Friday, October 31, 2008

The Top 50 Rock Bass Players of all-time

So I get perturbed that you always see magazine articles or TV shows with the "Greatest Guitarists of All-Time". Where's the bass player love? It's right here.
I purposely left out Jazz players. I know there are some really great ones (Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten) but I don't know enough about Jazz to include them on my list.
Hmmm....I feel a drummer list coming soon.

50. Gene Simmons (KISS)
49. Howie Epstein (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
48. John Stirratt (Wilco)
47. Nikki Sixx (Motley Crue)
46. Frank Bello (Anthrax)
45. Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
44. Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
45. Duff McKagan (Guns n' Roses, Velvet Revolver)
44. Jesse F. Keeler (Death From Above 1979)
43. Mark Sandman (Morphine)
42. Bruce Foxton (The Jam)
41. Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)
40. Lemmy (Motorhead)
39. Dickie Petersen (Blue Cheer)
38. Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones)
37. Simon Gallup (The Cure)
36. Sting (The Police)
35. Justin Chancellor (Tool)
34. Donald "Duck" Dunn (Booker T. & the MG's)
33. Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
32. Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, Ozzy, Whitesnake, Dio, etc.)
31. Eric Avery (Jane's Addiction)
30. Larry Graham (Sly & The Family Stone, Graham Central Station)
29. Dave Ellefson (Megadeth, F5)
28 Doug Pinnick (King's X)
27. John Deacon (Queen)
26. Tom Araya (Slayer)
25. Pete Way (U.F.O.)
24. Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)
23. Jack Bruce (Cream)
22. Noel Redding (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
21. Robert Trujillo (Metallica, Ozzy, Suicidal Tendencies. etc.)
20. Steve DiGiorgio (Death, Testament, Sadus, etc.)
19. Dusty Hill (ZZ Top)
18. Roger Glover (Deep Purple, Rainbow)
17. John Myung (Dream Theater)
16. Doug Wimbish (Living Colour)
15. Cliff Burton (Metallica)
14. Bootsy Collins (Parliament/Funkadelic, etc.)
13. Matt Bissonette (Joe Satriani, DLR, etc.)
12. Tony Levin (King Crimson)
11. Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order)
10. Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE, The Stooges, etc.)
9. Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell)
8. John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
7. Stu Hamm- (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson)
6. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
5. Billy Sheehan (DLR, Talas, Mr. Big)
4. Les Claypool (Primus,)
3. Chris Squire (Yes)
2. Geddy Lee (Rush)
1. John Entwistle (The Who)

-Bleathal

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

The Top 50 songs with the word "rock" in the title.

This is the first of many Top 50 lists to come. I hope to see some comments on what I left out, what is cool, or what a tool I am for even doing this!

50. Rock and Roll Creation-Spinal Tap
49. Rock Me Amadeus-Falco
48. Like A Rock-Bob Seger
47. Long Live Rock n' Roll-Rainbow
46. Let's Get Rocked-Def Leppard
45. You Can't Stop Rock n' Roll-Twisted Sister
44. I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock n' Roll Band)-The Moody Blues
43. Rock Me-Great White
42. The Golden Age of Rock n' Roll-Mott The Hoople
41. The Heart Of Rock n' Roll-Huey Lewis & The News
40. I'm A Rocker-Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
39. Rock & Roll Band-Boston
38. Rock 'N Me-Steve Miller Band
37. You Got Me Rocking-Rolling Stones
36. Punk Rock Girl-The Dead Milkmen
35. Rock & Roll High School-The Ramones
34. The House is Rockin'-Stevie Ray Vaughan
33. Rockin' Pneumonia and The Boogie Woogie Flu-Huey "Piano" Smith
32. Clash City Rockers-The Clash
31. Rock With You-Michael Jackson
30. Hot Rockin'-Judas Priest
29. So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star-The Byrds
28. Rock & Roll Fantasy-Bad Company
27. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. -John Mellencamp
26. There's Only One Way To Rock-Sammy Hagar
25. Rock On-David Essex
24. Rock Lobster-The B-52's
23. Rock and Roll-Velvet Underground
22. Rock The Cradle-Billy Idol
21. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker-The Ramones
20. Cherub Rock-The Smashing Pumpkins
19. Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & The Comets
18. Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo-Rik Derringer
17. I Love Rock & Roll-Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
16. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville-R.E.M.
15. And The Cradle Will Rock-Van Halen
14. Rockin' In The Free World-Neil Young
13. Detroit Rock City-KISS
12. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)-AC/DC
11. Jailhouse Rock-Elvis Presley
10. Rock You Like A Hurricane-The Scorpions
9. It's Only Rock & Roll-Rolling Stones
8. Rock This Town-The Stray Cats
7. I Wanna Rock-Twisted Sister
6. Rock and Roll Music-Chuck Berry
5. Rock The Casbah-The Clash
4. Let There Be Rock-AC/DC
3. Rock and Roll-Led Zeppelin
2. Rock and Roll All Nite-KISS
1. We Will Rock You-Queen


-Bleathal