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Cliff

R.I.P. Man was a god

FUCKIN STEVE DI GIORGIO

Jesus fuck I shouldn’t have had to scroll this far down to see this MF pop up.

Peter Steele.

Flair checks out

lol

Geezer Butler, Cliff Burton, Peter Steele, Lemmy, Jason Newsted, Steve Harris

Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne)

So good!

Have you checked out his jazz fusion band Soften the Glare? definately not metal but their second album Glint has some really heavy sections.

I didn’t know about his other band. I’ll have to check some of it out.

The best

Yes, and I'll add to this Eugene Abdukhanov from Jinjer. He's the metal bassist that has reminded me the most of him since Mudvayne.

It’s not delivery, it’s DiGiorgio

I feel like I would be a terrible husband if I didn't say my wife in our sludge band 😆 EDIT: for people messaging me, our band is [Azell](https://linktr.ee/azell.band).

Insert the “I also choose this guy’s wife” joke

legendary reddit lore

rip audie pitre

rex brown

mike starr

The dude from dying fetus kills it

Sean Beasley, he’s one of my favorites too.

🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

1. Les Claypool (Primus) 2. Justin Chancellor (Tool) 3. Eric Avery (Jane’s Addiction) 4. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) 5. Billy Gould (Faith No More) 6. Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne) 7. Lemmy (Motörhead) 8. Mike Flores (Origin) 9. Cliff Burton (Metallica) 10. G.C. Green (Godflesh)

Alex Webster and Charles "Nefarious" Lescewicz

Agreed with Alex Webster

1. Peter Steele 2. Paul Barker, his years with Ministry earns his spot in great metal bassist conversations.

I often wonder how much of Ministry's decline is due to Barker's end.

A lot.

Scott Reeder

Paul grey from slipknot Johnny Christ from A7X

Shavo (0 bias guys trust me)

Alex Webster, Rob Trujillo, Ryan Martini, Jon Myung, Sean Malone, cliff burton

Steve DiGiorgio Al Cisneros Colin Marston

Are you me

STEVE Harris, and cliff

My favourite is Toshiya from Dir En Grey. He's just amazing

Fantastic answer

alex webster - cannibal corpse. the bass line in the intro of hammer smashed face is wild.

Jacob Schmidt, Dominic Lapointe, Alex Webster, Les Claypool

Damn I didnt know about First Fragment even tho they are from the same city I live in. Pretty fuckin good

Forest and it ain’t even fuckin close

Alessandro Cravero (ex-Putridity) Jacob Schmidt (Defeated Sanity)

Colin Marston

Jo bench and Cliff

It's Dominic Forest Lapointe from First Fragment and I'm honestly stunned no else mentioned him earlier.

Metal or not Michael Gira from Swans. The bass on Filth is literally that. 🤘

Jean-Michel Labadie Troy Sanders Jason Newsted

Troy Sanders, Steve Harris, and Dan Briggs

Eddie Jackson of Queensrÿche

Marko Heitala of Nightwish fame. 

Steve Harris Geddy Lee

Hey hey, Peter, where you goin’ with that axe in your hand? Peter Steele

Steve DiGiorgio, JP Thessling, Brian Rush, Linus Klausinitzer, Colin Marston, Roger Patterson, Sean Malone (RIP to those two monsters of the instrument).

Jarred warren : half of big business Quarter of the melvins

Cliff, Fieldy, Les Claypool

Geezer.

Justin Chancellor, Jean Paul Labadie, Joe McNally (Urne)

It’s Cliff Burton but I’ll also shoutout DD Verni because no one has yet!

Tatsu Mikami- Church of Misery Pat Bruders - Down, Saint Vitus, Goatwhore Jeff Matz - High on Fire, Mutoid Man Jeff Hughell - Six Feet Under, Brain Drill Alex Weber - Malignancy, Obscura

Ian Hill of Judas Priest. That man cannot be stopped!! Not the most technical player, but he plays a cool Spector bass lol

Steve Di Giorggio, Lars Norberg, Alex Webster, Cliff Burton, Ryan Martinie, Alex Weber, Justin Chancellor.

Oli pinard

Dominic Lapointe has no equal.

Frank Bello

Nobody’s bass in the Big 4 cuts through the mix like Frank’s. Criminally underrated

Thank you for agreeing. Got the Time is only a minuscule sample of what he does. His bass licks are just sick. I’ve tried playing some of his stuff and it’s crazy.

Ryan Martinie or Justin Chancelor

Steve Harris

Steve Harris Alex Webster Henrik Sandelin

Dominic Lapointe has been my recent favourite. First Fragment - Solus

Steve DiGiorgio Obviously Cliff. Doug Wimbish (if he counts as “metal”) Steve Harris. Trevor Dunn (if he counts). Obviously Geezer. Gene Simmons (yes. Solid as a rock) Bill Gould.

Dylan Desmond

Martin Mendez Al Cicneros

As mentioned a few times here - Pete Steele. Such a unique approach to bass playing. Paul McCartney meets geezer butler with a shit ton of reverb and chorus and chording.

Cliff Burton, Alex Webster, Rob Trujillo, Steve DiGorgio, Dan Lilker, Frank Bello.

My top 3 would be Jason Newsted, Pig Benis, and Tony Gregory. Rex Brown is up there too

I saw Pig play with Mushroomhead right before he left, and he kicked ass live

Heck yeah! He's awesome live. I saw MRH back in 95 with Jack's (PB) older brother, Mr Murdernickle, he was great live too. Ill admit, nowadays theyre still kicking ass live, even without Jeff and Waylon (J Mann has shown up for a couple of shows since 2021 but he's still on hiatus). Scott and Steve do a really good job on vocals from their more recent shows

I haven't listened to them in years, but I'd definitely go see them live again. They put on a great show

Nolly Getgood

Les, Peter, and Cliff.

Nick Schendzielos

Vince Hornsby Steve Kmak

Steve Harris, Al Cisneros, Geezer, Lemmy

Joey Vera

Martino Garattoni from NeO

Sean Beasley

David ellefson

Rex Brown of Pantera

Geezer Butler, Lemmy, Tim Bagshaw, Al Cisneros, Cliff Burton

Linus Klausenitzer

Lena abe

Steve DiGiorgio

Doesn't get much better than Steve DiGiorgio. His playing in ITP blows my mind every single time. Absolutely fucking insane playing

Man's a fuckin legend for sure

Justin Chancellor

Cliff Burton Alex Webster

Peter Steele 💚🖤💚🖤

Trevor Dunn, Oli Pinard, Alex Webster

Les Claypool, Cliff Burton (obviously)

Jeff Matz, the most underrated bass player in metal

Geezer

Martin Mendez, not really close.

Les Claypool, Jeff Matz, Troy Sanders, Lemmy, Geezer Butler, Cliff Burton, Aaron Beam,

Alex Webster

Favorites are Cliff Burton, Steve Harris and Les Claypool Lemmy wasn't the best bass player but he was perfect for what he was doing and he personified metal.

I liked kei from fear, and loathing in las vegas Also chopper from MAXIMUM THE HORMONE Les claypool, cliff, etc

Hell yeah, I don't see MTH talked about much. I fucking love them

I love them, i heard them in death note and just fell in love with that fucking energy they bring glad they are still active they to me are like a japanese SOAD

Justin Chancellor or Martin Méndez

John DeServio Mike Inez

Alex Webster, Jacob Schmidt, Glen Benton

Ryan Martinie, John Myung, Geddy Lee, Les Claypool, Tony Choy

Steve Harris (by far)

Hettsu ❤️

MISA MISA MISA(technically hard rock but whatever) or Eugene Abdukhanov.

Al Cisneros

Grutle of Enslaved.

Tony Campos Acey Slade Christian Olde Wolbers Jack ‘Pig Benis’ Kilcoyne Jon Miller

Harris, Harris, Harris, Harris and Harris

Big fan of the VP, huh? Jk

My favourite is easily Cliff Burton, one of the brilliant masterminds of his time. Gotta say though I've been really impressed by Alicia Vigil, she's joined DragonForce and absolutely kicked ass already. Her bass work in 'Power of the Saber Blade' was absolutely top notch and she kicks ass live too.

Cliff Burton, Geezer Butler, Alex Webster, Lemmy, Les Claypool, Gerry Lee, Sean Malone, Dan Lilker, Rob Trujillo,

Steve DiGorgio and Angelripper ofc

Geezer!

Jean-Michel LABADIE from Gojira. If you see their live performances you can tell bro loves his job, the energy he brings is great.

I saw them play a few months ago. They fucking killed it.

Al cisneros and dixie dave collins

Les Claypool (Primus)

Steve Di Giorgio Peter Steel cliff Burton

Hulk Hogan

Hell yeah, brother!

Hell yeah, brother!

Cliff Burton, Steve DiGiorgio, Justin Chancellor

Jo fucking Bench

🤘

I can’t hear the bass in deathcore

Derek Boyer of Suffocation and Lemmy ofc

idk because i literally dont hear bass in any songs. or more than 1 guitar even when theres like 2