Great Modern Day Bassists (BESIDES FLEA)

[Jewbass]

Ok, cmon guys. Everyone always talks about Flea these days, and about how freakin great he is. I've heard enough about Flea, there are plenty of Bassists playing in bands today who could out-play Flea in a heartbeat. So post up great modern bassists (any one who is playing in the band in which their great in now, or at least past 2000) for me!

I'll start:

Colin Moulding- XTC

 

[In Absentia]

Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree.

 

[pedro]

(pulls up chair, grabs popcorn, opens cold drink and settles in)

 

[CaptainWampum]

Doug McCombs of Tortoise.

 

[chaunceytoben]

Im not a Flea fan-boy or anything, but you guys really think these guys could out-play Flea??

 

[Jewbass]

Im not a Flea fan-boy or anything, but you guys really think these guys could out-play Flea??

colin moulding could (not slap btw)

 

[MatticusMania]

Eric Avery from early 90s Janes Addiction is who got me into playing the bass. And as far as I know, he's going back on tour again!

 

[CapnSev]

XTC is new and modern?

 

[Jewbass]

they started in 76' ended in 05' so yeah i mean there not playing now, but consider in newer music

 

[CrankenStein]

Matt Freeman- Rancid

 

[The Last Rebel]

Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.

 

[tsoaf0_o]

Victor Wooten,
John Myung,
Stanley Clarke,
many more.

 

[onlyclave]

Otiel Burbridge.

/thread

 

[pedro]

Ah some names I recognize.

 

[Mikio]

everybody talks about Flea? wth xD I don't even like him.

 

[Cinimod]

Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.

+1 on that!

 

[babebambi]

out-play Flea, no...
just as good, maybe, Zender, Dirk Lance...

why do you concern about who "out-play" who anyways...
this is music, not MMA ...

 

[pedro]

Great Modern Day Bassists (BESIDES FLEA)

Christian McBride
Richard Bona
Michael Manring
Renaud Garcia Fons
Edgar Meyer

 

[PlAyUrLiFe]

Tim Lefebvre
Janek Gwizdala
Hadrien Feraud

 

[J. Crawford]

Victor Wooten
Hadrien Feraud
Marcus Miller
Janek Gwizdala
Justin Meldel Johnson
Pino Palladino
Ben Kenney

All except Ben could outplay Flea, IMO.