Bassist Countdown

The bass department plays a very significant role in a song. Have you ever imagined a song where there is no bass played? (I am talking about a rock band not having key boardist). Out of a number of great bands only a few bassist have been in the spotlight. My personal ranking of the bassists goes this way. The top five bassist of all time:

1. John Myung : The bassist of a great band ‘Dream Theatre’. This man is the top bassist of all time in my perspective. Just listening to the albums is not enough to know his talents. You need to watch live videos of this band and judge for yourself. He plays his fingers more than a small time lead guitarist.

2. Flea : The bass guitarist of Red Hot Chili Peppers is another great bassist. I have not seen more energetic and electrifying bassist as Flea. He is probably the back bone of the band.

3. Sting : How can Sting be left out in this countdown. He is a great musician and a good bassist. He is not afraid of doing such experiments with different genres in mucis and so far he has been successful in doing so. The god in bass playing business is Sting.

4. Timothy B. Schmit : The bassist of Eagles is also one of the best bassists in the world of musicians. The bass lines he has played in the hit ‘Hotel California’ shows that how good and melodious he can be with the bass guitar.

5. Robert Trujillo : The latest bassist of Metallica is also in my rankings. He is one of the most aggressive bassist of all time. Formerly played bass with a number of renowned band he has finally landed on the team’s platform of Metallica. He suits well with Metallica and the band members have clicked well enough. Metallica should be grateful for having such a great bassist after Jason Newsted left the band.

The Real Professionals In Music

I had never got so close to the band Dream Theatre besides a couple of songs by them. Recently I happened to see a video of Dream Theatre and that was when I got a kind of addicted to Dream Theatre. They are a bunch of original and real professionalsin music. The name Dream Theatre suits them very well and they are the real dream theatre. Their music is beyond everyone’s imagination and they themselves being artists, they are a group which represents theatre. I judge every band by watching them perform live. The vocalist has no such showmanship and doesn't need one. His vocal is great and the music they play is great. The drummer Mike Portnoy is one of the source of inspiration for many drummers of the later generation of John Myung. The guitarist John Petrucci needs no introduction to those who are music maniacs. The bassist is the one I always look upon in a band and the bassist of Dream Theatre is a genuine bassist. You will love watching his fingers play and roll when he plays bass. He is super fast and he is one of the greatest bassist of all time in my list. All in all Dream Theatre is a great band perhaps the greatest in their genre referred as the progressive rock.