whos a better bassist? flea or les?

[Mr.Willypopples]

Primus suck!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saFevqnS1Pg

And then theres flea, chad smiths also a fucking sick drummer but thats not my point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSdvqkwFj_s

[Avo]

I think Claypool is not human...that is all.

/thread.

[ThePope]

Claypool. No contest.

[subin]

Both are good, but Claypool is much better.

[bigjohn711]

probably les as far as technique goes.

But lets not forget about John Myung.

[k_tull88]

Claypool by a longshot.

[666metalhead666]

i hait fleas. claypool is my favorite. primus sucks!

[liquid jesus]

Les Claypool is a god.

[Wafflecopter]

Claypool for the talent side of the battle...But I can't stand Primus' music.

Flea for the foot tapping side of the battle. I love his stuff.

[Mount_Happy]

I love both of them and both are respective bass gods, but im gonna go with Les.

[Pat The Baker]

Billy Sheehan

[18C]

Les' bass is like a part of his body.

[I Like Me]

Billy Sheehan

Good call.

As for the thread, I'm not very familiar with Flea, but I know I enjoy Claypool's work tremendously. I'm just going to guess that he is in fact more talented than Flea based on all of the other posts.

[Pat The Baker]

Good call.

As for the thread, I'm not very familiar with Flea, but I know I enjoy Claypool's work tremendously. I'm just going to guess that he is in fact more talented than Flea based on all of the other posts.

Too bad Sheehan looks like a child molester now.

[tripb19]

Flea by fucking miles, I am absolutely gobsmacked that appreciate Claypool so much. And then again both of them slap with that shitty white-man style where the thumb points down, restricting all dynamics and lots of techniques.

[temp100]

Both of them are incredibly fucking awesome, but I have to go with Flea. To me, he's just a better bassist.

Maybe Rob Trujillo and Dirk Lance could be added to the poll - they both are decently similar to Flea and Claypool?

[Sander]

Claypool xxxxxxxxx

[Mr.Willypopples]

claypool is a bass god. Anyone heard filipino ray?

And yeah if your into fugazi or john frusciante, check out this hardly known band. Ataxia...fucking sick.

[Pat The Baker]

There is also Stu Hamm and Victor Wooten

[subin]

There is also Stu Hamm and Victor Wooten

Victor Wooten is incredible.

[MiKe]

Flea & Les are in my opinion 2 of the most over-rated bass players on Earth. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Chili Peppers and ALL of Claypool's endeavors (seen him live 5 times). But when people start throwing around words like "bass god" it shows how little most they know about the bass.
Sure, they're both good bass players, they both play with awesome bands, and they both have an excellent discography. But that doesn't make them bass gods. Bass gods make music that's on a whole other level of complexity, style and technique, the way Steve Vai does and Jimi Hendrix did on guitar.
I'm 21 and I can play 99% of both their bass lines myself, most of it's really not that hard. They just have a nack for making great, original and unusual sounding music but they use pretty common techniques. They're great, but they're not the best.
You wanna hear some real bass gods, listen to Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, Larry Graham, John Pattitucci, George Smed, Billy Sheehan, Michael Manring, Steve Bailey, Rocco Prestia, Tony Levin.....I could go on and on and on.

[Fungus Amungus]

Flea because he was in Back To The Future.

[MiKe]

^And Claypool was in Bill & Ted.

[whereismymind]

^ and Jah Wobble lit a man on fire.

[kledster]

i enjoying listening to flea more, but claypool is more original and creative. i don't know.. i like em both.

[Avo]

claypool is a bass god. Anyone heard filipino ray?

And yeah if your into fugazi or john frusciante, check out this hardly known band. Ataxia...fucking sick.

Dude your right, Ataxia is a trippy band. I heard some samples and I'm gonna leave my house in a bit to by "automatic writing"

Thanks for showing me this new band. ;)

ohh yeah, both musicians are great in thier own right, but Claypool has been the most original thus far. Claypool is so distinct and different, you can tell it's claypool playing from only a 5 second clip of their music.

[asdfkjhg]

they both suck. what kind of name is flea? fucking faggot

[Johnny Mei]

Claypool for sure.

That's like saying "whose the better drummer, Neil Peart or Ringo Starr?"

[tripb19]

Flea & Les are in my opinion 2 of the most over-rated bass players on Earth. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Chili Peppers and ALL of Claypool's endeavors (seen him live 5 times). But when people start throwing around words like "bass god" it shows how little most they know about the bass.
Sure, they're both good bass players, they both play with awesome bands, and they both have an excellent discography. But that doesn't make them bass gods. Bass gods make music that's on a whole other level of complexity, style and technique, the way Steve Vai does and Jimi Hendrix did on guitar.
I'm 21 and I can play 99% of both their bass lines myself, most of it's really not that hard. They just have a nack for making great, original and unusual sounding music but they use pretty common techniques. They're great, but they're not the best.
You wanna hear some real bass gods, listen to Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, Larry Graham, John Pattitucci, George Smed, Billy Sheehan, Michael Manring, Steve Bailey, Rocco Prestia, Tony Levin.....I could go on and on and on.

George Smed? I'm a bigger bass god then George Smed.

It's funny that all the guys you listed bar Billy Sheehan are completely lifeless on stage, it shows that you don't value stage presence much. I'm sure Flea could groove just as intricately as Rocco or Levin if he wasn't jumping round, smiling and ENTERTAINING PEOPLE.

[Mister Bungle]

Wait. Is Flea and Les making the same music, genre wise?
Or how are we comparing them?

[666metalhead666]

Claypool for sure.

That's like saying "whose the better drummer, Neil Peart or Ringo Starr?"

Neil Peart

[tripb19]

Neil Peart

^tard


10tard

[mastertronic]

Flea for me

[GiveItAway]

George Smed? I'm a bigger bass god then George Smed.

It's funny that all the guys you listed bar Billy Sheehan are completely lifeless on stage, it shows that you don't value stage presence much. I'm sure Flea could groove just as intricately as Rocco or Levin if he wasn't jumping round, smiling and ENTERTAINING PEOPLE.

Totally agree. Ability doesn't mean everything unless your a fuckin no mark session musician. You can sit in your bedroom and get as good as you want, if you've got no energy and presence on stage then i don't want to watch you, and anyone who does will be sitting there trying to work out if they're better than you. Why do you think Kurt Cobain was so successful.

Gotta be Flea.

[Mes0]

I love les claypool. His style and the way he plays is just amazing. Flea is also good, though.

[jamersonbass]

making a general statement that one professional musician is better than another is tough. They are different people and approach their instruments, and music, in very different ways. They are both fairly talented.

[r-tiStik]

Both absolutely fucking appalling pure garbage

[esruC]

Hmm, very tough.

I gotta give the nod to Flea, although Claypool is awesome.

[yamahadrummer]

Les for technique, and originality
Flea for funkability:cool:
Myung for sheer speed and technicality

[yamahadrummer]

Both absolutely fucking appalling pure garbage

please kill yourself now and spare us

[Mr.Willypopples]

Flea & Les are in my opinion 2 of the most over-rated bass players on Earth. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Chili Peppers and ALL of Claypool's endeavors (seen him live 5 times). But when people start throwing around words like "bass god" it shows how little most they know about the bass.
Sure, they're both good bass players, they both play with awesome bands, and they both have an excellent discography. But that doesn't make them bass gods. Bass gods make music that's on a whole other level of complexity, style and technique, the way Steve Vai does and Jimi Hendrix did on guitar.
I'm 21 and I can play 99% of both their bass lines myself, most of it's really not that hard. They just have a nack for making great, original and unusual sounding music but they use pretty common techniques. They're great, but they're not the best.
You wanna hear some real bass gods, listen to Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, Larry Graham, John Pattitucci, George Smed, Billy Sheehan, Michael Manring, Steve Bailey, Rocco Prestia, Tony Levin.....I could go on and on and on.

Yeah, fair enough. I'll check them out too. "bass god" was a bit oer the top obviously.

[Mr.Willypopples]

Both absolutely fucking appalling pure garbage

What do you rate then? Oh i'm sorry, you lost your ears in a freak sausage accident.

[womper]

flea is amazing and so is RCHP. les is great but the music is not my fav.

[gatorpatric0]

I Love the Chili Peppers, and I would say that they are way better than Primus from a musical stand point.

But Claypool is better than Flea.

[atreyu_2020]

Ugh, Claypool, not even close.

But Flea kicks ass too.

Who gives a shit whether Primus blow or not. RHCP are much much more listenable than Primus, still doesn't change Claypool being better then Flea.