MEGA THREAD:: Favorite/Best Punk Bassist

[trunkshope6]

And of The Falcon. Can't forget his other band!

Jason Sinclaire, formerly of Belvedere, should be mentioned as well. The guy kills.

Jesus Christ thank you,finally someone has mentioned the late great Belvedere,no one knows em and theyre great.
Jasons voice is awesome as well.

Todd from Propagandhi is pretty good, sings too and never screws up

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

I've always liked Hunter from AFI's style too (wasn't too fond of thier first bassist). Matt Freeman's OP:IVY days still inspire me till this day. Lotsa good punk bassists out there!

Hunter on most of the songs on The Art of Drowning are awesome, only thing i dont like is that his sound gets totally lost in the mix (way they recorded it) . (ie listen to Sacrafice Theory, amazing song, the bass should be cutting more tho!)

And yeah, Matt freemans playig in Op Ivy is sweet, much better lines than most of his rancid work.

 

[sparktone]

John Doe of X

Helluva a singer and songwriter, too.

 

[CEOofEVIL]

Hunter on most of the songs on The Art of Drowning are awesome, only thing i dont like is that his sound gets totally lost in the mix (way they recorded it) . (ie listen to Sacrafice Theory, amazing song, the bass should be cutting more tho!)

And yeah, Matt freemans playig in Op Ivy is sweet, much better lines than most of his rancid work.

I totally agree with You man. He's got a great tone (maybe a *little* too scooped) but it sounds a little lost in that mix. Anyway though, I love his lines. My fav albums are definately Black Sails in the Sunset and the Art of Drowning. Pure energy and emotion in those albums, which Hunter is largly responsible for.

I *really* thought I was the only one who liked Freemans playing in Op:Ivy better than his rancid stuff. That is not to say its bad, its just... I don't know. Rock on!

As for some others, Garth from Strike Anywhere is rockin'. I don't remember who played bass for Inquisition (Not the metal, Inquisition, but the punk rock one from Richmond VA, Former band of thomas barnett) but He totally inspired me too. Also whomever mentioned Todd from propaghandi, Hells yeah!

 

[hoosierdad]

Dee Dee Ramone was an AWESOME bass player. Go get a DVD of the early 80's live Ramones - and you will see the hardest working bass player in show business. I was fortunate to see the Ramones three times (early 80's) in Chicago - at the Aragon Ball Room - I planted myself in front of Dee Dee and never looked back. I was changed forever.

 

[sarcastro83]

Forgot to add Clint Conley from Mission of Burma...
Now THEY were a sweet band.

 

[trunkshope6]

Ryoce Nunley of The Suicide Machines is one of my favorites, and Roger from Less Than Jake is pretty good for singin and playin ska

 

[CEOofEVIL]

Hell yeah trunk! Roger from LTJ is one of my biggest influences. I never knew the name of the guy from the suicide machines, but He most definately tore it up.

 

[trunkshope6]

Steve Youth from 7 Seconds has some tasty lines for sure
Arthur from Gorilla biscuits is also good,really fit in the band well,had some really nice fills.Jesse from lagwagon,in my opinion is one of the most creative bassist in punk,and plays with finger too.And Chris Paszik from Streetlight Manifesto,although not that punk (a litte bit more ska punk i guess you can say) is crazy with the bass,im suprised he gets no metion here on the forums, his technicality is really great,and adds a lot of jazz lines too.

 

[savinggrace]

For mentioning Arthur from GB you get mad props (and Steve Youth from 7 Seconds!)

 

[savinggrace]

Kelly Halliburton of Murder Disco X, Warcry, Definace, Axiom, etc.

 

[Mr. Black]

Joe Raposo - Rich Kids on LSD....

The best hardcore bassist to my ears.... I know Bomber (R.I.P...) recorded the "RnR nightmare" stuff but from the live stuff I've seen he does that and then some.....

Check out "Still flailiing after all these beers....". You'll see what I mean.... Too bad we'll never never see these cats live... I spent many a sweltering South Texas afternoon skating the local ditch and blasting these dudes.....

Good times....

 

[Sneckumhaw]

Matlock was pretty fantastic in a McCartney kind of way.

 

[SKATE RAT]

this thread is dumb,here are the reasons i started playing bass 20 years ago.
CHUCK DUKOWSKI - BLACK FLAG
STEVE YOUTH - 7SECONDS
BRIAN BAKER - MINOR THREAT
MIKE DEAN - CORROSION OF COMFORMITY
JERRY ONLY - MISFITS
MIKE WATT - MINUTEMEN
GREG NORTON - HUSKER DU
IAN "LEMMY" KILMEISTER - MOTORHEAD
DARYLL JENIFER - BAD BRAINS
CHRIS GATES - BIG BOYS
FUGU -GUAZE (from Japan...awesome)
CAPTAIN SENSIBLE - THE DAMNED (he played bass early on)
BUXF PARROT - THE DICKS
PAUL LEARY - BUTTHOLE SURFERS
BRUCE FOXTON - THE JAM
TONY LOMBARDO -DESCENDENTS
KLAUSE FLORIDE - DEAD KENNEDYS
JOHN DOE - X
TOMMY STINSON - THE REPLACEMENTS
AND OF COURSE DEE DEE RAMONE (DOUGLAS COLVIN)HE INVENTED ELECTRICITY !
i think the best newer punk bass player is Tony Erba from 9SHOCKS TERROR

 

[sensible68]

^^ some good stuff there

Steve Hanley - The Fall
Vince Segs - The Ruts
Ali McMordie - stiff little fingers
Paul Slack - UK Subs

 

[SKATE RAT]

Kelly Halliburton of Murder Disco X, Warcry, Definace, Axiom, etc.

don't forget DETESTATION and SEVERED HEAD OF STATE.Kelly rules.

 

[savinggrace]

True. Somehow I seemed to not list the bigger bands that Kelly was/ is in.

The RKL mention gets props as well.

Tony Erba from 9 SHOCKS TERROR is a current bassist that I agree with. There is also a really good bassist in this Japanese blast beat band, Assault, whom I saw them live a few years ago. The bassist was all over the fretboard.

Skaterat- you would probably know who I am talking about...

 

[sunbeast]

I forget the guy's name- but the original bass player of Anti-Flag, who moved on to be in Human Investment with someone from Aus Rotten. That guy had an extremely tight picking technique and some great lines too. Probably mentioned already, but one of my earliest influences was the bassist of the Subhumans/Citizen Fish- truly great fingerstyle player!

Karl

 

[SKATE RAT]

True. Somehow I seemed to not list the bigger bands that Kelly was/ is in.

The RKL mention gets props as well.

Tony Erba from 9 SHOCKS TERROR is a current bassist that I agree with. There is also a really good bassist in this Japanese blast beat band, Assault, whom I saw them live a few years ago. The bassist was all over the fretboard.

Skaterat- you would probably know who I am talking about...

i played with them.

 

[JanusZarate]

My personal favorites are Klaus Fluoride and Matt Freeman. Coincidentally, both have their roots in the San Francisco Bay Area, my home territory.

But seriously, though - they're both awesome players with tones that stand out in the mix. Punk wouldn't be the same without the Dead Kennedys (on the aggressive political end of punk) or Operation Ivy / Rancid (the skater end of punk).