MEGA THREAD:: Favorite/Best Punk Bassist

[Mr. Brett]

Tumor who was in Snot before Lynn died.

He was awsome.

 

[nemo137]

glen matlock

very much better than sid

 

[scarecrow74]

jason thirsk of pennywise, before he died. r.i.p. jason. i think i'll go play bro hymn now

 

[nickis thebest]

C'mon! Matt Freeman! nobody else in punk can even touch the kinda stuff he turns out

 

[cole]

well, I don't listen to punk, but I'd have to say Paul Simonon of the Clash.

 

[dancehallclasher]

paul s., matt f., and of course mike watt

 

[gruffpuppy]

Mike Watt, Matt Freeman, and I think the guy from Devo had some great lines.

 

[bleachstained]

Id have to say either-
Mike Herrera-MXPX
or
New Found Glory's bassist

 

[Ulyanov]

Paul Simonon of the Clash has been mentioned, I'll agree to that. I know I'm going to get some opposition on this one, but I like Adam Clayton of U2. U2 was really punkish, back before they got big, and I liked Adam Clayton's stuff.

 

[scheissmacht]

Originally posted by nickis thebest
C'mon! Matt Freeman! nobody else in punk can even touch the kinda stuff he turns out

ai-yi-yi
the solo in Maxwell Murder

 

[Erlendur Már]

My vote goes to Matt Freeman.

 

[ashton]

hi
mxpx are cool
rancid are well...rancid
sex pistols, sid rocked
but the newest is Greenday.
listen to Mike Drint on the new songs and hear the bass he bashes out. if thats not punk enough try their old stuff, way back in the dookie and kerplunk and even 1039 SOSH days.
later
Lukas

 

[agyeman]

Originally posted by ashton
hi
mxpx are cool
rancid are well...rancid
sex pistols, sid rocked
but the newest is Greenday.
listen to Mike Drint on the new songs and hear the bass he bashes out. if thats not punk enough try their old stuff, way back in the dookie and kerplunk and even 1039 SOSH days.
later
Lukas

Sid couldn't even play. All the studio stuff was stuff glen matlot left recorded, or the guitarist would do the bass. I got this live dvd of the sex pistals in the states, and they turned his amp off cause he was just plain ****.

 

[fleabass89]

c'mon! What about Hunter from AFI?! He ROCKS!

Also, matt freeman is awesome and the guy from green day is real good too.

 

[Reid]

fat mike

 

[Dave Siff]

Mike Watt, Karl Alvarez and Matt Freeman for sure. But another great "pop-punk" bassist was Bob Thompson from Big Drill Car.. he had as big an influence on my playing as anyone.

 

[bobaweeka]

I second Mike Dirnt. I liked his older basslines better, though. Greg K from the Offspring has some pretty cool lines, too, even though the Offspring are just borderline punk.

 

[Freaky Fender]

DEE DEE RAMONE! Hands down! he's the bassist in the band The ramones who started the punk sound! he got famous for pumpin out roots 7th and 9ths! also that guy from green day is good

 

[Mikey96]

1. Matt Freeman

2. Mike Dirnt

3. Fat Mike

 

[Nomadic Herder]

Matt Freeman

and myself. I have to have confidence about SOMETHING ya know.