Top 5 Rock Bassists of All Time

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[@flaviobarbosa6064]

A top 5 top rock bassist without Chris Squire is incomplete ...

[@apexjoe4769]

Yes "pun intended" I totally agree Christopher Squire was one of the best rock bassist ever!

[@Fresh-tw7ev]

Came here to say this.

[@chrispraz877]

And the fact that les Claypool is on this list and flea being #1, but no fish makes this list a joke.. ...sorry, calls em likes I sees em

[@craigbradl4139]

@@flaviobarbosa6064 bass and drums anchor the band

[@rishabsingh8009]

Timothy??😢 Eagles

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

Chris Squire? HELLO?

[@thetrippyhippie5882]

Geezer butler? Roger glover?

[@williamweiss6128]

Right!!

[@Caligula_In_Hell]

Exactly. No Butler? List is bullshit.

[@Taylor.Dude.]

Chris Squire as well.

[@Sea_of_Thieves_Guy]

@@Caligula_In_Hell 100% agree. Black Sabbath is the best

[@Dang_ole_Boomhaur]

In addition, no Noel redding of the experience, no dee dee Ramone, what is this,

[@vvv56881]

Cliff Burton was good too❤🤘

[@toxicwaste225]

He was a metal bassist not a rock bassist. But yea he was really good

[@35jaxlove]

Tomato, tomatoes​@@toxicwaste225

[@toxicwaste225]

@@35jaxlove I’m just saying he can’t be on the list as it’s a rock list not a metal list

[@nicolaskok386]

@@toxicwaste225metallica is hard rock and metal so technically hes a rock bassist

[@35jaxlove]

@@toxicwaste225 😂😂😂 oh boy , tomato tomatoes again

[@gtrhero100]

Chris Squire?

[@avrilportzline6255]

John deacon is so underrated, but had some of the best bass lines

[@user-yx7zd1nx8r]

These lists always make me question the amount of research people actually do

[@magnusandersson1875]

John Mcvie is very underrated.

[@52969RST]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@johnwallace3990]

This list is hilarious. Flea before Lee? I don’t think so, scooter.

[@Professornuttbutter]

Claypool before Flea for sure, Geddy Lee as well, and of course Squire!

[@user-dd3di9ih7b]

Fleas before any one sux

[@Thalassobeam]

@@user-dd3di9ih7byes Flea is the best

[@robinator503]

@@Professornuttbutter I likecFlea, but ya. You are correct

[@rdsapar92]

My top 5 are 1) Chris Squire 2) Geddy Lee 3) John Entwistle 4) John Paul Jones 5) Steve Harris

[@Azag514]

I'm going with Chris squire of yes

[@TonyC419]

Steve Harris from Iron maiden would mop the floor with these dudes. We'll maybe not John Paul jones.

[@remtremb]

@@TonyC419 yeah I'd rank Steve the number 1 for metal

[@FINALFLASH1988]

That would be for a metal list. Overall the list isn’t terrible but Flea would not be my pick

[@synthonaplinth5980]

LOL, nothing against Steve Harris but to say he would 'mop the floor' With The Ox...they didn't even put one of John's best basslines in , here.

[@user-ci4wi7yk4n]

@@TonyC419 Agreed, and yes, no JPJ

[@1madDogz]

No way.

[@Liberal_US_Army_Vet]

Flea ? Best bass player 😅😅😅 who msde this list, his Mom ?

[@tommi_marsetio]

@@Liberal_US_Army_Vet i think its okay, Flea is good but obviously not no. 1 😁

[@TheMusicianTom]

Ludicrous.

[@johnsrous1616]

I was trying to keep from destroying my phone-Flea, a great bassist? NOT!

[@butchjohnson9736]

Flea 's bass has a big influence on the Sound of the Peppers, I guess that is why he is chosen. Entwistle and Lee being on that list is correct and JP Jones getting some deserved recognition is also nice.

[@Tryn2bgood]

No, his mom strung out.

[@joshg5244]

Chris Squire #1

[@manueljaneiro8991]

Geddy Lee is tops in my opinion ❤

[@randilevson9547]

Mine, too. Incredibly talented bassist. Very cool guy, too.

[@TheRealX-Man]

Entwistle no question

[@PunkMarioBros]

Entwistle is too low, should be higher imo

[@riblo72]

Yes. Top three should be Lee, Enywistle and Jones. In amy order you want they are all three Number One. And i don't put Claypool in the list cause Primus are alternative metal so he belongs to another list.

[@OtavioBassman]

Actually, he is THE best. Period.

[@Midwayne_.]

Good Top 5 But Where Jack Bruce?

[@MrBendibus]

Glenn Hughes, Jack Bruce, Steve Harris, Geezer Butler

[@PatrickManganelli]

Chris Squire-Yes Mark King-Level 42.Paul McCartney-beatles.Jaco Pastorious- weather report. There's more. Respect to all. Peace.

[@Deathcatclub]

Geezer Butler

[@vinzettoducama7065]

Jaco’s in a whole other universe but I’m not sure he’d be considered a rock bassist.

[@eocha24]

List is named Rock bassists

[@demetricorcovelos1114]

Not McCartney he's average at best

[@haywoodsmith2822]

Cats like Jaco, Bernard Edwards/Chic, James Jamerson/Motown, Mark Adams/Slave, Verdine White/Earth, Wind & Fire, Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, Busta Jones, Rick James, John Taylor/Duran Duran, Nick Beggs/Kajagoogoo, Stuart Zender/Jamiroquai-Azur, Esperanza Spalding, Rhonda Smith, Me'Shell NdègeOcello, Tina Weymouth/Talking Heads-Tom Tom Club, Gail Ann Dorsey, Paul Simenon/the Clash, Dave Allen/Gang of Four-Shriekback, Sara Lee, and too many others to name, would go on different lists...

[@1madDogz]

Chris Squire #1 hands down

[@kylekahler3381]

Jack Bruce

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

@@kylekahler3381 Tales of Brave Uslysese

[@scuffedcovers]

what a legend

[@donaldcarpenter5328]

Any list w/o Paul McCartney or Ron Wood or John Lodge is INCOMPLETE!

[@52969RST]

Ron wood plays guitar

[@demetricorcovelos1114]

No to McCartney he's ehe maybe okish in his prime but definitely no where near anything worth listing

[@henrygvidonas9573]

@@52969RST Ron Wood played bass in the Jeff Beck Group when they were more influential than Led Zeppelin. If you don't know their "Truth" and "Beck-Ola" albums, you have no idea why hard rock developed into what it became in the '70s.

[@joef2468]

@@demetricorcovelos1114clueless

[@mikkelstrmvig3118]

JPJ number 5? That's illegally low.

[@__jack________________2225]

@@mikkelstrmvig3118 Criminally low.

[@DaleHusband]

Geddy Lee should be No. 1.

[@HHH-vi1wn]

JACK BRUCE 🎵🎵🎵

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

White Room

[@ragingchimera8021]

Lets see the other 4 play bass, keys with their feet, and sing, all at the same time like Geddy... ya, thought so. 😏

[@Xinkailin]

billy sheehan

[@1madDogz]

Ha ha ha

[@mickymantle3233]

You're forgetting Jack Bruce !

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

Strange Brew

[@userkev5150]

Id have Michael Anthony in there from van halen

[@pinningformichigan8120]

Thunder Fingers! Entwhistle .in my book.

[@briansabala5614]

This list is in reverse order

[@garyconner6151]

Don't forget sting the police.

[@ianclarkson1835]

Jack bruce

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

Crossroads

[@ursulajackson3855]

Geddy lee

[@AdanBeltran-yi1rf]

Chris square the bass player of Yes that recently died.

[@bobbycovino7417]

Yes ❤❤❤❤

[@MrChristo1012]

Nice...but where is Lemmy Kilmister?

[@Itsjustme-Justme]

Lemmy's leading the rhythm guitar list.

[@demetricorcovelos1114]

Lemmy is god! Or at least the closest thing to a god to exist

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

Killed by Death

[@scuffedcovers]

Lemmy is metal, not rock

[@Itsjustme-Justme]

@@scuffedcovers he played rock n roll all his life

[@yakfishin4912]

I agree with this 100%.

[@haywoodsmith2822]

Mark King/Level 42? John Norwood Fisher/Fishbone? Sting/the Police? John Deacon/Queen? Paul McCartney/the Beatles-Wings?Michael Anthony/Van Halen?

[@ssnobrakesable]

Mark King Level 42

[@Leoguitar2009]

The who is the first metal band to exist so thanks for putting John entwisle on the list

[@josephburkhardt9648]

LEMMY FUCKING KILMISTER!!!

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

Ace of Spades

[@Wildlonesome77]

Chris squire , Jack Bruce,roger glover.paul McCartney.

[@matthewdean3879]

It's funny. Cuz the latter two have both said of Les "That guy does some crazy shit I could never do!"

[@johneasler9967]

Jack Bruce, Mel Schacher, John Entwisle,John Paul Jones, Nathan East

[@UR_Right24]

1. Geddy Lee/Rush 2. Chris Squire/Yes 3. John Entwistle/The Who 4. John Paul Jones/Led Zeppelin 5. Billy Sheehan/David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, and others. 6. Victor Wooten/Béla Fleck & The Flecktones 7. Jaco Pastorius/Weather Report, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and others 8. Stu Hamm/Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Frank Gambale, The Michael Schenker Group, and others 9. Les Claypool/Primus 10. Mike Gordon/Phish

[@markveau7079]

Geddy #1 - All day, every day.

[@mitchellryan9816]

Leon Wilkinson - Lynyard Skynyrd

[@thomasbradley2677]

Way cool 😎! All of the above. ❤

[@valyum5504]

Paul McCartney, Chris Squire

[@ToddDavis-p3u]

Les Claypool is more like a soloist but this is a good list. IMO.

[@n0zferattu]

Without Billy Sheehan? Who was surveyed? greengrocer?

[@keithlefebre9401]

. Bob Daisley.

[@JohnSmith-ww2pi]

The Ox is the one who broke the bass out of the closet with solos and distortion.

[@Slayer-oq8fv]

Botched list. No Geezer Butler.

[@Daxtarr1]

I picked all 5 but in a different order. 5. Entwhistle, 4. Flea, 3. Les, 2. JPJ, 1. Geddy.

[@richybatty234]

Gary Thain - Uriah Heep Chris Squire - Yes Geezer Butler - Sabbath Gerry McAvoy - Rory Gallagher band Jack Bruce - Cream How about these guys ? ....

[@samallunar2011]

Cliff Burton - Metallica Geezer Butler - Black Sabbath Tom Araya - Slayer Rudy Sarzso - Quiet Riot Steve Harris - Iron Maiden Joey DeMiao - Manowar Gene Simmons - Kiss Benjamin Orr - The Cars Francis - Bocholz - Scorpions Ian Hill - Judas Priest

[@Mysterio-Solar]

Absurd List Here's the REAL List 1 Geddy Lee 2 Cliff Burton 3 John Paul Jones 4 Flea 5 Billy Sheehan 6 John Entwhistle 7 Chris Squire 8 Les Claypool 9 Michael Anthony 10 John Deacon

[@goodpplz123]

Jaco Pastorius, Chris Squire, Geddy Lee ,Cliff Burton and Flea in no particular order are my favorites.

[@SidLaw500]

1)Jack Bruce, 2)JP Jones, 3)Paul McCartney, 4)John Deacon, 5) Geddy Lee.

[@theycallmerisky619]

You could argue for john paul jones at 1 the guy was the fuckin spine of Zeppelin. The hidden genius. Deserves way more credit than he gets.

[@xnetpc]

How did Geezer Butler not make the list? I was expecting Geezer Butler to be #1

[@tomwilliams9315]

Willie Dixon

[@MyNameisMud595]

Finally they mentioned les claypool!

[@rudygracia5573]

Claypool is not Rock though.

[@MyNameisMud595]

@@rudygracia5573 yes it is

[@congerscott6064]

What about Jaco ?

[@adamrains1460]

Billy sheenan, Duff mckegan, Rudy sarzo.

[@CB-ip8wd]

Um Justin Chancellor??

[@marvinwhittlesey3563]

How about one of the most underrated and overlooked bassists in one of the most underrated and overlooked bands?... Mike Mesaros of the Smithereens!

[@AlleyandGrey]

Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple...

[@tommccallan8802]

Steve Harris (Iron Madin) out ROCKS this list....

[@ssnobrakesable]

Let us not forget Jack Casidy of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Still playing at 80 years old.

[@CalebthegiganticMariofan]

Idk the others but mine is 1. John Paul Jones 2. Jack Bruce 3. Peter Hook

[@stefan8405]

#1 Geddy Lee #2 John Entwistle #3 John Paul Jones #4 John Deacon #5 Chris Squire LOL at flea #1 and LOLOLOL at people saying McCartney should belong in this list

[@jeffmcaree1347]

How can you not have chris squire???

[@TheThin_Man]

You gotta be kiddin', where the fu#k is Chrys Squire?

[@acelacrocker2958]

I think Steve Jay gets overlooked often due to the nature of the band he's in, but it's because of the band he's in that I believe he's capable of being all of these bassists in one.

[@kevinbaker9665]

Jack Bruce of Cream, Bootsy Collins and Sting, John Entwisle, then of course, John Paul Jones.

[@user-jh7ki9sn5h]

Billy Sheehan is a monster

[@denislafreniere-qc8wx]

I'm glad with the Flea pick

[@GiovanniAgostini-xt4qf]

Flea is a seriously talented mad Yank who is actually an Australian.

[@bokononx4606]

Phil Lesh, Mike Gordon, Oteil, Bootsy and especially Jack Bruce belong on this list.

[@TheThin_Man]

Ya missed one of the very best...Chris Squire!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vic5594]

These top five lists are worthless Everyone has their own list, but virtually everyone would include Chris Squire somewhere on that list

[@fredrikgradin92]

Lemmy kilmister from MOTÖRHEAD ❤

[@ProducerGuy26]

Geddy is #1, Les is #2, Flea is 3rd and you can flip a coin over 4 and 5. That’s just the facts.

[@lestalkmorebasss]

Based on old interviews I think Clayool himself would put Geddy at number 1…. I could be wrong but has performed whole album shows of rush covers etc…. He’s a fan of Geddy. Flea is cool, crazy, and weird AF but no way is he number 1. I don’t think he’d agree with that either lol

[@mattfisher8568]

No way is Flea better than John Entwhistle. No way. He is arguably the best on this list.

[@andrewkaska471]

Dennis Dunaway.

[@curtispaquin8714]

John Paul Jones, John Enwhistle and Les Claypool are 3 to 5, in no particular order. But #1 Chris Squire, with Geddy Lee a very close second. Flea is great, but these guys are the best.

[@joebirdwelljr629]

Geezer Butler is my all time favorite....

[@blackhawk7r221]

Les and Flea are slap bassists. JPJ is the master, but he never overpowered Zeppelin with it.

[@stevengolden1154]

Claypool absolutely #1 he doesn't even need a band.but Buckethead is his band

[@johnwolf3294]

Hello, Not a legit ranking without Chris Squire.

[@ingvaldkarlsson5270]

There are a lot of good bass players. And, as a lead and sometimes a solo guitar player, I couldn’t have done without a good rhytm-part in the band. 😊bass and drums, that is.

[@hemroidhenry7756]

NO WAY, Entwistle number 1 -

[@Trad63]

Did you forget Sting, Paul McCartney, John Deacon, Michael Anthony. Who are the voters?

[@dd-nv6sw]

Jack Bruce? Roger Glover? Geezer Butler? Robert Trujillo? Lemmy?

[@northbriton6884]

Jean-Jacques Burnel of the Stranglers, grossly underrated but what a player

[@JoeLiberalism]

Remember guys its the OPINION of this particular media outlet. I feel like it would be impossible to name the top 500 bass players let alone top 5. But hey its just an OPINION! We are all intitled to one. This is mine

[@donaldcarpenter5328]

All fall at the feet of James Jamerson!!!

[@MindaDiaz]

Cliff Burton of Metallica #1. His bass sounded like a lead guitar.