Your favorite singing bassist (that isn't Geddy!)

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Hope I didn't miss any important ones!

[ReRushed]

Guess who I picked.

[JohnnyBlaze]

Guess who I picked.

 

Hard not to pick him.

[tangy]

Guess who I picked.

 

Rick James?

[tangy]

Had to go with paul.

 

Nice seeing troy sanders as a option.

[edhunter]

Myself.

[grep]

John Wetton. Lemmy too.

 

Kind of sucks that guys who's work I enjoy are no longer with us. Sigh.

 

Greg Lake too.

Edited June 14, 2019 by grep

[Fordgalaxy]

Hope I didn't miss any important ones!

 

You did. Doug Pinnick from King's X. He gets my vote.

[invisible airwave]

On the list: Sting with Orr close behind.

Not on the list: Mills and Anthony for their great background harmonies.

Not there and underrated: Tony Scalzo of Fastball

[goose]

Guess who I picked.

 

Rick James?

[goose]

Favorite, not best? Sting.

[RushFanForever]

Bassist/vocalist Richard Page of Mr. Mister.

 

Page has also done the Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band tours.

 

I heard somewhere that Ringo Starr hires All-Starr Band musicians to perform live in the group if they've had big hit songs.

 

Both "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie" by Mr. Mister were number 1 hit songs in North America.

 

Bassist/vocalist Hamish Stuart of The Average White Band with "Pick Up The Pieces" and "Cut The Cake".

 

Bassist/vocalist Graham Gouldman of 10cc with "The Things We Do for Love" and "I'm Not In Love".

Edited June 14, 2019 by RushFanForever

[Rick N. Backer]

Some really good ones on there. But it's not close.

 

And Geddy wouldn't have changed the analysis.

[pjbear05]

Lemmy. Who else?

[bluefox4000]

Miesner.

 

With Cetera and Mccartney at his Heels.

 

Mick

Edited June 14, 2019 by bluefox4000

[rocket ignites]

dUg Pinnick is missing...so I can't vote.

[HemiBeers]

Hope I didn't miss any important ones!

 

uh Chris Squire

 

Oops

[Rhyta]

Sting and Sir Paul for me :geddy:

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Hope I didn't miss any important ones!

 

uh Chris Squire

 

Oops

 

Well, I didn't really count backup singers into the mix, and I know Squire has probably done lead vocals, but he wasn't the lead singer of the band he's known most for.

[greyfriar]

[HemiBeers]

Hope I didn't miss any important ones!

 

uh Chris Squire

 

Oops

 

Well, I didn't really count backup singers into the mix, and I know Squire has probably done lead vocals, but he wasn't the lead singer of the band he's known most for.

Like Gene Simmons isn't the lead singer of Kiss...but he's on the list?

And how the f**k does Gene Simmons belong on any 'best of' list that refers to actual musicianship?

Edited June 15, 2019 by HemiBeers

[greyfriar]

Photo by Klaudia Karpinska

[spaceaudity11]

"Best" and "favorite" are two different answers for me... I just went based on who I enjoy the most, thus I am the only one who voted for good ol' Claypool and I'm not surprised. However, I think seeing Primus live lead me to that conclusion. If Doug Pinnick was on the list he would've gotten my vote.

[greyfriar]

R.I.P. PS

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Hope I didn't miss any important ones!

 

uh Chris Squire

 

Oops

 

Well, I didn't really count backup singers into the mix, and I know Squire has probably done lead vocals, but he wasn't the lead singer of the band he's known most for.

Like Gene Simmons isn't the lead singer of Kiss...but he's on the list?

And how the f**k does Gene Simmons belong on any 'best of' list that refers to actual musicianship?

 

Gene sings lead on a number of popular Kiss songs.