Top 10 Rock Bassists 

Two words. Cliff Burton!

John Deacon for me

Hot Space john deacon is no where near a great bassist, hes a great songwriter but thats it

@@jaimelannister1797 John Deacon is an amazing bassist

Hot Space dont get me wrong, hes good, i just dont think he should be top 10 over some other bassists

Agreed.

He should have been top 3 for sure

Les is number 1. Flea is number 2. P-Nut from 311 is number 3.

Totally agree

It’s a crime against humanity is what it is

Geddy Lee and Rush were Rock’s Class Act!!! Anyone who played an instrument, guitar bass or drums, can appreciate that Mr. Lee number one bassist of all time, Mr. Peart number one drummer/percussionist of all time. Alex Lifeson, top five guitarist of all time🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸. Rush #1 Power Trio Of All Time!!! And my favorite since their heyday in the late 70s. Rush The Greatest Band In The Galaxy🎸🎸🎸

Lee isn’t just the greatest bassist, but one of the greatest musicians of all time. The fact that he sings, plays bass, AND plays keyboard all in the same songs is a testament to his skill.

@@YedMan01 Hell yes

@@Tavat Thank You, I am a retired bass player, my 2 close friends , one a guitarist with over 45 years experience, and one a drummer with over 40 years of experience!!! We all three agree Geddy Lee #1 All Time whoever is # 2 is very far behind. Same with Neil Peart, except he is a drummer/ percussionist and whoever is number 2 is actually a million miles behind Neil Peart!!! Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Eddie Van Halen, yes one , two , three🎸 Number 4 Alex Lifeson!!! Incidentally, for number five all time, I have Tony Iomi, the inventor of heavy-metal and guitarist for Black Sabbath🎸🎸🎸 The rock group that invented heavy-metal. Number six David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, who in our opinion founded and originated what we like to call Head Music , a sub genre of progressive rock🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

@@joesonestopproshop8533 I agree Joe, and also plays complicated bass lines, while singing Neil Peart‘s impossible dictionary lyrics!!! The only other Progressive Rock Musician to compare him with is a multi-talented man by the name of Ian Anderson, founder and leader of another Progressive Rock Giant Called Jethro Tull. My friend who plays guitar, also plays flute and in our band ( retired now) we covered a few Jethro Tull songs like Aqua Lung, and Locomotive Breath!! Anderson, can play six or eight instruments, writes most of the lyrics & musical compositions for the songs!!!. So, my guitar playing buddy who also plays flute, believes Ian Anderson to be the number one progressive rock musician of all time. I have a tendency to agree with him, And that would make Geddy Lee number two, in our opinion but no lower!!!

I agree

No mention he invented the Deacy amp !

Para mí la canción Dragon Attack es una de sus mejores interpretaciones.

@@SISU889 it's because it was big in America which of course means that it was there best one as America is the only thing that matters. I'm being sarcastic btw

@@Aidan-mm4zm For me John Deacons best bass line was " breakthrough " . He's superb bassist imo .

I was looking for this comment 😎👌

Aldo Esteban Railef Villanueva lmao. Btw this is Gamers Roadbusters 360, but in his different account

That's when I paused the vid and came here

@T Dowling Excuse me WHAT

True

Not really cause you flea underneath clay pool and John deacon of Queen almost near the bottom But I get were you are coming from

Karl Schirn what?

Nuke Vex I am a dumbass that was meant for a different I had read

acllece last stand is best bass play

Ik wtf 🤷

Lemon 🍋

He's just too good for this list

He is not a bassist. He is a guitarist who plays bass

@@hoaryhaines9453 but he plays bass professionally

@@daario4278 yeah has been for like 30 years also RIP

He was more of a rhythm guitar player, at least with Motorhead.

probably shouldnt even be on the list

Word

YaBoyKingzy He’s not the best.

Flea and Harris for me, they re the best.

@@kidmightguy5602 Yeah, but he's not 8...

Thank you now I don’t have to watch this shitty video

I will thank you right this minute with a like good sir! Take it... Its yours

Nicolas Hernandez cliff at 6

I'll go with your #1 for sure.

Ill thank you now

All true, but I would not put him above his main influence Chris Squire, and he didn't even make the list.

But he can’t even slap but still think he’s amazing

A lot of bassists are missing !

Geezer Butler

@@markgasmanprothero4442 True. I forgot a few.

Ryan martinie

@@ANativeWroteThis ur an idiot motley Crüe was not even in the top 5 of rock in the 80s

Saint Emeritus i mean, Waters is a great composer and singer, he is good at playing bass, but not exceptional. Lemmy is one of the greatest legends in rock history, but was he really a good bass player?

Lemmy was metal legend not rock

@@VintageSlide Waters not being exceptional is debatable for I think he is better at playing bass than some of the bassists that are in the video. As for Lemmy, he is definitly one if not the best bass guitarist in the world and he really should have been on the list at least top 3

Saint Emeritus how the fuck is Lemmy one of the best? He plays fast, unaccurate, super easy basslines? I love the dude, one of the most badass people that ever walked on earth, killer songs, killer vocals, killer bass tone, killer everything, but still, can’t agree. He ain’t that good at playing.

flea top 3 ngl. hes not boring at all

helloIm Jim he was one of the greats almost immediately!

Dough!!

helloIm Jim ikr

+MrMarioDuck Your comment deserves more likes.

Right!!!

Novoselic was good but wouldn't even hit top 25

Basically most of Nirvanas back catalogue have mint basslines, Novoselic may not be capable of doing some mint shit but the basslines he's created are absolute gold

Matthias Terpstra atleast in terms of technicality they’re probably the best. Should’ve been higher up

CLIFF AT SIX!

John Entwistle is better and faster than anyone else

@@michellecuriel2466 What band was he in?

The Who

Um, pretty sure it says Kashmir. Watchmojo wouldn't get it wrong dude.

Well they got anestesia and whiplash mixed up, so maybe...

Coolpants MacCool I know it says Kashmir. But the song that was playing was Immigration Song. Try to keep up.

Immigration song! Hahahahahaha!

Mad Monty MN The sarcasm was lost on you wasn't. Also it's called Immigrant Song, okay buddy. It's alright, you get a point for trying anyways.

+Mijail Jones i thought i was the only one to notice that

+Mijail Jones Yeah, they got Kashmir mixed up with The Immigrant Song. I mean, they're so similar!

+CathodeRayTube99 What? No

+Indeleble Film & Photography I think this was sarcasm

+Mijail Jones This is literally some of my first memories of music, my family would have gatherings with the rest of the fam in Ardmore Oklahoma. We would camp at Lake Murray resort and me and my pop would get up real early to go fishing in the bass boat.....we would crank up some rush/sabbath/ozzy/deo/led Zepplin/SRV/Jimi hendrix/ my favorite has always been rush. When Bytor and the snow dog would play I would press replay on that one song so much I ended up ruing the cd lol the fucking drum solo in bytor!!!!! and when the song takes offfff oh the fucking memories love me some RUSH!!!!!!!

He would be higher if more people knew him. This isnt based on your preference, its based on commercial success.

To be fair, Primus aren't exactly rock. They're... Primus.

For real I only watched this to see where Les Claypool was on this list. I was truthfully surprised he was in here at all, but anyone who knows, the dude is a game changer completely

He is actually the best

When Geezer Butler is an honorable mention 🤔🤔

I agree with you there. Justin chancellor is awesome. Not just coz he is British (like myself) but his playing style is so cool

I agree completely

Also no Ryan Martinie.

For real they couldnt even get immigrant song right

jrock2264 definitely an under appreciated bassist

@@Marcobegazo true

he shouldve been there in paul mccartneys place

Geezer is at an sheard second place, check again 😎

Exactly

If he lived longer

@@Miist3rDuce1 I do agree with that. In fact I have thought that exact same thing.

@@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422 I believe that everyone is entitled to their opinion.

@@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422 if cliff doesn't deserve it then neither does cox and jaco

Cliff burton definitely belongs to be #1

Lukas Held he’s metal

@@trentschlick3261 Then why's Steve Harris, John Myung and Cliff Burton on here?

Off Course al leal honorable Mentions because Geddy Lee is 1.

If it weren’t for Lemmy, we wouldn’t have Metallica, nine inch nails, Alice in Chains and many more. Motörhead sparked a plethora of rock and roll and heavy metal. R.I.P. Lemmy

@@Motorhead1977 i saw an interview with lemmy after john entwistle died and he basically said the ox was better than him!

Rang Klos Finally someone in the comments section that I can agree with. YES FUCKING CHRIS SQUIRE... Listen to roundabout, if any of you don't believe me.

Squire deserves props. He's not a top-10 in mu books, but he at the very least deserves an honorable mention.

Rang Klos Roundabout is easily one of my favorite bass lines.

Yes got finally inducted to rock and roll hall of fame and Geddy Lee played Round About filling in for Chris S. epic performance!!

@@xfsoz2011 Even better, listen to the live version of the Fish.

Then why were flea and claypool and burton not the top 3 🤣

And les and flea

@@baconslap9417 agreed

Krist novoselic, flea, lemmy are my top 3

Putting Cliff that low was just pure criminal and not even put Lemmy in the list should be considered a sin

Cliff should be 3

100% he's #1

Please put les claypool on 10

Agreed, fuck mojo.

Crunchy OSRS facts!

Exactly! And Flea number 8!

I agree, but in my opinion Cliff Burton also desrves higher place (for emple his influence in the band still exists, although he died 33 years ago).

Geddy is still a god tho

I wouldnt say John deacon, he was really influential but he wasn't insanely talented

les claypool deserves far higher

@@pixiepearl2783 exactly

It's not just about the skill.

Ow believe me he can play that for sure! But it is just not his style so he doesn't make that kind of music.

Cliff was a shredder, Paul played about 14 Instruments, was extremely innovative and a great Singer aswell.

Paul McCartney was born to entertain us!

If you're talking about the best bass players of all time, it surely is about your skill on a bass guitar. Paul was a great songwriter and musician, but we has a jack of all trades.

Yes!! (Pun intended.)

ReznovRulz seriously...how can that not be here?

ReznovRulz I just wrote something above concerning Squire...

jwbrown1968 Because the person that made this list was an idiot, and the list was crowdsourced. Man, this is a bad list.

ReznovRulz RIP

but he can't write one serious fucking song. Not a single album made that is memorable.

Yep that's what I expected him to be in but I was surprised when he was at 7. But the list makes sense anyway.

@@henryramsey9690 yea the way his genre is being classified as "funk metal" and the freakin weird lyrics like "I will rape ypur personality" from Sgt Baker or "When the taste of sex is on your lips" from Is It Luck?. Lyrics are always damned weird and the musical style to it as well.

henry ramsey not a single song serious??? have you not heard Too Many Puppies or almost anything on Pork Soda??

Steve should be #1 or Cliff

awww thank god Geddy is #1. Flea should be 2

Yea that's horse shit that he's not top 5 at least.

I totally Agree !!!!

I agree he should be much higher, but I can't argue with Geddy Lee and John Entwistle as #'s 1 & 2 respectively. 1) Geddy Lee 2) John Entwistle 3) Flea

+Charles Young if you don't know shit about the bass, why the fuck do you watch vids like this?

jerjerbinkz04 1. Steve Harris

Greatest comment ever lmao!

Listen...i mean really listen to orion by Cliff Burton watchmojo

Make it eleven so you can also fit les claypool into there

@@kiwidude1250 or Call of ktulu or Anesthesia pulling teeth

No disrespect to Geddy Lee, he’s incredible.

1) John Entwistle 2) Paul McCartney 3) Flea 4) Geddy Lee

keyboards don't count dummy, pay attention next time

@@Miist3rDuce1 calm down bro it’s an honest mistake

@@fancywinniethepooh1654 I'm sorry just pay attention next time

He should’ve been 10 or 9

Totaly Agree! JPJ was a master Composer! And an Awesome Bassist! One of the best Ever! But as far as just Bass goes Les C is on a total different level than anyone I've ever saw. And I love Zeppelin a million times more that Primus. But it is what it is.

Seems like lots of the picks involved other aspects like songwriting which is why I assume they put McCartney there, although I agree definitely not better as a bassist than other on the list

McCartney merece estar en la lista, mucho mejor en muchos sentidos a JPJ, aparte que nadie toma en cuenta que es considerado uno de los mejores Bajistas por su inovasion, puesto te darás cuenta que es el bajista más antiguo de toda la lista.

Paul deserves his spot because he changed the way the bass was thought of and used in a band. That along with influencing many that came after him

Ik

I agree

I thought it sounded wrong lol

😂😂😂

Learn how to spell Zeppelin idiot

Then you dont know alot about bassist.......... just because you like rhcp doesnt make him the best bassist he is a novice compaired to certain people

I know he is not the best. He is my favorite.

jacob v You can't say that Flea is a bad bassist, others are just better. But Flea is defenitely the most fun bassist i've ever seen. He's always so active and making fun I love that.

jacob v being a fan or not of RHCP you should know Flea deserves more than an 8th position.

Not being a bass player... Flea may or may not be the best bassist but he is definitely one of the most influential bassists

I agree

Cinderella Galang Why? Because I have my own opinions, and they offend you? Fuck your feelings.

Lord Humongous your opinions are pointless like your existence

Look at all the butt hurt. Your tears are delicious.

Agreed my favorite in the band if you ask me

Have fun!

No one's saying that he's not good, simply that in terms of playing ability he's nowhere near the others on this list.

@@ddandymann maybe... but the "others on this list" might not even be on this list if The Beatles hadn't existed... McCartney pretty much created and forged melodic bass lines, and many, including his detractors, have a lot to thank him for.

Like all generation's, we are only interested in those who influenced that generation. Bands from the Big Band era like Mel Torme, Glen Miller, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis, Louis Armstrong, Buddy Rich and Gene Kruper, Ray Charles, Billy Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Jimmy Witherspoon, Dinah Washington, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Bobby Hackett, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Count Basie, Oscar Peterson, Teddy Wilson, and through to today, the likes of Michael Buble, Paul Anka and his Orchestra, David Campbell, Tony Bennett and his trio, there was Dave Brubeck, BB King and his Orchestra, Dudley Moore, Herbie Mann, James Moody and Dizzy Gillespie, Willie Dixon, Jamie Calum, Even the likes of Herb Albert and his Orchestra, Dr John, Burt Bacarach and his Band. Just too many to name here, these guys are some of the best there ever was, and when these bass players that are listed here as being some of the best around, they won't be remembered as long as these greats that I have mentioned here. These bands had some very good musicians playing with them over the years and times of their generation, their music still lives on today from many younger up and coming players who admire these players and their music. There are a few here that I rate as very good musician's, and bass player's, such as John Deakin, 'Led Zeppelin's' bassist, 'Deep Purple's' bassist Roger Glover, also Glen Hughes, The bass player from Rober Fripp's band 'King Crimson', he went on to join up with 'Bad Company'. Definatey 'Yes's' original bassist, definately had a great style that heavily influenced the 'Yes' sound, it may have been the treble Richenbacker bass he used to help get that sound, but he definately had the slap style sound going on. Bill Black from Elvis Presley's first band, he definately created a lot of feel to the songs Elvis was recording back in the 50s. The bass player Elvis used in his 'Vegas Days', as good as he was at holding the rhythm section together, with his busy style, I felt he was too busy with everything he played, everything was way too fast and in a hurry! for me personally, he was too over the top! but Elvis seemed to like what he contributed. I find that players, including guitarist's, keyboard player's, and drummer's, that are too busy, they all over play and are too self indulgent, which their lacks in the feel of what they are playing. They are way more interested in showing off, trying to impress would be musician's with their tricks and unsavoury noise. These type of players don't interest me in the least, they're too messy, which lacks musical merit. Paul McCartney is about the only bass player in modern music, that plays creative feel with his playing, which helps create the songs he writes, or helps write and play on. Look at songs like Cilla Blacks "Step Inside Love" which he wrote for her, he accually plays guitar on this track. The other is "It's For You", also written for Cilla Black by Lennon /McCartney. Paul is a very melodic musician, there is always melody and feel when he plays bass, not some messy 'nightmare' of mish mash notes that make no sense when listening to it. I've listened to the band 'Mr Big' where they all get carried away with themselves, showing off how good they are, at being able to cross arms across each other during a performance, and play each other's instruments, great for (the would be's, if they could be!) novice musicians who are all impressed with a trick, by these so called top musician's. I have quite a few 'Rush' albums in my collection, but it all sounds the same after a while, some of their arrangement's are OK, but nothing brilliant, just Okay. Same with bands like 'Yes', 'Deep Purple', Uriah Heep', 'Metallica', 'Bon Jovi', 'Kiss', even 'Queen', 'Bad Company', 'Beck, Bogart and Appice', 'Van Halen', 'Led Zeppelin', 'Frank Zappa', 'Ungly Kid Joe', 'LIVE', 'Offspring', 'Bush', 'Sound Garden', 'Pearl Jam', 'Lincoln Park', 'Foo Fighters', 'Klaatu', 'Reef Glow', 'Three Doors Down', 'Goo Goo Dolls', 'The Killers', 'Maroon 5', 'Squeeze', 'Matchbox 20', 'Green Day', 'Motor Head', Guns and Roses', 'ACDC', 'Steppenwolf', 'Rainbow', 'Pink', 'Merridith Brooks', 'The Cranberries', and the list's go on, only a few selected tracks are worth listening to, the rest is boring, going nowhere material, and bands and artist don't seem to realise that their original material all sounds the same, and similar to the last track, so they're all boring to listen to. If I had to listen to these (show off bass players) I'd last a few bars in, and listen to a few bars of the next track, and so forth until I've had a little taste, take the album off, put it away and in some cases, never listen to it again, because it all sounds the same. Only certain tracks maybe OK, so I'm a finicky listener when it comes to all music. As I said, (show off players don't impress me) I'm a bassist myself, it takes a lot to impress me. I do have a lot of respect for the older style music, and I appreciate the musicianship that went into that music, yes, some is a load of rubbish, I agree.

@@nevillede-hoedt6520 Really appreciate the long and well-thought out comment!

László Horváth Lemmy used a pick he doesn’t deserve to be on this list

@@nickmaric8481 Lemmy's uniqueness is actually a good reason to have him on the list.

László Horváth I know! WTF!!!

its a shit list.

Guitarists with a bass guitar... Good at what he did... But a bass player... Arguable...

I agree with you. I think John Deacon should be higher too.

m&j yeah deacon is a little under rated. Luckily some people know his worth..:)

Flea and les should def be higher, but its an outstanding list none the less

even before watching the vid i was convinced John Entwistle was gonna be number 1 no Lemmy disappointed me too

Agree (at least concerning Claypool and McCartney)! As much as I love the Beatles, McCartney always been my least favourite one. His songs, especially the ones he wrote without Lennon, are way too much kitsch for my taste. I expected Ley Claypool to be among the top 5 just because of his mad skill. The order of the rest can be argued about but it's really a lottery because they were all great. But, and that's a BIG BUT, if the list takes commercial success and extra skills (like songwriting) into account: Where the hell is Sting? He is a great musician, too, and a very skilful jazz-influenced bassist!

There are much better.

Nirvana bro Do u think Krist is mush better than Cliff, Claypol, JPJ??? Or what u meant? Certainly Krist is good bassist but not the best

​@@sergeytyurin1688Krist Novoselic is like 1,00,000 times better than Cliff Burton Nirvana are 1,000,000,000 times better than Metallica

DEFINITELY FACTS

+OffLeatherWings no primus?

Mason Valdrep Wouldn't call myself a huge Primus fan but love Claypool's playing.

+OffLeatherWings no JPJ? man youre not a real bassist

Cesar Franco I love JPJ, fuck off

+OffLeatherWings lol william murderface

Listen to Everybody's got something to hide except me and my monkey, I think that song alone justify's Mac being on the list.Besides being a great bassist is about more than just chops, I is about fitting the song and playing in many styles. Paul and Ringo were one of the best rhythm sections ever. Anybody who can see past the flash knows that.

Boat Axe What I think is that Paul Should be somewhere around #8. That is because I think that it is harder to play heavy metal than rock n roll. I mean compare Iron Maiden and the Beatles, Maiden is very hard to play and if u want to play a song from The Beatles u just need to play 3 or 4 notes the whole song.

But remember that Paul McCartney is part of the beginning of rock and roll. I play his songs on my bass and a lot of his bass lines are harder than some metal bass lines I know.

HistoryFanatic03. Just search on youtube this: Iron Maiden Aces High You will see that it so much harder to play.

Harder does not mean better. One can just make a hard solo but it doesn't mean it is a good one or that can inspire others.

Same

He's good but not so much

Why stop watching?. He made the top 10 of all time. Even he would be happy with that.

What's technical about slapping the bass. He obviously is not keeping up or never took a bass course. Again you want to see theatrics and not the professionalism

if we are going by skill then he would likely be a honorable mention if even that, if its by image and inluence then maybe top 5

@@jamesakuhata9568 If Geezer isn't on the this, who is Ciffs main influence, Cliff doesn't belong on the list.

@@ArthaxtaDaVince777 Burton is the best

@@wm4486 The best what?

Well Flea is #8 and should be way higher as well

Number 1 for CB according to this 46yo 80's rocker!

yes.

He probably is the best

Funny my name is Kirby,and Metallica became my most favorite band in 1985! That’s funny.

I would argue if we are talking about people who revolutionized bass playing Burton would be number one. You go watch the opening of for whom the bells tolls live and you kinda get scared watching that unfold😧

@@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422 if cliff doesn't deserve it then neither does cox You dckhead

I'm so happy to see my homeboys in the #1 spot. Cheers!

Go Geddy, RIP Neil Peart

Peart is in a better drumming place, together with Bonzo, Moon etc. RIP legends of drumming.

I literally said---wonder how high on the list Geddy Lee made it. Dude could shred that thing while drinking coffee. Rush was pure talent. Peart---possibly greatest drummer ever. Geddy Lee--best bassist ever. Lifeson---definitely really high on the list of greatest guitarists. Rush is legend.

@@thebaron9194 i'd rather say Peart-the greatest drummer ever, not "possibly greatest drummer ever".

Holdini Bartel You’re right

Autumn Baker at least u can here him in the mix Those doosh bags Hasedhim because these Child's want cliff

@Holdini Bartel i agree so much

Yea I know

@Holdini Bartel ikr

Chris 😔

0 0 10 0 12

@Alex Paille yeah... we knew that

It's say classic rock and early heavy metal which is around 60-70 years ago

Like they should lmao they’re shit

Wow I didnt even think of Duff and Krist. Great calls. I also missed Eric Wilson on this list, and definitely ws wondering where Jack Bruce was u til he was an, "honorable mention." I guess we all have out own taste, but I like your pics haha.

Robert Trujillo?

@@luisrosales3430 He was mentioned in "honorable mentions"

What about gene simmons

Lemmy the best!

Same here... I felt John Deacon is highly underrated because he always keep himself low profile.

He is underrated because he is in the shadow of Freddie mercury and Brian May.The same happens with roger taylor.When you have the best vocalist and guitarrist of history ita hard to show up

@@axelpotato8561 Brian may is definitely not the best guitarist ever

@@liamjohnston5099 Total guitar dont have that opinion

Thx for spoiling im here bc of him :D

If he lived longer

Right on brother!

Yea wtf, not cool. He is a hero to us all.

For real? damn this list sucks.

Yes.

@@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422 if flea doesn't deserve it then neither does squire

Ethan well if that was the case john deacon would’ve be 9th

Jpj would be number one then

Primus is not more popular

If that was the case why isn’t Paul McCartney number one, with John Paul Jones at number two

Yeah sure rush is more popular than rush

He is

Habibi Hassan Yes, he is :D

He is definitely a good bass player, absolutely. But I don't think he's THAT good enough to be ranked alongside Cliff and JPJ and others

Habibi Hassan Yeah, Gene Simmons too. lol

Habibi Hassan I'm a huge Green Day fan and I like Mike a lot. There's no denying he's very good at what he does. I'd say within the style of music he plays he's easily one of the best. However when talking about the best bassists of all time, he's just not in the same league as the real greats, like Geddy Lee, Flea, Cliff, Steve Harris and John Paul Jones.

And Steve Harris?????!

YES

I think so too roger waters

But without the top four on the list, we wouldn't have those four to begin with.

What about Mike Dirnt-Green Day

They are complete idiots.....Chris was the greatest bass player to ever walk the earth.

Exactly. Squire is my favourite.

Agreed squire should have been over flea no doubt

I know he's not the best, but greg lake was really good too.

Making a list like this is ridiculous. I mean these are all great bass players don't get me wrong. But it's like The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Whoever the person is making the list will certainly pick there favorite flavor.

By this of course im not saying that some of the bassists shoudn't be in top 5

YEP!

Several of the ones being above Les Claypool and Flea, jesus what sort of crack were they smoking.

They also totally discounted vic wooten and didn't even bother mentioning Carol Kaye even though that lady is seriously responsible for a ton of the entire style of bass guitar a lot of these guys play but since she was a studio musician and not a stage performer they don't even mention her. They were at least smart enough to not put up one of the bass players who she did the studio work for and put them in the list I guess, so that's something.

actually, they specifically showed Vic Wooten under "session" players, at the beginning, whom they were not making the list about. Mind you, don't fully agree with their list, either the inclusions or placement, but it is what it is (most of this is subjective at this point)..... though honestly found putting Tom Araya on honorable mentions a bit laughable.... don't really know anyone who listens to Slayer for their basslines.

xD

Juan Jesus Loza Yerena Very impressive, uh, wrong channel

Wat?

Juan Jesus Loza Yerena 😂lol

When you spot a normie.

And Entwistle's the reason ANY of them did anything.

@@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422 but jazz is excluded so pick someone else

I was thinking that, too. Any list of great rock bassists without Chris Squire simply doesn't count. You can't have Geddy Lee without Chris Squire.

Agreed