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03-06-2006, 09:19 PM
| | | | TOP 5 BEST ROCK N' ROLL BASSISTS OF ALL TIME????
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John Entwistle
Paul Mccartney
John Paul Jones
Geddy Lee
Rick Danko |
03-06-2006, 09:46 PM
| | | | John Paul Jones
Geddy Lee
Paul McCartney
John Entwistle
Flea
Sting
Adam Clayton
Colin Greenwood
Aston Barrett
James Jamerson
I don't know what you classify as "rock and roll" but that's my list. Sorry, I needed 10. |
03-06-2006, 09:54 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe, Arizona | | | Only five... hmmm.
Paul Mccartney
John Paul Jones
John Entwistle
Geddy Lee
Les Claypool
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03-06-2006, 10:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Long Island, NY | | | John Entwistle
Paul McCartney
John Paul Jones
Jack Bruce |
03-07-2006, 01:44 AM
| | Peavey Partizan | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Long Island NY/College Park MD | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by oldrocker John Entwistle
Paul McCartney
John Paul Jones
Jack Bruce | +1 |
03-07-2006, 01:47 AM
| | | | James Jamerson
John Paul Jones
Chuck Rainey
Jack Bruce
Duck Dunn
and there are plenty others that rank with these guys. |
03-07-2006, 06:22 AM
| | | John Paul Jones - Led Zeppelin
Jeffrey Hammond - Jethro Tull's second bassist (you can hear him on album Aqualung)
Gene Simmons - KiSS
Paul McCartney - The Beatles
Geezer Butler - Black Sabbath
It's not my "best" list although it could easily be, but rather my "most influencial" list  |
03-07-2006, 06:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan, USA | | | Geddy Lee is DEFINITELY number 1 for me, followed by Les Claypool, John Myung, Chris Squire, and Flea.
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03-07-2006, 07:26 AM
| | Goin out West | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Arlington, Texas | | | 1. Geezer Butler
2. Jack Bruce
3. John Entwhistle
(that's the holy trinity)
4. McCartney (around Sgt. Pepper era)
5. Geezer Butler again
JPJ didn't make my list. He's a great player...but only when you can hear him.
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03-07-2006, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Petary791 Geddy Lee is DEFINITELY number 1 for me, followed by Les Claypool, John Myung, Chris Squire, and Flea. | Myung is technically awesome, but that guy has a serious problem when he has to slow it down. Not a lot of groove in his blood. I'm a big DT fan but JM doesn't really belong in the top 5 to me.
Geddy on the other hand.... definitely does. But even more than Geddy's bass playing, i'm more impressed with his solid ability to sing and play at the same time. In the 70's, he was one of the greatest rock singers ever. He's a pretty good keyboardist as well. And he has a great sense of melody and song arrangement.
All of that put together, and he is easily #1 to me. I don't know any other rock bassist as multi-talented as he is. There is others that come close and can do as many different things as he does, but are not as good at everything that Geddy is. |
03-07-2006, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by trenken Myung is technically awesome, but that guy has a serious problem when he has to slow it down. Not a lot of groove in his blood. I'm a big DT fan but JM doesn't really belong in the top 5 to me.
Geddy on the other hand.... definitely does. But even more than Geddy's bass playing, i'm more impressed with his solid ability to sing and play at the same time. In the 70's, he was one of the greatest rock singers ever. He's a pretty good keyboardist as well. And he has a great sense of melody and song arrangement.
All of that put together, and he is easily #1 to me. I don't know any other rock bassist as multi-talented as he is. There is others that come close and can do as many different things as he does, but are not as good at everything that Geddy is. | JPJ jones also played keyboard and many other instruments on stage while carrying a set of organ pedals with him so that he could always play bass. |
03-07-2006, 08:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Dekalb | | | 5 Best
John Paul Jones
Jack Bruce
Phil Lesh
Geddy Lee
John Entwistle
Very Honorable Mention
Glen Cornick
Andy Fraser
Tommy Shannon
Berry Oakley
Greg Ridley |
03-07-2006, 09:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bremen, Germany | | | Geddy Lee Owns to be out of contest (as well as the other Rush memebers)
Here are my 5:
Gezzer Buttler (Black Sabbath)
Roger Glover (Deep Purple)
Bob Daisley (Ozzy Osbourne, Yngwie, rainbow)
Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple) |
03-07-2006, 09:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Jersey | | | Allen Woody
Jack Cassady
Mark Mendoza
Geezer Butler
Tommy Caldwell
LOL ok,so I'm an old southern rocker,but I got two heavy metal guys also as influences! |
03-07-2006, 09:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Loves Park Illinois USA | | | Steve Harris
Leland Sklar
LEMMY KILLMEISTER
John Entwhistle
Flea
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03-07-2006, 11:43 AM
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Jack Bruce
Paul McCartney
James Jamerson
John Paul Jones
Berry Oakley
Honorable Mention
Rick Danko
Lee Sklar
Chuck Rainy
Pino Palladino
Willie Dixon |
03-07-2006, 11:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Melnibone | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by trenken
All of that put together, and he is easily #1 to me. I don't know any other rock bassist as multi-talented as he is. There is others that come close and can do as many different things as he does, but are not as good at everything that Geddy is.
| If you believe that then you really should check out John Paul Jones. |
03-07-2006, 09:54 PM
| | | | John Paul Jones
Paul Mcartney
Jack Bruce
Chris Squire
Steve Harris
Honorable Mention:
John Deacon
Phil Lesh
Duff McKagen
The bassist from CCR
Geezer Butler
Sorry, but I just don't really like John Entwistle. Or Geddy Lee.
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03-07-2006, 11:06 PM
| | | | Steve Harris
Jack Bruce
Geezer Butler
Geddy Lee
Michael Anthony |
03-08-2006, 05:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bowling Green, Ohio | | Steve Harris
Billy Sheehan
John Myung
John Entwistle
Geddy Lee
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