Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus has been talking about his favourite bass players. Hoppus was being interviewed by the Guardian in ...

A four-part series created by Columbus musician Myke Rock will bring bass guitarists out of the background to center stage.

“If it wasn't for Jet Harris," Paul McCartney once said, "I would never have picked up a bass guitar.” A founder member of The Shadows, and a solo star for a short period in the 60s, Jet Harris was ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Mariano Regidor/Redferns/Getty Images In March, Pixies announced that Emma Richardson had ...

He is, to state the obvious, a legend. The bass guitar player for no less than the most successful band of all time and writer of so many classic songs that he makes the output of of most modern day ...

Andy Rourke, the bass guitar player for influential British band The Smiths, has died at 59, according to his representatives and former bandmate Johnny Marr. Rourke died from pancreatic cancer after ...

If you’re in the market for a bassist capable of tackling anything from angular post-punk to the Swedish prog rock to the virtuoso smorgasbord of Steve Hackett, you needn’t look further than Jonas ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Blessed with an unmistakable vocal shriek in addition to his superlative ...

Marcus Miller was a teenager when he decided to break free of what’s expected from a bass guitar player, a role not always associated with being the driving force or center of attention. The two-time ...

Along with guitarist Nile Rodgers, the late Bernard Edwards helped define one of the most distinctive sounds of disco – the sparse, sophisticated, yet highly rhythmic groove of Chic. Much like the ...