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MEGA THREAD:: Favorite/Best Punk Bassist

#41
punk as a genre is such a varied and grey area...royce nunley from suicide machines is great, but i'd consider him more of a ska bassist. it looks like alot of you equate speed with being good, which is okay, but i like tasteful and inventive lines more myself.
joe lally from fugazi and daryl jenifer from bad brains are my two favorites. such feel and intensity. paul simonon from the clash gets my oldschool vote, and mike watt is right up there.nick pie from shotmaker played some very cool lines.
and lets not forget rob wright from nomeansno, he's amazing live!

hey bruknow, do you play in a band in vancouver?what part of vancouver are you from?
 
#43
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SHM BASS BOY:
I think Matt Freeman from Rancid rocks. The solo on Maxwell Murder floored me the first time I heard it. In response to what some of you have said about Flea he is an awsome bassist but Chili Peppers are funk not punk. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Matt Freeman is a bad a$$! the beginning of sidekick of the "lets go" album is so swift and cool im just like "WABAM!!!!" He is the #$%^ man! so is fat mike from NOFX. i personally think its a tie between those two.
 
#44
I'd have to say Mike Watt. After a show, my girlfriend went up to buy a T-shirt from Mike, which cost $12. She came back to me for money; she only had $10. I gave her a pocketful of change, in which there were a couple of guitar picks. He told her he'd be happy to take the $10 and the picks, but she could keep the change. Now that's punk rock!
 
#46
ALL you punk rockers ( no offense in anyway, just my 2 cents, I like alot of punk, i.e Homegrown, MXPX, Pennywise). Food for thought, just because the bass line is " complicated", or sounds complicated, doesnt mean the bassist is good. Any one can meander around an Emajor scale. A bassist needs more than complexity, complexity doesnt make the song, which is very obvious in punk music.
 
#47
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SpectorBag:
ALL you punk rockers, food for thought, just because the bass line is " complicated", or sounds complicated, doesnt mean the bassist is good. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I know the topic here is punk, but I think you could (and should) apply the above statement to any style of music.
 
#48
it seems to me that some of you seem to forget what punk rock is, easily, the best punk rock bassist of all time is mike watt, listen to the minutemen, thats punk, not the dump music you hear on the radio, also darryl jenifer from the bad brains is quite impressive, black dots rules, also the meat puppets have some pretty sweet stuff to listen to
 
#49
I think that alot of punk music has received a bad rap because people seem to be centered on this new wave of "pop" punk. I myself will listen to anything from Beethoven to Flim & the BB's to bands like Fugazi with my favorite being anything with Tony Levin. As long as the music has some kind of integrity I'll pretty much give it a listen. My point is that I think that some people have discounted players like Karl Alvarez (ALL/Descendants), Joe Lally (Fugazi), Norwood (Fishbone), and Mike Watt to name a few. I'm not trying to be preechy here but just want to get a feel for what anyone else thinks.

Mmmmmmmm.....Bass
 
#50
I agree:
first Punk got bad rep by the "I don´t care" type of playing.
then all this POP PUNK (Blink, offspring, et all)

I think Eric from Sublime, Mike from Green day (ok, he might be a POP PUNK but who cares) and Matt Freeman from Rancid/operation Ivy; these are pretty neat too.

mmmm....like....Bass
 
#51
right on!
I agree completely with your assessment of modern punk bassists, but you missed one:
Fat Mike from NOFX
As far as Matt Freeman, what can I say?
HAIL TO THE CHIEF!
As far as pop punk goes, I feel that this evil is being misinterpreted here...
modern day POP evolved from 70's & 80's punk and metal, so it's not pop punk, it's pure pop.
 
#52
Sid is the flat out best Punk bassist, all attitude, technique is for sissies, blahblahblah. If you expand punk attitude out as a thought thing and not fashion, you should be the best bassist, f*ck everyone else. Best surviving props have to go to Joe Lally(fugazi) or flea. Lally wins for political commitment and distribution, flea for fun and preaching. Of course, I am the best true punk, everyone else is wank! Too bad it is dead...
 
#57
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by the Qintar:
for good punk bass listening, definetly check out the minutemen, husker du, the bad brains, the meat puppets, descendents, thats the top of the line righ there
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

There seem to be some differeing opinions about what punk is and the bands above are closer to what I consider punk. Although I agree with Thumpah f*ck 'em all punk attitude that defines the genre.
and yes it's very very dead.

There's a difference between Exploited-type punk and the smart stuff of Husker Du and The Clash (both of which I love). real punk is an expression without much regard for musicality
Blink 182? Green Day? Sissy boys NOT punk rockers. James Taylor is more of punk rocker than those sell outs
 
#58
i totally agree, that dude in the last post is definetly right, people lost idea of what punk was all about some time ago, so much stuff on the radio nowadays is being called punk, which is so off, that kind of mainstream stuff definetly isnt punk, the real, first punk bands sounded nothing like this new stuff. mike watt, bassist for the minutemen, stated that punk rock is about being wild in the mind and not such conformist lazy thinking. its more of a state of thinking then a music style or pose, its not about playing fast and wearing green hair, its more than that, that puts it into perspective for me.

 

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