Melvine Gibbs- African Drum core better know for Rollings band

Tony Visconti- Bowie

Simon Gallup- The Cure

and Pino!

Pinnoooooooooooo!

Saw him play in Dublin with The Who a couple of years back. Amazing. Really great player.

D Silbag!

I'll mention my personal bass guru:
John Humphrey, of Scott Henderson's Blues Band. Solid player.

Andy Rourke - The Smiths
Bruce Foxton - The Jam

D Silbag!

Damn! How did I miss Andy Rourke? Also lets not forget Mike Mills from Rem he is fantastic on bass and Vocal Harmonies. Even if you don't like them he has some seriously under rated talent.

Also what is any ones thoughts on Mike Gordan?

While Flea gets all the plaudits Larry Graham and Louis Johnson still dont get enough as far as slap n pop is concerned. Some fine players who get even less attention
Anthony Jackson - it was he who came up with the classic line on 'For the love of money' by the O Jays
Stuart Zender - so Jay Kay may be a bit of a c*ck but and Jamiroquai's music a bit bland but there's no doubting Zenders bass work on the early stuff
Paul Jackson - most well known work being on Herbie Hancock's 'Headhunters'
Johnny Flippin - groovemeister for The Fatback Band, loads of tasty lines
Norman Watt Roy of The Blockheads - surely the bassline on Ian Dury's Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick is now a classic?
Matthew Seligman - ex Soft Boys but check out his stuff on Thomas Dolby's 'Flat Earth' album esp the track 'Hyperactive.

give a love to

matt freeman of Rancid
Karl Mueller of soul asylum
Tad Kinchla of Blues traveler
All the bassists for AC/DC are way underrated.

Bruce Thomas from Elvis Costello and the Attractions came up with
consistently cool lines - he was really the "lead" instrument of the
group (esp. on the more bouncy pop stuff).

How bout that old guy with the bald head and flowing beard? See him with lots of diff bands over the years. Les Sklar, I think....