Favorite "shred" metal bassists?

[Satanstoenail]

Originally Posted by alangoldstein

and my fav "metal" bassists are :::
( and how could you all forget ? )

STEVE HARRIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( iron maiden ) amazing.
geddy lee ( rush) best! a hero of mine.
robert trujillo ( only the cd : plague that makes your booty move, its the infectious grooves. )
cliff burton ( metallica ) rip master cliff
billy sheehan ( talas ) nice guy
tony choy ( atheist) another great guy , and friend
ryan "ryno" martinie ( mudvayne ) super nice guy, killer player
greg christian ( testament ) great
jeroen paul thesseling ( pestilence - spheres)
sean malone ( sean was on my bands first cd on bass. ) aghora - aghora he did a killer job on it. amazing.
steve digiorgio ( death ) great and untamed!
peter steele ( type o ) not for his playing, but cuz he is cool to chill with , and im a huge fan of type o . he sings too .
wanda ortiz ( the iron maidens ) we just did a show together in seattle WA i love this chick on bass! !
VALium ( pist*on ) what a cool band this was. i miss them . she was sexy too.
tom araya ( slayer ) haha! gotta love him , cmon! lol
wimbish / skillings ( living colour ) got to meet wimbish this past january in a restaurant.
alex webster ( cannibal ) cool guy, a friend
troy tiptun ( zero hour ) cool friend also

im sure i forgot someone here.

thanks, alan

Great list. All of my faves are mentioned there except Ron Broder (Coroner). He was a big inspiration for me. He could match all the crazy classically influenced mad scales and frenetic riffing that Tommy Vetterli was playing, as well as do lead vocals.

[mustbampeg]

Originally Posted by vegas532

Troy Gregory, formerly of Flotsam and Jetsam. Pick up (or download) Flotsam's "No Place for Disgrace" for a fine example of what a slammin', high speed fingerstylist sounds like.

excellent, excellent album!

[JoelCMJ]

shredding is my fav thing to do on bass defiently influnces go to john myung, cliff burton

[alangoldstein]

all U metal guys who posted here, i would be honored if you come hear me / my band

links below, thank you!

[MaskedJackal]

Originally Posted by Satanstoenail

Great list. All of my faves are mentioned there except Ron Broder (Coroner). He was a big inspiration for me. He could match all the crazy classically influenced mad scales and frenetic riffing that Tommy Vetterli was playing, as well as do lead vocals.

Hey bud...I'm Nefesh on the Coroner forum. Ron's my number one as well for the same reasons as you list, but honestly what I love about him is that he DIDN'T shred- he doubled Tommy's stuff and really held down the fort. The few little fretless lines he does on Grin and the s/t record are cool, and he does nice fills elsewhere, but for the most part Ron's fantastic because he kept his chops in check in all the right ways.

Props!

[MaskedJackal]

PS: When the crap did Rex Brown EVER shred in Pantera?

Maybe I'm missing something, but the beauty of his playing IIRC was the groove monster he and Vinny created.