Favourite Prog Bassist?

[N4860]

Progressive music often features some amazing and underrated musicians. Who are some of your favourite prog bassists? Looking for more of the underrated guys that you don't often hear about (everyone knows Geddy & Chris Squire). A few of the guys that I love listening to that I never hear about on talkbass include Jonas Reingold (Flower Kings), Pete Trewavas (Marillion), Kristoffer Gildenlow (Pain of Salvation), Dave Meros (Spocks Beard). Lots of great more modern players as well. Let's hear your choices!

 

[kesslari]

Percy Jones.

 

[biguglyman]

Colin Edwin - Porcupine Tree

 

[bholder]

Tony Levin.

 

[N4860]

Colin Edwin - Porcupine Tree

Tony Levin.

Reminds me to add Nick Beggs. Great bassist playing with Steven Wilson and also playing the stick for a bunch of tunes, much like Levin.

 

[biguglyman]

Simon Fitzpatrick

Currently touring with Carl Palmer on the ELP Legacy tour. Outstanding on the sixer and Chapman stick.

 

[Lee Moses]

I'll go with Ray Schulman (Gentle Giant).

 

[jerry]

Rufus Philpot, Tom Kennedy, Jimmy Johnson, David Larue and everybody who has played on a Planet X album.

 

[deernaes]

OP beat me to it on my two favorites;
Nick Beggs and Pete Trewavas....

 

[maturanesa]

Randy Coven

 

[JDLowEnd]

Arif Mirabdolbaghi of Protest the Hero does some amazing work. He does a great job of throwing in some quality tapping as well.

 

[cnltb]

Steve Swallow is my #1.
Playing an electric bass WITH A PLECTRUM in Jazz when he started to is extremely progressive in my book.
Monk Montgomery would be another one to mention.

 

[Gully Foyle]

Jannick Top!

Holger Czukay!

Trevor Dunn!

Bob Lord!

 

[Charlzm]

No Myung love yet?

 

[socialleper]

Jon Stockman of Karnivool
Mariusz Duda of Riverside

 

[Gully Foyle]

No Myung love yet?

I'd love to hear someone opine on this - I have to say that my experience is as follows - had heard of him, seen him in ads, etc, but not being a metal guy for the most part, had not heard him. A friend eventually dragged me to see DT, and what I really looked forward to was seeing what was up with Myung. And then I just wondered, could not hear him, and it seemed he was mostly not doing much of interest. The compositions perhaps are not bass-forward or reliant, but I was boggled. Then i tried some albums, and was likewise boggled. Seems a totally serviceable bassist, and of course billions of times more successful than most, but I still don't see it. Clue me in?

 

[rtav]

Billy Sheehan
John Myung
Geddy Lee
Dave LaRue
Chris Squire
Greg Lake


And check out the Talkbass Official Progressive Rock Bassist Club for more prog bass info!!!

 

[rtav]

I'd love to hear someone opine on this - I have to say that my experience is as follows - had heard of him, seen him in ads, etc, but not being a metal guy for the most part, had not heard him. A friend eventually dragged me to see DT, and what I really looked forward to was seeing what was up with Myung. And then I just wondered, could not hear him, and it seemed he was mostly not doing much of interest. The compositions perhaps are not bass-forward or reliant, but I was boggled. Then i tried some albums, and was likewise boggled. Seems a totally serviceable bassist, and of course billions of times more successful than most, but I still don't see it. Clue me in?

Myung has, historically, been buried in the DT mix - many think it’s due to Portnoy (and Petrucci) mixes, but who knows.

I play a lot of Myung stuff and he is stellar, incredibly clean and fast.

Just an amazing player.

 

[Nick Danger]

dUg Pinnick

 

[nilorius]

Gary Willis (Tribal tech)