Les Claypool (Primus)
“This guy is living bass slapping machine! There is no such thing Les couldn't handle. Even too good for Metallica. Absolutely BEST basist ever.”
“You guys all look at all the other things in a band, like Green Day, the most simple bass lines in the world. If you want to see a real God of bass then look at Primus and Les.”
“none can top the god of bass”
“les claypool in primus is awesome he has alot of skill im a bassist and i can only play two his songs”
“Flea's not as good as Claypool.”
“les claypool should be above flea. i'll admit fleas good but f*** man this is les claypool”
“devil's and god's fingers ... inside a man!”
“i agree les is god of bass”
“listen 2 my name is mud and their cover of metallica song master of puppets... no one can slap a bass that fast except the god of bass. Long Live Cliff Burton!”
“no contest claypool blows everyone out of the water”
“Les Claypool really knows his way around the bass. Listen to DMV and The Awakening and tell me what you think! Flea doesn't write his own music! No one in the band does! Primus make a group effort to make that god-like bass intense mammajam! LIsten to the albums Frizzle Fry, Suck On This and the Brown Album and quickly reconsider!”
“I might not have heard many other bassists besides Flea Victor Wooten and Les, but Les is the Hendrix of basses. He can do things no one else can imagine! He taught himself to play nonetheless!”
“man i love this guys work the ways he plays is crazy. flea is no match for claypool's powers.i know this guys the master of bass and deserves to be number 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Fleas awsome but les claypool is better”
“There is no way Cliff Burton or whatever is any better than Les Claypool. Les is the greatest living bass player around today. Flea is good, but all his songs are funky slap tunes.”
“flea has all of the lines that everyone has heard and who can't remember him from aeroplane and cliff might have his anaesthisia and crash course but this guy has a line like or better than either of theres for every song on every album god of bass... Claypool”
“Tommy the Cat Live with the Awakening Solo. Or his cover of Silly Putty, listen to the man jazz it up. Greatness.”
“Haha flea and burton have good stuff out, but they're not even in the same league as claypool. He is so well rounded and pretty much makes flea and burton look like a joke. Tommy the cat, if you listen to that song then you'll change your mind”
“his beats are so funky. he IS the best bass player. some come close, but none have beaten Les.”
“dude u cant beat les claypool, who else takes the stage like him”
“Les is so off beat at times you wonder "what the sam hill he's talking about," but hey you gotta respect someone with his talent”
“Clay pool has more talent than anyone on this entire list. He is so good he doesn't even have to play for any other reason than he enjoys it”
“You cant tell me that a man who plays a 25 freat 6 string fretless bass, and TAPS most of it WHILE SINGING at such a rate most other bassists cant compete with, isnt number one
Even Metallica, after newstead quit admitted he was better then anyone they had ever seen while he auditioned for them. He wasnt given the job because he was "too good"
Les Claypool all the way”
“Now hear me out, I absolutely love Flea...but. Have any of you even heard Les Claypool play. Just listen to one song and you will say hands down that he deserves to be first ranked.”
“Better than Flea.”
“Yeah....Flea is fast and all, but Les Claypool is the MAN!”
“PSHT flea pull the other one hes jsut fast
les is fast but technicle he could run rings around flea with his eyes closed standing on his head”
“Makes awesome bass riffs and the best techinque if seen. His bass riffs are very creative and are extremely better then fleas.”
“les claypool byfar is the most innovative bassist there is.”
“hes like the buckethead of bass”
“Les is the best bassist around. i cant beleve he's only at 5. Cliff Burton wasn't innovative. And there is no way that Flea is better than Les.”
“a whole band built about around a genius of the instrument.”
“This guy smokes flea. Funky too, but on a more psychedelic level. No contest. Even plays Metallica slap bass!”
“He rocks listen to tommy the cat and you'll understand!
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“Les should definately be above Flea. No compitition Les Claypool is the greatest. One Better is a great example”
“look...flea is amazing and probably one of the most influential bassists ever but the only reason he is most known is because the chili peppers are the most important band in the past 25 years and look at les's bass tabs compared to flea's. Les claypools bass playing is a million times more complicated than flea's so i would rank les at #1 and flea at #2 and cliff at #3”
“BASS IN YOUR FACE!!! Les Claypool is an amazing bassist who too little people know about because Primus (while fantastic) is too experimental to gain public interest. Any musician knows that Claypool is God”
“les claypool was a geneuis and if your 2 stupid to not c that you don't kno music. also mightve voted 4 geddy lee but if you compare the bands songs and every thing les comes out on top. also you can't even hear the bass line in all but like 4 songs and I'm not saying flea is bad he's good id just switch places so les is first and geddy is second and then flea. maybe”
“What the hell is wrong with world when les claypool isn't the best ever. if he would have been in Metallica after cliff burton died the band would have been ten times better instead of having lame cds like they've had with St. Anger and Reload. plus he would have owned cliff burton in a rock off.”
“Victor Wooten is number one. Les Claypool is second. flea is third!
Cliff Burton sucks!! All he does is play heavy bass distortion!”
“les is crazy good!”
“He is better than mrs. li”
“i can't believe this guy is not number one, he is truly the best bassist to ever live.Primus 4 live.”
“Why is Les not number 1. He and nearly everyone else on this list are better than Cliff Burton. You are a fool if you don't vote Les number 1. The man slaps and pops and does insane runs with his fingers that scares the best guitar players.”
“One can easily see the ridiculousness of this list if Les is not number one on this list.”
“anyone who doesn't think les is number 1 obviously hasn't listened to much les. not only is he sick with primus but all of his side projects are badass too. CLAYPOOL FOR PRESIDENT”
“les claypool is the best! listen to the south park theme song, the robot chicken theme song, and john the fisherman and see what I mean”
“This guy must be a wizard cause his skills are just pure magic.”
“very shocked he's not 1.. probably cause most people don't know who he is”
“He definitely beats Flea. Can't match his creativity on the instrument, not to mention his wizardry on the instrument”
“he can play guitar parts of old metallica on his bass, there is no better”
“Les Claypool's Bass Strap...
It's where it's at.”
“simply one of the best ever Should be higher on the list
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“primus is one of the weirdest bands in history, but les claypool is awesome”
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