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A bassist is an musician who plays a bass guitar or double bass. This page lists famous bassists in four categories, depending on whether they are primarily known for playing bass guitar, double bass, both, or their main instrument is unknown. Certain musical genres tend to use one or the other (for example, bass guitar for rock and roll or pop music but double bass for classical music and jazz) but the rule is not hard and fast.The lists are organised by alphabetical order of surname and brief mention may be made of their specific contribution or famous groups they have worked with.
1 Bass guitar
- Justin Chancellor from Tool
- Les Claypool from Primus
- Adam Clayton from U2
- Tim Commerford from Rage Against the MachineThich Quang Duc, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who burnt himself to death as a protest against Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem's administration's practices against the Buddhist religion, features on the cover of the first Rage Against the Machine album. Rage Ag and AudioslaveAudioslave is an alternative rock supergroup consisting of Chris Cornell (formerly of Soundgarden) and the instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine. Their first studio album, Audioslave drew mixed reactions from critics but swiftly attained double pla
- John DeaconJohn Richard Deacon was born on 19th August 1951 in Leicester, United Kingdom. He was the youngest member of Queen. He is the author of the hits Another One Bites the Dust and I Want to Break Free which show that his contribution to Queen was significant. from QueenFreddie Mercury Queen is a British rock band which was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The group is well known for its sports anthems and classic rock radio staples, particularly the hits " We Are the Champions" and " Bohemian Rhapsody;" the band promoted
- Mike DirntMichael Ryan Pritchard (born May 4, 1972) is the bassist for the punk band Green Day. He met Billie Joe Armstrong in 1982 a few months before Billie's father's death. Mike founded first The Sweet Children with Billie, and then Green Day in 1988. Green Day from Green DayGreen Day is an American punk band consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt (born Michael Pritchard), and Tre Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III). At the age of 12, Tre Cool became a member of the band The Lookouts. Their album attracted some attenti
- John EntwistleJohn Alec Entwistle ( October 9, 1944 June 27, 2002) was the bass guitar player for The Who. John Alec Entwistle was born in Chiswick, a London suburb, in 1944. He joined Roger Daltrey in a pre-Who band, The Detours, in the early 1960s. Sometimes known as from The WhoThe Who is a British rock band. They were noted for the dynamism of their live performances and for their thoughtful music, including Tommy one of the first rock operas. While not a heavy metal band themselves, their distorted guitars, epic songwriting, a
- Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Roger Glover from Deep Purple
- Lincoln Goines
- Mike Gordon from Phish
- Larry Graham
- Colin Greenwood from Radiohead
- Steve Harris from Iron Maiden
- Joey DeMaio from Manowar
- Jimmy Haslip
- Peter Hook from New Order, Monaco and Joy Division.
- Mark Hoppus from blink-182
- Glenn Hughes from Deep Purple
- Anthony Jackson
- James Jamerson
- John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin
- Lemmy Kilmister from Motörhead
- Steve Lawson
- Geddy Lee from Rush
- Will Lee
- Phil Lesh from The Grateful Dead
- Sir Paul McCartney from The Beatles
- Marcus Miller
- Me'shell Ndegeocello
- Jason Newsted from Voivod, formerly of Metallica
- Jaco Pastorius
- Francis "Rocco" Prestia from Tower Of Power
- Suzi Quatro
- Noel Redding from The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Mike Rutherford from Genesis
- Tom Jenkinson aka Squarepusher
- Ross Valory from Journey
- Roger Waters from Pink Floyd
- Miiko Watanabe from the Screamin' Sirens and American Girls
- Jeordie White from A Perfect Circle
- Leon Wilkeson from Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Victor Wooten from Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
- D'Arcy Wretzky formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins
