Favorite Punk Rock bass players?

[bolophonic]

Harley Flanagan
Zander Schloss
The dude from Nomeansno
Mike Dean from COC
Mike Dean from Bomb

 

[GeneralElectric]

No love for Tuffy from the Zero Boys?

 

[seansbrew]

Mike Watt, Karl Alvarez, klaus Flouride.

 

[Dave W]

Matt Freeman and Mike Dirnt (although Green Day isn't exactly punk)

EDIT: And still on the pop punk side of things...Kelly LeMieux from Goldfinger and Joe Gittleman the Bassfiddleman from The Bosstones are both pretty good.

 

[peledog]

Mike Watt, Darryl Jenifer, Bruce Foxton, Joe Lally

 

[Nick von Nick]

I'm not sure if you'd count post-punk (especially because their early stuff is clearly coming from their punk influences), but Joy Division's Peter Hook deserves credit in my opinion.

~Nick "Klaus" G.

 

[blindrabbit]

Matt Freeman
Kira Roessler
Mike Watt
Klaus Flouride
...and many, many more

 

[Bozo1996]

Someone at least said Karl Alvarez. For crying out loud, do y'all even know what punk is?

Tony Lombardo.

Dee Dee Ramone.

Steve Youth.

-You're welcome.

Ska is not punk. "Alternative" is not punk. And neither are half the bands y'all mention.

What about Ska Punk?

 

[Bozo1996]

Klaus Floride (Dead Kennedys)
Phil from the Subhumans(UK)
Grant Mathews (Rudimentary Peni)
Fat Mike (NOFX)
Chuck Dukowski (Black Flag)
Lorna Doom (the Germs)

 

[BurningSkies]

Ali McMordie, Stiff Little Fingers.

Tony James of Generation X, London SS, Chelsea

David J., Bauhaus, Love & Rockets

 

[Gaolee]

Sid Vicious. He was so punk he couldn't even play bass.

 

[cdef]

I liked Jean-Jacques Burnel, and Gaye Advert.

 

[Humbled]

Whoever was playing for Oingo Boingo during this era..




Is that punk? I don't really know.

 

[higain617]

Keith Brammer from Die Kreuzen, and Pierre Kezdy from Naked Raygun.

 

[Celtic59]

Dee Dee, Bruce Foxton, Richard Hell taught me how to play bass.