Who is the better Metallica bassist - Jason Newsted or Robert Trujillo? That's the debate at the center of this week's Chuck's Fight Club on the Loudwire Nights radio show. First off, let's address ...

Justin Cary, the longtime bassist of the alt-rock band Sixpence None the Richer, died on June 11 of a stroke. He was 50 years old. Cary’s death was confirmed via an Instagram post from the band's lead ...

Bassists rarely get as much love as a band’s frontman. It’s quite unfair, honestly. A rock bassist can be the heart and foundation of a band in many cases. But when it comes to the following famous ...

Dave Allen, bassist in post-punk band Gang of Four’s core lineup before co-founding the British rock group Shriekback, has died at the age of 69. Allen’s former Gang of Four band mate, drummer Hugh ...

Anthony Jackson, the legendary bassist known for pioneering the six-string “contrabass guitar” that revolutionized the role of the bass guitar in music, has died. He was 73. According to Guitar World, ...

Fred Smith has died. The bassist, best known for his work with the punk band Television, died at a Manhattan hospital on Feb. 5 after a cancer battle, his wife, Paula Cereghino, told The New York ...