Favorite NEW rock bassist?

[Twistad]

Although he's far from being "new", Juan Alderete is my favorite.

[gkbass13]

the dude from muse is pretty solid. ryan martinie's playing with mudvayne is pretty cool and different, although it isnt new by any means. look out for this kid named grady king with the band hourglass;-)

[RSchuster]

I'm going to go for "new" bands, rather than "new" bassists, with "new" meaning within the new millenium. In no particular order:

Tim Commerford - Audioslave
Juan Alderete - The Mars Volta
Drew Roullette - dredg
Mike Todd - Coheed & Cambria
Bob Hardy - Franz Ferdinand
Brandon Curtis - Secret Machines
Troy Sanders - Mastodon

If we were extending back to the 90s as well, I would include Chris Wolstenholme of Muse (because they put out their first album in the mid-late 90s, and were around for longer than that), Dave Meros of Spock's Beard (who is god), Les Claypool of Primus, and both Justin Chancellor and Paul D'amour of Tool. And Tim Commerford again, but for his work in Rage Against the Machine. OH, and Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree.

[the_fonz]

Pig Benis from Mushroomhead. i've always loved his lines

[iamlowsound]

The guy from death from above 1979. The guy from protest the hero. Guy from protest is like 21 and the guy from DFA1979 is under 30, not to mention doing all the bass work for the new QOTSA cd.

lowsound

[Twistad]

a huge +1 to Protest the Hero

[311fan]

I would have to say Juan Alderete(TMV) and Jeordie White(APC) are both awesome players.

[iamlowsound]

Originally Posted by 311fan

I would have to say Juan Alderete(TMV) and Jeordie White(APC) are both awesome players.

Jordie White has been around for ever. He used to call himself twiggy ramarez and he played in Marilin Manson's band.

lowsound

[Matt Till]

Originally Posted by jetpackbassist

ok, ok.....


i vote Matt Till.

He's even been around way too long.



I heard some kid at the music store that was like "Beedle bop bop ka slap beek bonk."

I don't know his name, but he's my new favorite.

[FenderHotRod]

Originally Posted by iamlowsound

Jordie White has been around for ever. He used to call himself twiggy ramarez and he played in Marilin Manson's band.

lowsound

And Juan Alderete has been around before Marilin Manson was even thought of.

[FenderHotRod]

Alright the Juan Alderete have forced me to post this pic....
when he use to be called (John) with Racer X.

Juan Alderete back in the Day...

[scottice]

Originally Posted by FenderHotRod

Juan Alderete back in the Day...

Oh god... I'm glad the 80's are far behind us!

[FenderHotRod]

Originally Posted by scottice

Oh god... I'm glad the 80's are far behind us!

Me to on some parts...but man they could play their A$$@$ off.

[RSchuster]

Racer X (and indeed, the vast majority of the 80s) looked absolutely ridiculous, and not in a good way, but that's not to say that they weren't great. Far from it, Racer X were one of the best things to come out of 80s metal, alongside Metallica, Fates Warning, Queensryche, Dream Theater, and a handful of others who tended to avoid getting labeled "classic rock", a la Quiet Riot and Ratt and Bon Jovi.

[BloodTypeBlue]

It's about time somebody mentioned this guy.



The reason I started playing bass...