Most underrated bassists?

[A Reel Person]

I second: Dee Dee Ramone, -Gabba Gabba Hey!

Cliff Burton: most underrated dead bassist. No shit, I hate it when people die so young. Stuff like that is tragic, plain & simple.

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-Gabba Gabba Hey!

-Texas Chainsaw Masacree', it took my baby away from me!

-I killed my family, they thought I was an oddity. Life is so beautiful, I am a vegetable.

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IMO, that's modern literary art! -The Ramones RULE!

 

[AlexHerd]

Paul McCartney is truly underrated IMHO.

This man represents the lost link between rhythm and melody and all anybody says is, "McCartney ain't shit, man....anyone can do that."




HAH!



heylow
Rock Jedi/Indie Snob
www.heylowsoundsystem.net

I COULD NOT AGREE MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[A Reel Person]

Gosh, to me, McCartney's one of the quintessential bassists.

He's great on bass, and melody is his strong point.

Underrated? Well maybe, depending on the circles you travel in, but I've always admired him, and so do my friends, the people I know, and a fair amount of the bbs people I've read on the web.

Maybe he's underrated, I don't know. I think he's highly respected and acclaimed, and that's what I think the general buzz on the street is, about him.

Some young pups don't respect him much, but people my age & older do, pretty widely, if not unanimously. McCartney pretty much carries the baby-boom generation, in popularity, but younger crowds, less.

McCartney's underrated, [?], I don't know. He's worthy of mention in any bass related thread, and he has always been an awesome bassist. He's so multitalented.

 

[straight6]

Dale Sopheia--MX-80
Melvin Gibbs and Rev. Bruce Johnson--Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society (you need to of any instrument to keep up with Jackson's drumming)
Michael Henderson--Miles Davis ca. Dark Magus, Live/Evil, Agharta, etc. Henderson could groove and improvise so much with 2 or 3 note bass lines it's unreal.

 

[Wallycleaver]

Ok, I forget his name but I cant let go of the band in this bbs it seems.

Blues Travelers bass-player. He rocks. Can one consider him to be underrated?

Rocked IE past tence he passed away a while back



My underrated bass player #1 ME!! #2 James Jamerson of motown!

 

[P Hallin]

Wallycleaver - Passed away?! Thats terrible, what happened to him. Do you know?

 

[beaverbiscuit]

Wallycleaver - Passed away?! Thats terrible, what happened to him. Do you know?

Drug overdose. Saw it on the Behind The Music on Blues Traveler. It's a wonder the band stayed together, but I understand they are now a five piece (new bassist, added a keyboardist).

Yeah, it's a damn shame when young guys get caught up in the lifestyle like that, and it's even worse when a Cliff Burton buys it through no fault of his own. Bet he's continually rotating on an axis in his grave with the stuff his former band's submitting to the public

 

[beaverbiscuit]

Oh yeah, the question at hand!

I like AlChuck's mention of Colin Moulding — Nonsuch has some tasty bass playing throughout.

I think Muzz Skillings, first bassist for Living Colour, was a phenomenal player who never got his due props. Their first two albums are mind-blowing.

Oh, and Jon Camp from the band Renaissance is great. Great example of how bassists can alternate between playing support lines and leading lines with finesse.

 

[bubinski]

Mary Huff from Southern Culture on the Skids

 

[Tweedville]

Although I don't think he has been too underated,I agree............McCartney rules.John Paul Jones (especially on Zep II) wrote the book on fusing rock,blues,and R&B. How about Andy Fraser from Free?

 

[YesZep Lick]

Tony Levin
Chris Squire - (Ever heard the song Roundabout?, Fargen Crazy Rickenbacker bass stuff)

 

[cbcbd]

I think if we all thought about it we could find a bassist that is underrated to us. But my question is: How do you defite who is underrated? Is it by looking at pop culture, is it by looking at the bands that we enjoy, is it from not seeing the name of a bassist we like all over a music magazine?

My point is, I believe there are many amazing players out there, in local bands, in signed bands, in bar house bands, or just on the corner of a street. Who is rating these people?

It's all relative to the circles that we are in.

eg. My friends and I listen to many bands including Rush as a big influence. Among us, and other Rush fans, we could say that it is pretty well known that Geddy Lee is an awesome bassist and kicks ass.

I would never say that he is underrated, just like someone who listens to another band with an amazing bassist would say that he isn't underrated, he's just not well known to the general public that reads Guitar World, Guitar, and other magazines that can't have a scope so big to get everyone that deserves attention.

I guess the reality is that there will always be players who are underrated just for the fact that the makers of rating, like magazines and tv, just can't give the same light to most amazing players out there.

I guess the term "underrated" doesn't really mean much to me because what I listen to will never get as much recognition as mainstream music.

So, yeah???

 

[Griffinator]

Under-rated?

That's a tough one. Especially in the face of what cbcbd just posted.

My initial knee-jerk reaction would be John Myung of Dream Theater. He is just straight up amazing. I'll also second the nomination for Trevor Dunn - truly one of the best bassists you've never heard of.

I see a lot of names on this list that are very much celebrated bassists. Some of which I would put into the "Over-rated" category faster than "Under-rated" - like Summoner and McCartney(whose bass lines always were dumbed-down to make singing easier)

 

[DaveO]

Yeah, underrated is hard to define, that's why I usually don't bother posting to threads like this. As usual a lot of the names that show up are of people that are very known. Kind of like people are voting for their favorites.

So here's one I never see pop up in any of these kinds of threads - Dave Hope of Kansas. Kerry Livgren may have written most of their material, but Dave Hope's playing was a huge part of their sound and it was also pretty impressive (especially on Masque and Leftoverture).

 

[chemikiller]

A Metalhead's opinion

Geezer Butler (Black sabbath), Jack Bruce (Creem), Cliff Burton (Metallica--deceased 1986), Cronos (Venom), Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, Ozzy, Dio, Whitesnake)

 

[tilinmyowngrave]

Matt Freeman, Steve Harris, and Cliff Burton.

 

[IronFlippy]

Steve Harris and Cliff Burton are not underrated, not by any means. Mel Schacher of Grand Funk Railroad from their earlier days was damn amazing, although probably not underrated either. Hmmmm, I can't really think of any underrated bassists right now, which is probably why they're underrated, haha.

 

[EleKtriKaz]

Tina Weymouth from Talking Heads!!!! Ok...just kidding, but I do love Talking Heads.

I think the bassist from Our Lady Peace is one of the better bass players in modern rock. Nothing spectacular, but I like what he adds to their songs.

 

[bigwillz24]

Stanley Clarke...

 

[mattfbasler]

Aren't all bass players underrated?