The following is a list of notable electric bass guitar players. The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. Since the 1950s, the electric bass guitar has largely replaced the double bass in popular music. Bass guitarists provide the low-pitched basslines and bass runs in many different styles of music ranging from rock and metal to blues and jazz. Bassists also use the bass guitar as a soloing instrument in jazz, fusion, Latin, funk, and in some rock styles. Musicians known mainly as guitarists are listed separately in the list of guitarists.

For double bass players, see List of classical double bass players; List of jazz bassists, which includes both double bass and electric bass players; and List of double bassists in popular music, which includes blues, folk, country, etc.

For females, see List of female bass guitarists

A

Barry Adamson (Magazine, Visage, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) Paul Abrahams (The Reels) Gaye Advert (The Adverts) Martin Eric Ain (Celtic Frost, Hellhammer) Dominic Aitchison (Mogwai) Kianna Alarid (Tilly and the Wall) Mike de Albuquerque (Electric Light Orchestra) Arioch (Funeral Mist) Juan Alderete (Racer X, The Mars Volta) Miša Aleksić (Riblja Čorba) Dave Alexander (The Stooges) James Alexander (Bar-Kays) Lee Alexander (Norah Jones) Rustee Allen (Sly and the Family Stone) Merle Allin (The Murder Junkies) Karl Alvarez (Descendents) Thierry Amar (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Black Ox Orkestar) Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam) Mårten Andersson (Lizzy Borden, George Lynch) Mark Andes (Heart, Spirit) Felipe Andreoli (Angra) Jeff Michael Andrews Dan Andriano (Alkaline Trio) Josh Ansley (Catch 22, Streetlight Manifesto, HURT) Michael Anthony (Van Halen, Planet Us, Sammy Hagar and the Waboritas, Chickenfoot) Daniel Antonsson (Dark Tranquillity) Tom Araya (Slayer) Doug Ardito (Puddle of Mudd) Reginald Arvizu (Korn, L.A.P.D.) Brent Ashley (Combichrist, Violent New Breed) Talena Atfield (Kittie) Melissa Auf der Maur (Hole, The Smashing Pumpkins, Auf Der Maur) Eric Avery (Jane's Addiction, Alanis Morissette) John Avila (Oingo Boingo) Kevin Ayers (Soft Machine) Pedro Aznar (Serú Girán, Pat Metheny Group) Nathan Azarcon (Rivermaya, Bamboo (Filipino band))

B

Bob Babbitt (The Funk Brothers, MFSB) Matt Bachand (Act of Defiance) Johnny Bacolas (Alice N' Chains, Second Coming) Pat Badger (Extreme, Tribe of Judah) Steve Bailey (Bass Extremes) Victor Bailey (Weather Report) Alec Baillie (Leftöver Crack) Harvey Bainbridge (Hawkwind) Brian Baker (Minor Threat) Ronnie Baker (MFSB, The Trammps, Salsoul Orchestra) Carlos Balcells (The Dawn) Peter Baltes (Accept) Michael Balzary aka Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Hugh Banton (Van der Graaf Generator) Tony Barber (Buzzcocks) Paul Barker (The Blackouts, Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Lard, U.S.S.A.) Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr.) Tom Barney (The Honeydrippers) Aston "Family Man" Barrett (Bob Marley and the Wailers) Arthur Barrow (Frank Zappa) Wilbur Bascomb (Jeff Beck) Colin Bass (3 Mustaphas 3, Camel) Jens Becker (Grave Digger) Walter Becker (Steely Dan) Mark Bedford (Madness, Voice of the Beehive) Robert Levon Been (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) Garry Gary Beers (INXS) Nick Beggs (Kajagoogoo, Iona) Andy Bell (Oasis) Robert Bell (Kool & the Gang) Matt Bellamy (The Jaded Hearts Club) Bryan Beller (Steve Vai, Mike Keneally, Dethklok) Frank Bello (Anthrax, Helmet) Carles Benavent (Paco de Lucía, Chick Corea, Miles Davis) Jo Bench (Bolt Thrower) Martin Bengtsson (Arch Enemy, Armageddon) Max Bennett (L.A. Express, The Wrecking Crew) Jay Bentley (Bad Religion) Glen Benton (Deicide) Jeff Berlin Guy Berryman (Coldplay) Alonza Bevan (Kula Shaker) Davide Biale (Davie504) Owen Biddle (The Roots) Bob Birch (Elton John) Mike Bishop (Gwar, Kepone) Matt Bissonette (David Lee Roth, Ringo Starr, Elton John) Jonas Björler (At the Gates, The Haunted) Bill Black (Elvis Presley) Lori Black (Clown Alley, Melvins) Morty Black (TNT) Jack Blades (Night Ranger, Damn Yankees, Shaw Blades) Ron Blair (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) Johan Blomqvist (Backyard Babies) Vicki Blue (The Runaways) Bobzilla (Damageplan, Hellyeah) Andrew Bodnar (The Rumour, Graham Parker) Henry Bogdan (Helmet) Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge) Rachel Bolan (Skid Row, ) Trevor Bolder (David Bowie's The Spiders from Mars, Wishbone Ash, Uriah Heep) Richard Bona Steve Boone (Lovin' Spoonful) Zeta Bosio (Soda Stereo) Chris Bostock (JoBoxers, Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys, Subway Sect) Pierre Bouvier (Reset, Simple Plan) Randy Bradbury (Pennywise) Shanne Bradley (The Nipple Erectors, The Nips, The Men They Couldn't Hang) Jon Brant (Cheap Trick, Siren, Jason & the Scorchers) Beverly Breckenridge (Fifth Column, Phono-Comb) Andrés Bretel (TK, Madre Matilda, Space Bee, Carlos Salas) Dan Briggs (Between the Buried and Me) Eric Brittingham (Cinderella) Brian Bromberg Harvey Brooks (Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, The Doors, Mike Bloomfield) David Brown (Santana) Mark Brown (Prince and the Revolution) Phillipa 'Pip' Brown Ray Brown (Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, The L.A. Four) Rex Brown (Pantera, Down, Rebel Meets Rebel) Scott Brown (Trooper) Baron Browne (Jean-Luc Ponty, Billy Cobham, Vital Information) Chris Brubeck (The Dave Brubeck Quartet) Jack Bruce (Cream) Bunny Brunel (CAB) Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner Bob Brunning (Fleetwood Mac) Francis Buchholz (Scorpions) Sibyl Buck (The Lonely Astronauts) Nicholas Bullen (Napalm Death) Oteil Burbridge (The Allman Brothers Band) Ian Burden (The Human League) Hunter Burgan (AFI) Mike Burkett (NOFX) Jean-Jacques Burnel (The Stranglers) Rob Burns (Nucleus) Boz Burrell (King Crimson, Bad Company) Heinz Burt (The Tornados) Cliff Burton (Trauma, Metallica) Bob Bushnell Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell, GZR, Ozzy Osbourne) Michael Butler (Exodus, American Heartbreak, Jetboy, Chad Bushnell) Tim Butler (The Psychedelic Furs, Love Spit Love) Tony Butler (Big Country)

C

Tommy Caldwell (The Marshall Tucker Band) John Cale (The Velvet Underground) Emperor Magus Caligula (Dark Funeral) Bernie Calvert (The Hollies) Jon Camp (Renaissance) Ben Campbell (Zed) Richard Campbell (Natalie Cole, Dave Mason, Three Dog Night, Chuck Negron, America) Tony Campos (Fear Factory, Ministry, Soulfly, Prong, Static-X) Marciano Cantero (Enanitos Verdes) Captain Sensible (The Damned) Alain Caron (Uzeb) Will Carruthers (The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Spacemen 3) Julian Casablancas Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) Gerald Casale (Devo) Ken Casey (Dropkick Murphys) Martyn P. Casey (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Grinderman, The Triffids) Charlie Cawood (Knifeworld, Lost Crowns, the Anchoress, Kyros) Louis Cennamo Michael Cera (Mister Heavenly) Peter Cetera (Chicago) Clive Chaman (Jeff Beck, Brian Auger) Justin Chancellor (Tool) Chas Chandler (The Animals) Chris Chaney (The Panic Channel, Jane's Addiction, Methods of Mayhem, AC/DC) Jeremy Chatelain (Jets to Brazil, Helmet) Stuart Chatwood (The Tea Party) Joe Chemay Chi Cheng (Deftones) Tony Choy (Atheist) Greg Christian (Testament) Don Ciccone (Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, The Critters) Al Cisneros (Sleep, Om) Annie Clark Mark Clarke (Colosseum, Uriah Heep, Mountain) Stanley Clarke (Return to Forever) Les Claypool (Primus, Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, Oysterhead, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Blind Illusion, The Claypool Lennon Delirium) Adam Clayton (U2) Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) Rod Clements (Lindisfarne) Jim Clench (April Wine, Bachman–Turner Overdrive) Bud Cockrell (Pablo Cruise) Tommy Cogbill (The Memphis Boys, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section) T. Michael Coleman (Doc Watson) Bootsy Collins (James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Science Faxtion) Max Collins (Eve 6, The Sugi Tap) Johnny Colt (The Black Crowes, Train) Tim Commerford (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) Van Conner (Screaming Trees) Norman Cook (The Housemartins) Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival) John Cooper (Skillet) Glenn Cornick (Jethro Tull) Andy Cousin (All About Eve, The Lucy Nation, The Mission) Duncan Coutts (Our Lady Peace) Billy Cox (Jimi Hendrix, Band of Gypsys, Charlie Daniels Band) Mikey Craig (Culture Club) Robbie Crane (Ratt, Vince Neil Band, Adler's Appetite, Love/Hate, Vertex) Evan Cranley (Broken Social Scene, Stars) Bob Cranshaw (Sonny Rollins) Jim Creeggan (Barenaked Ladies) Chris Cross (Ultravox) Juan Croucier (Dokken, Ratt) Sheryl Crow Rick Cua Sal Cuevas (Fania All-Stars) Justin Currie (Del Amitri) André Cymone (Prince & the Revolution) Holger Czukay (Can)

D

Patrick Dahlheimer (Live) Bob Daisley (Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore) Bobby Dall (Poison) John Dalton (The Kinks) George Daly (The Hangmen) Mike Daly (Whiskeytown, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals) Paul D'Amour (Tool) Sharlee D'Angelo (Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Arch Enemy) Traa Daniels (P.O.D.) Rick Danko (The Band) Mike D'Antonio (Killswitch Engage) Mike Davenport (The Ataris, Versus the World) Alan Davey (Hawkwind) Stuart David (Belle and Sebastian, Looper) Jeremy Davis (Paramore) Michael Davis (MC5) Steve Davy (Steamhammer) John Deacon (Queen) Kim Deal (Pixies, The Breeders) Mike Dean (Corrosion of Conformity) Victoria De Angelis (Måneskin) Chuck Deardorf (Jovino Santos-Neto) Johan De Farfalla Vance DeGeneres (The Cold) Matt Deis (CKY, All That Remains) Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots, Army of Anyone) Rob De Luca (Spread Eagle, UFO) Joey DeMaio (Manowar) Jay DeMarcus (Rascal Flatts) Michael Dempsey (The Cure, Associates, Levinhurst) Carlos Dengler (Interpol) Paul Denman (Sade) Rob Derhak (moe.) John DeServio (Black Label Society) Dr. Matt Destruction (The Hives) Blu DeTiger Mark Deutrom (Melvins) James Dewar (Robin Trower) Mohini Dey Paul Di Leo (Nena, Adrenaline Mob, Fozzy) Bill "The Buddha" Dickens Steve Diggle (Buzzcocks) Allie DiMeco (the Naked Brothers Band) Mike Dirnt (Green Day, Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Network, The Frustrators, Screeching Weasel) John Doe (X) Lawrence Donegan (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, The Bluebells) Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond) Gail Ann Dorsey (David Bowie) Chip Douglas (The Turtles, The Monkees) Dave Dreiwitz (Ween, Instant Death) Chris Dreja (The Yardbirds) Tim Drummond Uriah Duffy (Whitesnake, Lyrics Born, Christina Aguilera) Chuck Dukowski (Black Flag) Dennis Dunaway (Alice Cooper) Donald "Duck" Dunn (The Bar-Kays, The Mar-Keys, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, The Blues Brothers) Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantômas) Joe Duplantier (Gojira, Cavalera Conspiracy) David Dyson (Brainstorm, New Kids on the Block, Pieces of a Dream)

E

Robin "Graves" Eaglestone (Cradle of Filth) Jimmy Earl (The Crusaders, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Pino Daniele, Robben Ford, Cleto and the Cletones) Nathan East (Fourplay, Toto, Eric Clapton) Kai Eckhardt (Garaj Mahal) Leif Edling (Krux) Bernard Edwards (Chic) John 'Rhino' Edwards (Status Quo) Richie Edwards (The Darkness) Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree) Mike Elizondo David Ellefson (Megadeth, Avian) Atom Ellis (Psychefunkapus, Dieselhed) Keith Ellis (The Koobas, Van der Graaf Generator) Ben Ely (Regurgitator) Shane Embury (Napalm Death) Bjorn Englen (Dio Disciples, Soul Sign, Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony MacAlpine, Uli Jon Roth, Quiet Riot, Robin McAuley) John Entwistle (The Who) Howie Epstein (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) Chris Eskola Roy Estrada (The Mothers of Invention, Little Feat, Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band) Deon Estus Chris Ethridge (The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Family) Ean Evans (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Mark Evans (AC/DC) Tom Evans (Badfinger) Jason Everman (Soundgarden)