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Old 06-10-2005, 05:26 PM   #1
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List of Band and Bass Recommendations

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
    moe.
    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

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Old 06-10-2005, 11:25 PM   #2
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Violent Femmes. That guy doesn't get enough credit
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Old 06-30-2005, 04:27 AM   #3
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level 42 has a good bassist
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Old 06-30-2005, 08:33 AM   #4
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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.
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Old 06-30-2005, 06:42 PM   #5
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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.

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level 42 has a good bassist


Perhaps thats why I put:

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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.
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Personal thing, I would have separated Jazz and Blues as they are very diferent genres of music
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system of a down is listed twice in "metal section"
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Old 08-06-2005, 09:21 PM   #8
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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.
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what baout Klaus Fluoride from Dead Kennedys? is riffs are good...
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you should definetly put Edgar Meyer up here... if you haven't heard him then you should definetly check him out.
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Old 08-21-2005, 09:02 AM   #11
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what baout Klaus Fluoride from Dead Kennedys? is riffs are good...

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Dead Milkmen had some really good bass too, id put em in Punk
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punk -the vandals - joe escalante, awesome pick bassist
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Good luck fitting them into a genre here though. I guess metal would be the best.
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Old 09-07-2005, 05:47 PM   #15
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thanks all.
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Old 09-08-2005, 08:41 AM   #16
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you missed nirvana.

that is inexcusable
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How about dividing each music genre into things like: Technical Bass, Melodic Bass, Slap/Pop, Speed?, etc...
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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.
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How about dividing each music genre into things like: Technical Bass, Melodic Bass, Slap/Pop, Speed?, etc...
No, thats too subjectve. thanks though
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