Your 3 most influential bass players?

[rtav]

Geddy
Chris Squire
Billy Sheehan

 

[Gruff]

Mark King, John Taylor & Paul McCartney

 

[definenredefine]

Joe Lally/Fugazi
David Sims/Jesus Lizard
Lou Barlow/Dinosaur Jr

...probably, anyway.

 

[tom5string]

Pino Palladino
Graham Maby
Flea

And as honorable mention: Stanley Clarke

 

[Polfuste]

Richard Bona
Marcus Miller
John Paul Jones (Jamerson by extension)

 

[nanbanpapa]

Probably at the moment:
Jaco Pastorius
Janek Gwizdala
Hadrien Feraud

Honorable mentions: Tim Lefebvre, Thiago Espirito Santo

 

[DrBnz]

Geddy
Geezer
Steve Harris

 

[BassyBill]

My top three…
Bernard Edwards
Chris Squire
Geddy Lee
James Jamerson
Rocco Prestia
Jaco Pastoruis
Jeff Berlin
Percy Jones
Mark King
Glenn Hughes

 

[EriktheRed]

John McVie (the first time I ever started noticing the bass in a song)

Roger Waters (although it's likely it was Dave Gilmour a lot of times)

Geddy Lee (I'll never get within 100 miles of his ability, but he showed me more than anyone how the bass can be more than just purely rhythm)

 

[mjcarp79]

So hard to pick only three, but I would say:

Steve Atwell (Jacobs Trouble and Janah)
Mike Mesaros (Smithereens)
Boz Burrell (Specifically, his work with bad Company)

 

[Timmy-Watts]

Rocco Prestia
Marcus Miller
Jamerson

 

[Gloompunk]

Justin Chancellor
Troy Sanders
Jason Newsted

 

[Rib 13]

I am influenced by almost everybody and I have way more than three primary influences- If I had to narrow it down to three:

Louis Johnson
Marcus Miller
Geddy Lee

but I can easily rotate in John Taylor, Nick Beggs, Mike Mills, and countless others in there and it would still make sense lol

 

[Zooberwerx]

*Joe Bouchard (BOC)
*Dennis Dunaway (Alice Cooper)
*Kenny Rogers (First Edition) - "there's more call for bad bassists than bad guitarists".

Riis

 

[NewKid1011]

McCartney
Tina Weymouth
Carol Kaye

 

[lidl e]

Entwistle
Geezer
JPJ

(Geddy and Les close behind even though i dont play like either of them)

 

[truand85]

Jamerson, Prestia, Weeks for me

 

[flannel cat]

Lemmy
Jeff ament
Ben shepperd
Next shift..

Frank Cavanaugh (filter)
Darcy Wretsky
Eric Avery.

 

[flannel cat]

Lemmy
Jeff ament
Ben shepperd
Next shift..

Frank Cavanaugh (filter)
Darcy Wretsky
Eric Avery.

umm, jeez you know its really tough to pick just three....what a brain busting question...
pretty much everyone that makes my foot tap and gives me bass face when i am not holding one...

 

[MrB64]

Paul McCartney, Jaco Pastorius, Geddy Lee. Limiting it to 3 is very hard.