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Great Modern Day Bassists (BESIDES FLEA)
- Thread starter Jewbass
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I like the bassists you guys mentioned, but modern bassists? well i can say Colin Greenwood(Radiohead), justin meldal-johnsen(beck and others) and chris wolstenholme(muse)
I think Colin Edwin is definitely better rooted in theory than Flea, is a great DB player, and plays for the song. When I think of tasteful, fretless music, he is the first guy that come to mind. I like Flea though. I think it is considered Chic to dislike him, personally.
Of course, I'm a fanboi.
Of course, I'm a fanboi.
+1 on Steve Digiorgio, Richard Bona, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke and Colin Edwin
BUT "who's better than who" is completely subjective when your talking about bassists of this caliber.
And am I the only person that thought of Les Claypool and TM Stevens??
BUT "who's better than who" is completely subjective when your talking about bassists of this caliber.
And am I the only person that thought of Les Claypool and TM Stevens??
And oh yeah Robert Trujillo from Metallica used to slap the hell out of some bass with Infectious Grooves!! I guess Ozzy broke him of that
Chris Wolstenholme of Muse, maybe not the tehcincal skill of some of the guys mentioned here but the guy knows how to play in a band, he drives their songs, be it with prominent riffs like Hysteria, or simple root note chugging, being good isn't just about how fast you can double thumb
/waits for inevitable flaming
/waits for inevitable flaming
Tye Zamora of AAF
Yes, I wrote AAF off as a kid, but listening back and they have some AMAZING bass lines
QFT
Ryan Stasik of Umphrey's McGee.
James Griffith of Lake Trout...(Love his fuzzy tone and excellent voice leading in the bass.)
Mic Todd of Coheed and Cambria is one **** of a bassist, and I'm always shilling for Ryan Martinie of Mudvayne.
But my pick for favorite "modern" bassists has got to be Sean Malone, for his Gordian Knot stuff and Cortlandt. Cynic I like, but the other two blow Cynic away.
But my pick for favorite "modern" bassists has got to be Sean Malone, for his Gordian Knot stuff and Cortlandt. Cynic I like, but the other two blow Cynic away.
Outside the obvious Wooten, Bailey, Miller etc, while they mightn't be everyones cup of tea, Alex Webster from Cannibal Corpse is a great player. Stuart Zender is worth an honorable mention too. Also I really dig, while hardly "modern", Andy Rourke from the Smiths.
