Norg

ive noticed bass players get treated dirty Lol

usually there the first band member to quit or get fired...and the band usually never replaces them opting for a session player so that way the can split the money has a 4 piece or 3 piece

cause just recently Stonesour orginal players player left and they said bass ehh our guitar players can play bass riffs now in the studio LOL

mr dave

Yeah that sounds totally like a greed move and not logistics.

If they're already in the studio or have the studio time booked, it's not the right time to audition potential new band members, it's time to record whatever material they've got prepared for the next release - and yes, the majority of guitar players can record bass lines in a pinch.

The choice becomes do we move ahead with the current schedule (including studio time, producer, engineer, etc.) or do we write off the initial investment and start over (and hope the same production line up can happen again).

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Slashonizer

poor bass players :'(

jerryanddrum

Where is Mike Porcaro? He is more pop-rock than Robert Trujillo.

cozypowellsdrumkit

Geezer Butler, Pete Way, John Deacon,(although he says he is retired)
Nikki Sixx, Roger Glover.

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AgentOrange789

I know this doesn't really fit into rock/pop. I just think this guy's a great and relatively new bassist in metal, and definitely hard to replace.

AaronKent

Nikki Sixx gets it for me, may not have been technically perfect but he re-invented the whole idea of a bassist as far as rock goes.

Holerbot6000

Mr. McCartney is one of my favorites. It may seem obvious but really, when you listen to Abbey Road, it's just jaw-dropping the work he does there.

Also, respect must be paid to Percy Jones. He may be considered more of a Jazz bassist but his contributions to rock can't be underestimated - the fretless work he did on Brian Eno's early solo records, particularly Another Green World and Before & After Science were hugely influential to a whole generation of musicians.

Chris Kaye

A pretty fair list overall - there will always be disagreements about who's better, etc. For example, some may be listed higher because they were more famous & therefore considered more "influential", though not necesarily "better". One I don't see here (unless I missed it) is Glenn Cornick of Jethro Tull. I'm a bassist myself & if you ever tried learning any of his bass parts, they're much harder to play than they sound - perhaps he came out of a jazz background or something because the notes he chooses to play are very inventive & not typical of rock bass. It's very interesting to me that bass has really evolved - it has always been a supportive instrument, in combination with the drums, but starting in the late 60s became at times a more melodic & almost lead instrument in its own right (think Jack Bruce, John Entwistle, Chris Squire). I enjoy playing an instrument that functions as both a rhythm instrument & a melodic one - in fact, it kind of links the two. I once read an interview where Jah Wobble (Public Image) said very much the same thing, and that confirmed to me that my thinking was right. Of course, the #1 function of the bass is to establish that solid bottom & rhythm groove with the drums - if you can't do that, you're lost. But if you can establish that groove AND add a bit of flair, you're on top of it ! !

Paul Smeenus

The list is long but I'll start by saying that John Paul Jones was my favorite member of Zep.

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