- Peter Hook
Peter "Hooky" Hook (born February 13, 1956 in Salford, Lancashire) is an English bass player. He was a co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division along with Bernard Sumner in the mid-1970s. Following the death of Joy Division's Ian Curtis, the band reformed as New Order, and Hook has played the bass with them throughout their career. He has also recorded two albums each with the bands Revenge and Monaco (both as bassist, keyboardist and lead vocalist). - Steve Lawson
Steve Lawson (b. 1972) is a British solo electric bassist and looper. He has released a number of albums on his own Pillow Mountain label, including solo works and various duets. All of these feature the live looping of multiple layers of both traditional and unusual bass generated sounds. He has also toured groups such as supporting Level 42 and 21st Century Schizoid Band, and on shared bills with other solo artists, such as Michael Manring. - Stuart Hamm
Stuart 'Stu' Hamm (born February 8, 1960) is an American bass player, known for his session and live work with numerous artists as well for his virtuosic playing style and solo recordings. - Sting
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October, 1951), universally known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal composer, lead singer and bass player of the rock band The Police. - Lou Barlow
Louis Knox Barlow (born July 17, 1966) is a musician from the USA credited with helping to pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Barlow was born in Dayton, Ohio and was raised in Jackson, Michigan and Westfield, Massachusetts. Barlow is widely considered to be among the most prolific and ground-breaking indie musicians of the 1990s. Many labels have been applied to his unique brand of acoustic rock, including "folk-pop" and "folkcore." - Alain Caron
Alain Caron is a Canadian jazz musician born 1955 in Saint-Éloi, Quebec, the youngest of 11 children. He is considered to be a virtuoso 6-string bass guitar player. His musical skills were formalised by correspondence lessons with the jazz improvisation teacher, Charlie Banacos, and by attending a summer session at Berklee College of Music. He is a former member of Uzeb (with Michel Cusson guitar and Paul Brochu drums) that was active from 1976 to 1992. - Steve Brown
Steve Brown (1890 - 15 September, 1965) was a jazz musician best known for his work on string bass. Like many of his fellow New Orleans, Louisiana bassists, he played both string bass and tuba professionally, as the two instruments fill similar roles in different types of bands. Brown was the younger brother of trombonist Tom Brown, and in his youth played with his brother's band in New Orleans. He was born with the name Theodore Brown, … - Jimmy
Jimmy Bryant (born 2 June, 1929), is a singer, bass player and composer. He is most well-known for providing the singing voice of Tony (played onscreen by Richard Beymer) in the 1960 film musical "West Side Story". He also sang for James Fox in the 1967 film musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie", and sang in "The Telephone Hour" number in "Bye Bye Birdie". - Pete Way
Pete Way (born Peter Frederick Way, 7 August 1951, in Enfield, Middlesex) is a bass player. He is the bassist of UFO, Waysted and formerly, Fastway and Ozzy Osbourne. Way began his career as a studio musician for many artists. He played in bands with friends from high school and later created a band with friends Phil Mogg and Andy Parker and Mick Bolton. This was known as the original UFO lineup. Later into his career the band met guitarist phenom of the Scorpions, … - John Norum
John Terry Norum is the guitarist in the Swedish hard rock band Europe. He formed the band together with vocalist and bass player Joey Tempest in 1979. They both grew up in Stockholm suburb Upplands Väsby. Norum played on the first three Europe albums before leaving in November 1986. He was not satisfied with the keyboard-dominated production of hit album "The Final Countdown" nor the band's commercialized image. He was replaced by Kee Marcello. - Joey Demaio
Joey DeMaio is an Italian American bass player and main songwriter for the heavy metal band Manowar which he co-founded in 1980.It is known that he plays on a piccolo bass guitar using All-Tube MK3 Pre-Amps.Also,sometimes he plays on an 8 string piccolo bass. Born in Auburn, New York, DeMaio played bass in several school bands. He worked as a pyro-tech for Black Sabbath during their "Heaven and Hell" tour. - Lee Jackson
Keith "Lee" Jackson (born 8 January 1943, in Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British bass player and singer, best known for his work in The Nice. Jackson rose to prominence in the 1960s in the progressive rock group The Nice with keyboardist Keith Emerson and drummer Brian Davison. He subsequently formed Jackson Heights and then Refugee, the latter with Davison and keyboardist Patrick Moraz. Jackson had a hoarse singing voice and an almost percussive bass playing style. - D'Arcy Wretzky
D'arcy Elizabeth Wretzky (born May 1, 1968 in South Haven, Michigan), also known simply as D'arcy, is a rock musician best known for her work as a bass player with the highly successful alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. - Harvey Brooks
Harvey Brooks (born July 4, 1944, New York City as Harvey Goldstein) is an American bassist. He has played in many styles of music (notably jazz and popular music), and was folk rock's first notable bass guitarist. Brooks came out of a New York music scene that was crackling with activity in the early 1960s. One of the younger players on his instrument, he was a contemporary of Andy Kulberg and other eclectic players in their late teens and early 20s, … - Jim Diamond
Jim Diamond is a veteran music producer, studio engineer, and bass player based in Detroit, Michigan. - Robert Deleo
Robert Emile DeLeo (born February 2, 1966 in Montclair, New Jersey) is an American bass player and musician who has played for Stone Temple Pilots, Talk Show, and currently for the band Army of Anyone. He is the younger brother of Dean DeLeo, who plays guitar. His bass playing is primarily inspired by James Jamerson, and in an interview with "Bass Player" magazine he even called his entire style "a Jamerson rip--that's all it really is." - Jeff Johnson
Jeff Johnson (born December 12, 1954) is a prolific American jazz bassist. He has led his own groups and worked with Jessica Williams, Hal Galper, Bud Shank, Chet Baker, Lew Tabackin, Barney Kessel, Charlie Rouse, and others. A sensitive accompanist, Johnson is sought-after by vocalists; he has accompanied Karrin Allyson, Tierney Sutton, Kendra Shank, Mark Murphy, Marlena Shaw and others. - Keith Olsen
Keith Olsen, born in a small town in South Dakota then moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota at the age of 12, received a very midwestern cultural education grounded in common sense and defined by reality. As he became more and more interested in music, both classical and the pop music of the time, he was lucky enough to earn some valuable experience in a couple of the only recording studios in the Minneapolis area. - Scott Thunes
Scott Thunes (born January 20, 1960) is a former bass player with Frank Zappa, Wayne Kramer, Steve Vai, Andy Prieboy, Mike Keneally, Fear, The Waterboys and others. He played with Zappa's band from 1981 to 1988, and plays on such albums as "The Man From Utopia", "Them or Us", "Broadway the Hard Way", "Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch" and "Guitar", a double-album compilation of Zappa's live guitar solos. - Bob Clearmountain
Bob Clearmountain is a American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music including Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, King Crimson, The Pretenders, Bryan Adams, Barenaked Ladies, Tears for Fears, INXS and many others. Clearmountain also created a mix of "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead, which the band refused to use, despite being pressured by their American record label to use it. - Tony Jackson
Tony Jackson (July 16 1938 - August 18 2003) was an English bass player and singer who was a member of The Searchers. Anthony Paul Jackson was born July 16 1938, in The Dingle, Liverpool. After leaving school he went to Walton Technical College to train as an electrician. Jackson was inspired by the skiffle sound of Lonnie Donegan, and then by Buddy Holly and other U.S. rock and roll. He founded the skiffle group the Martinis. - Nico Assumpção
Nico Assumpção (August 13, 1954 in São Paulo- January 20 2001 in Rio de Janeiro), was one of the best Brazilian bass players. - Skip Battin
Clyde "Skip" Battin (born February 18, 1934 in Gallipolis, Ohio, died July 6th, 2003 in Salem, Oregon) was a successful singer-songwriter, musician, performer and recording artist. Skip's early musical career began in 1956 when he collaborated with Gary Paxton and formed The Pledges, the same duo, later successfully recording under the appellation Skip & Flip. After a few years out of the music industry, he led the short-lived folk-rock group Evergreen Blueshoes, … - Paul McGuigan
Paul McGuigan (born 9 May 1971 in Manchester), better known by his nickname, Guigsy (pronounced "Gwigzee"), was one of the four founding members of British rock band Oasis. He was the bass player for Oasis from 1991 to 1999. A staunch football fan and a life-long supporter of Manchester City F.C., Guigsy had originally shown great promise as a footballer. He would regularly play football at Maine Road, … - Doyle Holly
Doyle Floyd Hendricks, known by the stage name Doyle Holly (June 30 1936 - January 13 2007) was an American musician best known as the bass player of the country music band Buck Owens and the Buckaroos. Holly's contributions on bass guitar and rhythm guitar were a key component of the Bakersfield sound. The Buckaroos had more than 30 Top 40 singles on the country music charts in the 1960s and early 1970s, … - Tobias Exxel
Tobias "Eggi" Exxel, born February 27 1973 in Germany, is the current bass player for the Power Metal band Edguy. Tobias was hired by Edguy in 1998 when vocalist Tobias Sammet, who had played bass since the band's formation in 1992, decided the band should have someone who could focus on playing the instrument full-time. Tobias had previously played guitar and bass in the band Squealer and would also go on to perform both roles in his side-project, Taraxacum, … - Bernard Odum
Bernard Odum (1932 - August 17, 2004) was an American bass player best known for performing in James Brown's band in the 1960s. Odum started playing with Brown in 1956 and became a full-time member of Brown's band in 1958. Odum worked in the James Brown band until the end of the 1960s, and played on such hits as "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (1964), "I Got You (I Feel Good)" (1965), and "Cold Sweat" (1967). - Brent Harding
Brent Harding (born March 3, 1967) is a bass player for the famous California punk group Social Distortion. He joined Social Distortion in November 2004 and replaced Matt Freeman, who is best known for working as the bass player of Rancid. Harding was the bass player for Social Distortion's Mike Ness during Ness' "Cheating At Solitiare" tour and recorded with Ness on his second solo offering "Under the Influences". - Allen Jones
Allen Jones was an American record producer. Jones produced several albums for Albert King, and became the producer and manager for The Bar-Kays. He produced all of their Records and their last records for Mercury Records. He formed their production company, and produced other acts such as Quick on EMI and executively produced Ebony Webb, also on EMI. Allen Jones was a very successful songwriter covered by the likes of Elvis Costello, Albert King, and many others. - Sami Hinkka
Sami Hinkka, born 1978 in Finland, is a heavy metal bass player, presently with Ensiferum. He joined his current band in 2004 as a replacement for Jukka-Pekka Miettinen after playing for some years in the melodic death/doom metal band Rapture. He left his role with Rapture in 2006 and now plays only in Ensiferum. In addition to bass guitar duties, Sami also performs in the role of dual backing/choir vocalist with guitarist Markus Toivonen. - Benoit Dunoyer de Segonzac
Benoit Dunoyer De Segonzac is a noted virtuoso bass player who performed with Jacques Loussier and Andre Arpino playing renditions by Johann Sebastian Bach / Eric Satie. Benoit Dunoyer de Segonzac and drummer Andre Arpino—have tackled some of today’s most widely heard and popular Baroque classics. And therein, according to Loussier, lay the challenge—to maintain the essence of the music and still bring something new to his arrangements. - Ben Armstrong
Ben Armstrong started playing music early on, playing bass and singing for a few bands in Edwardsville, IL (The Latex Monkey Band, Resin, and Chalk 22), all with future Laddio Bolocko/The Psychic Paramount guitarist Drew St. Ivany. After forming Chalk 22 with former Dazzling Killmen drummer Blake Fleming, the band moved to New York City, gained saxophone player Marcus DeGrazia and formed Laddio Bolocko. - Ney Conceição
Ney Conceição is a Brazilian bass player, born in Belém, Pará. He, with Nelson Faria and Kiko Freitas, forms Nosso Trio. He also plays with various artists, between them João Bosco and Fátima Guedes. - Peter Oxley
Peter Oxley was the bass player for 1980s Australian pop-rock band The Sunnyboys. He is credited with writing two songs with The Sunnyboys: "The Stooge" (from the 1984 album "Get Some Fun") and "You Don't Need Me" (from the 1983 album "Individuals"). He also co-wrote "Let You Go" - from the group's 1981 self-titled debut album - with his brother Jeremy. The older brother of Sunnyboys front man Jeremy Oxley, … - Mika Horiuchi
Mika Kazuo Horiuchi (A Japanese-American born on April 22, 1986 in Seattle, Washington) is the current bass player for North American power metal band Cellador. Mika is known for his guitar like bass solos and his incredible finger speed. He has a very unique right-hand, three finger technique, that allows him to play extremely fast and keep up with the blazing BPM of Cellador's music. However he prefers to use the standard two finger attack when he can. - Pedro Yanowitz
Pedro Yanowitz (born Peter Yanowitz on 13 September 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American musician. He played drums for The Wallflowers and with Natalie Merchant for numerous years. He is currently the bass player for the band Morningwood. His basses include: *Ibanez Thunderbird Copy *Epiphone Flying V Bass *Two Gibson EB-Os, one red, one blue - Steve Firth
Steve Firth (born 2nd February 1966) is the bass player for the English band Embrace. He studied art at Liverpool University, and also completed a psychology degree. He replaced original bass player Jon Senior in 1995, who had been sacked by lead singer Danny McNamara as he did not even own a bass, who told Jon "if you're gonna be a bass player, it helps to own a bass". He claims that he only found out about Embrace by chance, … - Petros Christo
Petros Christodoylidis, born March 4 1975 in Greece, is the current bass player of the Power Metal band Firewind. He has also played in Breaking Silence. He is the owner of Emerald Cafe in his home town, Thessaloniki.He is a big fan of bands like Iron Maiden,Sepultura,Thin Lizzy,Faith No More and others. - Chris Mentens
Chris Mentens is a jazz bass player, composer, arranger and professor of jazz history. He studied musicology at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, where he graduated summa cum laude. Mentens is a principally self-taught musician, although he attended bass clinics with Hein Van de Geyn, Riccardo Delfra and John Clayton. Chris teaches Jazz History at the Music Conservatory of Antwerp, the Hogescholen van Antwerpen, … - Dominic Davi
Dominic Davi (born January 1976) is a musician and artist from Northern California who has been a bass player and songwriter for a number of musical groups from the area. He is most known for his work with Tsunami Bomb, which he founded in 1998, and Love Equals Death, which he founded after parting ways with Tsunami Bomb in 2003. From 1996 until 1998, he was also the bass player for Headboard (band). Love Equals Death is currently signed with Fat Wreck Chords.
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