Post-punk bassists

[Raman]

So many great tracks in this thread! Thanks all!

 

[Dabndug]

No mention of Sting yet? Outlandos d'Amour was a complete eye-opener for me.

 

[Raman]

No mention of Sting yet? Outlandos d'Amour was a complete eye-opener for me.

Yeah, I thought about him since the beginning of this thread. But is he post-punk though? He's like a category of its own...

 

[frankgacy]

Has Andy Rourke been mentioned yet?

 

[brianrost]

Maybe I'm too much of a punk for understanding the difference between punk and post punk?

The difference is that post punk isn't punk but came after punk. So that means artists like Beyonce, Garth Brooks, Andrea Bocelli, Psy, Kanye West, William Hung, Skrillex and Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

 

[vvvmmm]

Yeah, man, I remember stage-diving at Garth Brooks, and Bocelli's mosh pit is rad.

 

[350125g0]

Has Andy Rourke been mentioned yet?

Johnny Marr is great, but Andy Rourke is the real reason why I like The Smiths.

 

[Kaa]

Yes, David J (Bauhaus)

Welp, we found Neil Fallon's doppleganger. (from Clutch)

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Tina Weymouth and Sting would be the standouts for me.

 

[pil101]

Don't forget Steve Hanley with the Fall.

Criminally underrated…

 

[The Owl]

Barry Adamson with Magazine

 

[shojii]

David Wood (R.I.P) of the Straitjacket Fits....so beautifully fluid. He was one of my heroes, a true genius and a real influence on my playing. I only wish I could have told him. Anyways, if you haven't heard his playing, listen to these 2 tracks with good speakers/headphones.

 

[Robot.G]

Interpol? I thought this was interesting...

 

[bolophonic]

I just heard New Model Army for the first time in 35 years. Their first album seems to fit the bill for this thread.

 

[Graham66]

The way I see it, post-punk is the music made by people who became bored with punk's limitations and wanted to try other ideas. Prime examples are Magazine (apparently Howard Devoto had already had enough of punk by early '77, and so left the Buzzcocks), Siouxsie and the Banshees (who started off playing punk but left it behind before they even made a record) and PiL. Simon Reynolds' book 'Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984' is well worth a read. Its title sums up what was going on - these bands were throwing away the rules and reinventing what could be done with a rock line-up. Meanwhile, my picks: Steve Hanley, Jah Wobble, Peter Hook.

 

[vvvmmm]

I didn't see Mission of Burma mentioned, or Conley's other band, Consonant.

Also, Interpol.

 

[vvvmmm]

Savages, too.

 

[Michedelic]

Savages, too.

They certainly fell off the radar, I hope they reconvene; but I would call them neo-post punk.

 

[ERIC31]

Mik Sweeney from Classix Nouveaux! Very overlooked and underrated bassist! Fretless monster (on basses he built himself!) on those records and live!

 

[ERIC31]

Johnny Marr is great, but Andy Rourke is the real reason why I like The Smiths.

Absolutely true!!

check this Smiths live 1984 show with Andy clear and up in the mix! So damn good!!