Any style of music...who is the greatest? My vote is probably for Jaco. Yes, I realize the obviousness of that pick, but he is really good.
Mine is a toss up between a couple of bass players. In no particular order: Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses) Dave Alexander (The Stooges) Mike Watt (Minutemen) Bootsy Collins (Parliament Funkadelic) Klaus Flouride (Dead Kennedys) Les Claypool (Primus) Larry Graham (Sly and the Family Stone) Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) Tracy Pew (The Birthday Party) Simon Underwood and Dan Catsis (The Pop Group) Timmy C. (Rage Against the Machine) And last but not least... John Baker who made the baselines to this great and under-appreciated game
Dookie was the first album I ever owned. It was on cassette because I didn't have enough money for the CD. The actor! J/K he's awesome.
Same here. After hearing the bass in their songs and then seeing Mike play his ass of on MTV, I was hooked. That’s why I started playing bass.
Cool. I play bass too. I learned and excelled at jazz as my main style, but I still remember learning Brian Stew in my friends basement after about 3 lessons.
Nobody mentioned the legendary Cliff Burton here.. One of the best bassists in the world ! May his soul R.I.P.. Apart from him yeah Duff Mckagan from GN'R is pretty good & so is Colin Edwin from Porcupine Tree !!
Jean Paul Jones (Led Zep) Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) Roger Glover (Deep Purple) Geezer Butler (Sabbath) Jean Jacques Burnell (The Stranglers) Funny that they are all British... but that's probably because the best ever rock bands are all British!
True that, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Eric Clapton, Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson you name them.. British bands are greatest rock bands man!!
Is that said by a Brit? Apparently the Floyd had to get a session bassist in for some of The Wall.. John Paul Jones, though, proper. Did the bass on the organ sometimes.