Underrated Bass Players

[Nazman06]

there are so many underrated bass players..The two that I can think of are-

 

PETE AGNEW of Nazareth- Forget Love Hurts and Hair Of The Dog..they had other great material..and Pete was always adding a great bass line

 

MEL SCHACHER of Grand Funk Rail Road- He had great bass lines and added not only the bottom end but the feel of the song. Him and Mark Farner were a great team.

[J the D]

The King of Suck.

[B-Bottom]

Billy Gould of Faith no more.

 

Dave Elifson of Megadeth

[Yools]

 

Originally posted by Nazman06 MEL SCHACHER of Grand Funk Rail Road- He had great bass lines and added not only the bottom end but the feel of the song. Him and Mark Farner were a great team.

 

 

One of the all-time greats... "I

[B-Bottom]

 

Originally posted by Yools   One of the all-time greats... "I

[hammer744]

Tom Scholz from Boston - yes I know he's the guitarist, but he also wrote and recorded most of the bass tracks - very few Boston songs have simple bass lines - lots of little trills and licks throughout.

[Yools]

 

Originally posted by B-Bottom god I hate that song. The bass line is neat but that's about it.

 

 

I don't like the vocals much, and when it gets to the end part ("I'm getting closer etc....") I have to turn it off or I'll gouge out my own eyes. But the music in the first part is great, and the bass line is a perfect example of maintaining a solid rythym while adding a melodic contour to the music. If you can stand it, really listen to how the bass defines so much of the song - it's as if the guitar is not even essential.

 

-Yools

[B-Bottom]

 

Originally posted by Yools I don't like the vocals much, and when it gets to the end part ("I'm getting closer etc....") I have to turn it off or I'll gouge out my own eyes. But the music in the first part is great, and the bass line is a perfect example of maintaining a solid rythym while adding a melodic contour to the music. If you can stand it, really listen to how the bass defines so much of the song - it's as if the guitar is not even essential. -Yools

 

 

that end part just kills me too. I mean that (getting closer to my home) part my go on for about 5 minutes.

[pbass_groovin]

Tony Kanal

[johnny6644]

Not sure how underrated he is, but Bruce Thomas of the Attractions always inspired me.

 

William Mysterious of the Rezillos.

[Jiggo]

 

Originally posted by pbass_groovin Tony Kanal

 

 

+1

 

their Oi to the World cover is one of the songs that got me into bass

[T. Alan Smith]

John Taylor, Duran Duran.

Sure, they got lots of publicity, but these guys are just as true artists as anybody. Really listen to the concepts of the material on Rio or Seven and the Ragged Tiger. John's playing in particular is intensely groovy and truly imaginitive. Listen to The Chaufeur(sp) on Rio...just one example.

[Billy-B]

JH

 

Check out the bass lines to Axis Bold as Love and All Along the Watch Tower--unreal.

 

 

Billy-B

[lug]

Originally posted by J the D The King of Suck.

 

You lookin' fer trouble? Cause I got yo trouble ritch here!

[bassment zombie]

Good thread, and I agree with many of these.

 

One guy I find to be extremely subtly impressive is DeLeo from STP. Very subtle walks and steps that added so much of a cool vibe to many of their tunes - especially the mid to late era STP stuff.

[zachoff]

Eric Wilson of Sublime. Best tone ever, IMO.

[der oxenrig]

All of the various Jethro Tull bassplayers.

[Billy-B]

 

Originally posted by The Ox All of the various Jethro Tull bassplayers.

 

 

 

 

No way--Cornick was their best--just made a horrible career move...

 

 

 

Billy-B

[bassplayer7770]

 

Originally posted by bassment zombie One guy I find to be extremely subtly impressive is DeLeo from STP. Very subtle walks and steps that added so much of a cool vibe to many of their tunes - especially the mid to late era STP stuff.

 

 

I love DeLeo's playing.

[J the D]

Originally posted by lug You lookin' fer trouble? Cause I got yo trouble ritch here!

 

You wanna be overrated, not underrated, that's , sucker.

[y-o-y]

Richard Bona.

 

Not necessarily underated, just doesn't get a lot of love around here.

[JeffBass]

Bob Glaub, Tiran Porter, Gary Stratter, John Camp, whoever played the bass on CSN's song Dark Star.

[ivanthetrble]

 

Originally posted by Yools   One of the all-time greats... "I

[bassplayer7770]

 

Originally posted by y-o-y Richard Bona. Not necessarily underated, just doesn't get a lot of love around here.

 

 

I have his "Reverence" CD, and it's great!

[nicebigstrings]

Gerry McAvoy with Rory Gallagher

 

Remy Shand laid down some sweet lines on his debut; killer tone too

 

Bjork comes up with stuff on her I-Book that is ridiculously cool

 

Prince doesn't get the recognition he deserves as a bassist. Not that the guy is short of recognition otherwise.

 

Andy Hamill has been more or less front and center in the bass n' drums movement. Upright player with beautiful ideas outside of the jazz realm; check 4 Hero and Nitin Sawhney's 'Beyond Skin'. Phat and sings; a man after my own heart.

 

Carles Benavent single-handedly invented the role of bass in flamenco. Although he's well known in Spain, few know about him over here. I can understand why; few people over here listen to real flamenco. They opt instead for Gipsy Kings, Ottmar Liebert or Strunz and Farah thinking that's the real deal. I give Cales the absolute thumbs-up as the numero uno fretless player in the world today. Brilliant player.

 

And I said it before and I'll say it again - the late great Dee Murray