I'll go ahead and give Clint Cooley of Mission of Burma a shout. I would be thinking Paul Simonon of the Clash and Adam Clayton of U2, but that would be my typical answer.
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Most Underrated Bassists
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Mike Mesaros, original bassist for the Smithereens. Listen to "Blood and Roses", "Behind The Wall Of Sleep" or "Blues Before and After" to get a good sense of what he was about.
Shawn Economaki of Stone Sour. Don't know why, but there's just something about his style that I dig. Maybe it's the beard.
Mike Dirnt. I know a lot of people put down Green Day, but I like how Mike plays.
Steve Kmak, original bassist for Disturbed. Love the syncopated stuff he did with Mike Wengren on the "Believe" album. "Liberate" is one of my favorite songs.
Rob Grange. If you can listen to "Stranglehold" and not like this guy, you need some kind of musical intervention.
Shawn Economaki of Stone Sour. Don't know why, but there's just something about his style that I dig. Maybe it's the beard.
Mike Dirnt. I know a lot of people put down Green Day, but I like how Mike plays.
Steve Kmak, original bassist for Disturbed. Love the syncopated stuff he did with Mike Wengren on the "Believe" album. "Liberate" is one of my favorite songs.
Rob Grange. If you can listen to "Stranglehold" and not like this guy, you need some kind of musical intervention.
John Taylor of Duran Duran.
Over his career, he has gained more notoriety for his good looks than for his bass playing. If you disagree, try playing "Girls on Film" from their debut album "Duran Duran" or the song "Rio" from the "Rio" album.
Trust me, you will see that its a handful.
Over his career, he has gained more notoriety for his good looks than for his bass playing. If you disagree, try playing "Girls on Film" from their debut album "Duran Duran" or the song "Rio" from the "Rio" album.
Trust me, you will see that its a handful.
+1 to both. I am a big fan of the Tubes. For some great Rick Anderson, listen to the "The Completion Backward Principle" for very cool and funky bass playing. For Ross Valloy, check out the early pre-Steve Perry stuff like "Look Into The Future".
+1 - Dennis Dunaway's stuff is fantastic.
Paul S. Denman who plays with Sade
John Deacon with Queen
Jon Evans - plays with Tori Amos. The guy has some of the most inventive lines I've heard in a long time.
I'd have to say Tim Commerford of Rage Against The Machine, Chris Wolstenholme of Muse, and MAYBE just MAYBE John Entwistle of The Who.
Rick Danko-the bandFelix Pappalardi- mountain
Dee Murray- elton john
Peter Cetera- chicago transit authority
these guys ( 3 are now dead) kicked ass in their day
Ray Shulman - Gentle Giant
Kenny Gradney - Little Feat
Roy Estrada - Zappa / Little Feat
Tom Fowler - Zappa
Kenny Gradney - Little Feat
Roy Estrada - Zappa / Little Feat
Tom Fowler - Zappa
+1 Phil Collins and Percy Jones are one of the best bass/drum matches in music history, IMO. Wish there was some video from their old shows.
I really wish that Kmak was still is disturbed, maybe they would have released more albums that didn't sound the same if he had stayed.
I'd have to say Graham Simpson, who was the original bassist for Roxy Music and played on their first album. Just listen to "2H.B."; it's simply outstanding.
Kind of makes me wonder who else is out there making incredible music that nearly no one will ever hear or appreciate.
Kind of makes me wonder who else is out there making incredible music that nearly no one will ever hear or appreciate.
Since "Nite Klub" just popped up in my car, I nominate Horace Panter of The Specials. Solid stuff!
