Who Inspires You?

[Samthebassist]

No matter wut genre.....What bassist inspires you the most out of all your favs......

I know my fav is Flea...omg he is so amazing....i'm on my way 2 playing like him....o wow...he gives my goosebumps!!!

(only to find out...he started playing bass on improv only, AND he cant read music or tabs...i was like *HOLY ****!!!!*)

But he is really amazing!!! i would luv 2 know who inspires you to play your heart out with every practice and preformance!

[Beast]

Stefan Fimmers
Rocco Prestia
John Patitucci

three completely different genre/players, but man, they're amazing.

[Dave Muscato]

I thought Flea is also a formally trained trumpet player?....

[Rattman]

gaaaah!

[Twistad]

I get inspiration from plenty of musicians and artists in general. As far as bassists go, I would say Janek Gwizdala, Tony Grey, and Hadrien Féraud are at the top, especially Janek. Hearing his music and reading his take on many aspects of music has truly changed my perception of music and what it means to be completely dedicated to something.

[Valerus]

My friend Joel.

[superbassman2000]

reed mathis

[Dave Muscato]

Musicians who inspire me:

Fiona Apple
Ani DiFranco
Ben Gibbard
Dave Matthews
Alicia Keys
John Mayer
Danny Carey/Justin Chancellor/Maynard James Keenan/Adam Jones (aka Tool)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Gooding, Billy Driver, and Jesse Rich (from The Angel/Devil)
Billy Joel
Tori Amos
Michael Jackson
The Edge (from U2)
Neil Peart, Alex Lifeson, and Geddy Lee (from Rush)
I could go on forever...

[Swimming Bird]

Trevor Dunn, Bootsy Collins, Victor Wooten.

Other musicians: Robert Fripp, Brian Eno, Mike Patton and anyone who's ever touched a project with any of them.

[SC Bassboy]

Lately its been Stuart Zender, Arion Salazar, Jamie Cullem, Alkaline Trio. Beyond that, my Dad is pretty much the kind of person I strive to be. He doesn't play any instruments but he is my inspiration.

[AlbertVII]

Geezer Butler, Lemmy, David Ellefson, and Tom Hamilton.

[bassksun]

Alain Caron

[Linkert]

Bootsy, Jaco, Jpj, Jimi , Bob, Geezer, Ray, Jack, Herb and Herbie

[Steelers Fan]

My top 3....

James Jamerson
Victor Wooten
Marcus Miller

....in that order

[GlassJaw]

I'm not really inspired by bass players anymore since I really concentrate on my songwriting these days.

All-time faves:

Sting
Stevie Wonder
Elvis Costello
Thin Lizzy
Ours

Current faves:

Minus the Bear
As Tall As Lions
The Cribs
The Dudes
Bloc Party
Rooney
Interpol

[Matt Till]

I never thought I'd say it, but I've been on a big Geddy Lee kick lately (pre-Moving Pictures). Musically I've been drawing a lot of inspiration from a lot of Krautrock bands and non-Western music (African mostly). I'm slowly gathering ideas to start writing my own rock band, maybe find people who will play it with me, I dunno.

[flipper_gv]

way too many to name all of em but the two most important are :

Chuck Schuldiner (RIP)
Jeff Schmidt

[Amplexus]

Guys who inspired me to pick up the bass:
Geddy Lee
Steve Harris
Gezer Butler

Other bass players who inspire me:
John Entwistle
Sting
Les Claypool
Jim Creggan (from Barenaked Ladies)
Tom Hamilton (very underrated I think)

[theunknowndude]

if I had to pick ONE person...

definitely be justin chancellor...

just always something about his style that made me want to play bass... 46 and 2 and schism come to mind alot!!!

after that would be flea cos hes got crazy basslines that always rock out!

[sgbttm]

Geezer Butler
John Entwistle
Geddy Lee (sometimes)
Nick Oliveri AND Scott Reeder (in that order)
Lemmy