List of singing bassists
This is a list of bassists who also sing or sang lead vocals for their respective bands. All bassists are the lead vocalist for their band unless otherwise noted. Only bands where lead vocals were sung are listed.
Name |
Band(s) |
Notes |
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Phil Lesh |
Grateful Dead |
Occasional lead and backup vocals |
The Subways |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Alkaline Trio |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Sylvia Black |
Lead vocalist |
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Less Than Jake |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Anti-Flag |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Sodom |
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Slayer |
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Camel |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Possessed |
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Kajagoogoo |
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Deicide |
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Spiderbait |
Co-lead vocalist |
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The Call |
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Night Ranger, Damn Yankees |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Spy vs. Spy |
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Uriah Heep |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Cream, BBM |
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The Chameleons |
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NOFX |
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King Crimson |
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Birtha |
Co-lead vocalist |
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The Velvet Underground |
Co-lead vocalist |
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THREADS |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Chicago |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Sleep, OM |
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Primus, Sausage, Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel, C2B3, The Frog Brigade, Fancy Band, Oysterhead, solo |
Lead vocalist for Primus, co-lead vocalist for the rest |
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Pablo Cruise |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Chicago |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Eve 6 |
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Skillet |
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Barenaked Ladies |
Occasional lead vocals |
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Solo |
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The Band |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Pablo Cruise |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Pixies |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Name Taken |
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Kayo Dot |
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Riverside |
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The Who, solo |
Occasional lead vocals |
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Camel |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Kitchens of Distinction |
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Voivod, E-Force |
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Models |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Sonic Youth |
Co-lead vocalist |
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MxPx |
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Nightwish, Tarot |
Male lead vocalist for Nightwish |
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ZZ Top |
Occasional lead vocals |
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5 Seconds of Summer |
Co-lead vocals |
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Blink-182, +44 |
Co-lead vocalist for Blink-182, sole lead vocalist for +44 |
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Southern Culture on the Skids |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Deep Purple, Trapeze, California Breed, Black Country Communion |
Co-lead vocalist in Deep Purple, Black Country Communion |
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Codeine |
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A Taste of Honey |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Mr Floppy |
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Twenty One Pilots, solo |
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The Last Drive |
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Royal Blood |
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The Church |
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Motörhead |
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Level 42 |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Cosmic Psychos |
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Blind Guardian |
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Emerson, Lake and Palmer, King Crimson |
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Status Quo |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Spacehog |
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Venom |
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W.A.S.P. |
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Rush |
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The Moody Blues |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Thin Lizzy |
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Solo |
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The Beatles, Paul McCartney and Wings, solo |
Co-lead vocalist for The Beatles |
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark |
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Eagles, Poco |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Pro-Pain |
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The Beaches |
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R.E.M. |
Occasional lead vocals |
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XTC |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Concrete Blonde |
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The Angels |
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Little River Band |
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Metallica, Newsted |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Solo, Trampled Under Foot |
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The Cars |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Mr. Mister |
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Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, Camel |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Of Mice & Men |
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Asia |
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Groovy Aardvark |
Lead vocalist |
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Pablo Cruise |
Co-lead vocalist |
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King's X, KXM |
Co-lead vocalist for King's X, lead vocalist for KXM |
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Solo |
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The All-American Rejects |
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Coroner |
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Mastodon |
Lead vocalist up to Blood Mountain, co-lead vocalist since |
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Morphine |
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The Chats |
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Millencollin |
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Fastball |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Chicago |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Destruction |
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Eagles, Poco |
Occasional lead vocals |
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Tally Hall |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Biohazard |
Co-lead vocalist |
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The Rentals |
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Budgie |
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Asia |
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Kiss |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Camel |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Tears for Fears |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Yes |
Co-lead vocalist |
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The Bangles |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Type O Negative, Fallout, Carnivore |
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The Police |
Goo Goo Dolls |
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Socrates Drank the Conium |
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Korrozia Metalla |
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Morbid Angel |
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Bachman–Turner Overdrive |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Morbid Angel |
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Carcass |
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Pink Floyd |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Minutemen, Firehose, dos |
Co-lead vocalist |
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I Dont Know How but They Found Me |
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King Crimson, Uriah Heep, U.K., Asia |
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Tom Tom Club |
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The Beach Boys |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Winger |
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Manic Street Preachers |
Secondary vocalist |
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Becoming the Archetype, Death Therapy |
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The Linda Lindas |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Nomeansno |
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The Clouds |
Co-lead vocalist |
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The Velvet Underground |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Raise A Suilen |
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Mothers of Invention |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Ho-Kago Tea Time |
The Starting Line, Person L, Vacationer |
Lead vocalist and bassist for The Starting Line, lead vocalist and guitarist for Person L, lead vocalist and bassist for Vacationer, |
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Aphrodite's Child |
Richard Hell and the Voidoids |
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Asesino |
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The Buggles |
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Spider Murphy Gang |
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Motorpsycho |
Lead vocalist |
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The Outfield |
Lead vocalist |
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Doves |
Lead vocalist |
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Die Ärzte |
Co-lead vocalist, usually plays the guitar live while singing while guitarist Farin Urlaub plays the bass |
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Dropkick Murphys |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Santiano |
Co-lead vocalist, but basically the most lead one from the 5 |
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Tequilajazzz |
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Fanny |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Miles |
Lead vocalist |
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Rage |
Lead vocalist |
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Weedeater |
Lead Vocalist |
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Charles Michael Parks Jr. |
All Them Witches |
Lead Vocalist |
Love & Rockets |
Co-lead vocalist |
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Ned Russin |
Title Fight, Glitterer |
Co-lead vocalist for Title Fight, Lead vocalist for Glitterer |
Peter Helmis |
Algernon Cadwallader |
Lead vocalist |
Sacred Reich |
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Sabrina Fuentes |
Pretty Sick |
Lead vocalist |
Alexandria Elizabeth |
Julie |
Co-lead vocalist |
Young K |
Day6, solo |
Co-lead vocalist |
Jooyeon |
Xdinary Heroes |
Co-lead vocalist |