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TheOwl	Date: November 18, 2005 @ 5:51 PM My lesser known favorites: Colin Hodgkinson - Amazing Brit who plays chord melody/strums and other chordal stuff, and this was back inthe early 70's!!! Had abass/drums/sax trio named Back Door Percy Jones - Crazy and creative fretless monster, formerly of Brand-X and collaborator with many underground/avant-garde NYC musicians like Elliot Sharp et al. Percy does some of the craziest stuff with harmonics (artificial and natural) Janick Top - French fuzz bass maestro with Magma in the 70's. Also an in demand producer/bassist/arranger in his native land. I dig his playing so much I won't hold it against him that he produced a Sireeeen Dijon album once. Your turn--------------
SimonWaldram	Date: November 18, 2005 @ 8:45 PM Mike Watt (Minutemen, Firehouse) - an incredible player and a great guy to boot. Naomi Yang (Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi) - Plays wonderfully melodic bass and has great haircuts and earrings. Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh) - Check out his fantastic playing on Dinosaur Jr.'s classic album 'You're Living All Over Me'.
EtherEclectic	Date: November 18, 2005 @ 11:39 PM john myung
celtaidd	Date: November 19, 2005 @ 8:50 AM the best unknown bassist is whats his name from that band
SimonWaldram	Date: November 19, 2005 @ 9:29 AM Oh yeah, I forgot about him. Man, he was great.
marcosalvarez	Date: November 19, 2005 @ 2:38 PM Michael Manring
shouhei	Date: November 22, 2005 @ 7:07 AM Bill Dickens? I'd say he was pretty cool/under-rated.
sparkotronic	Date: November 22, 2005 @ 11:21 AM Danny Thompson Pekka Pohjola Mike Howlett Hansford Rowe
sparkotronic	Date: November 22, 2005 @ 11:24 AM Danny Thompson- double bass but still cool! Pekka Pohjola- wigwam and solo, great chops! Mike Howlett-Keeps the groove nailed to the floor in gong Doug Ferguson-Camel, very melodic.
shadowself	Date: November 22, 2005 @ 11:37 AM I like Colin Moulding from XTC.
imemine	Date: November 22, 2005 @ 11:41 AM Donald 'Duck' Dunn Will Lee Phil Lesh
hate9wicket	Date: November 22, 2005 @ 12:19 PM I love Mike Watt, I've seen him twice- he sold his T shirts directly from the stage after the show, and after making my transaction, he gave me a little bow with his hands clasped together. As far as my overlooked list: Rose Marshack from Poster Children DIY to the nth degree, that band has been around 15 years or more, been on major labels, now record, produce videos and do podcasts(they pretty much invented that) out of their home. Oh yeah, and she is going for a PhD too.
TheOwl	Date: November 30, 2005 @ 11:15 AM I actually got to see The Minutemen with Mike Watt a few months before D Boon died. Mike was on fire that night, great show, tons of energy!
100thmonk	Date: January 3, 2006 @ 10:54 PM oscar pettiford ratzo harris anders jormin kai eckhart(electric)
GeneHilbert	Date: January 3, 2006 @ 10:59 PM Chuck Rainey Nathan East Verdine White Anthony Jackson Larry Graham
tsand19151	Date: January 3, 2006 @ 11:00 PM Tony Levin
100thmonk	Date: February 18, 2006 @ 12:26 AM levin's great.. i was luck enough to see him play with king krimson a number of years ago.. wow....
leedsquietman	Date: February 18, 2006 @ 9:56 AM Lemmy!
mcmullen	Date: February 18, 2006 @ 10:02 PM Lots of great players here. I always admired the way Stu Hamm played. Absolute greatness!
mattbanx	Date: February 19, 2006 @ 2:19 AM Rinus Gerritson-Golden Earring John Wetton-Asia, Roxy Music, King Crimson Geddy Lee-Rush (Maybe not unheard of, but thought of more as a singer) Roger Waters-Pink Floyd (Definately heard of, but could not resist adding) Eric Burton-Metallica Mike Ruthorford-Genesis John McVie-Fleetwood Mac I will stop there. Because I could not run out of them.
mattbanx	Date: February 19, 2006 @ 3:22 AM Oh, and Lemmy!
zedsalt	Date: February 19, 2006 @ 11:43 AM I've said it before, but Becker doesn't get near the ammount of respect he deserves as a bassist.
EvilPicnic	Date: February 19, 2006 @ 3:34 PM I'm an unknown bassist. I'm overlooked, too, and somewhat underrated. Now if I actually had a bass I'd rule the world...
PrincessTast...	Date: February 23, 2006 @ 3:01 AM Hugh Hopper-Soft Machine
TheOwl	Date: February 23, 2006 @ 10:00 AM EVIL PICNIC SAID: I'm an unknown bassist. I'm overlooked, too, and somewhat underrated. Now if I actually had a bass I'd rule the world...
TheOwl	Date: February 23, 2006 @ 10:01 AM ROTFLMAO @ Evil Picnic! That just made my day!
herodreamer79	Date: March 16, 2006 @ 3:13 PM Mattbanx... Eric Burton? dont you mean Cliff Burton? I wouldnt call him underrated.
GeneHilbert	Date: March 16, 2006 @ 4:15 PM WOW..... someone actually knows Soft Machine... Too Kewl