Exacty, yeah he was a cool guy, but he wasn't a true musician, he was picked solely for his image, The Sex Pistols even admited that, he was a horrible bass player, he couldn't even play the simplest punk chords, Lemmy from Motorhead and The Sex Pistols former bassist both tried to teach him the basics, but they both were quoted for saying he was a horrible student, he didn't even play on Never Mind the Bollocks despite being given credit, Steve Jones actualy played the bass parts, and at live shows his bass would be unamped and instead of actualy playing he was ordered to mimic it...He was THAT bad.


I still love The Sex Pistols though.

That's not TOO selfish then, as at least he didn't ruin the live shows with bad and audible playing. For many musicians, silence is the best thing they could offer.

But a lot of nice trivia knowledge there. Very good work!

les claypool, hey and the other day i found out primus did the theme to south park and now i know that it sounds right on aswell. YOU ROCK MR CLAPOOL!!

Steve Harris, no question.
Primus is kool in its own way. Les is to random. But he does tear it up.

Cliff Burton, hands down, just listen to his bass solo's. Shame his life was cut short.

:O talking about best bassists and Rex Brown isnt mentioned?!?!?!?!?!?! shocking! Or even Tom Araya from Slayer?? Les Claypool may be one of the most skilled musicans at the moment, some of his music is horrible, Flea too, technically brilliant, but some of his work is awful...too complex

Do you by any chance post on DDD under the name Mior?

Probably because he isnt that great.

From Pantera?

yeah wtf, you guys udnerstand that good band does not mean every musician should teach at the conservatory right?

Brown is average at best, is he good?, sure. But thats a requirement, being good is one thing, being one of the best is something else. Brown is just another bass player who does his job well and nothing more. This is what seperates Krist Novoselic, Michael Anthony, Roger Waters, Noel Redding, Lemmy, Mike Mills, Duff Mckagan, Dee Dee Ramone, Tom Hamilton and Sting from people like Chris Squire, John Entwhistle, Geddy Lee, Tony Levin, Les Claypool, Paul Mccartney, John Paul Jones, Phil Lesh, Jack Bruce and Flea...And he isnt even on the same catagory as the former bass players, because they at least make audible basslines and fills, im hardly aware that Pantera even has a bass player most of the time, its mostly Dimebag and Vinnie trading licks and Brown is just there...And before anyone calls me biased, they should know that i am a big Pantera fan.

for a minute there I thought you were selling me Micheal Anthony as a good bass player, and I was going to say, "Running with the devil has one F'ing note"

Sting does one note basslines too, big deal, if the song requires a one note bassline to make it work, so be it. Anthony could be very good if that was what the song needed. On Fire, Hot For Teacher and Jamies Cryin all has some decent bass. He isnt amazing or anything, neither is Sting, even though you once tried to convince me that he was.

I tried to convince you the world was round too, sometimes I just give up and call you stupid.

Like here for instance where you tried to compare Sting, whos down mountains of intellectual, highly crafted good songs with decent melodies, to Micheal Anthony, talentless bitch bassist for one of the biggest **** rock bands of all time whose orders mainly consisted of "keep it simple so i can solo my ****ing balls off....got it?"

I think you have songwriting confused with actual bass playing, **** yeah hes a great songwriter. As an actual bass player, he is nothing special, any experienced bass player will tell you that. He mostly plays blues roots scales, which for the most part, is kids stuff, so in that regard, he isnt any different from Anthony since he plays basic blues scales too. They might belong to completely different genres, but their technical ability is about the same. We are not comparing apples and oranges here, its just oranges and oranges.

Listening to RHCP more, I realise why people hold Flea in such high regard.

Waters hasn't got much of a mention in this topic, but he's really good. I just listened to his Bass solo on Money, in a live concert, awesome :)

Yeah, i love Waters bass playing personaly, i think he makes some fantastic basslines, and his playing compliments the music well, which to me is much more important than being a technical wizard. That being said he isnt one of the best, in terms of skill, David Gilmour is actualy better, just listen to Pigs(three different ones)and Hey You, some crazy work on the fretless there.

the best bassist is john myung!

Matt Freeman(rancid)

Les Claypool(Primus)

Flea(RHCP)

John Emwhistle(The who)

Mike Dirnt(Green Day)

Fat Mike(nofx)

Cliff Burton(metallica)

Steve Harris(Iron Maiden)

Victor Wooten and anyone else who plays for Conklin.

like a few have mentioned, victor wooten.

another everyone should know about is willie dixon. more a blues bassist if he has to be categorized, dixon was not only tops for providing the bottom, but he backed legends too numerous to mention, wrote, and was respected for his technical production accumen as well. check him out.

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I listen to a wide range of music and bassists like Wooten, Pastorius and Claypool etc and play bass myself, but my favourite bassist always goes back to Flea. He simply has the basslines which sound better than any others IMO. Technicality isn't really important unless you need it to write what you want.
Ignoring Motown/jazz etc. (this is rock/metal)

1.) Flea (RHCP)
2.) Les Claypool (Primus and solo projects)
3.) Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
4.) John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
5.) Tony Levin (King Crimson, Liquid Tension Experiment)
6.) Geddy Lee (Rush)
7.) Dirk Lance (Incubus)
8.) Martin Mendez (Opeth)
9.) Tim Commerford (Rage Against the Machine)
10.) Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
11.) Joe Satriani's bassist (he's good, don't know his name though)
12.) Tony Choy (Atheist)
13.) John Myung (Dream Theater)
14.) Cliff Burton (Metallica, considering how young he was)
15.) Eric Wilson (Sublime)
16.) John Deacon (Queen)

I know I've forgotten some, but meh.

Stu Hamm.

les claypool and john paul jones

I play bass myself and my favourite bassist compared to my style is Steve Harris. Other bassists I love are:-

Jaco Pastorius
Billy Sheehan
Victor Wooten
Flea
Cliff Burton
Rex form Pantera
Russel Jackson (plays with BB King)

Quite a mix there eh?

Abe Laboriel is also quite good. I had the pleasure of watching him play live about 5 years ago in a jazz quartet. He plays with more passion than any other bassist i have seen play. And I got his autograph afterwards, how cool is that? I also have to give respect for john entwistle, he is an amazing bassist, he plays so fast so calmly its quite impressive.

Yeah. Personally I think Steve Harris is the epitome of metal bass. He is everything that a metal bassist should be. Steve is the man. And his daughter's hot too :tramp: .

Tim Commerford this guy plays bass that makes you want to :dj:

Yeah, he and Brad Wilk turn a plain ordinary bassline into something with a lot of groove; i.e. Renegades of Funk.

Hell yes Brother

JACO.peroid

Im confused what the hell is JACO.peroid. or do i wanna know

Jaco

He was an amazing bassist

fer who so i can go download it

He was a bass virtuoso
Just type in Jaco on whatever music service you use

WOW that is some sweet out the bung hole Bass Jammin':yeah:

Yeah, Jaco Pastorius is amazing. People always mention Wooten, but remain ignorant of who actually inspired Wooten (Pastorius).

I love Feildy's Bass playing style but the best bass player of all time is Cliff Burton of Metallica. And if you don't believe me watch the film on him called Cliff em All.

Hahahahaha.... Wrong.

^ be nice boo boo....