I like Joey DeMaio from Manowar!

Steve Harris is good too.

Tom Araya, Alex Webster, and Greg Christian. =D

- sean malone
- roger patterson
- john myung




....hmm i wonder why almost everybody picks steve harrison...skills? fame? idk, but imo he is a very good bassist and stuff, but there's alot of amazing bassists in metal, imo better than him...

I like Martin Mendez but there are others. I like his style and he reminds me of me. he's quiet and just does his job and does it well

My favourite bass player is Alex Webster by far, he's a genious

I noticed that bassists are always the happiest and funniest members of the bands. When I attend a concert I usually watch them.
My favourite players are those who I saw live. Dani Evans, Jarkko Aaltonen, Simo Lehtonen, Gunnar H. Thomsen...

Written by sq_xeper on 04.11.2008 at 19:14

My favourite bass player is Alex Webster by far, he's a genious

Alex Webster is a fucking Monster on the bass. He's also one of my favorite bassists. Besides their live shows. He's one of the only reasons I like Cannibal Corpse.

Steve Harris

John Myung

I cant forget jason newsted.
cliff-steve-tom....

Steve Harris, Geezer, Geddy Lee, Alex Webster, Tom Araya, Billy Sheehan, Jason Newsted, Les Claypool....uh....the bassist from Lost Horizon, Oliver Holzwarth. yeah thats what comes to mind off the top of my head.

Written by LeChron James on 19.11.2008 at 04:18

Steve Harris, Geezer, Geddy Lee, Alex Webster, Tom Araya, Billy Sheehan, Jason Newsted, Les Claypool....uh....the bassist from Lost Horizon, Oliver Holzwarth. yeah thats what comes to mind off the top of my head.

Dude... Araya is actually pretty decent. Not many people say this, but my example to this would be the early Slayer releases where he used to play with fingers. The bass is pretty fat on those releases.

Written by Sunioj on 19.11.2008 at 17:54

Written by LeChron James on 19.11.2008 at 04:18

Steve Harris, Geezer, Geddy Lee, Alex Webster, Tom Araya, Billy Sheehan, Jason Newsted, Les Claypool....uh....the bassist from Lost Horizon, Oliver Holzwarth. yeah thats what comes to mind off the top of my head.

Dude... Araya is actually pretty decent. Not many people say this, but my example to this would be the early Slayer releases where he used to play with fingers. The bass is pretty fat on those releases.

definitely more prominent then than the releases nowadays. and yeha, playing those early songs without a pick would be interesting.

Justin Chancellor - especially I like his melodic style of playing. Great musician, generous technique!

Alex webster, Cliff Burton, John Myung....Rob Trujillo is good too

And Steve Di'giorgio

Ivan ?ivković from JUGO 45

Billy sheehan & alex webster. those guys are bass gods

I don't know who's the best, but Derek Boyer,Steve Digiorgio,Thomasz "Orion" Wroblewski,David Vincent,Jeff Walker and Shane Embury are among my favorites.

I found out Martin Mendez my favorite bassist today.. In my opinion he's even better than Alex Webster who I thought is the best.. I like his style when he plays..

Written by [user id=160] on 31.10.2008 at 01:36

I like Joey DeMaio from Manowar!

i think you and i are the only 2 guys in this thread who actually chose this guy.. i mean that dude is pretty fucking groovy and sometimes he has to fill 2 spots at the same time: bass and rhythm guitar and he maintains a really good balance, like here: Metal Daze

My favorite is jason newsted and i dont wanna argue about his skill.
the others are: tom araya - Ted Lundström - cliff burton - steve harris

Written by spirit_inblack on 29.12.2006 at 19:15

Freedom from !T.O.O.H.! is really amazing. His style is really awesomeand quite unoque actually. I reccomend to listen to the song Kali if you want to hear him at his best.

Thank you!!!

I never thought someone would say that. That dude is my favorite bassist hands down. His work on !T.O.O.H.! is just out of this world and the song you said have a really awesome bass solo that slays every bassist I've heard in my life.
And the best thing is that it's Grindcore... Few bands have such a clean sound so the bass hears so good.

Another bassist I really like is Martin Mendez from Opeth... In cds like Still Life and Damnation he really shines.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 02.01.2009 at 20:00

Written by spirit_inblack on 29.12.2006 at 19:15

Freedom from !T.O.O.H.! is really amazing. His style is really awesomeand quite unoque actually. I reccomend to listen to the song Kali if you want to hear him at his best.

Thank you!!!

I never thought someone would say that. That dude is my favorite bassist hands down. His work on !T.O.O.H.! is just out of this world and the song you said have a really awesome bass solo that slays every bassist I've heard in my life.
And the best thing is that it's Grindcore... Few bands have such a clean sound so the bass hears so good.

Another bassist I really like is Martin Mendez from Opeth... In cds like Still Life and Damnation he really shines.

Fuck yeah man! i sometimes wonder why he doesn't get more credit, the bass on Rad A Trest is amazing.

Another bassist that i quite like is Infestuus from Glorior Belli/Obscurus Advocam. He claims that it is his favorite instrument and rightfully so. The bass on Verbia Daemonicus really adds to that album, unlike many Bm bands.

-Joey DeMaio
-John Myung
-Steve Harris
... I also like Hammerfall's old bassist Magnus

Wow, the only reason I hadn't posted in this thread is that I thought I had many, many years ago.

I'll pull a 15 month old quote to second it...

Written by Doc G. on 13.10.2007 at 07:24

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.

Frank's basswork is a lot of fun - drives the songs along. I love the fill he does during the pre-chorus section of "Caught in a Mosh" during the "talking in to you... ... is like clapping with one hand" section... check around 1:20-1:27 of the song.

might not be the most technical guy, the most innovative, or whatever, but he's the guy i'd want on the bass.

Written by BitterCOld on 12.01.2009 at 19:51

Wow, the only reason I hadn't posted in this thread is that I thought I had many, many years ago.

I'll pull a 15 month old quote to second it...

Written by Doc G. on 13.10.2007 at 07:24

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.

Frank's basswork is a lot of fun - drives the songs along. I love the fill he does during the pre-chorus section of "Caught in a Mosh" during the "talking in to you... ... is like clapping with one hand" section... check around 1:20-1:27 of the song.

might not be the most technical guy, the most innovative, or whatever, but he's the guy i'd want on the bass.

Thats what bass should be. This may sound weird but I prefer less technical bass players for that reason, its a fucking rhythm instrument, leave the wanking to the guitarists or in some cases the keyboardist. Over technicality in bass lines really defeats the purpose of the instrument itself IMO. Frank Bello satisfies every need for a driving force in a rhythm section.

My two personal favorites from Frank Bello are the intro to 'Lone Justice' and about 3:35-3:50 in 'A.I.R'.

EDIT: Also, like yourself Caught In A Mosh is one of my favs, but my favorite part of that song is about 0:21-0:41.

Cliff burton
tom araya
steve harris

Written by Endoftherainbow on 06.08.2006 at 06:10

No he's right they are way better then him they could play anything John Myung has wrote no problem and he'd have a really tough time keeping up with anyone of those bass players mentioned. Myung really is quite overrated he really hasn't done anything that innovative and special. He is quite talented though don't get me wrong he just isn't even in the same league as someone like Wooten or Jaco. As a bass player I also know you can compare their styles against each other because Dream Theater is a pretty jazz oriented band.

I dont think being a great bass player is about being innovative though man. If you can play, you can play no matter what. Myung can play with the best of em these days. Incredible live as well, if any of you get a chance to check Dream THeater out live, do it and watch him. By default guitar players and frontmen get most of the eyes at shows but this guy deserves a look at a concert. Its incredible to see how fast and presice the man plays live. Anyways, amazing bassist.

Im gonna have to give a shout out to Tony Choy as well. Its gotta be hard playing with all these technical death metal masters and hes done it all. Hes a standout for sure

Metal bassists suck for the most part. the only one i can even name of the top of my head is cliff burton, and he sucks too. Primus tho, claypool is amasing.