They form the musical foundation of some of rock's greatest bands. But these four bassists also represent as songwriting aces ...

If you’ve ever been in a rock band or rock band-adjacent, you probably already know all too well how underrated and underappreciated bassists are. Bassists are a core part of any rock outfit, yet they ...

Powerviolence is a fairly niche hardcore subsect, but we’re pretty sure there’s only one band out there doing it with two bassists. Meet Polish (as in nail polish). The trio of bassist/vocalist Issac ...

Toby Myers, a longtime bassist for John Mellencamp and Roadmaster, has died at the age of 75. The bassist died on Jan. 16 at his home in Indiana after a long battle with cancer, according to an ...

The post The Consequence Bassist Survey: 34 Bass Players on Their Favorite Bassists of All Time appeared first on Consequence. Consequence’s Bass Week couldn’t have come to fruition without the help ...

The R4nd4zzo Big Band had never played a gig as big as the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ sold-out “Charlie Brown Christmas” show. And it never played in front of such a kid-heavy audience. But ...

How did Metallica find bassist Cliff Burton? And how did they get him to join their band in 1982? He wasn't Metallica's first bass player, but he's certainly the most legendary. With a more refined ...

In early jazz bands, bassists played the bass fiddle, the tuba, or the bass saxophone. The typical bassist of the 1920s, if he played tuba or bass sax, was expected to double" on the bass fiddle as ...

When Robert Trujillo joined Metallica, he faced the immense challenge of not just fitting into one of the most iconic bands in metal history, but mastering a role that many bassists would find ...

The news was posted on his official Instagram page with the message “Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, passed peacefully this morning. He was surrounded by his family and ...

Tonight, The String Cheese Incident are scheduled to commence their three-night run at The Belly Up in Aspen, Colo. The group followed up today via social media and shared that their bassist, Keith ...