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THE Favo(u)rite Bassist Thread

#243
-Justin Chancellor (TOOL)
-Paul D'Amour (TOOL)
-Paul Gray (SlipKnoT)
-Les Claypool (Primus)
-Shavo Odadjian (System Of A Down)
-Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory)
-Dave Kowatch (Dry Kill Logic)
-Ryknow (MuDvAyNe)
-Chi Cheng (Deftones)
-Arthur Green (Living Sacrifice)
-Marcello D. Rapp (Soulfly)
-Jeremy Marshall (Cold)
-Vince Hornsby (Sevendust)
-Acey Slade (Dope)
-Robbie Merrill (Godsmack)
-Rex Brown (Pantera)
-Fuzz (Disturbed)

and some more but i can't think anymore

:eek: wow thats a lot but hey...i couldn't forgive myself if i left someone out...;)
 
#247
I always loved Levin for his distinctive sound, and his melodic sense. He's great with Gabriel, Crim (Discipline being my fave recording of all time from anyone), and his solo work....plus multiple independent work with others. His work has done the most to inspire me to play again, this time seriously.

Not only is he a superb player but he's versatile.....and he can do it without compromising his work. And whatever he brings to the band he's with is going to be good! He's an all around artist that has done a lot to bring the bass out of the just-part-of-the-rythm-section shadow.

Plus he's a hell of a nice guy....just met him the other night with CGT and Pat Mastelloto. Real down to earth (as much as he can be for '6/something).

ALSO: Mike Watt...the man must have elastic fingers. He was the first to make playing an instrument sound like the funnest thing in the world to me.

Others:
Geddy for obvious reasons, Tina Weymouth, Chris Squire, Habib Faye (w/ Youssou N' Dour's band), whoever it is that plays in Jamiroquai.

I used to like Sting and still do back in his Police days. I can't get into his music much now.
 
#254
Originally posted by BlackRoseRocker
so you reckon flea is crap, yet you put mike dirnt in there? hello? are we talking about the guy from green day??? my gods... please mate, go and listen to some real bass players, not punk-pop wannabes
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Please note title of thread:

Favorite Bass Player.

Not Best, or Fleas Better, or Flea Is Good. Favorite. I happed to like Mike Dirnt, because, among other things, Green Day was my first favorite band (and I still really don't like RHCP), long before I discovered hard rock and metal. So if YOU like Flea, all's good and well for you. I don't happed to like the guy.

And real bassists? Define real. Matt Freeman? Robert Trujillo? Or Miller, Mingus, and Glenn? It's a matter of taste, and Flea leaves a bad one in my mouth.

And I never said Flea is crap. I said I could give a **** about him.
 
#259
These r in no order...here we go

Les Claypool (i suck compared to him...and everyone else jk :) but really hez unreal....tommy the cat is hard and live solo is even harder)

Krist Novoselic (Nirvana is classic...reason i started playin bass...i kno there not the hardest bass lines but they still good :))


Flea (i got that bass book and can play like 2 songs out of those...hey im gettin better!)

Jaco Pastorius (Nuff Said)

theres more i cant remember =)
 
#260
Here's some players that have been very influencial to me.

Melodically: Paul MacCartney, John Wetton (King Krimson), Mike Mills (REM), and Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots).

Groove-wise: Bootsy Collins, Rocco Prestia (Tower of Power), and Bernard Edwards (Chic).

Favorite Hard-rockin' types: Geddy Lee and Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith).

These guyz so rule...
eViL cAkE
:D
 

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