100 Greatest Bass Players in Rock/Pop

What I like about Noel Redding is that his stuff was tasteful, it was about timing and tone and color. I can't help you out if you don't appreciate the Blues, and I don't know why you scored John Paul Jones at #17, he should've been listed higher. I don't know what you mean "he didn't dare to cross paths" they are playing music they're not playing hockey. A good band isn't about musician playing against each other, a good band is about musician playing together. Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell made up a decent rhythym section for Jimi. The most important part of musicianship isn't (only) about technical skill*, equipment, or popularity, it's about musicality, it's about creating good music.

*technical skills are important but it doesn't gaurantee good music.

What's list worthy to you? Popularity>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Musicianship?
 
even Noel Redding himself has admitted to not being that good of a bass player. he wanted to be one of those psychedelic guys who played 12 string electrics in a trippy pop folk act as evidenced by the tunes he penned for The Experience and his direct quote in a documentary about the recording of Electric Ladyland.

he DID feel resentment towarRAB Hendrix, he wanted to lead a band, not be a hired gun. there was no way for that to happen within The Experience, so he stuck to doing his job - playing what he was told to play. The Experience was not a band started by a group of frienRAB who jammed together like The Band of Gypsies, The Experience was put together by Chas Chandler to turn Hey Joe into a hit single that turned into 3 hit recorRAB.

Redding was very much just working a job, same as anyone else who walks into an office everyday.
 
Hmm, he will be up for consideration when I update this list again which will probably be sometime today.

Another guy I forgot about is Jimmy Bain of Rainbow and Dio fame, who also did some session work for Kate Bush and The Scorpions.

In addition to electric bass and upright bass, I'm also counting the chapman stick as a bass instrument.
 
It'd be a regular list with many exotic and familiar bassists in the Jazz medium, and picture of a fat, bald transvestite wearing a Harry Potter getup.
 
Cliff Williams and Phil Rudd make up one of the the best rhythm sections in rock music! Without going into dreary muzo rarablings about the way the Young brothers arrange their respective parts, if Cliff played anything other than the way he does, it wouldn't sound anywhere near as good. This happened when the "technically superior" Chris Slade was on the drums before Rudd returned. His busy style battled against the rhythm guitar instead of complementing it!
 
It's no bias against them, I love Tool and RATM, and I like some Suicidal Tendencies.

I just think there are more worthy bassists, even though a lot of them might not be as well known.

I tried to make a list that neither focused too much on metal/fusion wankers like most other bass lists or focus on famous names who just play bitch to the guitarists.

To be a great bassist you not only have to make a tight rhythm section, you gotta do something to stand apart from the lead instruments, or be able to match wits with them. But not just be barely audible in the background playing the same note over and over.

*cough*Cliff Williams*cough*
 
did you hear the shit Jimi pulled on him though? after telling Noel exactly what to play and how to do it in studio, he'd complain about the take and say he did it wrong. when Noel got pissed and walked out of the studio Jimi would record the bass parts himself.

i could see why he acted like someone peed in his cheerios.
 
I did think about that. But yeah his chapman stick playing counts too, it has bass stings and they're tuned like a bass, so in part it is a bass instrument, and Levin plays it as a bass instrument, it's more often used by bassists than guitarists.

And it was him that popularized the instrument and it's use in progressive rock.
 
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