MEGA THREAD:: Favorite/Best Punk Bassist

[nickis thebest]

i like the bassist from Flashlight and the bassist from Craigs Brother

oh yeah and the guy from operation ivy (matt Freewood or something like that?)

 

[Snafu]

My favorite bassists period,which happen to be punk and ska anyway are.FatMike from Nofx,Roger from Less Than Jake,#2 from Anti-flag,Mike Herrera from mxpx,Mike Dirnt from Greenday and matt from reel big fish,all these guys can lay down great lines and also kick ass all the way up and down the neck.

 

[bb_boy68]

There's this guy in this local punk band, MSB24, he's great and so are his lines. They're big only in CT, but look out

 

[DanNowhere]

Watt's mine. Did anyone mention Rob Wright of Nomeansno? Also Lemmy, I think he has enough punk cred to be mentioned here.

 

[Ad Nauseam]

Johnny Cash.

Well, he doesn't play Punk or Bass but I was just trying to keep with the ignorance of this thread.

On a serious note, I'd have to say Joe Lally from Fugazi and Paul Siminon from The Clash. Honorable mentions to Matt Freeman, Mike Watt, Tod Ashley, Peter Hook, David J. and David Wm. Simms.

I never saw this thread before and I wish I never had... Yikes!

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[GruvSyco]

In no particular order.

Norwood Fisher
Robert Trujillo
Peter Hook

 

[russ_4ft]

I cant believe Bassdude said that about punk bassists. Oh well.

Matt Riddle (no use for a name)
Matt Freeman (Rancid)
The bloke from Anti-Flag

Matt Riddle from No use is amazin and he plays with his fingers (like me!)

Oh yeah,we might be playin with Rancid, No use for a name and new found glory this year!! at deconstruction.

- Russ

 

[feckn_eejit]

fat!

 

[mecha hooch]

it took 6 pages of this crap for someone to actually mention someone who was worth a crap...rob wright awesome bass player...also bob weston from shellac...david wm. simms (the jesus lizard)...paul erickson from hammerhead...mike watt of course...

 

[ChaosGwar]

Originally posted by the Qintar
i cant believe more people havent said mike watt, cmon, where are all the people that listen to the minutemen????

Have you even read this thread? I glance through it and saw at least five people who said Mike Watt.

My favorite punk bassist is Cassey Orr, AKA Beefcake the Mighty of GWAR. Also plays for The Hellions, if they can be considered punk.

Dave Brockie (of the Dave Brockie Experience and GWAR) has some good bass lines too, even though I'm not a fan of DBX.

Mike Dirnt is pretty good. I like his old stuff with Green Day.

Edit: I can't believe I forgot about one of my all time favorite bass payers. Peter Steele of Type O Negative. They have mellowed out a lot, but they are very punk on their first couple of albums.

 

[Hategear]

Hey CG, have you forgotten Mike Bishop?

 

[John K.]

Originally posted by ThumperCI6
I'd have to say Mike Herrera of MxPx is the best. He is not just like today's punk bassists where it is just the 4 chord progression. If you listen closely on the older albums like LET IT HAPPEN, POKINATCHA, or even MXPX LIVE AT THE SHOW. He is always playing some kind of bassline in the back.

1. Mike Herrera
2. Matt Freeman
3. Mike Dirnt

I'd give it to you RANCID fans, Matt is awesome.

I agree. Mike is awesome. My list is the same as yours, but then at 4 I'd put in Ian Grushka(sp?) from New Found Glory.

 

[thebug]

the best punk bass players IMO are Robert Trujillo, Josh Paul (both Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves) and Jesse Bugleone of Lagwagon. Can't belive nobody hase mentioned him, he is an awesome player (far better than for instance Mike Herrara or Fat Mike, I mean Fat mike said it himself!!)

 

[ChaosGwar]

Originally posted by Hategear
Hey CG, have you forgotten Mike Bishop?

Duh.

Smack myself upside the head with a wet dead fish.

 

[clammit l82]

I've changed my mind since my last post. my vote now goes to scott shiflett of face to face. the guy is incredible. i also would mention the guy from saves the day (dunno his name) but he has some cool fills, and one of the few punk bassists (if you'd call them that) u see playing fingerstyle.

 

[JustOpenYourMind]

FAT MIKE ALL THE WAY

just try to play the decline while singing all the way through and you'll know why he's good

 

[Philbiker]

Another shout out for Paul Simonon of the Clash.

 

[Eerik]

Matt Freeman, definately.

 

[Disco_Dave]

If anybody can show me a cooler bass player than Paul Simonon then i'll eat my own cooking. Matt Freeman is the man in terms of playing though.

Dave Macaffrey (Of Frank Black and the Catholics) is pretty damn cool too.

 

[ChronicPyromaniac]

Hey I was checkin' out the LET IT HAPPEN insert, lookin' at Mike Herrera's Stingrays when I realized: Oh my goodness, there's no pick in his hand! He's playing fingerstyle!?

It was one of the highlights of my life. J/K