Underrated rock bass performance albums?

[MuRd0K]

Yeah, what rock albums do you think are underrated (Bass-talking)?

The only one that comes to my mind is Fashion Nugget by Cake. It's not fret-wanking, it doesn't have a bass solo, but the bass is so ****ing groovy on songs like "The Distance", "Daria" and "I will survive".

[velvet goldmine]

Quadrophenia by The Who

[Mr. Pickle]

my band does the distance. i have to say that if you really listen to some older weezer stuff, there is really some cool bass riffs. you have to listen kind of closely to hear it all though.

[MuRd0K]

Quadrophenia by The Who

John Entwhistle is constantly called the best rock bassist on the history of well... bass, and Quadrophenia is one of the top The Who's albums. Miles away from being underrated.

[6stringslinger]

All albums by the group Clutch

[Az_Holl]

Wolfmother. The bass player/organist is pretty good, but the style of music they play makes it so the guitar overshadows it.
Plus he's got a really nice Rickenbacker tone.

[velvet goldmine]

i know aye, did you see the set that they had on abc?

[The Brad]

my band does the distance. i have to say that if you really listen to some older weezer stuff, there is really some cool bass riffs. you have to listen kind of closely to hear it all though.
123, Matt Sharp was a big influence on me for a long time.

[Az_Holl]

i know aye, did you see the set that they had on abc?
Yeah that was cool, they nearly played there whole album. His tone was a little thinner than the studio one, but its still cool.

Where in Australia are you?

[velvet goldmine]

Up on the goldy

(gold coast)

[Bass_swede]

August and everything after - counting crows

It's very groovy and laid back bass.

[Jublian]

The entire Kyuss catalogue

Highly Evolved-The Vines

[rh15951]

Thirst

[BassPlayingPineapple]

Led Zeppelin 2, well basically all of zeppelins stuff, JPJ is a fantastic bassist and musician.

[Ian]

All albums by the group Clutch

Clutch is a great band.

Id also like to add:

Anything by Stone Temple Pilots. Robert Deleo is a very funky jamerson-style player that never gets any recognition. Tunes like "Interstate Love Song" show his playing abilities.

Alice in Chains -- Dirt, Jar of Flies, Self Titled, etc. I forget exactly which albums have Mike Inez on bass but he deserves credit.

All the Pantera albums, Rex Brown is an awesome bassist.

[chrishi87]

I know you will hate me for that...

All Limp Bizkit Stuff....
even if you don`t like the music...the bass-riffs are amazing...

[peeted]

seriousley everyone should lissten to bb king live in cannes 1983.
some of the best bass playing in my entire cd colection, fret wankery with a ridiculus amount of groove AND smooth bluesy lines AND slap solos and improv.

[peeted]

most king crimson albums are fairly underrated bass wise too come to think of it.

[Saitoku]

Stone Temple Pilots - Purple

[Belfast Bassist]

Im not a fan of them, but Kasabian's self titled has pretty solid bass. It's got simple yet catchy bass riffs that keep poundin through the songs. And theres a wee bass solo too which isnt hard but sounds tight!

[Jahmez]

Most of AFI's albums have nice bass playing, but I don't hear much about them from bassists.

[enim]

Most of AFI's albums have nice bass playing, but I don't hear much about them from bassists.

123, Hunter is a beast. With really long fingers.

[Jody LeCompte]

Rocket Queen - GNR

Hell, most gnr...everything thinks duff is so bad, but hes really not.

[JeBuSrOcKs]

The entire Kyuss catalogue

Highly Evolved-The Vines

i agree with your kyuss comment. they are soo awesome and fun to play :thumb:

[Squirellmeister]

Rocket Queen - GNR

Hell, most gnr...everything thinks duff is so bad, but hes really not.

True that.

I don't like his playing with Velvet Revolver but on Appetite expescially he does some awesome stuff. I love the bass line in the intro to SCOM.

[Jody LeCompte]

Duff's style in Velvet Revolver hasnt changed that much. The guitar work between slash and Dave is tighter than slash and izzy so it covers duff up a bit.

[Squirellmeister]

Duff's style in Velvet Revolver hasnt changed that much. The guitar work between slash and Dave is tighter than slash and izzy so it covers duff up a bit.

But he stands out less and has less cool little fills imo. But that is in part due to VRs style. GnR had kind of space for Duff to move in VR doesnt to the same extent.

[BurningSky]

Porcupine Tree-Coma Divine

Colin Edwin=God...

[6stringslinger]

I know you will hate me for that...

All Limp Bizkit Stuff....
even if you don`t like the music...the bass-riffs are amazing...


True, its too bad that the band is so hated that no one really pays attention to the bassist. He should leave and form another band. Actually if the booted out Durst and changed thier name, find a new frontman they could make a comeback. They should look at Audioslave, Velvet Revolver.....it can be done.

[Visti]

All of Alice In Chains' stuff. You usually don't notice at all how much of a role the bass plays to the general melody and flow of the song. But once you pay attention, it's really an eye-opener on how it's supposed to be done.



Also Kyuss.


And also Clutch.

[Kayetan]

most king crimson albums are fairly underrated bass wise too come to think of it.Yeah, I was just listening to Starless and Bible Black this morning, thinking about how I've never seen their bassist mentioned in anything. He's really fun to listen to. A good bassist indeed.

[Deacy]

Queen II

[Spaceman Spiff]

True, its too bad that the band is so hated that no one really pays attention to the bassist. He should leave and form another band. Actually if the booted out Durst and changed thier name, find a new frontman they could make a comeback. They should look at Audioslave, Velvet Revolver.....it can be done.
Good bassist or not, Limp Bizkit is an awful band. I liked them at first, but then they just kept on releasing progressively worse albums. Sure, Wes Borland is a good guitarist, Sam Rivers (is that his name?) is a good bassist, but that generic nu-metal music that they write is just very, well, generic and lame.


Anyway, since I recently got into them in the last few months, I've found that the bassist for Franz Ferdinand knows what he's doing, on both their debut self-titled release, and their more recent one, You Could Have It So Much Better.



PS. Audioslave and Velvet Revolver stink too. :lol:

[velvet goldmine]

Now i think of it, Sonic Youth has some alright bass lines in it, not fret wanking, but still pretty awesome, especially some of the improv stuff, and i have to agree that limp bizkit is ****in awful

[Your Tourniquet]

123, Hunter is a beast. With really long fingers.

Hunter is probably the most underrated bassist I can think of... along with Chris Wolstenholme and Jerry Only he inspired me to start bass!

[Joelbassman]

I just got truANT the other day from Alien Ant Farm. And the bass work is a very solid effort.

On Never Meant, Tye Zamora pulls of some pretty harmonics. And Bass Harmonics isn't a common thing in rock albums, but niether are bass chords, which he pulls off nicely in Tia Lupe. He also has various groovy lines in his other songs.

Check it out.

[EADG]

most king crimson albums are fairly underrated bass wise too come to think of it.


I agree, especially the first album. "21st Century Schzoid Man" gets pretty crazy during the Mirrors section. It takes quite a bit of stamina and memory to play those 10 minute songs, even if they aren't too hard (for example Epitaph).

[Linkinbassist]

Personally, i thought the basswork in Audioslave's and Foo Fighters' new albums were awesome, very solid and groovy...

[darrell]

August and everything after - counting crows

It's very groovy and laid back bass.

Matt Malley is one of my favourite bass players... I love listening to him play upright as well.

[darrell]

I just got truANT the other day from Alien Ant Farm. And the bass work is a very solid effort.

On Never Meant, Tye Zamora pulls of some pretty harmonics. And Bass Harmonics isn't a common thing in rock albums, but niether are bass chords, which he pulls off nicely in Tia Lupe. He also has various groovy lines in his other songs.

Check it out.

Yeah... Tye Zamora is an awesome bass player. Good guy, too. Wacky stage antics... :thumb:

[velvet goldmine]

Personally, i thought the basswork in Audioslave's and Foo Fighters' new albums were awesome, very solid and groovy...

i'll second that

[Jaded]

Led Zeppelin 2, well basically all of zeppelins stuff, JPJ is a fantastic bassist and musician.
Calling any member of Led Zeppelin underrated is just ridiculous.

[Chris K]

Jonas Hellborg, throughout his entire "post mahavishnu" career. He is astouding, simply amazing. Oh, and he was a long time jamming buddy of Shawn lane before Lane died.

Cooley colaboration time :D

oh and his old sig bass had 27 frets on it for chording. It was nice.

[Joelbassman]

Yeah... Tye Zamora is an awesome bass player. Good guy, too. Wacky stage antics... :thumb:
I love his eyebrow raising and facial expression. :lol:

[BassPlayingPineapple]

Calling any member of Led Zeppelin underrated is just ridiculous.

Well usually John Paul Jones is overlooked, when i hear people talk about Zeppelin unless they are a die hard fan they only know Jimmy Page.. And i wasn't saying the band was underrated just JPJ's bass playing.

[Chris K]

I love his eyebrow raising and facial expression. :lol:
yeah, he can play, but he doesn't half look like a cunt.

[6stringslinger]

Good bassist or not, Limp Bizkit is an awful band. I liked them at first, but then they just kept on releasing progressively worse albums. Sure, Wes Borland is a good guitarist, Sam Rivers (is that his name?) is a good bassist, but that generic nu-metal music that they write is just very, well, generic and lame.
PS. Audioslave and Velvet Revolver stink too. :lol:



The band is still good, Fred took them into that direction. They are capable of putting out some decent music. As far as Audioslave and Velvet Revolver...they may "stink" but they each did better than most people expected.

[Chris K]

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/ChrisKemp/jonasedit.jpg

Oh no Jonas is coming for all of us!

[roee_co]

well, i'd say rhcp - by the way album
flea is being so underrated on that album. just because people are not used to hear him play on that album like on his earlier album doesn't mean its not good bass work. i think flea captured every melody of the song and every rhythm to its best. just because flea doesn't do a lot on the bass doesn't mean he doesn't do a lot on the music.

[Chris K]

It's just a shame the music was tripe, then.

[roee_co]

It's just a shame the music was tripe, then.
i guess that's why opnions are so great

[Chris K]

i guess that's why opnions are so great

better than that album, har har.

[DavetheGrumpy]

better than that album, har har.
:lol:

[godzillarator]

Sting stuff

[Linkinbassist]

better than that album, har har.


...?

[Visti]

Whoa, yeah. Totally forgot Counting Crows. Really tasteful playing.

[JBass]

rx bandits

[Saberpunk]

Dragonforce, (everyone notices the guitarists)
Necrophagist (i defy anyone to play Fermented offal discharge on the first try)
Pearl Jam, i don't know the bassists name, but he uses a fretless and his tones are really incredible on some songs
The Killers, yeah i know..... but hes got good timing, and has some really good riffs and fills on some songs

[Jaded]

Well usually John Paul Jones is overlooked, when i hear people talk about Zeppelin unless they are a die hard fan they only know Jimmy Page.. And i wasn't saying the band was underrated just JPJ's bass playing.
Uh, no. Among bassists, JPJ is most definitly not underrated. He gets all the credit he deserves, if not more.

[Mr. Pickle]

Uh, no. Among bassists, JPJ is most definitly not underrated. He gets all the credit he deserves, if not more.

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[Jublian]

I'm definitley underrated...

[Ian]

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I dunno if he receives "More" credit than he derserves. He was the most skilled musician in the band in my opinion, he should be a household name like Page is.

[Bass_ment]

I've found that the bassist for Franz Ferdinand knows what he's doing,


More specifically, he knows what the drummer is doing. He's a kick drum.

By far the most underrated bass players are Jeff Caxide of Isis and Simon Gallup of The Cure. Jeff for his versatility in playing and tone, and his unstoppable groove. For Simon, just listen to the album Disintegration, the bass drives that whole album.

[Squirellmeister]

I'm definitley underrated...

Jublian is the best bassist in the world.


You are now over-rated.:thumb:

[Hamshloobumski]

I know he's not a rock bassist but i saw Hunter from AFI earlier and he's more punk, but I'm gonna have to say Dan Andriano from Alkaline Trio is a highly underrated bassist, if you list to Trio's earlier stuff his bass lines have lots of little complex fills and he uses lots of variations but on the new trio stuff he has dubbed down a lot of his playing and concentrated more on his vocals.
Listen to the albums Goddammit and Maybe I'll Catch Fire to see what I mean.

[BassPlayingPineapple]

I dunno if he receives "More" credit than he derserves. He was the most skilled musician in the band in my opinion, he should be a household name like Page is.


I agree. :thumb:

[trumpeter]

123, Hunter is a beast. With really long fingers.

has the coolest wireless system....the wireless unit is routed inside of his bass, its wicked cool.

[peeted]

im just gona reiterate to everyone the bass on bb king live in cannes, lissen to it. the bassist (russel jackson) pisses on bassists like les claypool.

[PaulR]

More specifically, he knows what the drummer is doing. He's a kick drum.

By far the most underrated bass players are Jeff Caxide of Isis and Simon Gallup of The Cure. Jeff for his versatility in playing and tone, and his unstoppable groove. For Simon, just listen to the album Disintegration, the bass drives that whole album.
Excellent call.

[The_Fender_Bender]

True that.

I don't like his playing with Velvet Revolver but on Appetite expescially he does some awesome stuff. I love the bass line in the intro to SCOM.

I think Duff is criminally underrated.
I used to think that Duffs basslines had became boring. True, they're not as complex as the GnR days, but if you listen really hard, he still has his fair share of complex fills. You have to listen for them because his new basses don't cut through as much as the ones he used in GnR.

[nisakss]

August and everything after - counting crows

It's very groovy and laid back bass.

123...have you heard the VH-1 Story Tellers live albums? Matt plays awesoem in those.


U2-Pop is a very underrated album. It has awesome bass lines. Check out Please, Mofo, If You Wear that Velvet Dress and Last Night On Earth. Those are all great songs.

Anything by Queen has great basslines and often don't get enough recognition.

[Bass_swede]

123...have you heard the VH-1 Story Tellers live albums? Matt plays awesome in those.


Yeah, I have heard it. He is such a talented bassist, all of the members are great musician really. I like their live-recordings (across a wire, by the time we got to Woodstock, face the promise land) better than most of their studio-stuff.

[GeddyMe]

Wheels of Fire by Cream

Some Blue Oyster Cult

[Moon Flavor]

Catch 22, Streetlight Manifesto, Reel Big Fish, Mu330.

Not exactly rock, but underrated like crazy.

[Jimbobntnr]

Reel Big Fish

123

[Zion Gates]

Harder Than You by 24-7 Spyz


..actually anything by 24-7 Spyz is underrated

[willobassman]

Necrophagist (i defy anyone to play Fermented offal discharge on the first try)
You do know on that album, the singer did everything. He played lead and rhythm guitars, bass and programmed the drum machine. Listen to that song and in particular the drums, the snare hits are so precise it just screams drum machine.

Nonetheless that bass part in Fermented Offal Discharge is awesome.

Mendez of Opeth is quite underrated. If you watch the Lamnetations DVD with the making of D&D you see how much he puts in. On the live performances he adds a fair few bits into acoustic sections and plays apreggios of chords at about the 18th fret.

[Spaceman Spiff]

More specifically, he knows what the drummer is doing. He's a kick drum.

By far the most underrated bass players are Jeff Caxide of Isis and Simon Gallup of The Cure. Jeff for his versatility in playing and tone, and his unstoppable groove. For Simon, just listen to the album Disintegration, the bass drives that whole album.
What? I don't get what you mean.


Oh, and Isis rawks.

[Moon Flavor]

You do know on that album, the singer did everything. He played lead and rhythm guitars, bass and programmed the drum machine. Listen to that song and in particular the drums, the snare hits are so precise it just screams drum machine.

Nonetheless that bass part in Fermented Offal Discharge is awesome.

Mendez of Opeth is quite overrated. If you watch the Lamnetations DVD with the making of D&D you see how much he puts in. On the live performances he adds a fair few bits into acoustic sections and plays apreggios of chords at about the 18th fret.
Do you mean underrated? And yeah, Necrophagist is an amazing band with an incredibly talented singer/guitarist. Onset of Putrefaction has been rereleased though, with real instruments and the other band members playing.

[Moon Flavor]

What? I don't get what you mean.


Oh, and Isis rawks.
If I understand him correctly, Franz ferdinand has no bassist. But I think that's untrue.

[Spaceman Spiff]

If I understand him correctly, Franz ferdinand has no bassist. But I think that's untrue.
If that's what he's saying, it is untrue... :confused:

[Potatoe]

stained- Living Colour

Living colour is an awsome band, doug winbish is really under rated as a bassist

The Reality Of My Surroundings - Fishbone

this album is awsome! norewood fisher is alot bettah than flea

[Moon Flavor]

The Reality Of My Surroundings - Fishbone

this album is awsome! norewood fisher is alot bettah than flea
YES! You know what you're talking about.

[Potatoe]

YES! You know what you're talking about.

lol norwood was the one who inspired me to play bass :P

any fish bone album is great(well... chim chim's badass revenge is an acquired taste). fishbone in general is a totaly under rated band in general, and were playing the funk-punk-metal-ska before the chilies were a band...

[Zion Gates]

stained- Living Colour

Living colour is an awsome band, doug winbish is really under rated as a bassist

The Reality Of My Surroundings - Fishbone

this album is awsome! norewood fisher is alot bettah than flea

sh't..you have a good taste in music. two of my favourite bands right there

[23fingersmcgee]

I think the bass playing on Abbey Road is pretty underated except on come together. I don't really hear all that much about Paul McCartneys bass playing yet he writes these awesome bass melodies that seem to drive the song and catch the listeners ear.

Elton John also has some great bass playing on his albums. Lots of people seem to overlook this.

[BassVirtuoso]

Muhammed Suicmez is a beast at everything he touches (Necrophagist)

[Moon Flavor]

Muhammed Suicmez is a beast at everything he touches (Necrophagist)
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[sinister]

im just gona reiterate to everyone the bass on bb king live in cannes, lissen to it. the bassist (russel jackson) pisses on bassists like les claypool.

I happened upon that album in a sale the other week, the bass playing took me by suprise completley, the guy is a bit of a god.

[blizzard]

I would say the bassist from the Eagles is definately under-rated.

[Akira]

If I understand him correctly, Franz ferdinand has no bassist. But I think that's untrue.
I think he is saying that bassist just does nothing but follow the kcik drum.

Either way it is bs. I don't think the poster has ever actually heard FF.

I think that Jepha's playing on "In Love and Death" by the Used is underrated, at least by musicians. He actually has some nice fills, and I am pretty sure he plays fingerstyle, at least a decent amount of the time.

[symphony21]

the lamb of god bassist puts a lotta great lines in their stuff, though it isnt heard too much over 2 guitars.. he uses a pick too..

[Viscous Fridge Magnet]

The Doors have great basslines, i think someone said Carol Kaye was the session person doing them. I know the keyboardist wrote bass on the first album.

[23fingersmcgee]

^ He played a lot of the bass also with a Fender bass simulator keyboard, though i don't know the exact name of it.

[peeted]

i love the bass line in "gohst song" by the doors

[PaulR]

Most of AFI's albums have nice bass playing, but I don't hear much about them from bassists.
Days of The Phoenix was the first song I learnt to play.

[Weezer]

I dunno if he receives "More" credit than he derserves. He was the most skilled musician in the band in my opinion, he should be a household name like Page is.

regardless of wether he was the best in the band, (i think not,) i still dont think he deserves the credit he recieves. i really am just uninspired by his bass playing.


but thats just me

[gregulus]

The song "What I Am" by the New Bohemians has a nice bassline.