List of Band and Bass Recommendations

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Recommendations List


Ever wonder what bands have good bass to listen or play along with? Or perhaps you want to find more bands in order to explore other musical genres? Well here's a list complied through the recommendations of others, in order to give you that kick start and find some new, fresh bands.

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The following list is comprised of categories Metal, Rock, Funk, Reggae/Dub, Punk, Rap/Hip-Hop, Jazz/Blues, and Bassists, respectively. In order to save space, several genres have been condensed into one large heading. For example, Metal is comprised of Progressive, Grindcore, and Death, just to name a few...

~X Genre Includes:

-Metal-Classic Heavy, Progressive, Grind and Deathcore, Death, Black, Thrash, Technical, Goth, Symphonic, etc.

-Rock-Classic, Indie, Psychedelic, Post-Rock, Roots, Jam, Heavy, Alternative, Grunge, Country
etc.

-Funk-(bits of) Disco, Rock, Soul, R & B, Punk, Reggae, etc.

-Reggae/Dub-(bits of) Rock, Punk, Funk, Ska, etc.

-Punk-Punk (old and new), Ska, Phsycobilly, Pop, Reggae, etc.

-Rap/Hip-Hop-Old School, New, Rap, Gansta, DJ, Soul, R & B, etc.

-Jazz/Blues-Old, New, Progressive, Bop, Post-Bop, Funk, Rock, Latin, Fusion, Avant-Garde, etc.

-Bassists-Bassists who are talented to some degree and are in/have been in successful bands at one point. This heading is a great starting point for those just starting bass and want to know who to look for.

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Metal

Dream Theater
A Perfect Circle
Tool
Mudvayne
Opeth
Metallica
Cannibal Corpse
Megadeth
Death
Black Sabbath
Godsmack
Anthrax
Disturbed
Slayer
Children Of Bodom
Amon Amarth
Cynic
Aghora
Evergrey
Meshuggah
Planet X
Necrophagist
Shadow gallery
Watchtower
Morbid Angel
Judas Priest
In Flames
Helloween
Atheist
System of a Down
Motley Crue
Ozzy
Mastadon
AFI
Pantera
Rammstein
Rhapsody
Between the Buried and Me
Gorguts
Melechesh
Strapping Young Lad
Dark Tranquillity
End This Day
Prayer for Cleansing
Bury Your Dead
Fantomas
Dead to Fall
Killswitch Engage
Emperor
Destruction
Nuclear Assault
Mayhem
Emporer
Nightwish
Napalm Death
Kreator
Sodom
Sadus
Cryptopsy
Elvenking
Exodus
Hatebreed
Immortal
Dragonforce
At the Gates
Static-x
Black Label Society
Blind Guardian
Nuclear Rabbit
Amanda Woodward
Chimaira
Fear Before the March of Flames
Dilinger Escape Plan
Symphony X
Stratovarius
Iron Maiden
Testament
Annihilator
Over Kill
Iced Earth
Flotsam and Jetsam
Diamond Head
Stride
Queensryche
Spiral Architect
Dungeon
Spawn of Possession
Suffocation
The Red Chord
Lethargy
System of a Down
Carcass
Poison the well
Lamb of God
Bleed Through
Atreyu
As I Lay Dying
Dimmu Borgir

Rock

Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Rush
The Who
The Beatles
Cream
Mountain
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Allman Brothers Band
The Grateful Dead
Stone Temple Pilots
Ambulance LTD
Soundgarden
Bad Religion
Sublime
Frank Zappa
Gang of Four
Dredg
Incubus
Guns 'n' Roses
Autolux
Faith No More
Jack Irons
Fleetwood Mac
Cake
Morphine
Foo Fighters
Queen
Mr. Big
Racer X
Muse
Primus
The Cure
Niacin
Liquid Tension Experiment
Dave Matthews Band
Audioslave
King Crimson
Oysterhead
Mars Volta
The Pixies
Queens of the Stoneage
Smashing Pumpkins
Interpol
Kyuss
Free
In Living Colour
Phish
Gov't Mule
Widespread Panic
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Rage Against the Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
Keller Williams
Boston
Van Halen
Big Star
Violent Femmes
The Doors
Husker Du
Blue Oyster Cult
Jethro Tull
Deep Purple
Paul Simon
Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Electric Light Orchestra
The Eagles
Bob Dylan
David Bowie
War
Simon and Garfunkel
Pearl Jam
The Rollingstones
Goldfinger
Credence Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
AC/DC
Supertramp
Flowmotion
Mogwai
Lou Reed
Dinosaur Jr.
The Flaming Lips
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Sigur Ros
311
Talking Heads
The Rock
Wierd Al
Jefferson Airplane
Lynryd Skynyrd
The Yardbirds
Van Halen
Prince
Radiohead
Yes
Rufio
Thin Lizzy
Stu Hamm
Johnny Cash
Capatin Beefheart

Funk

James Brown
Parliament Funkadelic
Sly and the Family Stone
Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Jaco Pastorius
24-7 Spyz
Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
Bootsy Collins
Galactic
Addison Groove Project
The Commadores
Rick James
Toast Machine
Tower of Power
Marcus Miller
Primus
Oysterhead
Kool and the Gang
Phish
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Curtis Mayfield
Isaac Hayes
Barry White
311
Wild Cherry
Level 42
Jamiroquai
Larry Graham
Michael Jackson
Medeski, Martin, and Wood
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Victor Wooten

Reggae/Dub

Bob Marley and the Wailers
Black Uhuru
Sly and Robbie
The Clash
Bad Brains
Steel Pulse
King Tubby
Scientist
Symarip
Sublime
Ziggy Marley
Peter Tosh
Mano Negra
Ozomatli
Burning Spear
The Long Beach Dub All-Stars
Slightly Stoopid
Pepper
Augustus Pablo
Third World
Alpha Blondy
Abdel Wright
Abyssinians
The Ethiopians
The Slackers
Israel Vibration
The Heptones
Yellowman
Gregory Isaac
Reel Big Fish
Bunny Wailer
The Upsetter
The Minutemen
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Gladiators
Jimmy Cliff
Prince Buster
Aswad
Desmond Dekker
Toots and the Maytals
I-Roy
311
Skatalites
Trojan Boxsets

Punk

Rancid
Operation Ivy
Catch 22
Anti-Flag
NOFX
Voodoo Glow Skulls
Bigwig
Reel Big Fish
Streetlight Manifesto
The Descendents
The Offspring
The Casualties
The Vandals
The Distillers
Black Flag
Leftover Crack
The Ramones
MxPx
Lagwagon
The Clash
No Doubt
Fugazi
Five Iron Frenzy
The O.C. Supertones
Mustard Plug
The Specials
The Toasters
The Insyderz
The Chinkees
Frenzal Rhomb
Senses Fail
Link 80
Thursday
Taking Back Sunday
Thrice
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Nirvana
Dead Kennedys
Alkaline Trio
Green Day
Less Than Jake
Tiger Army
The Blue Meanies

Rap/Hip-Hop

Snoop Doggy Dogg
Blackalicious
The Roots
Kanye West
Nas
Jurassic 5
Tupac Shakur
Lovage
Dan the Automater
The Fine Arts Militia
Schooly D
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Notorious B.I.G.
Cypress Hill
Wu-Tang Clan
Public Enemy
Sugarhill Gang
Beastie Boys
Afrika Bambatta
Lyrics Born
Razell
Kurtis Blow
KRS-One
Mobb Deep
Bone Thugs 'n' Harmony
Dr. Dre
Erik B. and Rakim
Anti-Pop Consortium
N.W.A.
Buck 56
Mos Def
Solesides
De La Soul
Digable Planets
Run DMC
Grandmaster Flash
Outkast
Jay-Z
Erykah Badu
Talib Kweli
Dälek
Eminem
Aesop Rock
Ozomatli
Dilated Peoples
DJ Shadow
DJ Logic
A Tribe Called Quest
Jedi Mind Tricks

Jazz/Blues

Weather Report
Stevie Ray Vaughn
B.B. King
Ray Brown
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Chuck Mangione
George Benson
Jimmy Vaughn
John Scofield
Morphine
Jaco Pastorius
Charles Mingus
Dave Bruebeck
Marcus Miller
Chuck Berry
John Lee Hooker
Peter Green
Tito Puentes
Poncho Sanchez
Nestor Torres
Mongo Santamaria
Gato Barbieri
Medeski, Martin, and Wood
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Victor Wooten
Frank Zappa
The Chick Corea's Electric, Acoustic Band
Paul Chambers
Diana Krall
Howlin' Wolf
Kenny G
Return To Forever
Muddy Waters
Kaki King
Robert Johnson
John Lee Hooker
Thelonius Monk

[list]Bassists

Jaco Pastorius
Victor Wooten
Marcus Miller
Les Claypool
Willie Dixon
Geddy Lee
Billy Sheehan
Cliff Burton
Justin Chancellor
Bill Dickens
Sting
Bootsy Collins
Mike Gordon
Larry Graham
Dirk Lance
Flea
Juan Alderete
Bakithi Kumalo
John Entwhistle
John Deacon
John McVie
Charles Mingus
Louis "Thunder Thumbs" Johnson
Jeff Berlin
Charles Meeks
Greg Lake
Stefan Lessard
Alan Woody
Aston Barret
Gary Willis
David Byrne
Steve Harris
Brian Bromberg
Juan Nelson
Matt Freeman
John Myung
Paul McCartney
Rick James
Ben Kenney
John Paul Jones
Chris Squire
P-Nut
Tim Commerford
Jack Bruce
Stuart Zender
Richard Bona
Steve Hunter
Ray Riendeau
Jimmy Haslip
Nathan East
Robbie Shakespeare
Geezer Butler
Paul Chambers
Steve Bailey
Paul Simonon
Mark King
Stu Hamm
Tommy Shannon
Stanley Banks
Meshell N'degeochello
John Pattituci
James Jameson
Mark Wilson
Vail Johnson
Braylon Lacy
Jeff Ament
Rhonda Smith
Victor Bailey
Jean Baudin
Squarepus

[neatobassman]

Rock
Violent Femmes. That guy doesn't get enough credit

[Bsassistscarecrow]

level 42 has a good bassist

[FenderJazz]

Como Boricua (as a Puerto Rican), let me add some latin Jazz to that.

Tito Puentes - Percussion (mostly timbales)
Poncho Sanchez - Percussion (Congas)
Nestor Torres - Flute
Mongo Santamaria - Percussion (Congas)
Gato Barbieri - Sax

I dont really know any good latin Jazz bass players but Im sure theres a couple.

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Como Boricua (as a Puerto Rican), let me add some latin Jazz to that.

Tito Puentes - Percussion (mostly timbales)
Poncho Sanchez - Percussion (Congas)
Nestor Torres - Flute
Mongo Santamaria - Percussion (Congas)
Gato Barbieri - Sax

I dont really know any good latin Jazz bass players but Im sure theres a couple.


Thanks man.


level 42 has a good bassist

:rolleyes:

Perhaps thats why I put:

Mark King

Level 42

Come on man, I dont care whether you think he is good, thats not what this thread is for. Read the thread, read the rules, and quit stating your pointless opinions.

[elbassio]

Personal thing, I would have separated Jazz and Blues as they are very diferent genres of music

[rh15951]

system of a down is listed twice in "metal section" :p

[Lokkenjawnz]

You already have System of a Down on there, but you might want to put the name of their actual bassist (Shavo Odadjin) under good bassists, just so he can get a bit of credit.

[Mild_child]

what baout Klaus Fluoride from Dead Kennedys? is riffs are good...

[milesflea03]

you should definetly put Edgar Meyer up here... if you haven't heard him then you should definetly check him out.

[DKDK]

what baout Klaus Fluoride from Dead Kennedys? is riffs are good...


yeah
hes awesome

[DKDK]

Dead Milkmen had some really good bass too, id put em in Punk

[funkyhoney]

punk -the vandals - joe escalante, awesome pick bassist

[groundzero]

Amanda Woodward

Good luck fitting them into a genre here though. I guess metal would be the best.

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thanks all.

[scottkdash]

you missed nirvana.

that is inexcusable

[young10ben]

its indi rock n roll 4 me

[badtaste]

How about dividing each music genre into things like: Technical Bass, Melodic Bass, Slap/Pop, Speed?, etc...

[IHeartTheBass]

Missing Rammstein, they have some sweet lines, you should add it in.

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Missing Rammstein, they have some sweet lines, you should add it in.

Thanks

How about dividing each music genre into things like: Technical Bass, Melodic Bass, Slap/Pop, Speed?, etc...

No, thats too subjectve. thanks though

[bbbbass]

Very subjective, but how is Emperor's bassist "talented to some degree"? Ihsahn writes everything! The only time Emperor's bassist impressed me was the touring bassist off of Live Emperial Ceremonies, the one with a 6er. And all he was doing was playing arpeggios.

[wardy]

Wow thanks for that list. Gonna go out and check those funmky bass lines out.

[halfdeadhippo]

Good list, but you could probably add Return to Forever to Jazz/Blues bands, unless I just missed them.

[real_low_mind]

Dead Kennedys
Public Image Ltd ("Happy" especially is good :thumb: )
New York Dolls (esp. "Personality Crisis")

[Mario Volta]

Roger Waters from Pink Floyd

Juan Aldrete from The Mars Volta

:thumb:

[Zion Gates]

24-7 Spyz have an amazing bassist...they are kinda funk/rock ..with a little reggae influence, amazing stuff

[eguitaranlead]

Punk-

Taking Back Sunday
From First to Last (fun and pretty good bass)
Thursday
Thrice
Senses Fail

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Thanks to everyone so far.

Updated!

[Grinch]

screen silver: legendery bassist
The burning virgins: Amazing bassist
SKANKt:Simply sic

[Kapura]

If you're looking for good songs to play with, believe it or not,

Mike dirnt is probaly one of the best bassists out there,
I mean like top 10 on electric bass in rock/ punk, but billiejoe
usually hides mike's talent in most greenday songs, and gives them good guitar parts.

But out of billie's guitarness, most greenday songs are incredibly easy and fun to play along to, with easy riffs and choruses.
Just don;t try homecoming or jesus of suburbia first...

go greenday!!

~KN~

[Ting]

^...errm...i disagree. And Green Day is two words

[systemfreak79]

primus???? i've heard somewhat about them, but i havent heard of them. id like to know what cd to get of them, which one has a lot of awesome bass. if this isnt the appropriate place to ask my question, please tell me where.

[Soulfly666]

I can't believe there is no mention of The Meters in the funk section and George Porter Jr.!

That's blasphemy!!!

[basgitarist]

Public Image Ltd ("Happy" especially is good :thumb: )
New York Dolls (esp. "Personality Crisis")

didn't I tab those for you :p? or yes I did.

[jaco jr]

Very subjective, but how is Emperor's bassist "talented to some degree"? Ihsahn writes everything! The only time Emperor's bassist impressed me was the touring bassist off of Live Emperial Ceremonies, the one with a 6er. And all he was doing was playing arpeggios.
samoth writes some stuff for emperor, such as the wanderer, and the start of ye entrancemperium was actually written by euronymous, but yes i would agree emperor bass is never the most exciting thing,

also i realise they have had loads of bassists, but could add Behemoth's bassist Orion to the list? - he is a talented guy, a guitarist too, when the songs get fast he plays with all four right hand fingers and his thumb :confused: - anyway he's a nice guy too so put him on

and someone said rammsteind has sweet lines, let me tell them a story, this one time my band in their wisdom decided to cover links234, after looking at the tab, i tuned my bass so that i only had to play open strings in the song, i tuned my bass to the E, G, A and Bb needed to play the song, it was boring as hell too - rammstein lines are boring:thumb:

[doubleawesome]

Woah..thanks!thats one cool and mean list!..man i wish i had stumbled across this forum earlier!!..its so amazing..b4 i thought i had alot of things pinned down in the music world...but by the looks of things i gota a whole smack of music playing to do..

[the101er]

FUNK: Infectious Grooves

[doubleawesome]

hey dudes i also suggest some George Benson..hes kinda old..but his bass lines work it up..go the song "breezin"..

[wicked_child]

hey dudes i also suggest some George Benson..hes kinda old..but his bass lines work it up..go the song "breezin".. i thought he was a guitarist

[Criss Frantic]

Rock: Gang Of Four

[MCMLXXXV82]

I don't know if somebody already said this but, I think Jon Berry from rufio is an amazing bassist. I learned all his riffs when I was first starting out.

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[NavyBass]

Funk
Earth, Wind, and Fire


Rock
Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Electric Light Orchestra
Emerson, Lake, & Palmer


Jazz
Chuck Mangione

Bassists
John Deacon (Queen)
John McVie (Fleetwood Mac)
Charles Meeks (Chuck Mangione)
Greg Lake (King Crimson/ELP)




Also, Johnny Cash is considered Country, not Rock. He has never been grouped in Rock. Any music store will have his CD's in the Country Section. :lol:

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thanks

[Maiden Fan9053]

ALICE IN CHAINS!!

Van Halen are up twice.:thumb:

[rik]

You spelt Mastodon wrong. Also, you need to put Sikth (bassist James Leach) in the metal category.

[Motorbreath5478]

Holy Jesus, did you put AFI in the "Metal" section?!

[Bass Patriot]

WHAT THE HELL?!?!? Senses Fail r soooooo emo... NOT punk... and Thrice is NOT punk either... Thrice is Hardcore/Rock (borderline metal)
nevertheless... good list... gotta love The Toasters version of the Tetris Theme