As mentioned before
Lemmy Kilmister
Geezer Butler
Geddy Lee
Robert DeLeo
Steve Harris
Eugene Costyuk
Cass Lewis
To name a few. There are so many very talented bassists in all genres of music and not just th famous ones either.
A big shout out should be given to the session musicians who never see the limelight but are as equally important as the famous artists.
I debated listing Myung too but I’m just not enough of a Dream Theater fan. He’s amazing though (as is the rest of the band. Rudess gets counted twice because of his beard too )
Bob Babbitt and Duck Dunn
But most of the guys I know anything about bass wise I started to follow because of the guitarist they played. Robin Trower and James Dewar, SRV and Tommy Shannon, Rev Billy G and Dusty Hill, Jeff Beck and Tim Bogert - Phil Chen - Tal Wilkenfeld, and if for no other reason than his contributions to blues genre…Willie Dixon
You actually have a very valid point there @Tokyo_Rat.
I’ve just realised that I almost always knew about the vocalist or lead guitarist before I knew anything about the bass player until I picked up my first bass.
I saw Cass Lewis with Gary Moore and followed Skunk Anannsie a few years before I knew his name ! Quite shameful really
Ha Ha Ha, I don’t’ even think of Metallica when I think of Robert Trujillo, and he IS one of my favorite bass players (and Metallica is NOT one of my favorite bands, as a matter of fact, I DO NOT LIKE METALLICA)
Welcome to the forum @Saeje - I agree with you here, I love Robert Trujillo, but more for ST and Infectious Grooves and the more Punk / funk projects
So many great bassists out there. It’s funny, Flea is one of the few bassists where I’m like “he’s so incredible” and would never want to meet him because he looks like a maniac while he plays. For my fav, I gotta go with Geddy Lee.
If we’re going with non mainstream dudes, I really like Commander Meouch from TWRP.
Or Youtube, there are so many amazing youtube bassists. Anna Sentina, Juliaplaysgroove, Davie, Charles Berthoud.
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Great list though!