Unsung Singing Bassists

[Bob Coldwell]

squire and quatro in the same thread? oooookay

Yes. There is more than one singing bass player

 

[Bob Coldwell]

Martin Turner

 

[CoughSyrup]

Royston Langdon

 

[Green Knight]

Kim Deal/Gordon as perhaps already noted both vital as singers to their respective band's sound

 

[5StringBlues]

Michael Jordan and myself both played basketball.

Yes. There is more than one singing bass player

 

[HardNHeavy]

Tom Araya

 

[ComicBass]

Very few know me ...

 

[Mannyinnewyork]

I always thought Bob Mosly from Moby Grape was great - he could sing with passion while playing and solid bass line. Here’s an example.

 

[ELG60]

Mark King: Level 42 and James Dewar from Robin Trower . . . Oh and Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy.







Edit: I missed the mention of Mark King in post #9

 

[ronknor]

John Wetton and Michael Anthony.

 

[Rocket Queen]

Sentimental favorites:

The Ox:


Tom Petersson:

 

[EXCAV8]

Lesser known to very little known!

Amy Humphrey of Clatter. Heavy rock, married duo. Originally from the U.S., now living overseas.

Clatter

She's pretty awesome, and she plays a Ric to boot!

 

[Davebass77]

Greg Lake. Amazing vocals and solid bass work with King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

 

[Durham52]

Steve Kilbey - The Church
Manou Gallo
Tom Robinson - Tom Robinson Band
Gail Ann Dorsey

 

[Smooth_bass88]

We all know the go-to Singing Bassists, your Lemmys and Geddys and Maccas and Stings, but how about some of the lesser known bassists who made a material impact with their vocals?

I'll start with Michael Anthony: His backing vocals were a key part of the early Van Halen sound and his singing is highly underrated.

gotta disagree with ya a little here…Mike's vocals are indeed very highly rated and people have been noting this for decades. And he's quite well known. Also, he's not a lead singer.

 

[Durham52]

Nearly forgot to include this guy.

 

[Sjobi 1]

Kim Deal sings like an angel.
Al Cisneros of Sleep and OM rules.
Jared Warren of Big Business and Melvins has an awesome voice.

This kid from The Chats, I love his attitude.

 

[higain617]

Mark Burgess of Chameleons UK. One of my favorite vocalists.

 

[Rib 13]

Richard Page of Mr Mister
Aimee Mann of Til Tuesday

I'd also like to add TBs own @ThePolarBeard

 

[mdowns2001]

Another vote for Benjamin Orr!