MEGA THREAD:: Favorite/Best Punk Bassist

[Seth Watters]

yeah, i like rancid too, all you gotta hear is maxwell murders, that song did it for me!
Charlie

The solo from "Axiom" is better. You should check it out.

 

[doublenickles13]

WATT!!

 

[ojthesimpson]

Mike Dirnt Green Day

 

[ImANerdyPunk]

Matt Freeman of Rancid, Hunter of AFI, and Ryan Rude of Working Class Jack.

Oh, and Matt Wong of Reel Big Fish if Ska/punk counts.

 

[zazz]

i cant believe this thread could be this long without a mention of the BUZZCOCKS!...where is diggle?? come on guys get it together.

Listen to "I Believe" for great poppy punk bass!

 

[John Deppel]

For me, the best punk bassists are:

Hunter - AFI
Randy Bradbury - Pennywise
Jay Bentley - Bad Religion
Mike Herrera - MxPx, Arthur, Cootees
Steve Zing - Son Of Sam
Chris #2 - Anti-Flag
Krist Noveselic - Nirvana (they were punk, NOT grunge)
Glenn Matlock - Sex Pistols

 

[sputnik 5]

Mike Watt and the guy from Catch 22

 

[zazz]

erm...i think that we should stick to british bands 77 to 79 when we refer to the term "Punk" ...its not just thrashing with attitude ...its also a special moment in place and time which can never be recreated. Prehaps derivitive movements could now be refered to as "Post Punk".

 

[SuperSluggard]

Al Pike.
And the guy from the Circle Jerks.

 

[zazz]

well lets talk about the Stooges....what about the Velvets ...they all showed the way......youre grabbing at straws...of course there was other stuff going on...but Punk as such happened somewhere else.

 

[SuperSluggard]

who cares

 

[zazz]

spoken like a true punk

 

[rockrollain]

I like DEE DEE and NO ONE even mentioned Klaus Flouride of the DEAD KENNEDYS the greatest punk band ever!!!!!

 

[The Golden Boy]

erm...i think that we should stick to british bands 77 to 79 when we refer to the term "Punk" ...its not just thrashing with attitude ...its also a special moment in place and time which can never be recreated. Prehaps derivitive movements could now be refered to as "Post Punk".

Punk is what you want it to be. The pop-punk of today isn't really "punk" to me, but it fills the same role Minor Threat, The Circle Jerks and the Dead Kennedys did when I was a kid. If "punk" is just the British scene of 77-79 does that preclude the Ramones or the Germs, or even the Stooges for that matter? Or are they Pre-Post-Punk?

Sub-genre classification is so boring

 

[The Golden Boy]

And the guy from the Circle Jerks.

Both Roger Rogerson and Zander Schloss were/are great bass players. (I don't know if Roger's still playing, but I just saw the Jerks a few months ago and Zander's with 'em.)

 

[rockrollain]

Punk is what you want it to be. The pop-punk of today isn't really "punk" to me, but it fills the same role Minor Threat, The Circle Jerks and the Dead Kennedys did when I was a kid. If "punk" is just the British scene of 77-79 does that preclude the Ramones or the Germs, or even the Stooges for that matter? Or are they Pre-Post-Punk?

Sub-genre classification is so boring

Ouch your hurting my head!!!!!! Germs rule!! so bad theyre good!

 

[The Golden Boy]

Ouch your hurting my head!!!!!! Germs rule!! so bad theyre good!

The best part about Lorna was that even though she flubbed through a lot of that, you knew what she was attempting to play. "Let's Pretend" is a killer bass line, "Richie Dagger..." "Land of Treason" (ever hear Die Kreuzen's cover of that?) Yahhh!

 

[zazz]

i think in hindsite that it would only be fair to refer to the Stooges ect as pre punk! I love to pigeonhole

 

[Rakshasa]

I probably already posted earlier here, but I can't find my post, so I might as well post again.


Richard Hell, that guy...was the coolest guy..

Not only was he the coolest damn person in all of wherever,
But some of his basslines were actually skillfull.

that, and that he is the man who did or didn't invent punk.

 

[Coward Of Reali]

Yes someone that actually knows who Richard Hell is.
He's one of my favorite bass players and my personal idol.
I wish someone would tab out his songs (Hint hint...)