Bassists of 70s Punk!!!

[bggeezer]

Well, it's moved to places I don't want/ need it anyway!

[GRAHAM SG1]

Why does your hair disappear from your head only to re-emerge from your ears and nostrils ??

[bassthumpersf]

6 pages and no mention of Dave Alexander or Ron Ashton?!?

[murphy]

Steve Severin of Siouxsie and the banshees
What about Colin Moulding of XTC.. Great work

Great thread to read and get nostalgic.
JJ Burnell is still my all time fav punk bassist. But there are so many greats mentioned from a truly inspiring time in musical history.

[chuck norriss]

John Doe of X is my favorite.

[EADGAndre]

paul simonon. the clash. police and thieves. awesome!

[GRAHAM SG1]

I still have not seen anyone I consider to be close to Klaus Fluoride (well maybe JJ Burnel), his lines, tone and dexterity are in a class of their own (IMO of course)
I dont particularly rate Simonon as being up there, his early playing was not that great and his later stuff was not really punk, combat rock is nothing like a punk album, obviously this is all very subjective

[your idol]

I just found this so im bumping with my $.02

Ali McMordie: may just be my favorite punk bassist of the era. His riffs fill the space so much. More than they needed to behing Jake Burns choppy riffs and raspy voice. Walking them lines all over to hell and back gave SLF a melody that would not be there without him. He coulda been a hack... But he wasnt. He's seldom brought up and I think its ridiculous, you can hear his influence to this day and i think a lot of bands got a lot more of their sound from SLF, direct or indirect.

[GRAHAM SG1]

Captain Sensible, Lemmy, Bryn Merrick, Algy Ward, Paul Gray, Moose, Patricia Morrison and Stu West, all have contributed to the fantastic sound of The Damned, definitely among the very best 70s punk bassists, and worthy of keeping company with Klaus
I am not sure Ali is in quite the same class as much as I like the music of SLF ?

[GRAHAM SG1]

To follow on from my last post, I saw the Damned in bournemouth last night and they were fantastic, Stu played a blinder on bass, they seem to get better all the time and put on a very special show The Dickies were support and were a lot of fun too .

[jj4001]

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* posted this in the other punk bassist thread the other day but meant to put it here.

[GRAHAM SG1]

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That could be taken the wrong, or right way (depending on the readers sexual orientation)

[JohnSS]

Matlock did some great work with a very short lived band called the Specters (featuring TRB's Danny Kustow - Tom Robinson wasn't a bass bassist either).

Billy Rath of the Heartbreakers doesn't get much credit, but he locked in well with Jerry Nolan when Johnny Thunders and Walter Lure thrashed on their guitars.

Diane Chai of the AlleyCats was another unsung bassist, similar in ways to Concrete Blonde's Johnette Napolitano.

even though you could consider him a ringer, the legendary Jack Casady spent a couple of years as the bassist for punk band SVT...

[pica]

Well this band started in the 70's (I believe) and are still going today. Tim Butler from the Psychedelic Furs. Saw them last month and they still kick @$$.

[Mojo-Man]

Is Bruce Thomas PUNK ????
Love his playing with Elvis.

[zachoff]

More a fan of the early/mid 80s punk rock than I am of the 70s, but I really dig The Dead Boys, The Damned, and The Stooges... Even though The Stooges started in the 60s. To be honest, I can't even tell you the names of the bass players for those bands. Ha.

Darryl Jennifer is on the new Bass Player though. Now that dude rips!

[viking power]

Great thread! Interesting to read the history some of you guys were actually around to witness.

I'll put in a vote for JJ from The Stranglers.

[deepbluesuk]

Seggs from The Ruts and Paul Slack UK Subs original line-up.

[tomnomnom91]

Bruce Foxton and Paul Simonon are fantastic, but Glen Matlock is my favourite. I've seen Foxton live as part of Casbah Club and he's brilliant, and Matlock as part of Dead Men Walking (fantastic band, made up of Matlock, Billy Duffy from The Cult, Mike Peters from The Alarm, Slim Jim Phantom from the Stray Cats and Kirk Brandon from Spear Of Destiny). Matlock sang lead on a couple of songs too, he's got decent pipes for punk.

[adivin]

Foxton is the man!