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Sir Sammy Hain Esq.
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Top 5 favourite bass players

*John Entwistle (The Who)RIP
*Cliff Burton (Metallica)RIP
*Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
*Les Claypool (Primus)
*Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)

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John McVie (Fleetwood Mac) The bass line in "The Chain" is sick. So simple but so damn good!!
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Sam, you already got 3 of my favs on your list.

Steve Harris
Billy Sheehan
Cliff Burton
Stu Hamm
Flea

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Justin Chancellor (Tool, "Sober" has some sick bass lines)
Jason Newstead (ex-Metallica)
Les Claypool (Primus, love the bass in "My Name is Mud")
John Campbell (Lamb of God)
D i c k Lovgren (Meshuggah)

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OK, gonna be tough

Geddy Lee (Rush)
John Taylor (Duran Duran)
Lemmy (Motorhead)
Matt Freeman (Rancid)
Jack Bruce (Cream)

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not that i know anything about playing bass, but i like these guys:

cliff burton- metallica
tony bono- into another/whiplash
harley flanagan- cro mags
mike joyce- the smiths
peter hook- joy division

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John Entwistle - The Who, solo
Bill Wyman - The Rolling Stones
Sting - The Police, solo
Paul McCartney - Beatles, Wings, solo
Geddy Lee - Rush (although I'm not fan of the group)

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