Hi there TB followers, I'm an Italian bassist (wannabe) who likes playing guitar and singing too. I recently started a band as a singer/rhythm guitar player but I didn't feel that confident in playing overdriven guitar with my low pitch voice (hopefully deep one). I started out as a pop punk bassist/back vocalist and I would like to know if you could suggest me any bassist/singer with a deep voice, I mean a voice like Mike Ness' (Social Distortion) but who also plays bass, I don't care about musical genres! P.S: Pardon my English skills!
Peter Steele of Type O Negative. Sadly, Peter is dead, but he had a great, very deep voice. Check him out.
One of the best singers ever was the late James Dewar from Robin Trower. Not always deep, but he had that underlying depth and gravel. Robin Trower - A Little Bit Of Sympathy Not a bass player, but Victor Brox (he was Caiaphas in the Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack) has a deeper voice. I'd Rather Go Blind - Victor Brox - YouTube
No, John Cale and Doug Yule played bass in the Velvet Underground and neither had a particularly deep voice, though Cale's voice was rather monotone sounding, in a cool way.
+1 on James Dewar too- one of the greatest , most soulful, most underrated blues-rock singers of all time in my book.
Also not a bass player, but Dave Gahan from Depeche Mode rocked a baritone, and actually got more melodic with his singing as the group went on. Songs that have what I'm talking about: Rush, I Feel You, World in my Eyes, It's No Good
Peter Steele obviously the go-to for deep voiced bass player...however, if you want to hear power, emotion, tone and melody at near infrasonic levels, you should really listen to Mark Lanegan. Not a bass player but needs to be heard. Seriously.