MEGA THREAD:: Favorite/Best Punk Bassist

[Toasted]

I (L) Hoppus. He makes me warm and squishy inside (matron!). I wish I was more like him.

 

[RRuud]

I would consider Jean Jacques Burnel of The Stranglers the best punk bassist, although their music was not the stereotypical punksound of that time..

 

[PinkTelephone]

not really punk, more on the hardcore/metalcore side but the bassest from between the buried and me is reeally good.

on the punk side, you have to at least mention matt freeman, i think roger from less than jake, hunter from afi, and fat mike from nofx all have there great and classic punk recordings. I'm sure i'm leaving someone i wanted to mention out to.

O the suicidal tendencies bassist.



and wrong forums.

 

[Cerb]

Basslines are not to be referred to as bass tabs.


P.S. Never again post while drunk/smoking crack.

 

[xparis001]

David Wm. Sims - Jesus Lizard, Rapeman, Scratch Acid
Stuart Morrow - New Model Army
+1 for Klaus
+1 for Mike Watt
Matt Freeman - Operation Ivy / Rancid

(short list)

 

[dead_kennedy101]

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU ALL!

None of the bassists mentioned are remotely punk! Mark Hoppus, jesus christ!

Blink 182 are laughed at by fans of Fall Out Boy!

 

[Misanthropic]

Have you ever heard of sarcasm?

 

[dead_kennedy101]

sorry, mike watt, absolutely, great bassist

 

[dead_kennedy101]

Sarcasm is hard on the internet!

 

[Misanthropic]

Yeah

BUt when hoppus is mentioned in a bass forum it's nearly alwasy included.

 

[dead_kennedy101]

I'm just used to shouting at so many blink fans, our school has no taste in music.

Klaus Flouride rules and so does Jello, even though he isn't a bassist.

 

[FORWARD]

Joe Lally from fugazi needs to be mentioned too.

 

[xparis001]

go listen to the first new model army album and get schooled.

 

[xparis001]

Joe Lally from fugazi needs to be mentioned too.

+1000

cant believe i forgot to mention Joe...

 

[dead_kennedy101]

No punk band comes close to Dead Kennedys though

 

[xparis001]

eh. ok.

 

[MMcC]

I really like Dead Kennedys, but Klaus doesn't do too much for me as a bassist. I really like Karl Alvarez from Descendents, as far as punk goes. Matt Freeman was my first and biggest influence though.

 

[crkempton]

punk is dead

 

[ebladeboi123]

Paul Simmone from the clash is still my favorite. How punk is messing up 3 times in a song and just not careing enough to change it (I believe that the song I'm talking about is brand new cadialac)? Also, for the first few albums, he didn't even play the bass parts or make them up. Mick Jones made them/played them on the cd's. But he got better. Actually, as I recall he hadn't even picked up a bass until the band had asked him to. But again- he good, and towards the end of his career he was making some sweet lines.

Dan

 

[Marcus]

I... don't understand this thread.