- List of female bass guitarists
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This is a list of notable female bass guitarists.
Contents A
- Myrene Academia (from Sandwich and Imago)
- Gaye Advert (from The Adverts)
- Kianna Alarid (from Tilly and the Wall)
- Chloe Alper (from Pure Reason Revolution)
- Emma Anzai (from Sick Puppies)
- Jennifer Arroyo (formerly of Kittie)
- Stephanie Ashworth (from Something for Kate)
- Johanna Asplund (from Sahara Hotnights)
- Talena Atfield (formerly of Kittie)
- Melissa Auf der Maur (formerly for Hole and formerly for the Smashing Pumpkins)
- Carla Azar (from autolux)
- Karin Axelsson (from Sonic Syndicate)
B
- Samantha Barbera (from Malbec)
- Laura Ballance (from Superchunk)
- Alyssa Barlow (from BarlowGirl)
- Louise Basilien (from the Plastiscines)
- Jo Bench (from Bolt Thrower)
- Melissa Berkoff, (formerly of Autoclave)
- Christina Billotte, (formerly of Autoclave)
- Gina Birch (from The Raincoats)
- Vicki Blue, (formerly of The Runaways)
- Lori Black (from The Melvins)
- Joanna Bolme (from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
- Shanne Bradley (founding member of The Nipple Erectors, The Nips,and The Men They Couldn't Hang)
- Beverly Breckenridge (from Fifth Column and Phono-Comb)
- Sophia Burn (from The Veils)
- Shannon Burns (from The Forecast)
- Butterfly Boucher
C
- Tanya Candler (formerly of Kittie)
- Kim Clarke (Defunkt and various jazz gigs)
- Annie Clements
- Amy Clark (formerly of The Automatics) Impact Karma Suicide Sirens Paper Revolution
- Dana Cochrane (toured with Babes In Toyland)
- Kim Coletta (from Jawbox)
- Brigit Colton (formerly of Angelica) (from The Adventures of Loki)
- Charlotte Cooper (from The Subways)
- Kathy Coppola (from Circle Takes the Square)
- Flávia Couri (from Autoramas)
- Sheryl Crow frequently plays bass during her live performances
- Gina Crosley (formerly of Veruca Salt)
- Ana-Marija Cupin (from Repetitor)
- Sarah Brown (former house bassplayer for Antone's in Austin, now plays with various American roots bands and musicians.)
D
- Kimberley Dahme (from Boston)
- Megan Davies (from The Applejacks)
- Dominique Davison (from Spitboy)
- Patricia Day (from HorrorPops)
- Kim Deal (from Pixies, also lead singer/guitarist of The Breeders)
- Candy del Mar (formerly of The Cramps)
- Caithlin De Marrais (from Rainer Maria)
- Simone do Vale (formerly of Autoramas)
- Trish Doan (formerly of Kittie)
- Lorna Doom (from The Germs)
- Gail Ann Dorsey (session bassist for David Bowie and many other musicians)
- Stefanie Drootin (bass for The Good Life, also lead singer/guitarist for Consafos)
- Wendy Drennen (bassist and back Vocals from Fireflight)
- Donna Dresch (bassist and guitarist from Team Dresch)
- Chloe Duveaux (bassist and back Vocals from Does It Offend You, Yeah?) (formerly of Elle Milano)
E
- Jill Emery (from Mazzy Star, Shadow Project, Super Heroines and Hole)
F
- Sara Farina a.k.a Scarpi. Session bassist UK (Heather Peace Earthling (band) (formerly Tricky))
- Jessie Farmer (formerly of Babes In Toyland) (formerly of Sick of Sarah)
- Freddy Feedback (from Art Brut)
- Jennifer Finch (from L7)
- Maya Ford a.k.a. "Donna F" (from The Donnas)
- Rayna Foss-Rose (formerly of Coal Chamber)
- Kathy Foster (from The Thermals)
- Jackie Fox (from The Runaways)
- Yoshiko Fujiyama (from The 5,6,7,8's)
- Nicole Fiorentino (from The Smashing Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, Spinnerette)
- Lori Friday (from Super 400)
- Lada Furlan Zaborac (from The Bambi Molesters)
G
- Eva Gardner (formerly of The Mars Volta, now with Lyra)
- Inara George (from The Bird and the Bee)
- Mona Gnader (Sammy Hagar and the Wabos)
- Katy "Kickball Katy" Goodman (from Vivian Girls)
- Debbie Googe (from My Bloody Valentine)
- Darlin' Grave (from All Gone Dead)
- Absinthe Green (from Enemy of the Sun)
- Kim Gordon (from Sonic Youth)
- Gail Greenwood (from Belly and formerly of L7)
- Anne Marie Griffin (formerly of Verbena)
- Grog (from Die So Fluid and Feline)
H
- Rachel Haden (from The Rentals; formerly of that dog.)
- Bianca "Butthole" Halstead (from Betty Blowtorch; formerly of Butt Trumpet)
- Leslie Hardy (formerly of Hole)
- Juliana Hatfield (formerly of Blake Babies, played bass on The Lemonheads' It's a Shame about Ray; currently singer/guitarist)
- Maureen Herman (from Babes in Toyland)
- Annie Holland (formerly of Elastica)
- Ida Haukland (from Triosphere)
I
J
- Janice Marie Johnson (formerly of A Taste of Honey)
K
- Carol Kaye (One of the most recorded bass players in history)
- Laura Kennedy (formerly of Bush Tetras)
- Kerri Kenney-Silver (formerly of Cake Like)
- Marjolein Kooijman (from The Gathering)
- Tamaki Kunishi (from Mono)
- Debra Killings (session jazz bassist and gospel artist)
L
- Sara Lee (from Gang of Four, The B-52's and Robert Fripp's League of Gentlemen)
- Paz Lenchantin(from The Entrance Band) (formerly of A Perfect Circle and Zwan)
- Michelle Leon (from Babes in Toyland)
- Jenny Lewis (from Rilo Kiley)
- Jenny Lee Lindberg (from Warpaint)
- Lalay Lim (from Urbandub)
- Lynn Louise Lowrey (from Vixen)
- Lyn-Z (from Mindless Self Indulgence)
- Leslie Langston (formerly of Throwing Muses)
M
- Michelle Mae (from Weird War and formerly of The Make-Up)
- Leslie Mah (from Tribe 8 and formerly of Anti-Scrunti Faction)
- Pia Maiocco (formerly of Vixen)
- Natalie Maines (from the Dixie Chicks) periodically plays bass during their live shows
- Kazu Makino (from Blonde Redhead)
- Aimee Mann (founding member of 'Til Tuesday)
- Satomi Matsuzaki (from Deerhoof)
- Zia McCabe (from The Dandy Warhols)
- Jean Millington (from Fanny)
- Molly McGuire
- Nikki Monninger (from Silversun Pickups)
- Teresa Morini (from Love Amongst Ruin)
- Kyoko 'Kyon' Morita (from the band Aphasia)
- Patricia Morrison (The Sisters of Mercy, Gun Club, The Damned)
- Robin Moulder (from TCR and Jack Off Jill)
N
- Michie Nakatani (formerly of Shonen Knife)
- Johnette Napolitano (from Concrete Blonde)
- Meshell Ndegeocello (Grammy-winning bassist and singer)
- Sharon Needles (formerly of Butt Trumpet)
- Hilma Nikolaisen (from Serena Maneesh)
- Miyoko "345" Nakamura (from Ling Tosite Sigure)
- Kate Newberry (from The Indelicates)
O
- Paula O'Rourke (former Liar, The Eric McFadden Experience, Eric Burdon)
- Birgit Öllbrunner (from Midnattsol)
- Kelly Ogden of The Dollyrots
- Wanda Ortiz (from The Iron Maidens)
P
- Paula (founding member of Spitboy)
- Alyson Palmer (founding member of Betty)
- Corey Parks (formerly of Nashville Pussy, Die' Hunns, Capricorn, and Chelsea Girls)
- Share Pedersen (formerly of Vixen, Havana 3 A.M. and the Dogs D'Amour)
- Nadja Peulen (from Coal Chamber)
- Kristen Pfaff (formerly of Hole and Janitor Joe)
- Britta Phillips (from Luna and Dean and Britta)
- Tessa Pollitt (from The Slits)
- Ginger Pooley (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins, Halo Friendlies)
- Catherine Popper (formerly of Ryan Adams and The Cardinals)
- Myra Power (From Slant 6)
- Lani Purkis (From Elemeno P)
Q
R
- Vivi Rama (played with Will.I.Am, Macy Gray, Jordin Sparks, Orianthi, Nicole Scherzinger)
- Emma Richardson (From Band of Skulls)
- Regina Zernay Roberts (from Scarlet Fever, formerly of Cowboy Mouth and Méchant)
- Anissa Rodriguez (From Eyes Set to Kill)
- Kira Roessler (From Dos and formerly of Black Flag)
- Jessie Robertson (from Five Star Affair)
S
- Jeanne Sagan (from The Acacia Strain, All That Remains)
- Roberta Sammarelli (from Verdena)
- Brenda Sauter (from The Feelies)
- Kim Shattuck (formerly of The Pandoras, now singer/guitarist for The Muffs)
- Shingai Shoniwa (from Noisettes)
- Shiori Sekine (from Base Ball Bear)
- Melanie Sisneros (from Crescent Shield, Whole Lotta Rosies, Hangar 18, Mz Led formerly of The Iron Maidens, Sinergy, New Eden)
- Vivian Slaughter (from Gallhammer)
- Julie Slick (from Adrian Belew Power Trio)
- Debbie Smith (from Echobelly)
- Rhonda Smith (formerly of The New Power Generation, currently with Jeff Beck)
- Vicky Smith (from The Ramonas, formerly of McQueen)
- Esperanza Spalding
- Malka Spigel (from Githead and Minimal Compact)
- Frida Stahl (from La Puma and Meldrum)
- Micki Steele (from The Bangles, formerly of The Runaways)
- Laurie Stirratt (from Blue Mountain and Healthy White Baby)
T
- Rachel Trachtenburg (from Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
- Iracema Trevisan (from Cansei de Ser Sexy)
- Abby Travis
- Amanda Tannen (from Stellastarr*)
- Shonna Tucker (from Drive-By Truckers)
- Tina Weymouth (from The Talking Heads)
V
- Maggie Vail (from Bangs)
- Kathy Valentine (from The Go-Go's)
- Val Ium (from Pist.On)
- Ivy Vujic (from Kittie)
- Aleksandra Vukosic (from dreDDup)
W
- Lindsey Ballato-Way of Mindless Self Indulgence
- Kim Warnick (co-founder of Fastbacks; formerly of Visqueen)
- Tina Weymouth (founding member of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)
- Josephine Wiggs (formerly of The Breeders)
- Kathi Wilcox (from Bikini Kill)
- Tal Wilkenfeld (toured with Jeff Beck)
- Tracy Wormworth (The Waitresses, The B-52's, Sting)
- D'arcy Wretzky (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins)
- Brandy Wood (formerly of Cracker)
- Enid Williams of Girlschool
Y
- Atsuko Yamano (from Shonen Knife)
- Naomi Yang (co-founder of Galaxie 500)
- Toko Yasuda (from Enon)
- Doris Yeh (from Chthonic)
- Sean Yseult (formerly of White Zombie)
- Jennifer Young (from Travis Larson Band)
Z
- Annette Zilinskas (formerly of The Bangles)
- ZombieGirl (from Messer Chups)
References
External links
- (February 14, 2008.) "Female Bass Players Learn Bass Guitar Intuitively." Guitarojam.com.
- List of Female Bass Players from Listal.com
Categories:- Lists of guitarists
- Female bass guitarists
- Lists of women in music
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