Overrated Bass Players

[Kromwarp]

I has been a few years since this topic was discussed so I am curious to see if perceptions have changed. Which bass players to think are overrated? Here is my list.

Flea – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tony Kanal – No Doubt
Mike Dirnt – Green Day
Duff McKagan – Guns ‘n’ Roses
Nikki Sixx – Motley Crue
Krist Novoselic – Nirvana
Jason Newstead – Metalica, Ozzy Osbourne
Lemmy Kilmster - Motorhead

I wouldn't agree with Jason, Duff or Lemmy, but the rest are

 

[SactoBass]

I do not think that word means what you think it means

I believe he may have meant "essential"

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

Nikki Sixx?

I've never heard of him being over rated. I usually hear smack talk!


To me, a lot of jazz and funk players are worshipped mostly due to chops it seems...

Or, i'm crazy.

Yes, those zany jazz and funk players, what with their "Chops"...

Much better for a player to have cool makeup or maybe a bass that looks like a Jack Daniels bottle... Now THAT's some bass playin'!

 

[Chrisk-K]

Nikki Sixx composed most of Crue's and songs. He's not overrated.

Cliff Burton is overrated. He didn't compose. He didn't write lyrics. His solo "Pulling Teeth" is laughable at best.

 

[lousybassplayer]

I do not think that word means what you think it means

INCONCEIVABLE!

 

[baileyboy]

Hey, they all make a living at doing what they love, good or bad, and that's more than most can say.

 

[billiam5billion]

Whoops, detrimental is totally the wrong word. Essential.

 

[billiam5billion]

INCONCEIVABLE!

"You seem a decent fellow, I hate to kill you."

"You seem a decent fellow, I hate to die."

 

[peledog]

Overrated or over-popular? Which one is it?

Remember when John Patitucci was the shizzz? He's overrated, IMO. That whole 'GRP' sound was too slick and honey-coated.

What makes one like Flea more than Duff McKagan enough to call one of the bassists overrated?

Would Flea sound good with GnR? Probably not. Would Duff sound good with RCHP? No.

So - ummm....yeah. As you were...

 

[pringlw]

I'd have to put Geddy Lee on this list. The thing about Geddy's playing is...

Oh wait, he's freaking awesome. My bad.

 

[Meddle]

Jamerson overplayed... Jaco had a nasty tone... Cliff is only praised because he died young... Chris Squire uses a pick, Geezer Butler had attrocious tone, John Paul Jones had horrible tone, Stanley Clark overplayed and has nasty tone..... Geddy Lee has a horrible technique....

Anybody want more potentially thread-closing controversy?


Seriously this thread is not going to produce anything productive.

 

[s_mcsleazy]

Jamerson overplayed... Jaco had a nasty tone... Cliff is only praised because he died young... Chris Squire uses a pick, Geezer Butler had attrocious tone, John Paul Jones had horrible tone, Stanley Clark overplayed and has nasty tone..... Geddy Lee has a horrible technique....

Anybody want more potentially thread-closing controversy?


Seriously this thread is not going to produce anything productive.

i agree with everything said here

its like does anyone remeber that thread that went on for over 600 posts because one guy said that small cabs were for puny, weak and stupid people

i think this one is going to be the same

 

[IncX]

i am underpaid! ... wait... i dont get paid at all

what is this thread about again?

 

[s_mcsleazy]

i am underpaid! ... wait... i dont get paid at all

what is this thread about again?

starting arguments

 

[Bassdirty]

It reall depends on who's rating them in the first place...and how they're rating them...compared to other bassists? to other band members?
Is someone saying they're better than they really are?Because that's what over rating means.
Now, maybe you're just saying anybody who is famous (that doesnt have "chops" to meet your standards) sucks.
That's what it sounds like to me.

JMO..?

I do not think that word means what you think it means

LOL

 

[Meddle]

i am underpaid! ... wait... i dont get paid at all

what is this thread about again?

They took our jobs!

 

[BassBob2112]

Nikki Sixx composed most of Crue's and songs. He's not overrated.

Cliff Burton is overrated. He didn't compose. He didn't write lyrics. His solo "Pulling Teeth" is laughable at best.

What? Fuzztone and a wah pedal and the amp set to 11 is laughable???

Oh wait...yeah it pretty much IS.

He was a fine bassist though, but you are correct.

 

[peledog]

Totally underrated:

 

[The Lurker]

I didn't know any of them were rated...I know Flea is highly thought of by a few,however, the rest of that list,I would say their popularity is due to being with the bands they're connected with...Take Lemmy for instance. I never heard of him being a "bass" god as much as a "metal" god(and we all know Lemmy IS god) but, I think its more about the man then his chops..I mean,who's more METAL than Lemmy?.....I think most would say they(the ones on that list) are pretty good or he's their favorite but,I never really heard anyone put them in the same class as Geddy or Jack Bruce or Jaco or Jamerson ect....

Everything I've ever heard, read, or seen about Lemmy suggests that he'd probably laugh at anyone who complains about his bass playing, call them an over-analytical wanker, drain a bottle of Jack at a gulp, and burp with such METAL force that middle-aged accountants and Catholic nuns start headbanging to the noise of it.

 

[peledog]

Everything I've ever heard, read, or seen about Lemmy suggests that he'd probably laugh at anyone who complains about his bass playing, call them an over-analytical wanker, drain a bottle of Jack at a gulp, and burp with such METAL force that middle-aged accountants and Catholic nuns start headbanging to the noise of it.

Brilliant. Well said.