Bass heavy groups/artists

[dozicusmaximus]

Atheist
Spawn of Possession
Anata (any of these technical/progressive death metal bands really)

Floater (the first 2 albums for sure)
Unsane
Dissapearer
Jesus Lizard
Ed Hall
Godflesh
Fugazi
ISIS
Dystopia
Acid Bath
Acid King (Busse Woods for sure)
Cough (tons of bass in the doom/sludge genres)
RATM

oh yah
Swans (early stuff)

 

[Bassmanmike1]

Humble Pie! The bass just drips out of the speakers. Just listen to anything off of the "Eat It" or "Smokin'" albums.

 

[calebbarton]

Floater (the first 2 albums for sure)

Alter is pretty bass heavy as well.

 

[calebbarton]

Stavesacre
House of Heroes
Blenderhead

Woot for Stavesacre. Gotta love them

 

[dozicusmaximus]

Talbot "EOS" really good album. Heavy with some good trippy stuff going on.
‪Talbot - Observer X‬‏ - YouTube

Olde Growth
‪Awake - Olde Growth‬‏ - YouTube

Both just bass and drums. Well the bassist from Talbot also does a lot of programing/samples as well.

 

[Sonicfrog]

OK. Here's one that on first thought may not be so obvious....

Crowded House.

I am a HUGE admirer of CH bassist Nick Seymor. So many song have lead VOX Neil Finn's deceptively cool guitar and some of the sweetest harmonies this side of Supertramp, but Seymor's bass is almost always right out in front. Even on their biggest hit "Don't Dream It's Over", it starts with that really nice bass lick. Find the track "can't Carry On", or maybe "Never Be The Same" or "Lowlands"> God... Such fine bassing on so much of their stuff!

 

[PunkBassist420]

Megadeth, Green Day, Rancid, Led Zeppelin, Kyuss (Welcome to Sky Valley album in particular)

 

[Lawkeeper]

Miles Mosley, I'd say. The double bass is pretty prominent.

 

[stratovani]

I'd say The Funk Brothers were pretty bass-heavy, wouldn't you?

 

[BaditudeDude]

Russian electro-pop throwback to the eighties:

‪Tesla Boy - Spirit of the Night‬‏ - YouTube

Strong active bass lines, some songs sound synth-created but they are bass guitar from what I can tell.

 

[Dec]

What 150 posts and no mention of Costello and the Attractions

Most of what Bruce played on was up front.

 

[Korladis]

Saw Yob last night. They're somewhat bass heavy, but opening was an interesting band called Worm Ouroboros. The bass was definitely often in a melodic role. Worth checking out, IMO.

 

[Johno Dunn]

OK. I'm gonna be ducking on these.......Journey & The Tubes, are 2 of my favorites from the 80's. Not every song was bass heavy, but the one's that were, were really cool!


J!

 

[Rage1331]

I'm shocked it took 6 pages for someone to list Mudvayne. Ryan Martinie is basically the only member to sound good on every single album.