Japan is Masaru Sakurai of The Alfee, they have been around since the mid seventies and still have the best concerts...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B306cF5lfPo


there are many more but here you can hear the voice, bass and the "Show"...fun

Tony Levin is a great vocalist. Check out his solo band live and see.

I guess he's been mentioned already;
Geddy Lee.

I just recently bought a couple of Rush albums and they kick ass.
Totes, for sure, like omg, bag your face.
Rad.

Geddy Lee.
I have EVERY rush album, and geddy's solo album. His voice is simply AMAZING.

This is crazy !
You guys forget ...

Richard Bona!

He has one of the most personal and amazing singing voices out there.

+1

Amen.

He sings on at least one tune off Mike Stern's new CD. Great stuff.

Joe

I think:

Geddy Lee of RUSH

and

Tyson Ritter of The All-American Rejects

Anyone agree with me?

I just got to say Lemmy Kilmister from motörhead! Hes awsome. Good voice, dont realy want to say that but he sings like a GOD!

Nathan East has a pretty nice voice.

Paul Boudreaux, All Purpose
Blues Band, Nawlins.

he won an award? what singing does he do on their albums?

he sings the harmonies in world so cold.

personally i think "pea" is awesome so im gonna say flea haha

Geddy, and Mariusz Duda of Riverside.

ryan martinie from mudvayne has a great singing voice and it shows on theier live dvd all access to all things ..he won numerous awards as a kid for his choir sinigng

Just for fun: what are some things that are cool about having a bassist as a band's frontman? I sure couldnt do a good job of it but some guys sure are amazing at it.

well to start it off...the bassist actually gets some recognition!!

well to start it off...the bassist actually gets some recognition!!

Yes!
If every time I hear someone say "but bassist just play the easy basslines right?" I get a dollar, I would be a millionaire by now. :mad:

Yes!
If every time I hear someone say "but bassist just play the easy basslines right?" I get a dollar, I would be a millionaire by now.


i totally agree, all these giutarist are like "bass is easy its only 4 strings, you just play easy bass lines and ****"
i just get so pissed off
i htink the best part about being a bassist/frontman is rubbing it in other peoples faces weh nyou pull off some crazy **** on stage and sing and everyones like totally astounded

Mark King is a fantastic player. It is interesting to ponder if he would have as much recognition as he does had he not been the frontman of Level 42.

Dudes, we already have a "Bassists with hurt feelings" thread that is about 400 pages long in the Bass Humor section, don't turn this into part two.

this is not supposed to turn into a bassist with hurt feelings thread, matt. i actually have received quite a few compliments since my band started doing shows, and i basically just play, hardly sing. it really is sweet though when these guys sing, while playing good basslines, it blows me away! i assume another cool thing is that it means the guitarist won't get all the glory! oops does that sound self pitying???? lol sry matt

Me and my (also bassist/singer) friend were talking about this yesterday... in our joint opinion, it allows you to get new, different vocal melodies because you don't think of it as following the guitar, you think of it as matching your bass, and your basslines have their own certain melodic/singing quality in them that fits in with where your brain is going singing.

A fitting interpretation of many things involved in the life of the bassist frontman and the satisfaction when it all pays off:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s

One thing that I've noticed with a lot of bands that have a bassist fronting them is that on the recordings the bass is always prominent in the mix! I certainly can appreciate that!

:bassist:

I've never been a great guitar player, but I find it's easier to play guitar while singing than it is to bass and sing. Maybe that's just me, though?
-Alex

You can say to the guitarist "Hey, shut up! You amp's too loud! I can't hear my bass!" :p

I've never been a great guitar player, but I find it's easier to play guitar while singing than it is to bass and sing. Maybe that's just me, though?
-Alex

Yup. True.

One thing that I've noticed with a lot of bands that have a bassist fronting them is that on the recordings the bass is always prominent in the mix! I certainly can appreciate that!

:bassist:

Not all the time, take Slayer for example. Bassist singer, but the bass is far from "prominent". Granted many are, but not always. I find that the prominance of the bass is dependant on the quality of the bassline/bassist, not his role in the band.

it probably depends on the style of music as to how hi the bass is. its not always best to have blaring bass, often less noticable and in the background can be good too...its all about the overall sound...remember! sometimes it kinda bugs me though that i can hear that the bassist is laying some really sweet lines but u really really have to listen for them.

I think that watching the bassist/frontman multi-task like that, and pull everything off is really impressive and cool...

Watch Geddy Lee on any Rush DVD, especially songs like Xanadu or Driven, where he sings, plays a semi-complex bassline AND plays those Taurus pedals all at the same time, it's freakin' mind blowing! :bassist:

I wish I could just sit back in the background and play.I've been the frontman in every band I've been in since 1964 and it would be so cool to just blend into the background and jam.I sing lead on 40 of our songs most of the time I don't even hear a lot of what I'm playing because I'm into remembering the words and singing the right parts at the right times.Our last gig a couple of weeks ago our drummer said I was really gettin' butt on bass tonight. I wish I would have heard it.:)

that's interesting man. good point. i do know from the little that i've tried to sing and play is that i can't really do either well at the same time. singing lead, would def be top of ur concentration i think. it takes a special talent to be a good frontman..let alone playing bass to boot. thats awesome that u can be so good without even really thinking about it...least ur drummer is hearing it!!

The best part of being a bass-playing frontman is the ability to stop the rest of the band from telling bad bass player jokes between tunes. Well, that and more bass in the mix.

perhaps u'd have a unique musical style...having the bassist in charge of things, especially if he's the songwriter.

Not all the time, take Slayer for example. Bassist singer, but the bass is far from "prominent". Granted many are, but not always. I find that the prominance of the bass is dependant on the quality of the bassline/bassist, not his role in the band.

Is Araya really the frontman though? When I think of Slayer, I think "Kerry King"

Is Araya really the frontman though? When I think of Slayer, I think "Kerry King"

well, duh. who are you gonna pay more attention to? the level-headed south american bassist, or the hot-headed, bearded dwarf?

which bassists do you think have the best vocals or backing vocals? I nominate eddie jackson from queensryche (listen to jet city woman) and michael anthony from van halen

I vote for Jack Bruce. Listen to all his stuff with Cream and it blows any other vocalist away.

John Entwistle. (backing vocals)
No contest, tbh.

Lead vocals?
Geddy Lee & Les Claypool.

My favorite "Vocalist" is Will Lee. Lead, background, Jingles...you name it!

:cool:
Sir Paul
Will Lee
Rick Danko
Timothy B. Smitt (Eagles)

which bassists do you think have the best vocals or backing vocals? I nominate eddie jackson from queensryche (listen to jet city woman) and michael anthony from van halen

Ya, he also did lead vocals on a track in "hear in the now frontier," I think. He has really nice lead voice as well.

Chris Squire of Yes--he and lead singer Jon Anderson actually trade off on the high parts of their vocal arrangements. His contribution has defined those harmonies, which in turn defines their vocal sound. A great background singer contributing to making a great band--besides being a great bassist.

I am not too caught up with bassists/singers other than Sting, Tom Araya, and Les Claypool. Can anyone fill me in on some really top notch bass/singers?

Les Claypool and Victor Wooten. Wooten rarely sings, but all his brothers are great singers.

Gotta add Gail Ann Dorsey...

Not only is she great on her own, but when she sings "Under Pressure" with David Bowie it brings tears to my eyes.

Oh yeah, pretty sure Prince should be included too!

I wouldn't say he's "awesome", but Marcus Miller. His singing on "Boomerang" with Lalah Hathaway on the Master Of All Trades DVD sends shivers down my spine.

How about Jim Ferguson? I have never seen him live but if he can walk thoes lines and sing than I am in awe.

surely you jest?
but seriously Chris Squire, John Entwistle and Greg Lake. they all can sing while keeping great basslines.
We cant forget Sir Paul, A.K.A. the Walrus.

I am not too caught up with bassists/singers other than Sting, Tom Araya, and Les Claypool. Can anyone fill me in on some really top notch bass/singers?
Dude, you found the thread. How's about reading it? Are we supposed to regurgitate the same list of names once more for your benefit?
But in my opinion, top of the list is Paul McCartney, by a mile. Anything else can be awesome, and still vastly inferior!

Jaco :hiding:
One more good thing about Jaco singing - he didn't do it a lot, he just stood back laying down bass lines.

Dammit, how could I forget - Sid Vicious!

Glenn Hughes, without a doubt. Incredible range and does rock vox and soul/blues vox equally well. His vocal stuff with Trapeze back in the day was nothing short of inspiring.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxKShm2Ty4w

James Dewar

I'd like to add George Hawkins jr. to the list: great bassist and great singer.

Oteil Burbridge has a great voice. He's mainly known for scatting over his bass solos, but the latest Peacemakers album has him singing lead on two songs. I'd like to see him take over most of the vocal duties. Also, Fred Hammond!

Seth Horan

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tZUhuK3-9kQ

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yxf7uIsL2qw

This is crazy !
Richard Bona!


+1

Paul McCartney, Brenden Kelly, and Kim Deal are my favorite bass player singers. Kelly has a very energetic hangover vocal style that suite his bands well and most people know what the other two sound like.

HI

Doug Pinnick

Rob

Geddy Lee, Roger Waters

Ronnie Dio, played Bass, but sang for Richie Blackmores , Rainbow, he was awesome.

Fred "C.F." Turner, Let it Ride, Blue Collar, Roll on down the Highway, Four Wheel Drive

my favourites are geddy lee, jack bruce and rick danko

Rick James
Cassandra from Wayne's World :bassist:

I'd definitely have to say Larry Graham. He even released a single without him playing the bass, and it turned out to be a huge hit in the '80s. Larry Graham - One in a Million You

Great player, great singer too!!!!

Louis Johnson
Rick James
John Cowan
Benjamin Orr

The most popular choice is probably going to be Geddy Lee by a long shot, but I really like Marco Hietala of Tarot. He's got a good voice that contrasts with his bass.

yep, geddy lee

Geddy Lee and Mark King.

Geddy Lee and Sting

That noise Geddy makes is singing? Sting plays the bass?

;) I kid. Or do I?

JACK BRUCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tom Arayah

Sting. without a doubt.

claypool

i nearly forgot...mc cartney!

Hansi Kürsch of Blind Guardian

Geddy Lee

Lemmy

Kim Gordon


Graeme

Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy).....RIP



Among the living....Lemmy

Geddy.

Read this whole thread so far and I would say the top 3 (for me) are Paul McCartney, Dug Pinnick, and Sting. Pinnick's voice just kicks IMHO.

In my opinion the bassist with the best singing voice is Raphael Saadiq of Tony! Toni! Tone'! by far

David Paton should be mentioned here. Aside from being a monster on the fretless, he sang with the group 'Pilot' and I think he also sang quite a bit on several Alan Parsons Project albums.

The first one that came to my mind.. and I don't think he's been mentioned yet:

Richard Page of Mr Mister

In my opinion the bassist with the best singing voice is Raphael Saadiq of Tony! Toni! Tone'! by far

+1

That guy is the real deal.

David Vincet of Morbid Angel, Lemmy.
though I also have to agree with Vortex, he did a really good job in Borknagar.

Melvin Davis, and Marco Mendoza are my favorites!!!!!!!
If they were mentioned before I apologize, I didn't read the entire thread.

David Paton should be mentioned here. Aside from being a monster on the fretless, he sang with the group 'Pilot' and I think he also sang quite a bit on several Alan Parsons Project albums.

You made my day! :)

Jason Newsted

geddy, paul, chris squire (believe it or not), entwistle, lemmy (yes, lemmy. i'm not a motorhead fan, but the man can actually sing when he wants to.), the list goes on

marcus miller can sing too listen on the song named boomerang , he sings on the second verse

Hmm...Geddy Lee and Sting definantly..

I cant remember his name, the bassist from King's X.

Anyone here got a tolerable vocal? Decent dry lung growl?

also, another shout to Geddy, Claypool and Mr. Kilmeister. but yeah Entwhistle does have a really good voice.

John Wetton does it for me.

Also, one of the Deep Purple bassists... Glenn Hughes? He sang backups on a live version of Burn that simply blows me away every time I hear it!

I cant remember his name, the bassist from King's X

Doug Pinnick

Doug Pinnick

Thanks, been wrestling with it all damn day. My dad couldnt even remember and he was the one who exposed them to me.

But yeah I really dig his voice, they opened for Dream Theater a while back, I walked out of there with his pick and his A string. Good show.

Nobody has mentioned Meshell Ndegeocello! Very nice voice.
Dug Pinnick and Danyel Morgan both are great!

In my opinion the bassist with the best singing voice is Raphael Saadiq of Tony! Toni! Tone'! by far

Prolly the best pure singer mentioned.

Mike Mills of REM, and Howie (RIP) of Tom Petty. Met Howie more than a few times, super cool A+ dude.

Jason Newsted ! :bassist:

Just came home from a Colosseum show and I must say, Mark Clarke sure knows how to play the hell out of his bass, and he did a great job on both lead and background vocals.

rick price
kyle henderson

sting
jack bruce

paul mccartney
john entwistle

Prolly the best pure singer mentioned.


Thats what Im saying, most of the guys mentioned are bassists first and sing at a distant second. Raphael Saadiq is a great bass player (I mean damn he was prince's touring bassist in the mid 80s), but easily just as good or better at singing, and fronted one of the premier R&B groups of the 90s.

This guys voice is golden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8raGKwVm5I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMPRKQi4mD0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICSB33150pQ

The only one that I know of is Tyson Ritter of the All-American Rejects.

Does anybody know of any other musicians who double as lead singer and bassist?

Les Claypool

I know more but im drawing a blank.

Jack Bruce!!!!!!!

Also Geddy Lee of a small canadian rock band called "rash" or something like that :D

Kavyen Temperley from Eskimo Joe

Floyd Pepper...

Justin Pearson (The Locust)

Brendan Kelly (The Lawrence Arms)

Mike Watt

Floyd Pepper...

ROCK ON!!!
What about Chris Squire, Phil Lesh, Mike Gordon, John Decon, Kenny Rogers, Waylon Jennings, Keanu Reeves, and HARRY SHERER

Umm....A topic here on TB right now, but what about her: (go to first post and follow links)
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=352018

Or just go here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Mam6qsF3M

Great player and singer.

Jay Leonhart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AfPa1_vOzg

ROCK ON!!!
What about...John Decon

If John Deacon is a singer, then who isn't?

If John Deacon is a singer, then who isn't?
Back ups only, but he did sing!

Back ups only, but he did sing!

I think Hammer to Fall and perhaps one or two other songs were the only times he ever even opened his mouth, only adding a single buried voice. In some music videos he mimed vocals (Bohemian Rhapsody as a good example), but he was patently not a significant part of Queen's vocal sound. At all. I would say virtually every bassist in the history of classic rock has sung more backups and leads than John Deacon. I mean, even a guy like Roger Glover sings more (live, anyway) than Deacon.

Umm....A topic here on TB right now, but what about her: (go to first post and follow links)
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=352018

Or just go here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Mam6qsF3M

Great player and singer.

beat me to it.
J

A couple I forgot.....Freekbass & Laura Love.:bassist:

Nobody has mentioned Gene Simmons yet. I kind of hate to myself, but you have to check him out playing bass and singing "Goin' Blind" on the KISS Unplugged DVD. Nice moving bass line. Now he is no McCartney vocally, but I have to give him props for some serious multitasking. Heck, he probably even bought three small countries while taping that show! Just kidding! LOL!

My other favs that have already been mentioned:

Jack Blades
Kip Winger

Roy Estrada

http://www12.big.or.jp/~ucchi/zappadat/members/graph/r_estrada.jpg

Gotta love his Pachuco falsetto. :smug:

a little silly but

Abbath - Immorta (back in the old days)
Martin Van Drunen (sp?) - Pestilence
Ron Royce - Coroner
Ville Sorvali - Moonsorrow


:D :D

Paul McCartney
Les Claypool
Geddy Lee
Tim Bogart
Gene Simmons
Chris Barker
Chris Kirkwood
Chris Wolstenholme
Sting
John Deacon
Tim Commerford
Brian Ritchie

the ones that I know of

oh, and me :D

fat mike
les claypool

um, er, excuse me but if it wasn't for Gene Simmons probably half of the bass blayers out there in the last thirty years wouldn't have even picked up a bass, known what an "electric bass guitar" is, or asked a girl out before you were 25 years old. LOL!
But seriously, come on. Are you kidding me? 198 posts to get to THE main singing bass player in an American HARD ROCK band? Or is it just that over 80 million album sales is something to sneeze at? Maybe I AM veeeerrrrryy different than you guys... ...And don't even begin to say he isn't any good. BS. Any one of you just TRY to go play AND sing Parasite at the same time with the range he sings with (still) and of course the absolute awesome showmanship and performance he gives.. He also kicks ass all over the place on just about every other bass player if your talking just LIVE show entertaining showmanship performances.

um, er, excuse me but if it wasn't for Gene Simmons probably half of the bass blayers out there in the last thirty years wouldn't have even picked up a bass, known what an "electric bass guitar" is, or asked a girl out before you were 25 years old. LOL!
But seriously, come on. Are you kidding me? 198 posts to get to THE main singing bass player in an American HARD ROCK band? Or is it just that over 80 million album sales is something to sneeze at? Maybe I AM veeeerrrrryy different than you guys... ...And don't even begin to say he isn't any good. BS. Any one of you just TRY to go play AND sing Parasite at the same time with the range he sings with (still) and of course the absolute awesome showmanship and performance he gives.. He also kicks ass all over the place on just about every other bass player if your talking just LIVE show entertaining showmanship performances.



Word. :cool:

fourstringgirl ROCKS!
Gene has also been known for some of the best and most controversial quotes ever. One of my favorites was:
"The reason most music critics like Elvis Costello is they look like him".
LOLOLOLOL!!!!:p

I know hes not the best bassist in the world but he is certainly my favorite,Mark Hoppus.He is the reason I got into bass ; )

A lot've the ones I would've gone for have been said, so I'll just clear up the heavy metal leftovers that've been missed out:

Cliff Burton (R.I.P), Metallica
Glen Benton, Deicide
Jason Newstead, Metallica
Rex Brown, Pantera (R.I.P. Dime)
Rob Trujillo, Metallica

Heard Fieldy from KoRn singing once, wouldn't want to hear him twice.
Also Jack White (White Stripes) and Neil from Bomb LA, who none of you would've ever heard of, ever.

Ooh and me.

There's gotta be loads more, but I canna think of any.
Ooh no wait, I'm 83.532% certain the bassist from Origin vocals now and then.

Marco Mendoza