Bassists that rock?

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Flint Loveless

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Anyone know of any bassists that don't horribly blow? I know, we got the Les Claypool fans and there's always Vic to fall back on, but I've been mulln' it over and I think they're a couple of blow hards. Over rated by far! Anyone got my back on this? And could someone please impress me with some talent!

-Flint
 
jon myung from dream theater?...im not sure how you spell his name ...but holy shit is he good . lots of wanking mind you ...but good none the less
 
Flea from RHCP
and despite the "low-skill" ethos of punk music, Matt Freeman from Rancid is pretty damn good. Check out the bass solo on "Maxwell Murder".

Oh and Cliff Burton...well he was anyway.
 
i could spend the rest of the day rattling off bass players who are among the most gifted musicians who have ever lived. instead, i'll just say:

mike watt
 
jaco, victor wooten, stu hamm(gotta love peanuts), P-nut from 311 imo is one of the most talented rock bassist right now, along with ryan from mudvayne. Theres more, but i just wanted to make a short list.

Matt
 
legionserial said:
Flea from RHCP
and despite the "low-skill" ethos of punk music, Matt Freeman from Rancid is pretty damn good. Check out the bass solo on "Maxwell Murder".

Oh and Cliff Burton...well he was anyway.
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Slow down one of Matt's solos and you'll find that there's no melodic figure, it's just a seemingly random series of notes that don't apply to the key of the song.

My vote goes to Stanley Clarke.
 
espskully said:
Rob Trujillo, Armand Sabal-Leco, Tony Levin, Baghiti Khumalo.
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good ones, but i'm not familiar with baghiti khumalo. who is he?

here's a few more:

john entwhistle
jack bruce
jack cassidy
paul mccartney
bootsie collins
john wetton
john paul jones
oteil burbridge
 
legionserial said:
Flea from RHCP
and despite the "low-skill" ethos of punk music, Matt Freeman from Rancid is pretty damn good. Check out the bass solo on "Maxwell Murder".

Oh and Cliff Burton...well he was anyway.
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on that solo, it has to be said, he may be a good bass player but all he is doing is playing faster than he is able to.
 
mshilarious said:
Most notably, he played on Paul Simon's "Graceland".
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oh cool, i knew of armand sabal-leco from paul's live band around the time of his concert in central park. i didn't realize there was a different bassist on the graceland album.
 
Plenty!

How about:

1. Chris Squire (Yes) - "Heart of the Sunrise", "Starship Trooper"

2. Geddy Lee (Rush) - "YYZ", "La Villa Strangiato"

3. John Entwistle (The Who), "The Real Me", "Heaven and Hell"

4. Jaco Pastorius (solo/Weather Report/etc.), "Come On, Come Over", "Barbary Coast"

5. Vic Wooten (Bela Fleck & the Flecktones) - "The Sinister Minister", The Flecktones first album really rocks my whole world [but, probably everything w/his name on it would qualify for this list]
 
I guess I'm looking for complication. Victor Wooten's got game, but it's a lot of riff-raff! Jaco Pastorious is the same way. Claypool's got some sick solo's that make you wanna get up, but I can only find two of them, that and when I re-listened to them I realised that I got way better then that. Stanley Clarke is my boy though! He's got melody game, other then that I'm not impressed.

Am I asking too much?

-Flint
 
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