No on Waters. His own guitarist, David Gilmour criticized Waters' bass playing, describing his style as "limited" or "very simple" and noting that he often had to step in to play bass parts on Pink Floyd tracks.
Posted on September 8, 2026 at 04:04:46 PM by Josh
Also, he was accuse dof mot rpacticing suffiicently or progressing his talents.
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The 25 Greatest Rock Bassists of All Time
- By tem
September 8, 2026 at 01:58:27 PM
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Exceptionally bad.*
- By ftb
September 8, 2026 at 02:43:58 PM
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I had a friend (RIP) who played bass in a somewhat successful SE Michigan bar band in the late 70s/early 80s. Generally he was a very cool guy but he was absolutely adamant that Michael Anthony was utter dogshit
- By GlassOnion
September 8, 2026 at 02:38:30 PM
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tem-are you sufficiently embarrassed by posting this yet?*
- By ajs
September 8, 2026 at 02:27:00 PM
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No Bootsy Collins makes this list a farce. No Roger Waters is also a wtf.*
- By Paumanok
September 8, 2026 at 02:17:00 PM
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No on Waters. His own guitarist, David Gilmour criticized Waters' bass playing, describing his style as "limited" or "very simple" and noting that he often had to step in to play bass parts on Pink Floyd tracks.
- By Josh
September 8, 2026 at 04:04:46 PM
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That list is silly*
- By Brad
September 8, 2026 at 02:16:51 PM
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No John Paul Jones?*
- By ajs
September 8, 2026 at 02:07:24 PM
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No Duff McKagan?!?*
- By TBW
September 8, 2026 at 02:00:19 PM
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