List of female bass guitarists
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This is a list of notable female bass guitarists.
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- Adele played bass in tracks "Best for Last" and "Make You Feel My Love" on her album 19
- Gaye Advert (from The Adverts)
- Kianna Alarid (from Tilly and the Wall)
- Chloe Alper (from Pure Reason Revolution)
- Stephanie Ashworth (from Something for Kate)
- Talena Atfield (formerly of Kittie)
- Melissa Auf der Maur (formerly of Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins)
- Carla Azar (from autolux)
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- Laura Ballance (from Superchunk)
- Jo Bench (from Bolt Thrower)
- Christina Billotte (formerly of Autoclave)
- Gina Birch (from The Raincoats)
- Lori Black (from Melvins)
- Vicki Blue (formerly of The Runaways)
- Joanna Bolme (from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
- Butterfly Boucher
- Fallon Bowman (formerly of Kittie)
- Shanne Bradley (founding member of The Nips and The Men They Couldn't Hang)
- Beverly Breckenridge (from Fifth Column and Phono-Comb)
- Rosemary Butler (formerly of The Daisy Chain and Birtha)
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[edit]- Yolanda Charles
- Tish Ciravolo (sASSafrASS, Rag Dolls, The Velvets, They Eat Their Own, Shiksa and the Sluts, Lypstik). Founder of Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, who supply guitars made for females
- Sheryl Crow played bass on her second album, Sheryl Crow, and frequently plays bass during her live performances
D
[edit]- Kimberley Dahme (from Boston)
- Victoria De Angelis (bassist of Italian rock band Måneskin, winner of Sanremo 2021 and Eurovision 2021)
- Kim Deal (formerly of Pixies, also lead singer/guitarist of The Breeders)
- Blu DeTiger
- Mohini Dey
- Jane Dodd (formerly of The Chills, Verlaines and Able Tasmans)
- Gail Ann Dorsey (session bassist for David Bowie and many other musicians, and toured with Lenny Kravitz)
- Donna Dresch (bassist and guitarist from Team Dresch)
- Stefanie Drootin (bass for The Good Life, also lead singer/guitarist for Consafos)
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- Alla Fedynitch
- Jennifer Finch (from L7)
- Nicole Fiorentino (from The Smashing Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, Spinnerette)
- Theresa Flaminio
- Sharin Foo (from The Raveonettes)
- Maya Ford a.k.a. "Donna F" (from The Donnas)
- Kathy Foster (from The Thermals)
- Jackie Fox (from The Runaways)
- Misia Furtak (from Très.b)
- Miki Furukawa (from Supercar)
G
[edit]- Manou Gallo (Côte d'Ivoire, formerly of Zap Mama)
- Eva Gardner (formerly of The Mars Volta, now with Lyra and toured with Pink)
- Inara George (from The Bird and the Bee)
- Debbie Googe (from My Bloody Valentine)
- Kim Gordon (from Sonic Youth)
- Ellie Goulding
- Gail Greenwood (from Belly and formerly of L7)
- Camila Grey (Uh Huh Her)
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[edit]- Rachel Haden (from The Rentals; formerly of That Dog)
- Janine Hall (formerly of The Saints; later Weddings Parties Anything and Young Charlatans)
- 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)
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[edit]- Joyce Irby (from Klymaxx)
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[edit]- Joan Jett (from Joan Jett & the Blackhearts; normally plays rhythm guitar, but played bass for The Runaways in 1977)
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- Carol Kaye (One of the most recorded bass players in history)
- Charlotte Kemp Muhl (from The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger)
- Kerri Kenney-Silver (formerly of Cake Like)
- Debra Killings
- Holly Knight (formerly of Device) handled the bass parts on the band's lone album 22B3
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- Mai Leisz
- Laura Lee (from Khruangbin)
- Sara Lee (from Gang of Four, The B-52's, Robert Fripp's League of Gentlemen) and Indigo Girls
- Paz Lenchantin (from Pixies, formerly of The Entrance Band, A Perfect Circle and Zwan. She has also contributed to songs for Queens of the Stone Age)
- Jenny Lewis (from Rilo Kiley)
- Jenny Lee Lindberg (from Warpaint)
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- 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
- Aimee Mann (founding member of 'Til Tuesday)
- Zia McCabe (from The Dandy Warhols)
- Molly McGuire
- Mitski
- Patricia Morrison (The Sisters of Mercy, The Gun Club, The Damned)
- Robin Moulder (from TCR and Jack Off Jill)
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[edit]- Michie Nakatani (formerly of Shonen Knife)
- Johnette Napolitano (from Concrete Blonde)
- Kate Nash
- Meshell Ndegeocello (Grammy-winning bassist and singer)
- Danielle Nicole (Trampled Under Foot)
- Ida Nielsen (of Zap Mama, Michael Learns to Rock, 3rdeyegirl and The New Power Generation)
- Kim Nielsen (from Phantom Blue)
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- Tomomi Ogawa (from Scandal)
- Cait O'Riordan (The Pogues)
- Wanda Ortiz (from The Iron Maidens)
- Yuko Oshima (from AKB48)
- Catherine Owen
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- 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 & the Cardinals and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals)
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- Suzi Quatro (leads an unnamed backing band. Formerly of Cradle, The Pleasure Seekers, and The Art Quatro Trio)
R
[edit]- Leah Randi
- Julianne Regan (formerly of Gene Loves Jezebel)
- Regina Zernay Roberts (from Scarlet Fever, formerly of Cowboy Mouth and Méchant)
- Kira Roessler (from Dos and formerly of Black Flag)
- Share Ross (from Vixen, formerly of Contraband, Havana 3 A.M. and the Dogs D'Amour)
- Nicole Row (from Incubus and formerly of Panic! at the Disco)
- Divinity Roxx (toured with Beyoncé, Victor Wooten, 2NE1)
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Esperanza Spalding alternates between double bass and bass guitar in her performances.
- Jeanne Sagan (from The Acacia Strain, All That Remains)
- Anna Sentina
- Kim Shattuck (formerly of The Pandoras, filled in as touring bassist for Pixies, later 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)
- Grace Slick (formerly of Jefferson Starship, Starship, Jefferson Airplane, The Great Society); primarily a singer, but sometimes played bass for The Great Society
- Debbie Smith (from Echobelly)
- Esperanza Spalding
- Donita Sparks (from Donita Sparks and the Stellar Moments and L7)
- Malka Spigel (from Githead and Minimal Compact)
- Micki Steele (from The Bangles, formerly of The Runaways)
- Eliot Sumner
- Sunmi (primarily a singer but previously played for the Wonder Girls)
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- Ritsuko Taneda (from Shonen Knife)
- Rachel Trachtenburg (from Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
- Abby Travis
- Iracema Trevisan (from Cansei de Ser Sexy)
- Shonna Tucker (Previously of Drive-by Tuckers)
V
[edit]- Kathy Valentine (from The Go-Go's, also lead singer/guitarist for The BlueBonnets and the Delphines)
- Alejandra Villarreal
- Ivana "Ivy" Vujic (formerly with Kittie)
W
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- Kim Warnick (co-founder of Fastbacks; formerly of Visqueen)
- Tina Weymouth (founding member of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)
- Josephine Wiggs (from The Breeders)
- Kathi Wilcox (from Bikini Kill)
- Tal Wilkenfeld (formerly toured with Jeff Beck, solo)
- Anka Wolbert (formerly of Clan of Xymox a/k/a Xymox)
- Tracy Wormworth (The Waitresses, The B-52's, Sting)
- D'arcy Wretzky (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins)
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- Atsuko Yamano (from Shonen Knife)
- Naomi Yang (from Galaxie 500, Magic Hour, and Damon & Naomi)
- Toko Yasuda (from Enon)
- Jennifer York (formerly of Rachel Rachel)
- Sean Yseult (formerly of White Zombie)
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[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- "Female Bass Players Learn Bass Guitar Intuitively." (February 14, 2008)
