List of female bass guitarists
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A
- Gaye Advert (from The Adverts)
- 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 of Hole and Smashing Pumpkins)
B
- Laura Ballance (from Superchunk)
- Jo Bench (from Bolt Thrower)
- Jen Benton (from The Cliks)
- Gina Birch (from The Raincoats)
- Vickie Blue (formerly of The Runaways)
- Joanna Bolme (from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
- Beverly Breckenridge (from Fifth Column and Phono-Comb)
- Butterfly Boucher
C
- Tanya Candler (formerly of Kittie)
- Kim Chi (from The Distillers)
- Charlotte Cooper (from The Subways)
- Sheryl Crow frequently plays bass during her live performances
D
- Patricia Day (from HorrorPops)
- Kim Deal (from Pixies, also lead singer/guitarist of The Breeders)
- Candy del Mar (formerly of The Cramps)
- Trish Doan (from 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)
- Donna Dresch (bassist and guitarist from Team Dresch)
E
- Jill Emery (from Mazzy Star, Shadow Project, Super Heroines and Hole)
F
- 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)
G
- Eva Gardner (formerly of The Mars Volta, now with Lyra)
- Debbie Googe (from My Bloody Valentine)
- Kim Gordon (from Sonic Youth)
- Gail Greenwood (from Belly and formerly of L7)
H
- Rachel Haden (from The Rentals; formerly of that dog.)
- 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)
I
K
- Carol Kaye (One of the most recorded bass players in history)
- Kerri Kenney-Silver (formerly of Cake Like)
L
- Sara Lee (from Gang of Four, The B-52s and Robert Fripp's League of Gentlemen)
- Paz Lenchantin (formerly of A Perfect Circle and Zwan)
- Michelle Leon (from Babes in Toyland)
- Jenny Lewis (from Rilo Kiley)
- Lyn-Z (from Mindless Self Indulgence)
- Lynn Louise Lowrey (from Vixen)
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
- Satomi Matsuzaki (from Deerhoof)
- Zia McCabe (from The Dandy Warhols)
- 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)
- Hilma Nikolaisen (from Serena Maneesh)
O
P
- Bonnie Parker (formerly of The Bonnie Parker Band and currently in TANG)
- 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)
- Tessa Pollitt (from The Slits)
Q
R
- Kira Roessler (From Dos and formerly of Black Flag)
S
- Kim Shattuck (formerly of The Pandoras, now singer/guitarist for The Muffs)
- Constance Smith (from Christian Death)
- Debbie Smith (from Echobelly)
- Malka Spigel (from Githead and Minimal Compact
- Micki Steele (from The Bangles, formerly of The Runaways)
T
- Tamaki (from Mono)
- Rachel Trachtenburg (from Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
- Iracema Trevisan (from Cansei de Ser Sexy)
- Abby Travis
V
- Kathy Valentine (from The Go-Gos)
W
- Kim Warnick (co-founder of Fastbacks; formerly of Visqueen)
- Tina Weymouth (founding member of Talking Heads)
- Josephine Wiggs (formerly of The Breeders)
- Kathi Wilcox (from Bikini Kill)
- Tracy Wormworth (The Waitresses, The B-52's, Sting)
- D'arcy Wretzky (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins)
Y
- Atsuko Yamano (from Shonen Knife)
- Naomi Yang (co-founder of Galaxie 500)
- Toko Yasuda (from Enon)
- Sean Yseult (formerly of White Zombie)
Z
- Annette Zilinskas (formerly of The Runaways and The Bangles)