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Sometimes, the best compliment you can get as a bass player is not being noticed. These bass lines are the exception. A bass player’s job is to lock in with the drummer and provide the bottom end.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died ...

Co-founded by bassist Peter Hook, guitarist Bernard Sumner, drummer Stephen Morris, and the brooding, charismatic singer lan Curtis, Joy Division scorched the British punk-rock landscape, planting the ...

Here are rock and metal bands who either don't have a bassist or don't have a guitarist. Of course, the traditional rock/metal band setup includes vocals, guitar, bass and drums. And, sometimes ...

In Little League baseball, coaches often stick the less talented players in right field. And when it comes to rock bands, the group often sticks the less charismatic players with bass guitars. Or at ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died ...