oh no i know. sonic youth would not be sonic youth without kim and her bass. they need to kick ibold out now.

just 2 names:

PAUL RAVEN

STEVE DI GIORGIO

nuff said.
I love Kim's playing, too. But that's obvious.

She has chronic tendonitis, as I've heard it.

And thank you, Crypto.

yeah i heard too.
still, mark ibold?

Mike Watt & Bob Mair

Andrew Weiss (in his Rollins Band days).

As usual, a "list your favorite something or other" turns into a debate. Well, that's cool.

Kim isn't a good bass player, she isn't a bad player, she is just there. She is just a necessary component for a lot of sonic youth recordings. That's the thing about bass in general: it's usually there to fill space, which gives it a somewhat limiting role overall. At the same time, not many of us want to be subjected to endless bass solos. I made my list because it's bassists I personally feel had the most interesting riffs, perhaps not the person who was the best at "filling the space".

Also:
DUDE FROM RUINS

Olivier Manchion (Ulan Bator - Permanent Fatal Error - Faust - Damo Suzuki's Network) he's a genius..
Massimo Pupillo (Zu - zu related stuff).
The guy who plays with Beck.
Vern Rumsey
Brian from LB
there are too many, all sexy.

sam rivers - limp bizkit
fieldy - korn

In no order of preference:

Simon Gallup
Peter Hook
Mick Grondhal
Colin Greenwood
Danny Thompson
Fred Smith
Micha Acher
Andy Rourke
Paul McCartney
Tina Weymouth
Adam Clayton (yes, he does have great bass lines)

EDIT: I'll add that I'm more into melodic bassists than proficient ones (probably because I'm not a bassist myself)

So... how does a list of your "favorite" whatever turn into a debate???

This place is just weird sometimes.

peter hook, NEW ORDER

You wanna discuss that?

Only if it's not a debate.

Sid Vicious.

All respects to Sid. (r.i.p.)

He sure couldn't play the bass though.

Leroy Glover
John Cale
Mark Chung
Holger Czukay
Andy Rourke
Billy Nelson

Charles Mingus
Mike Watt
Bootsy Collins
Jaco Pastorius
Eric Avery
Les Claypool (actually not a favorite but his talent overrides preference)
Chuck Dukowski
aaarrrhg, thats all I can remember righ now, I just woke up.....