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    Posted: February 10 2009 at 11:38
Well, I've been exploring progressive metal for quite sometime now, and if there is one thing I've noticed it's that the bassists in these wonderful bands seldom get a mention. This is a shame really, because there are some really talented guys out there that contribute MASSIVELY to the music (behind all the very prominent guitar and drum work). So I decided to dedicate a thread to recognising prog metal bassists in all their glory.

The first one that pops to mind almost instantly is Steve DiGiorgio out of Death from Human to ITP. Astonishing player and brought the fretless into metal.

Oh, and it's also worth noting that i'll be handing out 10 ProgArchives pounds to anyone who doesn't mention John Myung
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Sean Malone is probably my favorite, but admittedly my exposure is quite limited.

edit:  just noticed this was in "Top 10" - I doubt I could come up with half that many.  Embarrassed


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Sean Malone (Cynic) Joe Lester (Intronaut) and Oliver Holzwarth (Sieges Even) are among my favorites. And of course Steve DiGiorgio. :P
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The bassist of MrBig ,
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Originally posted by The Pessimist The Pessimist wrote:

The first one that pops to mind almost instantly is Steve DiGiorgio out of Death from Human to ITP. Astonishing player and brought the fretless into metal.

Oh, and it's also worth noting that i'll be handing out 10 ProgArchives pounds to anyone who doesn't mention John Myung
 
I quite like Symphony X bassists, Thomas Miller and Michael Lepond, both are very skilled
and have warm sounding (that kind of sound Chris Squire established, I use to call it "the
wooden touch").Colin Edwin from Porcupine Tree is another guy to put some attention on,
his contribution to the band itīs outstanding when they come to soundscapes he is always
keeping the overall structure and allowing Steve Wilson and Richard Barbieri to deliver that
pleasant passages.
 
Other Iīve become big fan is Dave Meros from Spockīs Beard, just for the "wooden touch" again
, he quite reminds me of the classic bassists sound (well, we all know what SB is about).
 
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Originally posted by markosherrera markosherrera wrote:

The bassist of MrBig ,
 
I hadnīt read your post before replying.
He is Billy Sheehan one of the all time greats for meThumbs Up
Great dude and I think probably most skilled bassist Iīve seen in my life
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Joe Lester from Intronaut
Dan Briggs from Between the Buried and Me
Liam Wilson from The Dillinger Escape Plan
Martin Mendez from Opeth
The dude in Isis lays down some sweet grooves
The guy in Unexpect plays some wild stuff too
And of course John Myung (you can have your PA pounds!)


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Originally posted by easytargets easytargets wrote:

Originally posted by markosherrera markosherrera wrote:

The bassist of MrBig ,
 
I hadnīt read your post before replying.
He is Billy Sheehan one of the all time greats for meThumbs Up
Great dude and I think probably most skilled bassist Iīve seen in my life


and played with Planet X as well
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Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:

Originally posted by easytargets easytargets wrote:

Originally posted by markosherrera markosherrera wrote:

The bassist of MrBig ,
 
I hadnīt read your post before replying.
He is Billy Sheehan one of the all time greats for meThumbs Up
Great dude and I think probably most skilled bassist Iīve seen in my life


and played with Planet X as well
Yesterday I was listening to Moonbabies after posting in this thread
and I reminded ībout all great bassists involved in any Sherinian work,
just canīt remember all of their names (Rufus Philpot is one of them I thinkUnhappy).
 
I dunno like so much TFK but find Jonas Reingold is another quite good bass player
with that particular old sound I love.
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Jonas Hellborg (The Shining Path)
 
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Steve DiGiorgio (excellent bass player) was on the last Death album, Sound of Perserverance as well, plus the Controle Denied album.

Lets see, 10 amazing PM bass players...

Kristoffer Gildenlow (Pain of Salvation, Dark Suns)
Thomas Miller (Symphony X)
Oliver Holzwarth (Sieges Even, Blind Guardian)
Torsten Reichert (Vanden Plas)
Martin Mendez (Opeth)
Sean Malone (Cynic, Gordian Knot)
Tony Choy (Cynic, Atheist)
Roger Patterson (Atheist)
Toby Driver (maudlin of the Well)
Ward Evans (Psychotic Waltz)
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The bassist of Spiral Architect is good too
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Originally posted by easytargets easytargets wrote:

Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:

[QUOTE=easytargets][QUOTE=markosherrera]The bassist of MrBig ,
 

and played with Planet X as well
 
But he's been doing that sort with Niacin for a lot longer and far more albums. Then there is the guesting with Steve Vai:
 
 
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The guy in Unexpect plays some wild stuff too

He uses a nine string bass. Cool as f*ck
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Jean-Yves Thériault (Voivod)

Cliff Burton (Metallica)
 
Steve DiGiorgio (Death)
 
Byron Stroud (Strapping Young Lad)
 
 
And I consider all hose bands borderline with prog-metal
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Points: 1003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 25 2009 at 15:43
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Michael Manring.


Definitely one of my favorite bassists of all time, though I'd have a hard time calling a guy who is most well known for collaborating with Michael Hedges a prog metal bassist LOL.  That being said, plenty of his other work (Thonk, Attention Deficit) have their heavy as hell moments.

I have to give my appreciation to Joey Vera, perhaps best known as bassist of Armored Saint (not prog) and Fates Warning (prog).  I call him the Tony Levin of metal in that he always plays the right parts and rarely plays more that the right parts.  Big inspiration to my playing.
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Martin Mendez from Opeth...
The bassists who have played in Symphony X
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Originally posted by Stooge Stooge wrote:

Originally posted by Orbit Orbit wrote:

Michael Manring.


Definitely one of my favorite bassists of all time, though I'd have a hard time calling a guy who is most well known for collaborating with Michael Hedges a prog metal bassist LOL.  That being said, plenty of his other work (Thonk, Attention Deficit) have their heavy as hell moments.

I have to give my appreciation to Joey Vera, perhaps best known as bassist of Armored Saint (not prog) and Fates Warning (prog).  I call him the Tony Levin of metal in that he always plays the right parts and rarely plays more that the right parts.  Big inspiration to my playing.

Everyone else was getting away with a fair few non-prog metal bassists, so I wanted to do the same Tongue
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