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KISS' Gene Simmons thinks playing a bass guitar with a pick is better than playing one with fingers. The topic of finger-picking is a divisive one amongst all types of guitar and bass players, with ...

Born in San Jose, California in 1958, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, real name Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna, was the kid from a tough background who found redemption in playing in a great rock band ...

For Gene Simmons of KISS, less bass is more. The legendary artist recently shared his opinions on his fellow bass players, highlighting the style he likes best and his approach to his own playing.

*For more than 50 years, bass player Rustee Allen has been “all funked up,” playing and recording with some of the most legendary singers and bands in the world of rock, soul, R&B, fusion, and gospel ...

UPDATE: Bob Rock has issued a new statement regarding the comments made about Nikki Sixx's bass playing on early Motley Crue albums on the Talk Is Jericho podcast. In it, he explains that Sixx's ...

Robert Trujillo may be the most recent member to join Metallica, but that’s all relative because it’s been two decades now that he’s been providing the bass for the metal legends. Being the fourth ...

Out of all the essential instruments that are played in popular music, the bass guitar is almost always the least renowned. Lead singers, guitar players, drummers, even keyboard players—they are all ...