Great Bass players

[Dr Syntax Head]

hmmm...I've always found him boring. Funkadelic and Parliament too...kind of watered down funk.

Funkadelic and Parliament watered down funk? Hmmmmm you might want to have a little think about that. Or listen to early Chilli Peppers or something

[NoSleep]

This video is not available. Sad fuckin face cos I know magic happens here

How odd. It's an official channel courtesy of Warner Bros. Are you not in the UK?

[BlodwynPig]

Funkadelic and Parliament watered down funk? Hmmmmm you might want to have a little think about that. Or listen to early Chilli Peppers or something

OK, I was being polite until you mentioned Chilli Peppers. Flea might be technically gifted, but the music is shite.

[Golden E. Pump]

Prince was a killer on the bass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QttmhkKsDcM

[Colin Sanction]

Surprised Blodders hasn't mentioned Roly Wynne yet. Anyway, Chris Squire - https://youtu.be/GRjAgl1dQBk & Kraan's Hellmut Hattler - https://youtu.be/skhuS0dcreg

[BlodwynPig]

Surprised Blodders hasn't mentioned Roly Wynne yet. Anyway, Chris Squire - https://youtu.be/GRjAgl1dQBk & Kraan's Hellmut Hattler - https://youtu.be/skhuS0dcreg

Ha, thanks. I was going to post about Roly but I think no-one would have bothered reading. A supremo talent who took his life in 1999.

I used to play bass but have no concept in judging people's ability really - apart from a gut instinct - but Roly hits the spot every time.

All the old videos have awful sound quality - here's a chaotic one from Silchester where you can kind of hear the bass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taK0Ce3-iaM

(is that you Special K at 14:40 ;) )

[Avril Lavigne]

Squarepusher!
https://youtu.be/xTDe5i6JA6g?t=20s

[Shaky]

Trevor Dunn of Mr Bungle/Fantomas/John Zorn/a million other bands. Obviously he deals in pastiche sometimes but he's a brilliant player and a big influence on me. Bill Gould from Faith No More is unshowy but incredibly solid and versatile when he needs to be.

Jim from Cardiacs is a massively underrated bass player.

Lemmy, especially his work on Hawkwind's Space Ritual album.

OK, I was being polite until you mentioned Chilli Peppers. Flea might be technically gifted, but the music is shite.

I think Dr Syntax meant that the Chillis are watered down funk and he was offering them up as a comparison to the proper Clinton stuff?

[NoSleep]

Jannick Top: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzyOi5XRu_g

[NoSleep]

Philippe Busonnet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-3gkIe1oBs (walking in the shoes of Jannick admittedly)

[BlodwynPig]

Jannick Top: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzyOi5XRu_g

Chapeau

[manticore]

Robbie Shakespeare was - or maybe is - an extraordinarily inventive bass player. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8hoLXGqNTw

[dex]

Rob Wright of Nomeansno

Mike Watt, anyone?

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

Norman Watt-Roy would deserve inclusion for Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick alone.

[Shit Good Nose]

I still consider Mike Rutherford to be one of the unsung heroes of bass.  His work on The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is sublime, and live seeing him switch between bass, 6 string and 12 string guitars in the same song, all whilst singing AND using bass pedals is an absolute wonder.

Some other faves:
Tom Fowler
Miroslav Vitous (in fact you can probably include all the Weather Report bassists, although I'll quickly admit I can't stand Jaco's tone)
Dave Holland
Ray Shulman
Eberhard Weber
Stanley Clarke
Alphonso Kellum (the most undervalued of James Brown's numerous "filler" bassists)
Tony Levin
Nick Beggs
John Paul Jones
Stanley Sheldon (very very musical, which I'm a big fan of when it comes to bass and drums)
Mark Clarke
John Wetton (what he lacked in technical chops he more than made up for in sheer power and consistent "in the pocket" playing)
Miles Mosley

Probs loads of other I can't bring to mind right now...

[Depressed Beyond Tables]

Bernard Edwards just inventing a new way to play the bass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6hy4O9t_r0

Jaco - The Chicken

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgntkGc5iBo

Adam Clayton - A lesson in time, space and musicality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Oh3mlGHEc

[hermitical]

Rob Wright of Nomeansno

Mike Watt, anyone?

yep, I concur

[xxxx xxx x xxx]

Barry Adamson!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU8dGwfMSyA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVqLj0Micl0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqCNp0fdRMU

[Absorb the anus burn]

Holger Fucking Czukay.

[popcorn]

Weymouth was a monster on bass. Good call.

Talking Heads is one of my favourite bands ever, Weymouth one of my favourite bassists.

But there's one performance of Born Under Punches where she fucks up (about 3:30), comes back in on the wrong beat, and spends the rest of the song playing out of time with everyone else, and it is the single most painful musical fuckup I've ever known, ever, because it doesn't stop. I suppose you could say she was just doing a particularly aggressive polyrhythm.

Er but yeah, she was great.

[Hemulen]

Kev Hopper.

[spamwangler]

Trevor Dunn of Mr Bungle/Fantomas/John Zorn/a million other bands. Obviously he deals in pastiche sometimes but he's a brilliant player and a big influence on me. Bill Gould from Faith No More is unshowy but incredibly solid and versatile when he needs to be.

Jim from Cardiacs is a massively underrated bass player.

Lemmy, especially his work on Hawkwind's Space Ritual album.

I think Dr Syntax meant that the Chillis are watered down funk and he was offering them up as a comparison to the proper Clinton stuff?

some lovely choices here. trevor dunn's bass tone is bloody fantastic, and billy goulds also

any love for dan rathburn? really like his playing on that charming hostess album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xvjgPBt-Hk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa-mHIPhuK0

as well as his bonkers home made diy pianobass thing with sleepytime gorilla museum:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7FnA0s_wC0

[NoSleep]

Kev Hopper.

You can't mention Kev without mentioning his hero, Percy Jones.

[Golden E. Pump]

Talking Heads is one of my favourite bands ever, Weymouth one of my favourite bassists.

But there's one performance of Born Under Punches where she fucks up (about 3:30), comes back in on the wrong beat, and spends the rest of the song playing out of time with everyone else, and it is the single most painful musical fuckup I've ever known, ever, because it doesn't stop. I suppose you could say she was just doing a particularly aggressive polyrhythm.

Er but yeah, she was great.

Hell of a bassline though. And didn't she look SPECTACULAR back then.

[hermitical]

this guy

[studpuppet]

[studpuppet]

And honestly, it's Carol Kaye and McCartney innit?

[Gulftastic]

Prince was a killer on the bass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QttmhkKsDcM

The killer bass solo on the 12" of 'La La La He He He' is my favourite.

[Colin Sanction]

Have we had Mick Karn yet? https://youtu.be/5PA1PUpC1Ts

[manticore]

Mark Boston/Rockette Morton obviously.