Nikki Moninger - Silversun Pickups
Kim Deal -
Nikki Moninger - Silversun Pickups
Kim Deal -
The other day in my English class we read Kubla Khan by Coleridge. I then played them Rush singing Xanadu from the Rush 30 DVD. It is a 1977 promo clip of the song, which is based on the poem. I had several students who thought Geddy Lee was a girl -- high voice, hair almost to the hips, and he was wearing this smock type thing.
Another vote for Paz Lenchantin, played bass for A Perfect Circle, The Smashing Pumpkins, has a new band called Entrance. She is a classically trained viola player and can play the bass really well. And she's gorgeous! (Argentinean background) Billy Corgan seems to have a thing for hot bass players, but Paz is way hotter than Darcy or whoever the new one is.
Sean Yseult formerly of WHITE ZOMBIE
That gal can rock with the best
New bassist for the Pumpkins is mad hot. I love her attitude on the stage.
Leslie Langston - Throwing Muses
Carol Kaye
"The Fender bass player Carol Kaye.....could do anything and leave the men in the dust." - Quincy Jones in his book "Q - The Autobiography of Quincy Jones" 2001
"Carol taught me more about the bass than is decent."
- Sting
Carol has been there for forever, and really is the first great female bassist. She is probably old enough to be Tal Wilkenfeld's grandmother. :-)
Not sure why everyone feels Kim Deal is such a great bass player. I think she is a great songwriter, and I love her work with The Pixies and with the Breeders, but in terms of technical ability, I am not sure she is equal to people like Kaye or Wilkenfeld or NdegeOcello. All the rest are being chosen for looks, not ability. Not that I mind or anything.