Best Melvins Bass Player

[glen]

Kevin was great but that distorted slide bass thing was just stupid

surely you gest.

you're telling me The Fool ,The Meddling Idiot sounds stupid?

nope. I won't accept that.

[bathroom creep]

Kevin was great but that distorted slide bass thing was just stupid

As well as that stupid dance of him

These are the things that make Kevin Kevin!

I love the slide bass and I second glens comment about The Fool. I couldn't imagine that song without the bass.
I recently noticed the same distorted slide bass like on HAT when I listened to Cows - Allergic to myself.
Damn, that was a nice experience.

My favourite bass player? Hard to tell.  Mark D played on STAG.  But I guess I'd say Kevin, after all he played on HAT.

[norecess]

Take everything I say here with a big sack of salt. I would never talk Kevin down, especially not his rhythmic moves.

[dijk cheese]

Actually, Dale's ex wife is not the infamous Lorax. Lorax's real name was Lori Black, she is the daughter of a famous actress and she lived in a really nice house in S.F. a long long time ago. Previous to the Melvins thing her and Mark Duetrom had a punker band called Clown Alley a long long time ago.
I have enjoyed all of the bassists over the years, and here is why:

Matt Lukin: Wore a Void t-shirt  and had a checkerboard bass strap.

Lori: She had to stand on her tippy toes to turn on her double cabinet double head Ampeg set - up. The sound at the beginning of the "Ozma" record is the sound of her turning on her gear.

Tom Fynn: President of Boner Records. Used to be in Fang. That is enough right there, I think.

Joe Preston: an interesting fellow, could play any Confessor song on guitar.

Mark Duetrom: Cowboy hat, deadpan.

Kevin: nazi moustache, funny pants, generally looks insane. Three pretty good things.

I hope this was educational.

thats great

and im all for rutmanis
man taught me how to dance

[bathroom creep]

Take everything I say here with a big sack of salt. I would never talk Kevin down, especially not his rhythmic moves.

Ah, okay then.  I couldn't understand anyway how someone could not like his famous dance.

[mckickflip]

kevin fit in perfectly with the melvins. for his personality alone he'll remain one of my favorite bassists.
from what i've read, joe seems to be kind of a jerk sometimes, but he's an awesome bassist.
then again mark d is an all-around awesome guy. it's too hard  to say.

[grays harbor mafia]

JARED!!!!!!! nobody even comes close!!!! the melvins set up now i think is the best its ever been!!!dale and coady, and Buzz and Buzz jr. i mean jared

[Doody the Clown]

Jared Warren, of course.  He has the same last name as me.

And the same name as my cousin.

And he rocks.

[Greasy Statement]

i'll give kevin big ups for being part of a particularly prolific and diverse period of the band and holding up like a champ. it sucked to see him go, but i'm really enjoying the beginning of the warren years. i like the fact that his role is more of a "lead bass" and he's got some awesome riffs and a killer tone....

[perusha]

Everyone is WRONG...


It's Dale Nixon of course...

[Mad Arab]

I think the next Melvins bassist will be the best.

[cheeseburger]

I think the next Melvins bassist will be the best.

[FartLips]

I think the next Melvins bassist will be the best.

that would be me.


but seriously...


after seeing just about all of the bassists in action, i still gotta say joe was the bomb.

[Captain CoryCory]

They can't be all that good if they're getting kicked out left and right  .

Okay, on a serious note, probably Mark D. or Jared.

[bathroom creep]

Yes of course, Jared is great too, no doubt about that.