Gramsci wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 10:51 am

tallchris wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 10:47 am What did Gail Greenwood do besides play on the less popular Belly record?

L7?

It looks like while she toured with them for a couple years, she didn't actually play on any of their records.

Other missing bassists I like more than almost anyone else on the original list besides Bob and Sims:

Bridgett Cross
Jason Lowenstein
Raffaele Gulisano
Matt Lukin
Luc Klaasen

Oof...I don't know if the 90's were a good time for Bass Guitar heroes....so many active pick-up wenge potatoes, slapping, popping. So much fucking treble. All that before the Fieldy fart-tone sealed the deal for shitty bass. Most of the performers listed here are wisely more stuck in the past per equipment and technique. That doesn't stop these sickos from lapping it up:

Natz and Tod A.'s work in Cop Shoot Cop.
Algis Kizys for Of Cabbages and Kings and his second stint in Swans.
Pete Shore over Dave Curran in Unsane.
Steve Immerwahr in Codeine.
Saša Last of Sexa.
Asahito Nanjo from High Rise.
Ryuichi Masuda for his time in Ruins.

But from this list, David Wm. Sims, easily.

I don't know the question. Who is the most influental player? Personally? Or who I think is... What? Now?

Unfortunately Flea and unapologetically Claypool and Lally are most influental for me, personally. And off the list Chi Cheng.

Watt is still the most prolific of them all and also a huge influence for me.

Out of this list it's Simms, then Lally. Monkey Trick alone is monumental.

Rob Wright shone brighter in the 80's, IMO.

Luc Ex could be in there, The Ex peaked in the 90's.

Ben Green (Godflesh) and Tom Zaluckyj (Tar) are big personal favorites, and a very important part of the sound of the bands they were in.

Reid Diamond

Shananiganz wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:54 pm Unfortunately Flea and unapologetically Claypool and Lally are most influental for me, personally.

Not unfortunate. They are awesome.

If you're going to go down the unfortunate Claypool/Flea route, I would say I enjoy Tom Jenkinson's jazz fusioning (Music Is Rotted One Note/ Budakhan Mindphone) from that era a lot more. Those records hold up.

tallchris wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 11:03 am Other missing bassists I like more than almost anyone else on the original list besides Bob and Sims:

Bridgett Cross
Jason Lowenstein
Raffaele Gulisano
Matt Lukin
Luc Klaasen

good choices.