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

primus???? i've heard somewhat about them, but i havent [I]heard[/I] 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.

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

That's blasphemy!!!

[QUOTE=real_low_mind]Public Image Ltd ("Happy" especially is good :thumb: )
New York Dolls (esp. "Personality Crisis")[/QUOTE]

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

[QUOTE=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.[/QUOTE]
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:

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..

FUNK: Infectious Grooves

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

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

Rock: Gang Of Four

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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[B]Funk[/B]
Earth, Wind, and Fire


[B]Rock[/B]
Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Electric Light Orchestra
Emerson, Lake, & Palmer


[B]Jazz[/B]
Chuck Mangione

[B]Bassists[/B]
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:

thanks

ALICE IN CHAINS!!

Van Halen are up twice.:thumb:

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

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

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

Dylan Panek-Iapetus (halfway through) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpo0whNEF28
Dylan Panek-Pyroclastics - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpo0whNEF28
Dylan Panek-Alice In Wonderland Syndrome(halfway through) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xQrUJSjutM
Four 80 East Waterline - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-MLAFhPdVs

what about Sean Beasley? the bass player for dying fetus, dude does vocals while shredding the bass. granted he does use a pick but so does matt freeman and he's even on your list.

thanks for this

Check out anything with Trevor Dunn!

Didnt spot any of these on your list:
Stanley clarke (Jazz, with a little funk and some hiphop in movie soundtracks)
Dixie Dregs (Jazz/rock)
Protest the Hero (Prog metal/screamo/tech stuff)
John mayer trio (Jazzy blues rock)

Also Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are not a funk band. They are a jazz fusion band, and thus should be listed in jazz.