1 Steve Priest (Sweet) Report Abuse
Flame haired, camped up, gorgeous glamrock geezer! Bass players are usually (but not always) known as the 'quiet one' - but not our Steve. Responsible for many many sexual inuendos on many top hits, delivered with a pout and a grind ('we just haven't got a clue WHAT to do!') . . The sexiest bass player I've ever seen (yeah . . I'm a 'Sheila' LOL)! Clear, clean fretting, fast fingered and loud! Made his first bass guitar himself, but is famed for using a Danelecto for most of his career, succumbing to a Rickenbacker in the end. Has some damn good bass riffs under his belt and the deepest talking voice ever - but also 25% of the harmonious Sweet - forerunners to Queen, Motley Crue, Kiss - with their songs covered by many. Forget Wig wam bam and Little Willy from 1971/2 - try some of their heavier songs, and you'll see what I mean! EXCELLENT. And he's still gigging at the age of 63.
2 Geddy Lee (Rush)
Clean and crisp, Lee's bass lines allowed Rush to be a three man band that sounded like a full orchestra. he had a unique ability to create a wall of sound with the bass perfect for Rush's grandiose style
3 Phil Kingsbury ('Nuff Said)
Big phat bass notes and harmonies to follow. The bass player of your dreams to work with!
4 John Entwistle (The Who)
He was the glue that kept one of the greatest rock bands of all time together. While Keith, Pete and Roger were off improvising and doing their own thing it was John who functioned as the backbone, keeping the band on track,
5 Cliff Lee Burton (Metallica)
6 Michael "Flea" Balzary (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
7 Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
8 Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
His status as one of the greatest songwriters of all time sometimes overshadows his other musical abilities, but there's no denying that McCartney was a master of the bass guitar. His crisp bass lines have become legendary and his mastery of the intricate arrangements of the later Beatles is astounding.
9 John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
The most underappreciated member of Led Zeppelin, Jones made all of Zeppelin's complex and difficult arrangements seem simple and was able to maintain order while following Bonham's anarchic and improvisational drumming.
10 Jaco Pastorius
11 Les Claypool (Primus)
12 Krist Novoselic
11 Michael "Flea" Balzary (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
14 Bootsy Collins (Funkadelic)
15 Craig Martini
16 Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) Report Abuse
17 James Jamerson (all Tamla Motown hits)
18 Rob Trujilo
19 John Myung (dream theatre)
20 Matt Freeman
21 Billy Sheehan (Niacin, Mr. Big, Steve Vai)
22 John Deacon (queen)
23 Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
24 Chris Squire (Yes)
25 Jack Bruce (Cream)
26 Larry Graham (Sly & The Family Stone)
27 Stanley Clarke
28 Jason Newsted (Metalicca)
29 Duff Mckagan (Guns and Rosses)
30 Marcus Mille
31 Mark King
32 Rick Finch (Kc & the Sunshine Band)
33 Phil Lesh
34 jaco pastorius
35 David Eleffson
36 steve harris
37 Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne)
38 Justin Chancellor (Tool)
39 Pino Palodino
40 Johnny Christ (Avenged Sevenfold)
41 Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu
42 Rocco Prestia (Tower Of Power)
43 MARK HOPPUS
44 Pete Wentz
45 Timothy B Schmidt (Eagles)
46 Stuart Hamm
47 Tal Wilkenfeld
48 Jeff Pilson
49 Andy Fraser
50 Joey Arkenstat
51 John Mcvie ~ Fleetwood Mac
52 Jeff Berlin
53 Georger Porter Jr
54 Matt Freeman (rancid)
55 Max Green
56 bill wyman
57 Jacob Gonzalez
58 Chuck Rainey
59 Bernard Edwards (chic)
60 Louis Johnson
61 Nick Oliveri (KYUSS, Queens of the Stone Age)
62 Jerry Scheff
63 Bob Babbitt
64 Rex Brown
65 Ryan Martini
66 Mike Watt - Minutemen
67 Ray Brown
68 Joey de maio (manowar)
69 Bill "The Buddah" Dickens
70 john moyer (disturbed)
71 Mel Schacher
72 Mike Dirnt (Green Day)
73 mike gordon (Phish)
74 P-Nut (3-11) R
74 Adam Clayton - U2
75 Oteil Burbridge (ARU, Allman Bros, Derek Trucks Band)
76 Nathan East
77 Arthur "Killer" Kane
78 Nico Assumpcao
79 STING Report
80 Nathan Payne
81 Tim Bogert
82 Charles Mingus
83 Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
84 Tony Levin (King Crimson, session man)
85 Jon Evans
86 Ron Carter
87 Dave Schools (Widespread Panic)
88 Ana Colon (Lady And The Tramps)
89 Tina Weymouth
90 Jerden Paul Thessling (Obscura)
91 Guy Berryman
92 Brian Ritchie
93 Nick Beggs (Kajagoogoo)
94 Carol Kane
95 Divinity Roxx
97 Norwood Fisher ( Fishbone )
98 Rick Laird (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
99 Randy Jackson
100 Carol Kaye (session player)
