Favorite Experimental Bassest

[skulletwhip]

Trevor Dunn
Bill Laswell

[Dave Klausner]

Lots of good ones so far. Here's a few more:

Gerald Veasley with the Odean Pope Trio
Jean Chaine with David Moss Dense Band
Fred Frith with Curlew and Naked City
Bruce Yaw with the Everyman Band
TB's own Julie Slick

[fryBASS]

Originally Posted by Copycat

Don't remember his name, but the bassist in Stump, the Irish 80s rock band (at least I'm pretty sure they're Irish, based on some of the lyric references and expressions), is at the top of my list. Maybe somebody from the UK can help with the name. Sounded like a fretless played with a pick, but I could be wrong. Everybody in that band had a very unconventional technique. The singer was incredible, too. Very theatrical. Killer lyricist to boot. Sort of the anti-U2. Ugly Americans take a pounding in "Buffalo."

You mean Kev Hopper aka Spoombung?
http://www.youtube.com/user/spoombung


Hell, Les Claypool's gotta count.

[Midfour]

Either of the guys from Sunn O))). I realize that it's mostly waaaaaay detuned guitar, but I'm pretty sure they also use waaaaaay detuned bass sometimes (like "bassAliens" off white2, and some parts of ØØ Void)

[PeaveyPippin]

Felix Pastorius and David Pastorious are both quite obviously related to Jaco. Felix is on of his twin sons and David is his nephew. They both have a measure of his technique like it's in their blood, but they both also do some amazing things I've never heard anyone else come close to.