Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 12:27 pm
by stip
This is tough. I want to say Jeff, but with one or two exceptions I think the bass parts that I tend to notice the most are the ones from Alice in Chains, so I'll go with Inez
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 12:55 pm
by Anders
Ben Sheperd
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 1:11 pm
by wease
Ben Sheperd
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 1:13 pm
by wease
Anders wrote:Ben Sheperd
Awesome
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 1:35 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Ben. No contest.
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 1:35 pm
by stip
my rebuttal
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 1:36 pm
by stip
these are kind of fun
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 1:37 pm
by stip
actually, listening to these the JCP track is certainly more impressive. Bass is tricky since so much of what it's doing goes unnoticed.
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 1:48 pm
by Anders
Here's one with bass and drums from Pearl Jam.
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 2:00 pm
by stip
I love the way Jeff's sound bends around the notes.
Shit, someone tell me who to vote for
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 3:33 pm
by wease
We already did
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 3:55 pm
by dimejinky99
The Alice in chains guy and the soundgarden guy
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 4:10 pm
by PHATJ
Robert Deleo is wonderful.
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 4:48 pm
by Jammer XCI
Ben
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 5:46 pm
by dpupenya
Dover
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 6:44 pm
by evenslow
Yes - JA
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 6:58 pm
by EJ
There is no clear winner here. All are fantastic.
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 8:13 pm
by PHATJ
1. Robert DeLeo
2. Ben Sheppard
3. Jeff Ament
4A. Krist Novoselic
4B. Mike Inez
6. D'arcy Wretzky
Re: Who was the best of the best of grunge bassists?
Posted: Sun September 17, 2017 8:13 pm
by PHATJ
EJ wrote:There is no clear winner here. All are fantastic.