best/favorite punk bass player?

[supersnake52]

His bass playing was way over shadowed by his vocal prowess

he was so good that they actually turned his amp off in most of their shows because he would make an audience members head explode.

64 notes a second.

he was good

 

[roflol]

joe preston

 

[jckmcgrth]

How come no ones mentioned roger fro less than jake, some of his basslines are amazing!

yes definitely. some of his stuff seems a little much sometimes though.

 

[ForestThump]

Greg Norton from Husker Du

 

[Sneckumhaw]

Hey let's mnot forget two great songwriting bassists:

Andy (Adny) Shernoff
Richard Hell

 

[WickedPissah]

matt freeman
paul simonon
mike watt
dee dee ramone
cj ramone
klaus flouride
jerry only

 

[tbwilson]

if we are talking true punk it would be darryl jenifer.

 

[Martin1989]

yes definitely. some of his stuff seems a little much sometimes though.

little much, as in overplaying a bit?

 

[worker201]

If we're talking technical ability, then none of the names mentioned above with the exception of Mike Watt and Klaus Flouride are any good.

Punk Rock + Technical Ability = Not Punk Rock

+1 to everyone who mentioned Karl Alvarez & Matt Freeman

Also, I like:
Dan Andriano - Alkaline Trio
Chris Bauermeister - Jawbreaker
Rob Borges - Zoinks

 

[g0)z111a]

Zander Schloss could sure lay down a bass line for ze punk rock.

Listen to "Gig". I love the places where they give him some room to breathe and he shows that he's pretty much holding back for most of the set.

 

[mhlittlefield]

come on guys, sid vicious was an AMAZING player...

He was the best bass player ever who couldn't play a note.

 

[Infernal Affair]

Also, I like:
Dan Andriano - Alkaline Trio
Chris Bauermeister - Jawbreaker
Rob Borges - Zoinks

Love those guys as well as Greg Norton.

 

[worker201]

Fortunately, that moustache didn't get in the way of his playing...

 

[evilgingergoat]

greg k - the offspring
mike dirnt - green day
fat mike - nofx

 

[Martin1989]

greg k? he sucks! one of the worst bass players in any successful band IMO.

 

[KromaatiKlauun]

Richard Hell
Gaye Advert - The Adverts
Kim Gordon - Sonic Youth
David J - Bauhaus
Jeff Pezzati - Big Black

 

[Sneckumhaw]

greg k? he sucks! one of the worst bass players in any successful band IMO.

How so?

 

[steve66]

Matt Freeman - Rancid
Mike Dirnt - Green Day
Paul Simonon - The Clash

 

[B.C.]

Joe Principe- Rise Against
Eddie Breckenridge-Thrice.

I tend to like this style of punk more.

 

[worker201]

Joe Principe- Rise Against
Eddie Breckenridge-Thrice.

I tend to like this style of punk more.

According to Wikipedia, which I use to assign genres in my digital music collection (because I'm a geek), Rise Against is 'Melodic Hardcore', and Thrice is 'Post-Hardcore'. In case you wanted to put a name on it...