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This is a list of notable female bass guitarists.
A
- Adele played bass in tracks "Best for Last" and "Make You Feel My Love" on her album 19
- Gaye Advert (from The Adverts)
- Mai Agan
- Kianna Alarid (from Tilly and the Wall)
- Chloe Alper (from Pure Reason Revolution)
- Denise Ansite (bass soloist) (from Whole Wheat Bread])
- Camille Arben (bass soloist) (from White Lies)
- Jennifer Arroyo (formerly of Kittie)
- 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)
B
- Laura Ballance (from Superchunk)
- Jeneda Benally (from Blackfire)
- 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)
- Kiki Burns (bass soloist) (from The All-American Rejects)
- Rosemary Butler (formerly of Birtha)
C
- Tisha Carr (bass soloist) (from Drowning Pool)
- Irene Carroll (bass soloist) (from Anti-Flag)
- Nadine Carvis (bass soloist) (from Jamie's Everywhere)
- 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
- Liz Cox (bass soloist) (from LoveHateHero)
- Sheryl Crow played bass on her second album, Sheryl Crow, and frequently plays bass during her live performances
- Uma Cummings (bass soloist) (from The Locust)
D
- Kimberley Dahme (from Boston)
- Anais Davis (bass soloist) (from Get Scared)
- Kim Deal (formerly of Pixies, also lead singer/guitarist of The Breeders)
- Camille Debray of The SoapGirls
- 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)
- Maddie Dunn (bass soloist) (from '68 (band))
E
- Joanna Easton (bass soloist) (from Blink-182)
- Islam Elbeiti
F
- Alla Fedynitch
- Jennifer Finch (from L7)
- Nicole Fiorentino (from The Smashing Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, Spinnerette)
- Theresa Flaminio
- 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
- 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
- Melissa Greensburg (bass soloist) (from The Moody Blues)
- Gail Greenwood (from Belly and formerly of L7)
- Camila Grey (Uh Huh Her)
- Romane Gulob (bass soloist) (from Vampires Everywhere!)
H
- Rachel Haden (from The Rentals; formerly of That Dog)
- Bianca "Butthole" Halstead (from Betty Blowtorch; formerly of Butt Trumpet)
- Leslie Hardy (formerly of Hole)
- Jodie Haroldson (bass soloist) (from Kyng)
- Juliana Hatfield (formerly of Blake Babies, played bass on The Lemonheads' It's a Shame about Ray; currently singer/guitarist)
- Melissa Hayes (bass soloist) (from Emphatic, Ninja Sarasalo)
- Maureen Herman (from Babes in Toyland)
- Annie Holland (formerly of Elastica)
- Sallie Holloway (bass soloist) (from Sick Puppies)
I
- Joyce Irby (from Klymaxx)
J
- Dinah Jablon (bass soloist) (from The Outfield)
- Ruthie Johnston (bass soloist) (from Default, Markéta Irglová)
- Joan Jett (from Joan Jett & the Blackhearts; normally plays rhythm guitar, but played bass for The Runaways in 1977)
- Tori Jowan (bass soloist) (from Egypt Central)
K
- 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
- Alli Kowal (bass soloist) (from Fit for a King)
- Tori Kubler (bass soloist) (from Interpol])
L
- Felicia LaRose (bass soloist) (from Bloc Party)
- 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 )
- Addie Leone (bass soloist) (from Skillet)
- Jenny Lewis (from Rilo Kiley)
- Jenny Lee Lindberg (from Warpaint)
- Meredith Long (bass soloist) from (Straylight Run)
- Joanne Lund (bass soloist) (from Die Mannequin)
M
- 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)
- Nia Mansen (bass soloist) (from Common Kings)
- Christy Marks (bass soloist) (from Art of Dying)
- Zia McCabe (from The Dandy Warhols)
- Rosie McDaniel (bass soloist) (from Big Wreck)
- Molly McGuire
- Mitski
- Jessica Morrell (bass soloist) (from The Glove)
- Susanna Mol (bass soloist) (from Tiny Moving Parts)
- Patricia Morrison (The Sisters of Mercy, The Gun Club, The Damned)
- Robin Moulder (from TCR and Jack Off Jill)
N
- Michie Nakatani (formerly of Shonen Knife)
- Johnette Napolitano (from Concrete Blonde)
- Kate Nash
- Meshell Ndegeocello (Grammy-winning bassist and singer)
- Katie Ngoc (bass soloist) (from Microwave)
- 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)
O
- Tomomi Ogawa (from Scandal)
- Cait O'Riordan (The Pogues)
- Wanda Ortiz (from The Iron Maidens)
- Yuko Oshima (from AKB48)
- Catherine Owen
P
- Alison Padley (bass soloist) (from Thornley)
- Kristen Pfaff (formerly of Hole and Janitor Joe)
- Britta Phillips (from Luna and Dean and Britta)
- Trish Pocu (bass soloist) (from Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
- 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)
Q
- Suzi Quatro (leads an unnamed backing band. Formerly of Cradle, The Pleasure Seekers, and The Art Quatro Trio)
R
- Leah Randi
- Camilla Regbo (bass soloist) (from Monstrosity)
- Julianne Regan (formerly of Gene Loves Jezebel)
- Lana Rhodes (bass soloist) (from Hot Mulligan)
- Regina Zernay Roberts (from Scarlet Fever, formerly of Cowboy Mouth and Méchant)
- Kira Roessler (from Dos and formerly of Black Flag)
- Haley Roser (bass soloist) (from Razorlight, Ashley Roberts, Sidsel Ben Semmane)
- Share Ross (from Vixen, formerly of Contraband, Havana 3 A.M. and the Dogs D'Amour)
- Kristen Rossi (bass soloist) (from The Starting Line)
- Shawna Rothe (bass soloist) (from Title Fight, Christabelle Borg)
- Divinity Roxx (toured with Beyoncé, Victor Wooten, 2NE1)
- Elisha Rushington (bass soloist) (from Pistolita)
S
Esperanza Spalding alternates between double bass and bass guitar in her performances
- Adela Saenz (bass soloist) (from Unearth)
- Jeanne Sagan (from The Acacia Strain, All That Remains)
- Heather Samuelson (bass soloist) (from [[God Forbid])
- Jennifer Segat (bass soloist) (from Alter Bridge)
- Anna Sentina
- Kim Shattuck (formerly of The Pandoras, filled in as touring bassist for Pixies, now singer/guitarist for The Muffs)
- Kathy Shaw (bass soloist) (from The Sleeping)
- Shingai Shoniwa (from Noisettes)
- Melanie Sisneros (from Crescent Shield, Whole Lotta Rosies, Hangar 18, Mz Led formerly of The Iron Maidens, Sinergy, New Eden)
- Rachel Skach (bass soloist) (from New Politics)
- 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)
- Ana Snipes (bass soloist) (from African Guitar Summit)
- Esperanza Spalding
- Elen Soto (bass soloist) (from The Forecast)
- 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)
- Ada Stephens (bass soloist) (from Dogstar)
- Eliot Sumner
- Sunmi (primarily a singer but previously played for the Wonder Girls)
- Natalia Synz (bass soloist) (from Spoon)
T
- 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
- Kathy Valentine (from The Go-Go's, also lead singer/guitarist for The BlueBonnets and the Delphines)
- Jan Varma (bass soloist) (from Avial (band))
- Ivana "Ivy" Vujic (formerly with Kittie)
W
- Diana Ward (bass soloist) (from Bayside)
- 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)
- Felicia Woods (bass soloist) (from The Autumn Offering)
- Isabel Woolard (bass soloist) (from Hollywood Vampires)
- 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)
Y
- 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)
- Ana Young Chan (bass soloist) (from Overload)
- Sean Yseult (formerly of White Zombie)
Z
- Katie Camila Zahn (bass soloist) (from Bodyslam)
- Annette Zilinskas (The Bangles)
References
External links
- "Female Bass Players Learn Bass Guitar Intuitively." (February 14, 2008)