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List of singing bassists

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This is a list of bassists who also sing or sang lead vocals for their respective bands. All bassists are the lead vocalist for their band unless otherwise noted. Only bands where lead vocals were sung are listed.

Name Band(s) Notes
Charlotte Cooper The Subways Co-lead vocalist
Dan Andriano Alkaline Trio Co-lead vocalist
Roger Lima Less Than Jake Co-lead vocalist
Chris Barker Anti-Flag Co-lead vocalist
Tom Angelripper Sodom
Tom Araya Slayer
Colin Bass Camel Co-lead vocalist
Jeff Becerra Possessed
Glen Benton Deicide
Janet English Spiderbait Co-lead vocalist
Michael Been The Call
Jack Blades Night Ranger, Damn Yankees Co-lead vocalist
Craig Bloxom Spy vs. Spy
Trevor Bolder Uriah Heep Co-lead vocalist
Jack Bruce Cream, BBM
Mark Burgess The Chameleons
Michael "Fat Mike" Burkett NOFX
Boz Burrell King Crimson
Rosemary Butler Birtha Co-lead vocalist
John Cale The Velvet Underground Co-lead vocalist
Kane Martin THREADS Co-lead vocalist
Peter Cetera Chicago Co-lead vocalist
Al Cisneros Sleep, OM
Les Claypool Primus, Sausage, Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel, C2B3, The Frog Brigade, Fancy Band, Oysterhead, solo Lead vocalist for Primus, co-lead vocalist for the rest
Bud Cockrell Pablo Cruise Co-lead vocalist
Jeff Coffey Chicago Co-lead vocalist
Max Collins Eve 6
John Cooper Skillet
Jim Creeggan Barenaked Ladies Occasional lead vocals
Sheryl Crow Solo
Rick Danko The Band Co-lead vocalist
Bruce Day Pablo Cruise Co-lead vocalist
Kim Deal Pixies Co-lead vocalist
Chad Atkinson Name Taken
Toby Driver Kayo Dot
Mariusz Duda Riverside
John Entwistle The Who, solo Occasional lead vocals
Doug Ferguson Camel Co-lead vocalist
Eric Forrest Voivod, E-Force
James Freud Models Co-lead vocalist
Kim Gordon Sonic Youth Co-lead vocalist
Larry Graham
Mike Herrera MxPx
Marko Hietala Nightwish, Tarot Male lead vocalist for Nightwish
Dusty Hill ZZ Top Occasional lead vocals
Calum Hood 5 Seconds of Summer Co-lead vocals
Mark Hoppus Blink-182, +44 Co-lead vocalist for Blink-182, sole lead vocalist for +44
Mary Huff Southern Culture on the Skids Co-lead vocalist
Glenn Hughes Deep Purple, Trapeze, California Breed, Black Country Communion Co-lead vocalist in Deep Purple, Black Country Communion
Janice–Marie Johnson A Taste of Honey Co-lead vocalist
Paul Johnson Mr Floppy
Tyler Joseph Twenty One Pilots, solo
Alex Kalofolias The Last Drive
Mike Kerr Royal Blood
Steve Kilbey The Church
Lemmy Kilmister Motörhead
Mark King Level 42 Co-lead vocalist
Ross Knight Cosmic Psychos
Hansi Kürsch Blind Guardian
Greg Lake Emerson, Lake and Palmer, King Crimson
Alan Lancaster Status Quo Co-lead vocalist
Royston Langdon Spacehog
Conrad Lant Venom
Blackie Lawless W.A.S.P.
Geddy Lee Rush
John Lodge The Moody Blues Co-lead vocalist
Phil Lynott Thin Lizzy
Aimee Mann Solo
Paul McCartney The Beatles, Paul McCartney and Wings, solo Co-lead vocalist for The Beatles
Randy Meisner Eagles, Poco Co-lead vocalist
Gary Meskil Pro-Pain
Jordan Miller The Beaches
Mike Mills R.E.M. Occasional lead vocals
Colin Moulding XTC Co-lead vocalist
Johnette Napolitano Concrete Blonde
Doc Neeson The Angels
Wayne Nelson Little River Band
Jason Newsted Metallica, Newsted Co-lead vocalist
Danielle Nicole Solo, Trampled Under Foot
Benjamin Orr The Cars Co-lead vocalist
Richard Page Mr. Mister
David Paton Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, Camel Co-lead vocalist
Aaron Pauley Of Mice & Men
John Payne Asia
Vincent Peake Groovy Aardvark Co-lead vocalist
John Pierce Pablo Cruise Co-lead vocalist
Doug Pinnick King's X, KXM Co-lead vocalist for King's X, lead vocalist for KXM
Suzi Quatro Solo
Tyson Ritter The All-American Rejects
Ron Royce Coroner
Troy Sanders Mastodon Lead vocalist up to Blood Mountain, co-lead vocalist since
Mark Sandman Morphine
Eamon Sandwith The Chats
Nikola Šarčević Millencollin
Tony Scalzo Fastball Co-lead vocalist
Jason Scheff Chicago Co-lead vocalist
Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer Destruction
Timothy Schmit Eagles, Poco Occasional lead vocals
Zubin Sedghi Tally Hall Co-lead vocalist
Evan Seinfeld Biohazard Co-lead vocalist
Burke Shelley Budgie
Billy Sherwood Asia
Gene Simmons Kiss Co-lead vocalist
Richard Sinclair Camel Co-lead vocalist
Curt Smith Tears for Fears Co-lead vocalist
Chris Squire Yes Co-lead vocalist
Michael Steele The Bangles Co-lead vocalist
Peter Steele Type O Negative, Fallout, Carnivore
Sting The Police
Robby Takac Goo Goo Dolls
Antonis Tourkoyorgis Socrates Drank the Conium
Sergei Troitsky Korrozia Metalla
Steve Tucker Morbid Angel
Fred Turner Bachman–Turner Overdrive Co-lead vocalist
David Vincent Morbid Angel
Jeff Walker Carcass
Roger Waters Pink Floyd Co-lead vocalist
Mike Watt Minutemen, Firehose, dos Co-lead vocalist
Dallon Weekes I Don't Know How But They Found Me
John Wetton King Crimson, Uriah Heep, U.K., Asia
Tina Weymouth Tom Tom Club
Brian Wilson The Beach Boys Co-lead vocalist
Kip Winger Winger
Nicky Wire Manic Street Preachers Secondary vocalist
Jason Wisdom Becoming the Archetype, Death Therapy
Eloise Wong The Linda Lindas Co-lead vocalist
Rob Wright Nomeansno
Trish Young The Clouds Co-lead vocalist
Doug Yule The Velvet Underground Co-lead vocalist
Raychell Raise A Suilen
Roy Estrada Mothers of Invention Co-lead vocalist
Zild Benitez IV of Spades
David Freiberg Jefferson Starship, Quicksilver Messenger Service Occasional lead vocalist
Mio Akiyama Ho-Kago Tea Time Co-lead vocalist
Kenny Vasoli The Starting Line, Person L, Vacationer Lead vocalist and bassist for The Starting Line, lead vocalist and guitarist for Person L, lead vocalist and bassist for Vacationer,
Demis Roussos Aphrodite's Child
Richard Hell Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Tony Campos Asesino
Trevor Horn[1] The Buggles
Günther Sigl Spider Murphy Gang
Bent Sæther Motorpsycho Lead vocalist
Tony Lewis The Outfield Lead vocalist
Jimi Goodwin Doves Lead vocalist
Rodrigo González Die Ärzte Co-lead vocalist, usually plays the guitar live while singing while guitarist Farin Urlaub plays the bass
Ken Casey Dropkick Murphys Co-lead vocalist
Björn Both Santiano Co-lead vocalist, but basically the most lead one from the 5
Evgeny Fedorov Tequilajazzz
Jean Millington Fanny Co-lead vocalist
Shafin Ahmed Miles Lead vocalist
Dave "Dixie" Collins Weedeater Lead Vocalist
Charles Michael Parks Jr. All Them Witches Lead Vocalist
David J Love & Rockets Co-lead vocalist
Ned Russin Title Fight, Glitterer Co-lead vocalist for Title Fight, Lead vocalist for Glitterer
Peter Helmis Algernon Cadwallader Lead vocalist

References

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  1. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "The Buggles". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2022.