Best Bass Player In Rock Music?

[icravehands]

It's always gotta be Flea for me :)

[ModdedxPimp]

Geddy Lee - Rush.

[EdSaxer]

Fleas my personal favorite. but not counting him Victor Wooten is the shit!

[fleszr]

Mark King.

[321rebelman]

the ox John Entwisle

[BassFever74]

best living bassist is Wolfgang Van Halen. check out the cafe wha? gig for proof.

[coolman4657]

Ian (fuckn) Peres!!!

[dovermann100]

Nate Mendel (FOO FIGHTERS)

[ravenclaweagles]

john paul jones!

[88Domination]

John-Paul Jones! yeah!

[Nate54744]

Flea



[TexasRangerx]

Steve Harris

[jerryawsome1992]

mark hoppus-mike drint-me-flea

[iamasmodai]

The best bass player?

The one I'm listening to at the time...

[theGuyYouHate01]

Les Claypool- Geddy Lee- Cliff Burton- Geezer Butler- Jack Bruce- John Myung- John Entwistle- Flea- Bootsy Collins- John Paul Jones- Phil Lynott- Billy Sheehan- Jaco Pastorius- Steve Harris- Fieldy- Paul Gray- David Ellefson- Tom Araya- Ryan Martinie- Marcus Miller- Victor Wooten- Stanley Clarke- Mark King- John Moyer- Ben Kenny - Christopher Wolstenholme- Divinity Roxx- Nathan East- Larry Graham- Jason Newsted-

[ThePug96]

I dont know whos best know but the Grand Farther of Bass is Paul McCartney :D

[chatiris6]

victor wooten is my favorit ;-)

[duckzillaful]

john entwistle



[lovelaj0149]

Les Claypool duh

[GrannoBalls]

bootsy collins!!!

[stuffedwookie]

BASS IS THE BAND. PERIOD! If Leo Fender never invented the bass guitar, rock and roll would NEVER have existed!!! The good ol' standard P-bass defines EVERYTHING!

[stuffedwookie]

No, it's Monday... and it;s 3:55pm, and I've been up since 6pm yesterday and started drinking at 9:30 am and have been playining my bass before my first cup of coffee brewed. BTW, if you think bass shouldn't be played with a PICK, well, I guess you never really lived. Fuck slap bass! It's BORING!!! Rock and roll is way more hard-core than all you funky jerk-offs!

[90tupo]

Flea all the way :P

[airsoftandguitar101]

Duff Makagan

[rebelmunro]

What an A**hole. Paul McCartney invented Rock&Roll Bass!  John Entwhistle brought it to a higher level!

[TheMightOfTheEnglish]

john entwhistle and mark king,

[marceltherocker]

Cliff was the best bass player in the world. damn busdriver!

[yrianable]

john deacon

[PabloBassed]

why the hell no body raise his hand for Les Claypool. He could play fast as hell but he understand thats bass playing isn`t about speed its about groove.

[DeadLift96]

Cliff Burton The Best

[damislav]

Tony Kanal and John Taylor

[mitchqqqqqq]

Nick O'malley

[mitchqqqqqq]

Nick O'MALLEY

[Sunnivacool]

Christopher Tony Wolstenholme in Muse!

[MovieMaker484]

PAUL MCCARTNEY!!!

[JudyTunaFish]

Les Claypool!

[Pukis18]

Flea

[maaaply]

Alec John Such from Bon Jovi

Clifford Williams from AC/DC

[jwright621557]

JPJ, Mel Schacher, Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, John Entwistle, Flea, Fran Sheehan

[hombretao]

Rika Hamamoto from Melt-Banana

[CDWLH]

Alex Webster Losers ¬¬

[KhaarJoon]

Flea no question about it :P

[thelasthinguneversaw]

billy sheehan is the god of bass playing

[Thatbasskid477]

Krist Novoselic? XD

[askytte]

Christopher Wolstenholme from Muse

[Mr797204]

Jhon Deacon (queen)

[cashkidd44]

flea or john paul

[Floydian75]

Chris Squire from yes.

[irenepacifica]

Flea!

[MrDuncan117]

Flea, Flea and more Flea. stuid question really

[SuperZkym]

Justin biber

[MRKBENZ]

ANDY FRAZER (FREE)

top af the list no mistake

[Wholksdaskppy]

Evan Brewer... Ya'll are crazy for thinking otherwise

[greyshark100]

dee dee ramone,steve harris,sting,geddy lee

[hombretao]

Claypool

[fireman4453]

Geddy Lee... He inspired me so much.

[SokkeRates]

John Entwistle!

[ProjectGuitarmanbear]

Paul Grey-slipknot (R.I.P.)

[JoX1992]

Geddy Lee, Lemmy Kilmister and Paul McCartney is great!

Oh, and Gene Simmons (KISS) sucks!

[PanthesStateChamps11]

Les Claypool from Primus!

[TheMCMaster15]

Ofc Me xD

[ThatsFluffyTv]

\m/ Cliff Burton , flea 'Paul mcartney ,my bass teacher Ben , John Paul jones, geezer butler these are just some of them

[theEsman360]

My favorite bass players are:

Geedy Lee

Flea

Paul Mcartney

victor wooten

rob trujilo

steve harris

and Norwood Fisher

[byakuganmaggot]

Rob Truillo is da best bassist

[JasonHurlburt]

Cliff Burton

[nillyvanilla3]

Michael Peter "Flea" Balzary.

[AndyMaidenGuy]

Not sure about "the best" bassists but my favourites are John Entwistle, Steve Harris, Geddy Lee, Christopher Wolstenholme, Cliff Burton to name a few :)

[sekacbarc]

Favorite Singer/Frontman: Chris Martin or Matt Bellamy

Guitarist: too many, but i currently like Josh Homme

Bass Player: Christopher Wolstenholme

Drummer: Matt Helders

Performer: Daft Punk

[MUSEawsome]

Christopher Wolstenholme - MUSE!



[SanchezThePro]

Obvious Steve Harris is obvious.

[phanthom420]

Steve Harris!!!!!

[AmnesiacGaming]

les claypool

[marcolovebass]

les claypool

[Theayto]

Walter Gergvers

[91bigrick]

Flea

[countergast]

flea !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!

[TheRockafellers]

c'mon guys

1)Geddy Lee

2)Les Claypool

3)John Deacon

4)Paul McCartney

5)Eric Wilson

the rest are debatable

[kingeys]

flea is the best :D and flea

[TheFunkiestFunk]

Michael "Flea" Fuckin Funky Balzary. He is the Man!!!!!

[94Hooch10]

FLEA

[wowprogamer1]

Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers !!!!!!!!

[yhtomitalmighty]

John Entwistle is the best. Those of you who say otherwise are stupid. LOL

[rockgodess1263]

FLEA!!!!!!

[viclot1]

John Paul Jones!

[MTUnleashedTV]

FLEA 

[kaca2903]

Flea is the best :D

[MrJohnnyAOA]

Flea and JPJ really can't decide =((

[Masterkid1230]

FLEA!!! 

[bj21bj]

mike dirnt and johnny christ are the best bass players !

[rockgodess1263]

@bj21bj Mike is awesome!!

[AGEntMLICNak]

I don't think Flea is best bass player, I know that!

[Grodel40]

@AGEntMLICNak The problem with you Flea-lovers is that it´s probably the only bass player you´´ve been able to hear since their music style puts him upfront. What about bass players that plays the bass? I´ll give you a challenge... Look up "Ritchie Blackmore´s Rainbow" and the song "Snake charmer"... The bass players name is Craig Gruber. I´m not saying his the best, just listen...

[Pukis18]

@Grodel40 Flea is better dude ;D

[BT1ZER]

Chavo from S.O.A.D.!!!!!!

[KaminaTheSpiralKing]

John Entwistle is the best, in my opinion.

[frederique215]

flea of course



[Tomahawkz1000]

FLEA



[xX1Awesome1XxFTW]

Cliff Burton!!!!! Best bassist of all time

R.I.P

[Frobe1357]

John Entwhistle from the who

[operaphantom8]

geddy lee, steve harris , and you can say what you want, but paul mccartney have inspired almost every bass playter. these three is great, steve harris is my god.

[MuhammadSweepmez]

alex webster or geddy lee

thats right Cannibal corpse or Rush. I have variety unlike most of these fuckers.

[pinksocksify]

Paul Grey Slipknot  (DEAD) =P

[Robiskool1234]

PNUT OF 311

[fbendz]

Whatever you do, please include Gary Thain.

[IIzLeCookeh]

Cliff Burton, Flea, Fieldy, Rob Trujillo, Jason Newsted, Rex Brown, Gene Simmons.

[IIzLeCookeh]

@IIzLeCookeh And Tom Araya.

[Jordo1900]

Flea is the best of all time

[Jaysenism]

@Jordo1900 like i give a shit what you think

[Jordo1900]

@Jaysenism good one, it took you 2 months to come up with that? Thats time well spent

[Jaysenism]

@Jordo1900 yeah. it was. because instead of being on youtube all of the fucking time i was actually being productive

[Jordo1900]

@Jaysenism by taking a week to come up with that

[Jaysenism]

@Jordo1900 chill the fuck out bro

[Brian19451]

GEDDY LEE!

[PawnieR]

roger waters

[thefeaverband]

Zack Mendenhall from The Feaver

[mitch77ell]

James Jamerson, practically defined Motown

[BladevsTwilight]

Paul, Nikki, and John Paul.

[fupaladin01]

There is no one who can compare to Victor Wooten, though technically he rarely plays rock- more into jazz.

[linky886]

FLEA

[Lightnessify]

He doesn't mentionned McCartney... Shaaaaaaame !

[Lightnessify]

Flea !

And DavidSinRocks (on youtube :B)

[firebal97]

Flea!!

[ObiwaNNNNNNNNNNNNN]

flea, flea

[TheMew4]

Flea!

[TheRock31511]

Jason Newsted



[XrisikosTonPernei666]

jaco pastorius and no words:P

[LordSelmek]

Chris Squire from Yes. No contest. Nobody is even close to his skill level.

[labbern]

Flea

Tim Commerford

Chris Wolstenholme

[emilgv]

CLIFF LEE BURTON

[WeAreEternal1223]

Justin Chancellor. It's indisputable.

[TheParadox1369]

Steve Harris!

[hairmonster12]

Rex Brown

[beuknots]

Duff Mackagan



[PatriotHami]

You Bitch!

Oh, and Johnny Christ.

[PatriotHami]

You Bitch!

[ox092]

John Entwistle imo but, its all based on opinion. There is NO BEST BASS PLAYER!

[myschak]

,,!,, asshole

[placka407]

steve harris

[kingeys]

Flea

[snoopt0dd]

flea or claypool no contest

[snoopt0dd]

flea

[jsb123ish]

Duff Mckagan

[iLengzai]

DUFF MCKAGAN 

[didjano]

Geddy Lee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[deege10]

flea isnt anything special, il admit hes good but given a chance many other rock bassists could outplay flea no trouble. im not dissing flea btw, im just saying hes not a bass god or anything

[AndrewHaddock]

Paul McCartney

[Arian545]

Matt Freeman or Fat Mike.

[ThePetercriss3]

!!!BILLY SHEEHAN!!!

[bolliz15]

Christopher Wolstenholme - muse!

[machadobruno]

Les Claypool for sure!

[spamhead2k]

Cliff Fucking Burton!

[ratmrulesyou1]

Fat Mike from NOFX!

[alexanderbenev]

les fucking claypool

[keebreet]

ITS CLIFF BURTON FOR SURE!!!

[impatientcat]

Geddy Lee. 

[houseshoesbto]

les claypool, john "the Ox' entwisle and tony levin

[unimportant2011]

best "bass playing front man" ...it's STING...

[kurtellittu]

FLEA....but

Duff McKagan=Rock

[lukat93]

CHAD SMITH!

[sirbigmackman]

John Entwhistle is my favorite....gotta love the bass solo on my generation man thats crazy. Sting is also pretty good, then my 3rd favorite bass player would have to be Geddy Leee.

[theycalledmebob]

DAVID ELLEFSON!!

[realsinja]

Jason Newted!!!



[Y4Uable]

John Paul Jones

[MaysFilth]

Krist Novoselic. :)

[THEREALMOSH2]

Les claypool

[64darkdeath]

i would say Shavo Odadjian from SOAD or Paul gray from SLIPNOT

[SkullPwnIndustries72]

Flea, Duff Mckagan, and John Myung

[Goldfish5506]

FLEA!!!!!

[Bakery994]

MATT FREEMAN

[Aamonath]

My favourites are Matt Freeman (Rancid), Chris #2 (Anti-Flag), and Geddy Lee.

Not sure who the best is though. :/

[HerryKardjono]

Paul McCartney no doubt !

[tayla539]

Victor Wooten FTW!!!!!!!!

[MatthewLimburgTV]

Krist Novoselic!

[SilverDragon4War]

Flea is awesome, Les Claypool is awesome, and many many more! However, Cliff Burton is the greatest bass player of all time....PERIOD. He was only alive for three albums at such a young age and they ARE the greatest riffs ever. Go listen to whoever you think is the greatest and then listen to Cliff. Their still isn't anybody better than Cliff to this very day and his shit was recorded in the 80's and probably on 70's equipment. ......and oh yeah, I almost forgot....Fuck Robert Trujillo!! \m/ \m/

[SchwagmasterJT]

@SilverDragon4War Cliff Burton wouldn't even crack the top 25 for best bassists. I can see him being your favorite but he certainly isn't the best.