Bass Week: Playing bass guitar in a metal band is easy. You carefully copy whatever riff the guitarist plays, wave horn signs at the leather-clad crowd and then go home. There's little room for ...

Bassists in metal get the short-shrift. Often viewed as the least talented member of a band (“iT’s JusT a GuItAr WiTh LeSs StRiNgS, aNyOnE cOuLd PlAy BaSs!!!!”), bass is often buried in the mix, ...

Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill has named his all-time bass idol and the album he says is "probably" his No. 1 desert island album all in the same breath. Hill, the lone remaining original member of the ...

In the hard rock and heavy metal world, Butler is a downright god. Known for his early use of the wah-wah pedal and down-tuning his instrument (which would become a favorite technique among grunge ...

You think it’s tough shredding on a guitar? Try it on a bass. Thicker strings, more distance between the frets, lower dynamic range… these stupidly fast bassists are truly the most impressive ...

Low end? More like the glue that holds this band together. The age-old joke of bassists being the guys in the band that just couldn't hack it at guitar can finally go down the proper six feet it needs ...

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 ...