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  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    Phil Lesh - Just as integral to the Deads sound as Garcia, and never content to play a standard bass line.
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  • Toolgarden
    Toolgarden Posts: 88
    Though nobody in Tool jump around and act all crazy really, their bassist Justin Chancellor is often in the forefront of the music and always right in front during shows. In fact, Justin does a lot of the traditional soloing on the albums while Adam keeps time on guitar, even though its usually a different time than anyone else is playing.

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  • Velvet Rope
    Velvet Rope Posts: 22
    danny72688 wrote:
    Any Metallica bassist gets a 5 minute solo every show.

    Cliff motherfuckin' Burton is a bass god. So is Steve Harris from Iron Maiden.

    Right on.
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  • PJRocker2003
    PJRocker2003 Posts: 3
    Velvet Rope wrote:
    Hmm, well, i got my ass handed to me on that one, but just answer the question, why are they always in the back, almost never a bass solo in a song, and bass guitarists arent very well known?

    The reason why is because they are the rhythm, so they usually like to hang around by the drummer. Bass + Drums = tight rhythm!
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  • waves roll in
    waves roll in Posts: 159
    Leon Wilkeson of Skynyrd was a damn good bassist and pretty well-known by the southern rock crowd. I also agree with others on Ament, Flea, Phil Lesh, Mccartney (althought known more for his singing/songwriting I'd say). Roger Waters is great bassist as well although I know he is also more known for his songwriting, he is still a terrific bass player.
  • waves roll in
    waves roll in Posts: 159
    Oh yeah I forgot Family Man (The Wailers), Bootsy Collins, Eric Avery, and possibly my favorite bassist of all time Jaco Pastorius. There are a lot of great bass players out there and yeah they don't generally get too much attention but that's not what music is about anyways.
  • Cropduster84
    Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    Flea.

    The man's a legend..

    and Timmy from RATM, Battle of Los Angeles is an amazing album for bass...


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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    waves roll in wrote:
    Oh yeah I forgot Family Man (The Wailers), Bootsy Collins, Eric Avery, and possibly my favorite bassist of all time Jaco Pastorius. There are a lot of great bass players out there and yeah they don't generally get too much attention but that's not what music is about anyways.


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  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    BinFrog wrote:
    Jaco is in another league.

    Damn straight.
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  • Chilliman
    Chilliman Posts: 18
    Simple, the bass is the instrument that requires the least skill to play, there really just guitarist who couldn't make it!

    Limp Biscuit Rule!!!
  • jack_bass_player
    jack_bass_player Posts: 1,126
    once again - new order

    bassist is all over the stage, NEVER in the back. he's swapping sides, down by the crowd, out in the wings, totally the opposite of what the thread starter is on about
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Se&#241 wrote: »
    Jeff Ament
    John Paul Jones
    John Entwistle
    Robert Trujillo
    Nikki Sixx
    flea
    tim commerford
    krist noveselic
    roger waters
    colin greenwood
    ben shepard...



    anyway..

    bass is the spine and legs of a band..

    without one things fall apart; especially in a band that does a lot of lead work. It's a foundation. Bass isn't usually about doing fancy les claypool stuff.

    bands based around the bass player are sometimes.. (like claypool :p )
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  • jeff's_the_man
    jeff's_the_man Posts: 660
    Chilliman wrote:
    Simple, the bass is the instrument that requires the least skill to play, there really just guitarist who couldn't make it!

    Limp Biscuit Rule!!!

    everything in this post is sooooo wrong. ESPECIALLY the last part.....

    any of the bassists from jethro tull, especially the one who recorded aqualung, i cant remember his name cause there has been like 100 memebers in that band!

    les is awesome, what he does with the instrument is like what hendrix did with an electric guitar. no one else plays like him....

    flea is a funk bassist, he's good cause he's in the chilli's, but im sure there are 100's of other funk bassist that no one knows about who are better.

    the bass is always there. you just really have to listen for it to appriciate it.
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  • capybaralet
    capybaralet Posts: 145
    Velvet Rope wrote:
    Ok, now. I just have one simple question: why are bass guitarists always set in the "back" of the show, almost NEVER get a solo in a song, and are just thought of as an accessorie? just someone please post to this and keep it going. Thanks.

    'cause they totally are! Bass players are even more replaceable than drummers..... think of Jimi Hendrix picking Noel Redding for LOOKING LIKE BOB DYLAN

    I'm jest kidding btw! I just think it's funny how much shit bass players seem to get... A lot of times people think bass is frickin easy ( a lot of times it is... like guitar without chords or solos) but theres no reason not to do interesting hard stuff with bass and great bassists are every bit as awesome and impressive as good guitarists and stuff.....

    Guitars basically have the solo market corneres, and when you've already got two guys and a drumset, there's just not much spotlight left for the poor bass player. :(
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  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    Where is all the Cliff Burton love? That guy was wicked bad ass. Easily one of the best of ALL time...
  • Kraven
    Kraven Posts: 829
    Wheres the John Paul Jones love?? He is my favorite bassist of all time, The Lemon Song? What is and What Should Never Be? Fan-fucking-tastic, and to keep up with Page has to be a talent in its own right.
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