A new favorite: Frank Bello
His basslines just carry the entire Anthrax discog, especially the old albums like Spreading The Disease or Among The Living, when the music was so....sloppy isnt the word, but almost as if the music is on the verge of falling apart, it made it sound sooo good.

Written by Dane Train on 13.10.2007 at 04:32

Written by [user id=18846] on 27.01.2007 at 11:17

But you have to love Cliff Burton (RIP) and good ol' Glen Benton

Why?

He is the most over rated bassist in Metal. Sorry, but Cliff Burton was a decient bass player, at best. His live work is sloppy, and his tone is horrid. The only reason why people think he is good is because he was killed.

Go listen to Jaco Pastorious, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Jack Bruce, Tony Levin, Billy Sheehan, John Myung, Chris Squire, John Paul Jones, John Patitucci...heck even Steve Harris is far better than Cliff Burton.

yeah, you forgot Michael Manring hes great

Mike D from Killswitch Engage

John myjong- Dream theater
Cliff burton-Metallica

Steve Harris

Marco Hietla is cool

Written by [user id=14951] on 04.08.2006 at 07:15

Greg Christian of Testament would be one of my favorites (fast fucker)
then comes Stephan Fimmers of Necrophagist
Cliff Burton..

my top 3..

Yeah I like Greg Christian too. On the live in london DVD the bass intro for Souls of Black sounds exactly the same as the record, even the tone is perfect.

My favourite at the moment is B.War who was the bassist for Marduk up until thier last 2 albums. He always played interesting bass lines that help make the songs a bit different to other straight forward BM bands.

I'm also noticing that a lot of the best bass players (or certainly peoples favourites) use fingerstyle instead of a pick...

Steve Harris , Lemmy

Victor Wooten

Les Claypool, hands down. He masters the sweep. Also check out this band, Weeb. look em up somehow. Limewire or whatever, The lead singer is the bassist and he is amazing.

Tom Araya!!

Steve Harris, Cliff Burton and Les Claypool

stephen fimmers, and les claypool

LARRY GRAHAM BITCHES! Sly and the Family Stone anyone? (Can't forget about Graham Central Station either.) Metal you ask? As Metal as they wanna' be. For all you Claypool fan's out there, this is a must. How do you think Les learned to play?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_pbhxB7cGbw&feature=related

It's so sad just a few people have listened to Sawada Taiji work on X Japan, his bass was the first bass I've ever heard which had something different than copying the guitar notes. Awesome, also Cliff and Markus Groskpoff (whatever it writes) are great.
EDIT: Sorry for forgetting tom fucking araya and angelripper.

Brendan Brown from Ne Obliviscaris. Not a very well known band yet but damn is Brendan good. In fact the whole band is very talented.

There are many... but only one at the top for me, he's name is Steve Harris!

Written by Mega-Slayer on 09.10.2006 at 07:00

How about Eric Langlois of Cryptopsy?He is just killer on "None So Vile",I like that all of his notes are easy to make out,listen to his work on the tracks "Benedictine Convulsions","Orgiastic Disembowelment" and "Slit Your Guts ".He actually gets his own solos,how ever short the may be.

I can't believe I forgot about this guy! I've just started listening to Cryptopsy again and his bass playing really makes None So Vile the masterpiece that it is. That solo on "Slit Your Guts" really is something special. Lots of different techniques used and the great production really helps his playing stand out.

Nibbs Carter, or Steve Harris. Both heavy and Steve is fast has hell

i saw dream theater last night, and OMG!! john myung is so awesomely crazy!! his an awesome bassist with soooo much skill

Written by BurbotsRevenge on 31.01.2008 at 11:10

i saw dream theater last night, and OMG!! john myung is so awesomely crazy!! his an awesome bassist with soooo much skill

Aawww man... you gotta tell me the setlist! PM or something!

hm well the guy from testament is cool, i also love geezer butler, he just rules, plus that guy out of primus, though i cant rember his name.

on another note, Somebody is reconising bassists! I belive bassists dont get enough credit for what they do, most of the time the musics all aboutt he guitars or the singing, theres only a handfull of famous and good bassists compared to guitarists.

2 words: Cliff Burton!

Alex Webster, for a metal bassist but overall it would be Geddy Lee of Rush, 100% best bassist ever.

John Myung,
Michael LePond,
Steve Harris,
Roger Waters,
Flea

scott reeder, listen to kyuss' - circus leaves town!

Cliff Burton, John Myung, Michael LePond, Steve Harris, Chris Barker, Lemmy.
I can't really pick the one technically most appealing. But John Myung and Michael LePond are definitely my favorites.

ALEX WEBSTER ... then Justin Chancellor of Tool and Jeordie White (ex-Marilyn Manson) and Nine Inch Nails bassist ..

I'd vote for Steve Harris of Iron Maiden. He's both a great bassist and leader of the worlds best band...
I admire him...

William Murderface