Favorite Prog Bassists!

[Gawd]

Dan Briggs

 

[Polfuste]

Martin Mendez, from Opeth. I don't know if they can be counted as "prog", but it's how i see them. And after seeing them live, i can say the guy has a tight playing and tone.

 

[maxschrek]

CHRIS SQUIRE.

 

[RobJ]

Jon Camp from renaissance

+1 I was wondering when he'd get a mention. I had the good fortune to see Renaissance 3 or 4 times back in the day, all around an awesome group.

 

[unclejane]

Billy Sheehan with Niacin. Kind of a sleeper, which shows the man is actually a Ninja....

LS

 

[maxschrek]

I've already posted once, but I'll do it again in the spirit of shameless promotion...me, with my former band Somnambulist. Check us out if you have an hour...

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[gregoire1]

Geddy Lee, Geddy Lee, and Geddy Lee.

 

[maxschrek]

Okay, I'll post once more on this thread, someone earlier mentioned John Siegler from UTOPIA. What about his successor, Kasim Sultan. His bass playing on the album "RA" in particular is very cool IMHO. What say yee?


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[1337p1ra73]

Wow, amazing list! Too bad I only know
Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree)
Sean Malone (Cynic)
John Myung (DT)
Seems like I need to check these bands out!

 

[Arpeggiator]

Colin is a great player and Sean is amazing too. I missed those two off! *shame*

my addition is Greg Lake (King Crimson - In The Court...) his bass playing on 21st centuary schizoid man is great.

 

[1337p1ra73]

Oh and I also know... OPETH! Huge fan here. Went to their concert here in Austin. Awesome for the most part, including the other band Baroness (I didn't like their recordings but their live was INCREDIBLE. Guess they're just one of those bands), but Opeth messed up on... FACE OF MELINDA! Huge downer But other songs were flawless It's All good.

 

[bstringkyle]

Mine are.......

Geddy Lee (of course)

John Myung (DT)

Chris Squire (yes)

Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree)

That is it

 

[Zanzibar Delgado]

Lars Norberg
Sean Malone
Steve DiGiorgio
John Myung
Thomas Miller
Mike Lepond
Juan Alderete
Colin Edwin
Dan Briggs
Mic Todd
Tony Levin
Geddy Lee
Chris Squire
Johan Defarfalla
Martin Mendez
Eddie Jackson
Brandon Giffin
Stefan Fimmers
Justin Chancellor
Tony Choy
Roger Patterson
Doug Keyser
Jeroen Paul Thesseling
Eric Langlois
Greg Lake

I don't know if they're all really "prog", but they meet my requirements. I especially love the fretless metal players.

 

[chanson]

Mic Todd
Colin Edwin
Geddy Lee
etc

 

[Hux-plays-bass]

I Deff. gotta say Dan Briggs, the guy is amazing, then again everyone in Between the Buried is amazing.. But, him, John Myung, and Chris Squire are my picks.

 

[Number27]

chris squire, geddy lee, greg lake, ray shulman

which are pretty much the only ones i know of.. heh

 

[klyph]

God.. It's so great how many of you cite Ray Shulman of GENTLE GIANT. I always loved his violin playing on those records, too. Some really fine harmony singing/songwriting on those old GG albums, something I find other prog to be lacking sometimes (not that I'm an expert). So... who these days is putting out music like that? I'm trusting fellow TB'ers to turn me on to new stuff.

Oh, would Colin Moulding from XTC count? Maybe not prog, but great stuff nonetheless... One of my personal favorites, along with Bruce Thomas (definitely NOT prog!).

 

[7StringBassist]

Doug Pinnick surprised no one has mentioned him
John Muyung
ROB Van Der Loo- Now in delain ex Sun Caged
Sean Malone
Geddy Lee
Jeroen Paul Thesseling - Obscura
lars nuremberg
Alex webster
Pete Perez - Spastic Ink

 

[DarkStar90]

juan alderete

john wetton

greg lake

flea (his work on de-loused in the comatorium is awesome)

geddy lee

rick laird

 

[Hoover]

Did anyone mention John Greaves, from Henry Cow?

I'm not saying he's one of my favorites, but he's definitely got chops, vision, imagination, and a right to claim the title of Pioneer alongside many of the other better known guys from the 1970's.