5 string bass players in "famous" bands?

[ThingsAbove]

I tried various searches but couldn't find a related thread.

I was racking my brain to try and think of some bands that have "made it big" with bass players who are primarily 5 string players.

By "made it big" I guess I'm referring to bands that had at least one release that went Platinum.

 

[tdub0199]

Too many to name....

 

[silo9]

have you ve tried reverbnation, or jazz websites?

 

[rojo412]

311, Mudvayne, Better than Ezra, Dave Matthews Band, Limp Bizkit...

 

[genericusername]

Megadeth. Metallica. Cannibal Corpse. Lots of metal bands.

 

[tdub0199]

Fieldy...

 

[ThingsAbove]

have you ve tried reverbnation, or jazz websites?

Just Google searches and TB. I didn't know DMB bass player was a fiver. Cool.

It just seems like in the media or YouTube vids I never see a mainstream band with a 5 string bass player... not that the bass player is ever prominent in a band video other than Rush

 

[collins81]

Fieldy...

good bass players... I think he meant good bass players. Judges???

 

[Clark Dark]

Rodney Skeet Curtis..Parliament/Funkadelic

 

[Muttleybass]

The great John Paul Johns played one once in a while.

 

[Jazz Ad]

Does this guy have enough platinum for you?
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[rockstarbassist]

Newsted
Rex
Rick Savage
Tom Hamilton
our very own Johnny A.
Brian Marshall
Hugh McDonald
Mike Kroeger
Trujillo
edit: Dave Ellefson

all bazillion times Platinum players right there.
...?
did you want to start an "only rl (and successful) bassists play 4 strings" thread and wanted to check this out ahead of time?

 

[etoncrow]

Lee Sklar

 

[MatticusMania]

Does this guy have enough platinum for you?
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Clearly 'shopped.

 

[DasClyde]

GORDO

Phrom Phish.

 

[genericusername]

The REAL question should be, how many 21 string bass players are there in "famous bands".

 

[CrankenStein]

reel big fish's bass player plays a 5

 

[remainthesame]

death

 

[ThingsAbove]

Does this guy have enough platinum for you?
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I don't think Sir Paul qualifies as being primarily a 5 string player. I wonder whether any albums he played a 5 string on went Platinum.

 

[ThingsAbove]

Newsted
Rex
Rick Savage
Tom Hamilton
our very own Johnny A.
Brian Marshall
Hugh McDonald
Mike Kroeger
Trujillo
edit: Dave Ellefson

all bazillion times Platinum players right there.
...?
did you want to start an "only rl (and successful) bassists play 4 strings" thread and wanted to check this out ahead of time?

I'm not into Metal so I didn't think to look there. I was thinking of players in the Rock/Pop genre.