List of female bass guitarists
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This is a list of notable female bass guitarists.
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[edit] A
- Lena Abé (My Dying Bride)
- Kianna Alarid (from Tilly and the Wall)
- Chloe Alper (from Pure Reason Revolution)
- Jennifer Arroyo (formerly of Kittie)
- Stephanie Ashworth (from Something for Kate)
- Talena Atfield (formerly of Kittie)
- Melissa Auf der Maur (formerly for Hole and formerly for the Smashing Pumpkins)
- Carla Azar (from autolux)
[edit] B
- Laura Ballance (from Superchunk)
- Jo Bench (from Bolt Thrower)
- Christina Billotte, (formerly of Autoclave)
- Gina Birch (from The Raincoats)
- Lori Black (from The Melvins)
- Jody Bleyle (Hazel, Team Dresch)
- Vicki Blue, (formerly of The Runaways)
- Joanna Bolme (from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
- Butterfly Boucher
- 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)
[edit] C
- Sheila Chipperfield (Elastica)
- Annie Clements
- Sheryl Crow frequently plays bass during her live performances
[edit] D
- Kimberley Dahme (from Boston)
- Patricia Day (from HorrorPops)
- Kim Deal (from Pixies, also lead singer/guitarist of The Breeders)
- Trish Doan (formerly of Kittie)
- Gail Ann Dorsey (session bassist for David Bowie and many other musicians)
- Donna Dresch (bassist and guitarist from Team Dresch)
- Stefanie Drootin (bass for The Good Life, also lead singer/guitarist for Consafos)
[edit] E
- Jill Emery (from Mazzy Star, Shadow Project, Super Heroines and Hole)
[edit] F
- Alla Fedynitch
- Jennifer Finch (from L7)
- Nicole Fiorentino (from The Smashing Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, Spinnerette)
- 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)
- Misia Furtak (Très.b)
[edit] G
- Eva Gardner (formerly of The Mars Volta, now with Lyra)
- Inara George (from The Bird and the Bee)
- Debbie Googe (from My Bloody Valentine)
- Kim Gordon (from Sonic Youth)
- Absinthe Green (from Enemy of the Sun)
- Gail Greenwood (from Belly and formerly of L7)
- Camila Grey (Uh Huh Her)
[edit] 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)
[edit] I
[edit] K
- Carol Kaye (One of the most recorded bass players in history)
- Kerri Kenney-Silver (formerly of Cake Like)
- Marjolein Kooijman (from The Gathering)
[edit] 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)
- Jenny Lewis (from Rilo Kiley)
[edit] M
- Michelle Mae (from Weird War and formerly of The Make-Up)
- Leslie Mah (from Tribe 8 and formerly of Anti-Scrunti Faction)
- Natalie Maines (from the Dixie Chicks) periodically plays bass during their live shows
- Pia Maiocco (formerly of Vixen)
- Aimee Mann (founding member of 'Til Tuesday)
- Zia McCabe (from The Dandy Warhols)
- Molly McGuire
- Patricia Morrison (The Sisters of Mercy, Gun Club, The Damned)
- Robin Moulder (from TCR and Jack Off Jill)
[edit] N
- Michie Nakatani (formerly of Shonen Knife)
- Johnette Napolitano (from Concrete Blonde)
- Meshell Ndegeocello (Grammy-winning bassist and singer)
[edit] O
- Wanda Ortiz (from The Iron Maidens)
[edit] P
- Share Pedersen (formerly of Vixen, Havana 3 A.M. and the Dogs D'Amour)
- 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)
[edit] Q
- Suzi Quatro (leads an unnamed backing band. Formerly of Cradle, The Pleasure Seekers, and The Art Quatro Trio)
[edit] R
- Leah Randi
- Regina Zernay Roberts, (from Scarlet Fever, formerly of Cowboy Mouth and Méchant)
- Kira Roessler, (From Dos and formerly of Black Flag)
- Divinity Roxx, (played with Beyoncé Knowles)
[edit] S
- Jeanne Sagan (from The Acacia Strain, All That Remains)
- Shiori Sekine (from Base Ball Bear)
- Kim Shattuck (formerly of The Pandoras, now singer/guitarist for The Muffs)
- Shingai Shoniwa (from Noisettes)
- Melanie Sisneros (from Crescent Shield, Whole Lotta Rosies, Hangar 18, Mz Led formerly of The Iron Maidens, Sinergy, New Eden)
- Debbie Smith (from Echobelly)
- Esperanza Spalding
- Malka Spigel (from Githead and Minimal Compact)
- Micki Steele (from The Bangles, formerly of The Runaways)
- Laurie Stirratt (from Blue Mountain and Healthy White Baby)
[edit] T
- Rachel Trachtenburg (from Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
- Abby Travis
- Iracema Trevisan (from Cansei de Ser Sexy)
[edit] V
- Kathy Valentine (from The Go-Go's)
[edit] W
- 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)
[edit] Y
- Atsuko Yamano (from Shonen Knife)
- Toko Yasuda (from Enon)
- Sean Yseult (formerly of White Zombie)
[edit] Z
- Annette Zilinskas (formerly of The Bangles)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- (February 14, 2008.) "Female Bass Players Learn Bass Guitar Intuitively." Guitarojam.com.
