Favourite 80's pop bassist?

[peledog]

John Taylor, Mark King, Sting, Andy Rourke, Pino Palladino, Nick Beggs, Mick Karn and Adam Clayton

Peter Hook had some gorgeous melodic bass lines. More of a 'lead bass'. To this day, I don't know what his setup was to get the tone that he did.

+1 on the Haircut 100 bassist

 

[NeilGB]

Great players mentioned for sure but we are missing Norman Watt-Roy!

Oi Oi!

 

[Roscoe East]

zombie thread, LOL!

...but it did remind me: I spent way too much time [DEL]enduring the saccharine gloss of[/DEL] listening to Scritti Politti's 1985 album Cupid & Psyche 85 just because it featured Will Lee and Marcus Miller on bass.

 

[Jimmy Stump]

The bass on Aliens Ate My Buick sizzles. Didn't know he died.

Still a smokin' album today.

 

[JazznFunk]

Pino, Peter Cetera (80s Chicago... at least on the songs David Foster didn't play synth bass on), Sting, Richard Page (Mr. Mr.), T-Bone Wolk (Hall & Oates)

 

[zachoff]

Simon Gallup... By far.

I made fun of those Cure kids so much back then but they have the last laugh. The Cure is awesome and Simon Gallup rules.

**edit**

Tommy Stinson too. The Replacements were rad.