100 Greatest Bass Players in Rock/Pop

actually i find Cox overplays a lot on the live Band of Gypsies album. he was a better fit for Hendrix as they had been army / jam buddies but i always get the impression he was trying to get people to notice him. like a big 'hey look at me i'm playing with Hendrix! WOOooo!'
 
Updated this list out of pure boredom. Some of the essential albums have been changed. New merabers to the list are Nick Karn, Hugh Hopper, George Murray, Richard Sinclair, Youth, Mike Howlett, Horace Panter, Carl Radle and Fred Smith.
 
For sheer longevity and inimitable sound I still go for Robbie myself. You just know it's Robbie somehow when you hear a track:

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Some of mine:

Les Claypool
Steve Harris
Stanley Clarke
Jean Jacques Burnel (another omission)
Peter Hook
Geezer Butler
Jaco Pastorious
 
True.

It's strange how I can read that whole list and see alot of my faves up there but fell very disappointed when I notice some of them didn't make it, I don't know why Nick Lowe didn't make it on that list.

Nick Lowe - Rockpile, solo Essential record Nick The Nife, one of my all time favorite bass players seen him in concert, incredible, he's simply amazing
Dave Smythe - The Rezillos (stage name Dr. D.K. Smythe) mind-blowing punk bass player Essential record: Can't Stand The Rezillos
Joe Osborn awesome R&B bass player, session musician for The Fifth Dimension must hear bass line: The Age Of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Andrew Bodnar - The Rumour, Graham Parker and the Rumour must hear bass line Watching The Detective (Elvis Costello)
Bruce Foxton - The Jam
Nikolai Fraiture - The Strokes
Rick Huxley - Dave Clark Five
Nokie EdwarRAB, Bob Bogle -The Ventures
 
For the record, octave ranges have nothing to do with being a good singer.



Eh, I knew he would come up, he's not an oversight, I just don't think he's really worthy of the list.

Aside from playing for one of the greatest musicians of all time, Redding isn't a very highly regarded bass player, he had no experience on the instrument when he joined the Experience, rumor has it Hendrix let him joined because he liked his hair. :laughing:

He did his job and did it well, but because he played for the most over the top guitarist of his generation, he didn't dare to cross paths with him. He wasn't very remarkable, a lot of his lines was generic blues stuff and very low in the mix. His best bassline was Fire, but that was ripped straight off of Bob Babbitt's bassline for The Capitals hit Cool Jerk.

In fact, Hendrix did most of the actual bass playing on Electric Ladyland.

Billy Cox was a much superior bass player, he could play all of Redding's lines and much more.
 
Updated once more. Bruce Palmer (Buffalo Springfield) is in, Andy West (Dixie Dregs) is out.

West is a great bassist, but probably way too obscure for this list. Dregs could be considered more of a fusion band anyway.

It feels a lot more complete now. I think I'm gonna write little profiles for everyone on the list and then post them here, like a countdown.

But I'll make them all short and have every one finished before I start posting them, so I won't end up never finishing it like I do with a lot of my rab projects. :laughing:
 
Kawamoto Hideki - Bass/Vocals (1985-1987)
Kimoto Kazuyoshi - Bass/Vocals (1987-1990)
Masuda Ryuichi - Bass/Vocals (1991-1994)
Sasaki Hisashi - Bass/Vocals (1995-2004)

or

Brian Gibson

or

Someone I'm forgetting.
 
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Well, the bassists aren't ranked by how good the band is, obviously.

Pink Floyd are undeniably a better band than Rancid and 311, but you gotta put the band aside for a moment, weither it's a band you love or a band you hate, and measure the bassist based on his/her own merits.
 
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