1. Cliff Burton (Metallica)
Clifford Lee Burton (February 10, 1962 - 27 September 1986) was an American bassist known as the bass player of the American thrash metal band Metallica. As a bassist he makes heavy use of distortion and effects (some of which are usually associated with non-bass guitars), best exemplified in the signature, "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth". Burton became an important early influence in creating a unique musical style that made the famous Metallica. Burton joined the band in 1982 and performed on their debut album, Kill 'Em All. Burton performed on two albums of Metallica, Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets, both of which met with major commercial and critical success. Burton posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Metallica on 4 April 2009. Burton died when the band's tour bus skidded and crashed in Sweden.
2. Michael "Flea" Balzary (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Born on October 16, 1962 in Melbourne, Australia, Balzary and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was still a child. Unlike other teenagers, Michael's first love of jazz (not the expected hard rock), when he concentrated on mastering the trumpet while attending Fairfax High School. It was around this time that he met two other Fairfax students who will ultimately change his life - guitarist Hillel Slovak and poet Anthony Kiedis. The trio soon became inseparable, as Slovak taught Balzary (which at this time was rechristened 'Flea') how to play bass and eventually turned him to the wonders of rock music via Jimi Hendrix and punk rock. Best known as an integral member of one of the 80s-90s the most popular rock band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea (real name Michael Balzary) is widely regarded as one of rock's most talented bassists. By combining funk-style bass (à la Funkadelic) with psychedelic, punk and hard rock, he created an original playing style that has been copied several times.
3. Geddy Lee (Rush)
Geddy Lee is known as a vocalist, bassist and keyboard player for the rock group Rush, which also features drummer Neil Peart and guitarist Alex Lifeson. Rush is the most successful Canadian musical group in history, and is the third most prolific seller successive (American) Gold and Platinum Records and videos, behind only the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Lee's spectacular bass playing ability has earned a reputation similar to his bandmates. All three share the distinction of being one of the most influential virtuoso in their craft. He is also famous for its wizard-like ability to play bass when he was to conjure magic from the bass, singing, playing keyboards, and the trigger itself accompanies the pre-recorded during live performances, all while maintaining his trademark enthusiasm as Rush's "singers".
4. Les Claypool (Primus)
Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, United States) is a musician, best known as the bassist in the band. Claypool's funky, creative playing style on the electric bass mixes finger-tapping, flamenco-like strumming, a Larry Graham-like slap technique, and the influence of Geddy Lee. She is a multi-instrumentalist, novelist, music producer, film director, winemakers, and avid fisherman. Claypool has also self produced and engineered his solo releases from his own studio "Rancho Relaxo". 2006 saw the release of Electric Apricot full length film written and directed by Claypool also as a novel prime of South Pumphouse
5. Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big)
William 'Billy' Sheehan (born on March 19 1953 in Buffalo, New York) is an American bassist known for his work with Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, and Niacin. Big, and Niacin. Sheehan has won the "Best Rock Bass Player" readers' poll of Guitar Player magazine five times to "lead bass" playing style. Guitar Player has likened to playing solo in the four-string instrument to Eddie Van Halen 's on the six-string guitar. Sheehan's repertoire includes the use of chording, two-hand press, the right hand "three-finger picking" technique and controlled feedback. However, Sheehan is also noted as a steady "true" bassist, fulfilling the traditional role of supporting the electric bass in a rock rhythm section. He has been a member of the Church of Scientology since 1971 and appeared on the street offering to maintain during Project Chanology.
6. John Entwistle (The Who)
John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944-27 June 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, and horn player, best known as the bass guitarist of rock band The Who. His voice led the aggressive influenced many rock bass players. He has been called the greatest bassist in rock history. Entwistle lead instrument approach used pentatonic lead lines, and then-usual trebly sound made by roundwound RotoSound steel bass strings. He has a collection of more than 200 instruments at the time of his death, reflecting the variety of brands that are used in over his career: Fender and Rickenbacker bassist in the 1960s, Alembic's basses in the 1970s, Warwick in the 1980s, and Status all - graphite bassist in the 1990s.
7. John Myung (Dream Theater)
John Ro Myung is the bassist and a former member of the progressive metal group Dream Theater.Dia is the only member of Dream Theater who have Asian ancestry is Korean. Born on January 24, 1967 in Chicago and grew up in Long Island, New York.Ibunya often listen to classic music when he was young, and when young Myung was 5 years old, he took courses violin. Then when John Myung was 15 years old, a neighbor close to Him to play bass on the band's neighbors, then Myung assume that bass has 4 strings with a violin, so he can mempelajarinnya quickly and since then he switched to bass guitar and since then he never again play the violin. The song that ever was created for Dream Theater Learning to Live on the album Images and Words and the Trial of Tears on the album Falling Into Infinity. he has other projects besides dream theater is Jelly hours.
8. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
Stephen Percy "Steve" Harris (born March 12, 1956) was a British musician, best known as bassist, band leader and main songwriter of the heavy metal band. In addition, he played keyboards and sang backing vocals. He established the band as a teenager in 1975. He and Dave Murray is the only member of the band has appeared on all the band's albums, and as Murray left the band for several months before the first album to join Urchin, Harris was the only member to remain in the band throughout its duration. He used to work as an architectural draftsman in the East End of London but gave the job of forming Iron Maiden.
9. P-nut (311)
Aaron Charles Wills (stage name: P-Nut), (born June 5, 1974 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American musician, bassist for the band 311, and music producer / bassist for the band Hollows Follow. Testament was the bassist for and the youngest member of the 311. He was the son of an Air Force / Vista Care Hospice chaplain. Prior to joining 311, he got a job as a dishwasher at Shoney's for a week. P-Nut play the violin before the bass guitar. P-Nut was quoted as saying that John Norwood Fisher has influenced him to Warwick bass guitar. He played his signature Warwick Phase II, 5 string bass guitar through Warwick Jonas Hellborg Amplification System. P-Nut is also a strong supporter of the Los Angeles Lakers, often wearing their shirts while playing shows. When the 311 took a short break after their Summer Unity Tour 2006, P-Nut started playing with a band called Hollows Follow. He made his debut as a music producer and released the band's first full album First Birthday in June 2007. Along with producing and playing bass guitar for Hollows Follow, P-Nut has recorded violin, upright bass, and various percussion instruments.
10. Tetsuya Ogawa (L'arc en ciel)
Tetsuya Ogawa October 3, 1969 (age 40) is a founder, bassist and leader of the famous Japanese rock band, L'Arc ~ en ~ Ciel. tetsu (all lowercase) is also known as a solo artist TETSU69 (all uppercase), numbers reflect 69 years of his birth. But since early 2007, along with the release of the single Can not Stop Believing, TETSU69 name changed to tetsu. In 2006, tetsu a regular guest for the band Creature Creature, a band legendary Japanese band vocalist creation, Morrie from the band Dead End. Tetsu famous for the unusual bass game, wild, and tend to elaborate. In addition, tetsu, also known as a makeup artist's most striking among the members of L'Arc ~ en ~ Ciel others. In 1999, he had fame with a series Bufallo shoe, a shoe with soles as thick as 15 cm. Since 2003, he preferred to dress up by using a pair of plaid and kilt with the same motif.
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