the new era of music and bass players

sethlow3 · #1 02-09-2005, 04:07 AM

Man oh man I have been in oldies land for quite some time now. I love my motown and Zep! I was just curious if any of you cats know about any newer, great bass players in this newer era of music '00-'05. Lay it on me emo, new metal, pop, R&B, rap ect... I want to hear some new stuff with good bass.

So far I have really liked jill scott's bassist and the used's bassist. Any suggestions?

and BTW I am 22...

Jason Carota · #2 02-09-2005, 06:59 AM

The first bassist that came to my mind is Anthony Tidd from Quite Sane. The band, of which Tidd is the leader, blends Hip-Hop and Jazz. Tidd lays down some serious grooves and solos in their debut album, The Child of Troubled Times.

sethlow3 · #3 02-09-2005, 04:10 PM

cool can you hook me up with a good link? I was searching for about 10 min and couldn't find anything that worked on a bunch of different sites.

Bump....

Jason Carota · #4 02-09-2005, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by sethlow3

cool can you hook me up with a good link? I was searching for about 10 min and couldn't find anything that worked on a bunch of different sites.

Sure. Try Monumental Online and CD Universe (for soundclips).

Little G · #5 02-11-2005, 07:00 AM

A couple of my favs at the mo are

Matthew Garrison
Janek Gwizdala
Oteil Burbridge

sethlow3 · #6 02-14-2005, 01:52 PM

hey check these guys out and find the song "widow" which has fretless bass in it . I just found out about them, and I really dig them...

http://www.themarsvolta.com/frances.html

Hatman · #7 02-17-2005, 09:35 AM

Best at the moment has to be Mark Stoermer from the Killers

sethlow3 · #8 02-18-2005, 12:35 AM

They just did an interview on him in bass player. He says he was mainly a guitar player before the killers. I love the song "Mr.Brightside" but haven't taken the plunge on the album yet.

I also forgot to mention Raphael Saadiq. I got his "RAY RAY" album for Christmas and its great. Definately check out that album!!! KILLER BASS LINES!!!!

please keep em coming folks

**Adam Barkley** · #9 02-18-2005, 12:58 AM

Queens of the Stone Age
Clutch
Morphine
Sade
Tool
Dredg
Opeth
Medeski Martin and Wood
Candiria
Tomahawk
Los Lonely Boys
Pelican
Fishbone

All of these bands/artists create great music and have many great basslines in their songs.

NewWaveBasser · #10 02-18-2005, 01:55 AM

I like what the bassist for Franz Ferdinand is doing, actually.

eric atkinson · #11 02-21-2005, 02:59 AM

Steffan from dave mathews band is one that comes to mind! Ohh and mike gorden from phish

sethlow3 · #12 02-21-2005, 03:09 PM

Some of you are pickin some 90s cats like Phish, Dave Matthews, Sade, Tool, Medeski Martin and Wood, ect...

Please NEW stuff!!!

bump

ryuujin · #13 02-21-2005, 03:16 PM

Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree is probably my current favorite bassist. He is very much a pocket player and plays a lot of really cool lines.

Ibanezzer · #14 02-21-2005, 04:53 PM

Pete Mosely from Yellowcard is a pretty sweet basist, checkout the ocean avenue cd for some good baselines.

Mojo-Man · #15 02-21-2005, 06:25 PM

Jeff Berlin
Jonas Hellborg
Richard Bona

Smokey · #16 02-21-2005, 08:44 PM

I second the Franz Ferdinand bass player vote. That guy has some smooth lines played out on a ric. Also, P-Nut from 311 has some very funky lines, if that's your thing.

Rapscallion2112 · #17 02-21-2005, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by eric atkinson

mike gorden from phish

+1

and i know fishbone was already mentioned....

5stringFanatic · #18 03-05-2005, 07:26 PM

The killers bassist has some really cool lines.. P-Nut.. definetly awesome... in my opinion sometimes he can take it to the next level, but he doesnt which in my opinion hurts their sound sometimes, but thats ok.

Now the main event.. lol, i cant believe no one mentioned Mudvayne yet. Im into metal and hevier rock and stuff, and mudvayne has to be one of my favorite bands, and Ryan Martinie one of my favorite bassists. He does some pretty crazzy stuff. Hes pretty much lead bass.. really good stuff.

Also, the bassist from Muse is very good. He has some really cool lines. The bassist from taking back sunday is also good. Melodic.

Regards,
H

Matt Till · #19 03-05-2005, 07:33 PM

Yep, when I saw this thread, first person I thought of was Mark from the Killers. He's very groove oriented, he really carries most of the songs. Colin from Porcupine tree is great too... I didn't know how new they were. I love how sometimes the guitar will be playing typical metalish stuff and he'll just sit back and lock in with the drums instead of just following the guitar.

MacheteJames · #20 03-05-2005, 09:47 PM

The bassist from Thursday plays some nice stuff.... they're a band in which you wouldn't really expect a good bass player to be, but he's good... he throws in some double stops and chords from time to time as well (like on the breakdown in "For the Workforce, Drowning". His tone is very audible in the mix as well. Good stuff.