Moving away from metal, you can't speak of best rock bass players without mentioning Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano:
That Violent Femmes track is great, and a good showcase of the bass skill for sure. I wasn't familiar with much more than a few of their more well known songs (Blister in the Sun, Kiss Off, and Gone Daddy Gone). Here's another fun one:
The Violent Femmes - Dance, Motherfucker, Dance
re: drummers , some great posts there form you guys!
Rupak is amazing. I love a great tabla player. And that Venetian Snares drumming is fantastic. Thanks for sharing. I don't know that I would have believed it was live drumming without the video.
Probably one of the best bass players ever, Jaco Pastorius:
Charles Mingus, fantastic double bass player and composer:
Both of these guys are incredibly skilled players. Great tracks here.
Here's something with a double bass, although the talent is nothing like Mingus. Just solid bass grooves:
Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
A great band with nice drums as well.
You people are too industrial gothic for me 
Actually I'm not much into music in the first place :/
Gotta love Mussorgsky. This one was dark, but sweetly romantic. Everyone should be familiar with his most famous work (and my favorite classical piece of all time), which was featured in Fantasia. This is a decent performance of it (the harp could have been a bit louder):
Modest Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain
Rockin' Sidney:
Video has a slight glitch in the second song. Interesting artist that I missed along the way.
This was fun, and nice to see a different instrument featured! Reminds me of a few years ago working with the RFD television station and their Mollie B Polka Party show on the overnight shift.
Dact, I've heard some cool randoms (at least randoms to me) play on that NPR Tiny Desk Concert.
Alright so long as we're in random town at the moment:
Yeah, I've discovered a few there myself, and seen some other good ones perform.
And Neil Young is classic. A band that reminds me of Neil is Built To Spill (possibly because of the vocals):
Built To Spill - Distopian Dream Girl
There's Nothing Wrong With Love is a fantastic album. In fact, this band has put out a lot of stellar music.
HIP HOP
I stumbled across this song, really love it! It was vaguely familiar and I didn't know why. Turns out it was in a Tony Hawks game!
HARD ROCK
I had never heard of Poppy before january, and while I'm not so keen on most of her earlier electronic pop songs, this alternative album of hers, "I disagree", released earlier this year, blew me away. This chorus is catchy as hell.
MORE HARD ROCK YESH
This song is also super catchy, and the video feels really 90's, I love it!
ELECTRONIC ROCK
Loved these folks for years. This particular song stands out for me on my first album listen on their new works.
ALTERNATE DANCE?
Not as well mastered/mixed as the others, because this is by me, lol. Still, I've really impressed myself with this beast! For fans of Prodigy, I guess?
El-P is great. Here's my favorite of his (and there is an instrumental available as well):
El-P (ft. Aesop Rock & Ill Bill) - Delorean
"Great Scott!"
And that Poppy song reminds me of Sevendust. I've said it before in this thread, so I guess a lot of metal does:
Sevendust - Denial
I dig that Birthday Massacre track. Good stuff.
Your own track is good, too! I can definitely see the Prodigy influence. Thanks for sharing it!
El-P is a total boss! Company Flow's "Funcrusher Plus" is a cult classic, and his first solo album "Fantastic Damage" was absolutely groundbreaking in terms of production. I'm really happy that after all these years he's gaining the mainstream recognition he deserves with Run The Jewels.
Another great El-P track, and yeah, Fantastic Damage is sweet.
Oh heh, guess I should have mentioned I have 2 or 3 El-P albums, but this song escaped me. I wasn't into him during PS2 era of that Tony Hawks song. Run the jewels are good but I prefer El-P's solo work. But yeah, at least people know who I'm talking about by mentioning RTJ!
I agree. As good as Run the Jewels are, I still prefer his earlier work.
So here's what I've been listening to lately:
Bonny Light Horseman - The Roving
Nice and mellow.
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges ‘C-Side’
Laid back, great bass tones.
Ohmme - 3 2 4 3
Some good modern alternative rock.
And a few older ones:
John Frusciante - The Slaughter
CKY - Sink Into the Underground
Enjoy!
