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Greatest Rock Bass Players
 7.9 2.John Entwistle
Essential record: Live at Leeds, Deluxe Edition (The Who) (1970, 2001)  Fabricio Mendes's rating:
 
8.2 3.John Paul Jones
Essential record: Led Zeppelin II (Led Zeppelin) (1970)  Fabricio Mendes's rating:
 
7.2 4. Flea
Essential record: Blood Sugar Sex Magic (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (1991)  Fabricio Mendes's rating:
7.6 6.Simon Gallup
Essential record: Disintegration (The Cure) (1989)  Fabricio Mendes's rating:
8.4 7.Paul McCartney
Essential record: Abbey Road (The Beatles) (1969)  Fabricio Mendes's rating:
 
7.5 8.Geezer Butler
Essential record: Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath) (1970)  Fabricio Mendes's rating:
7.2 10.Sting
Essential record: Synchronicity (The Police) (1983)  Fabricio Mendes's rating:
 
7.2 11.Cliff Burton
Essential record: Master of Puppets (Metallica) (1986)  Fabricio Mendes's rating:
7.5 12.Jack Casady
Essential record: Surrealistic Pillow (Jefferson Airplane) (1967)  Fabricio Mendes's rating:
7.1 14.Lemmy Kilmister
Essential record: Space Ritual (Hawkwind) (1973)  Fabricio Mendes's rating:
7 15.Greg Lake
Essential record: Brain Salad Surgery (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) (1973)  Fabricio Mendes's rating:
7.1 16.Kim Gordon
Essential record: Dirty (Sonic Youth) (1992)  Fabricio Mendes's rating:
8.2 17.Roger Waters
Essential record: Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) (1973)  Fabricio Mendes's rating:
7.2 18.John McVie
Essential record: Rumours (Fleetwood Mac) (1977)  Fabricio Mendes's rating:
6.8 19.Klaus Flouride
Essential record: Fresh Fruit for Rotten Vegetables (Dead Kennedys) (1980)  Fabricio Mendes's rating:
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McCartney's bass was underrated in my opinion. Just listen to the bass lines in 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)' from Abbey Road and you will see what I mean.
I don't know if I would have rated Geddy Lee at number 1, but he is an amazing bassist as well. In concert, he has to play keyboards and bass (using foot pedals) at the same time for some songs.
John Paul Jones was another one who was not given the credit due to him. Although overshadowed by Plant's stage presense and banshee screams, Page's guitar heroics, and even Bonham's bombastic drumming, Jones was a very skilled producer, arranger, keyboardist, and yes, a great bassist as well. He even played the recorder at the intro to 'Stairway To Heaven'.