Underrated Bassists

[PDGood]

Oooooh, Glenn Cornick. Good one! How many people have tried to learn the solo in Bouree?

[chee666]

Gene Simmons
Dee Dee Ramone
Duff McKagan
Glenn Hughes
Dennis Dunaway
Dickie Peterson
Alfred Gregory 'Greg' Ridley
Garth Smith
Lee Rocker

[maturanesa]

Hadrien Feraud. Maybe the most skilled bassist today. Most of the bass comunity dont know him. The fluid phrasing and accuracy he gets is from another planet

[SquireMan4001]

Someone mentioned Andy Rourke, who is a great underrated pick. Seriously, the Smiths were one of the (relatively few) great things going in the 80's. His bass work on "Barbarism Begins At Home" should be checked out by anyone not familiar with them. Massively underrated, as are most guys who spend the bulk of their time "serving the song".

As for Roger Waters, it's hard for me to consider him an underrated bassist. He's pretty rudimentary and he himself freely admits this. According to David Gilmour, he (Dave) played some of the trickier bass parts himself in the studio--and Waters does not deny that. Doesn't mean Waters isn't a musical giant--he is--but as a player, he's just serviceable.

[phangtonpower]

Tom Jenkinson because he does mostly electronic music (Squarepusher), but plays live bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4YdmXwotyQ

Here's one of him for the sound he's more known for
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrBBHDJMEuQ

[danielsan00]

????!! No mention of Faith No More's Billy Gould ?!!

He's covered almost every style imaginable with both Faith No More and his side projects over the past 20 or so years.
Ball tearing metal in "surprise you're dead" to smooth RnB in "evidence" to reggae inspired bass in "just a man", plus being one of the originators of the whole "funk metal" scene from the late 80's-early 90's.
Total respect

[sj_bass]

Watched Ben Sheppard from Soundgarden play last night... Absolutely rock solid on that P Bass, he was totally locked in with Matt Cameron. Definitely underrated.

[Srirachaglo]

Most underrated bassist = you. Get out there and play!!

[Progfan44]

Arif Mirabolbaghi from Protest the Hero is very overlooked. The guy is super innovative and always sticks to his guns, writing awesome basslines and awesome solo-y parts that really add to their sound. Unfortunately, due to some ****** mixing he gets buried really badly under the guitars, which is a crying shame, because he really doesn't get the credit he deserves.

[bigswifty1]

I'll add a big +1 to Dennis Dunaway and Dee Murray.

Lately I've been listening to (pretty sure it is) Lebron Scott playing with Francine Reed and I think he does a fabulous job.

Mike

[gary19702]

Gary Thain of Uriah Heep, hell of a player, great sensibility and tone, well he used to have anyway.

[zachoff]

I've been re-visiting old REM lately and Mike Mills has some great, understated but somewhat complicated parts. Dude never gets a mention on here as far as I've seen.

[lizardwizard28]

JMJ, Royston Langdon, Jeff Ament, George Porter jr, Tina Weymouth, Fat Mike

[lizardwizard28]

Originally Posted by danielsan00

????!! No mention of Faith No More's Billy Gould ?!!

He's covered almost every style imaginable with both Faith No More and his side projects over the past 20 or so years.
Ball tearing metal in "surprise you're dead" to smooth RnB in "evidence" to reggae inspired bass in "just a man", plus being one of the originators of the whole "funk metal" scene from the late 80's-early 90's.
Total respect

Ahhh, how could i forget!? Also Trevor Dunn of mr. Bungle

[tangentmusic]

Blue Oyster Cult's
Joe Bouchard

[mpace]

I have to disagree with the serviceable comment on Roger Waters- yes he was not playing the more complicated parts many albums and even had another bassist on tour for Animals and the Wall (Snowy White I believe), but what he does play is distinct and has its own style and timing. I think he falls in the less is more catagory because he is effective at rocking out a simple structure of notes - Careful with that Ax, Astronomy D are great examples. I also really enjoy his choice of tone, especially '74-'77 - his phaser, echo config is great.
As for another underrated bassist- I would say Ronnie Wood. Check out Fingerprint File-

[Kingbreaker]

Originally Posted by MIMike

Mike Mills from REM is someone I have always thought did a great job on bass (and keyboards).

He also had a huge role in compositions - at least on the early albums. He had a lot more musical background than Pete Buck. I believe he played Curt Cobain's guitar on "Let Me In" as well.

Come to think of it, he's a great singer in his own right. Superman, Texarkana, and other songs. In a George Harrison, underrated kind of way.

Mike Mills is my hero

[TexasTodd]

Originally Posted by maturanesa

Hadrien Feraud. Maybe the most skilled bassist today. Most of the bass comunity dont know him. The fluid phrasing and accuracy he gets is from another planet

+1 just discovered this guy, he's great!

[MAJOR METAL]

Jason Newsted

[paulramon1992]

Hey all. First post, and I gotta go with Sting. Very tasty lines.