Spanning all genres and generations, narrowing down the 25 best bass players of all time is never easy. We gave it a go.

He picked up the bass after he grew up and his taste in music began to change. “There weren’t a lot of trumpet players in rock ‘n’ roll bands, and I didn’t want to play jazz,” he said.

BASS EXPO 2014: As bassist for The Sleeping Souls (backing band to Frank Turner), Tarrant Anderson is no stranger to laying down some righteous bass lines. Befitting a band who regularly buck trends ...

The Kiss icon explains how Ronnie Wood is a better bassist than guitarist, why he can’t recall anything John Paul Jones played, and what makes him the Burger King Whopper of bass players ...

Bass players don't care if you notice this, but theirs is the manliest instrument in a rock band. It's the biggest and heaviest. And the strings are rope-thick, ...

RUSH’s longtime bassist, Geddy Lee, has announced the upcoming Paramount+ docuseries dubbed Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too? The program will roll out in four parts beginning on Dec. 5.

“But bass players aren't supposed to have ideas; they're supposed to be functionaries. If you're a bass player in a rock band, you are by definition a moron – because you are doing nothing ...

Sitting near or at the top of the list of upright bassists from Scandinavia is Kaisa Mäensivu, a standout double bass player, ...