Who is your stage presence hero?

[Amano]

Mario Chipolina.

 

[Tim de Martino]

Definitely Nick Beggs. He doesn't jump around a whole lot but he feels every single note - at least most of the time. Last time I saw him play with Steve Hackett, the Hackett solo stuff was great but once they got into the diehard Genesis stuff, they were kinda phoning it in. Could have been tired etc...

With Steven Wilson different story. Chose my tickets stage right for another Beggs bass/Stick masterclass!

Oh and whoever played with Chain one night at Crown Casino in Melbourne late nineties. Man, he was so loose it was like the air coming from the 8x10s was holding him up. I've aspired to that ever since.

And John Jacques Burnell, and Dave Ellefson and and and.........

 

[taught]

A lot of folks mentioned Sheehan who is a true stage presence hero but I was surprised that really noone mentioned Flea??

 

[Jason Harris]

Watching this I wonder if Hetfield was pissed about these killer Backups

Hahahah that is true, Kirk doesn't mind

 

[2F/2F]

Bill Wyman

 

[bigswifty1]

 

[Oddly]

Bill Wyman

Bill had stage presence?

 

[squidtastic]

Then there is Bootsy. Star power. He doesn't even really need to play bass. I saw him hypnotize a crowd in DC just by standing at the apron of the stage for well over two minutes, surveying us, slowly turning his head from left to right and back again. The crowd cheered his entrance, but as he just stood there eyeing us the applause slowly died off. Then after a solid minute of questioning murmurs, it got uncomfortable. Right at the breaking point, when it felt like the crowd would turn on him, he broke out into a huge, beaming smile, struck a fist on hips superhero pose, and just nodded at us to thunderous applause. We were his from that point forward, and he hadn't played a note yet!

Funny, he's been doing that schtick for at least 25 years now. I love Bootsy -- his playing influenced me greatly -- but I wish he'd spend a little less time doing the schtick.

 

[LordRyan]

Leo Lyons always appeared to be one of the hardest working Bass players in show business even at a rehearsal.

 

[squidtastic]

Verdine is legendary. He just exudes joy.
I also like Marcus because he has near-permanent bass face , and he plays with such authority.
Les is one of a kind as is Flea.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Arthur Brown. When I saw him in 2014 he had lots of stage presence. He also had more energy in his 70s than his band, none of whom were even born when he was first famous. Not a bass player, though, but the player in his band really does well on stage, space permitting.

 

[Max Blasto]

Rickey Medlock Blackfoot days.

Uh, sorry. Greg T Walker was the bassist in Blackfoot.

 

[Operation Ivy]

Dee Dee Ramone

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Another one I just remembered is Tim Bogert in this clip.
Such over the top emotes! And he punches the bass at the end. Always a good move.

I can see where that flailing armed drummer beloved of YouTube got his moves...

But what sort of bass is that? Is it a Squier Telecaster bass that went back in time? Do you think biege paisley safari suits will make a come back?

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Spandau Ballet's bassist has stage presence, but then he is an actor, so has to be present on stage.

 

[AlexBassMP]

Jason Newsted had a huge presence in his 90's Metallica days. One of my favourites.

Marco Hiettala is my rock hero : he sings, he jokes, plays guitar and bass.. and he only need his presence on stage to kick some a**es

 

[Max Blasto]

 

[-Asdfgh-]

I'm pretty sure I remember Ian Anderson getting stage presents... It was apparently 'humour'.

 

[Russell Ward]

There are all sorts of threads about people's favorite bass player, the best technical player, the player with the best tone, etc. But who's your inspiration in terms of how they perform on stage?

I've always aspired to be as much of a fun-having goofball as Tye Zamora of Alien Ant Farm.

From my teenage years, up to the present, Black Sabbath and the original singer Ozzy Osbourne.

Also Motorhead and Lemmy.

Both bands are " unique", and no other band can replicate their sound.

Also a favourite of mine is AC/DC.

 

[Fredrik E. Nilsen]

I'm more of a Pino Palladino type of guy, but without the head moves.