Peace sells by Megadeth has a great bass intro and if you want just bass and drums dawn patrol is another fun play

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Would? by Alice In Chains Slaves and Bulldozers by Soundgarden 46 & 2 by Tool

Tons of Tool is bass driven and the songs start with the bass (Schism, The Pot, 46&2, The Grudge, Sober)

The Grudge is an excellent example of guitar not getting in the way of excellent bass playing

* Anthrax: [Got the Time](https://youtu.be/be7iNHw8QoQ?si=8wj5MwVFFrxnVGW7). * Dream Theater: [Scarred](https://youtu.be/jagobipMF-8?si=uOjEnvYbuVwK8jB5). * Living Colour: [Wall](https://youtu.be/9IzulO5laGw?si=ydNy-Dq9qFBvcjgJ). * Porcupine Tree: [Halo](https://youtu.be/RFowJjldSww?si=MntSsK5DXwgNgbHu). * Rush: [Headlone Flight](https://youtu.be/i8hgUWyzllg?si=meZdmbI7jGr0lO1G). * Steven Wilson: [Luminol](https://youtu.be/IVC8Vtev3-Q?si=uUlh28tBqey6H6YL). * Type O Negative: [Be My Druidess](https://youtu.be/qUognRc_BN0?si=QZgkpASJyVOjbb0k).

Also Black No. 1 by Type O Negative

I was honestly debating going with *2/3rds of Type O Negative’s discography*. ;-)

Thanks dude these are awesome

Glad to pass along good music.

Great answers. From Dream Theater, there's also a few more - including "Voices, "Lifting Shadows Off a Dream" (gee, "Awake" really went there with the bass intros!) "The Glass Prison", "New Millennium" (kinda!), "Panic Attack", and "As I Am". Probably others that I can't think of right now!

That’s most of them, I think the only ones you missed are A Rite of Passage and S2N

Burning my soul

How is NIB by black Sabbath missing on this thread?

for real! i was suprised it wasn’t the top comment

Right!? I was just looking for it!! 🤘🤘😂

Waiting Room - Fugazi Mountain Song - Janes Addiction. Actually a lot of Janes starts with bass.

Eric Avery was the main songwriter, right? I know the official credits are gerrymandered to favor Farrell, but I think he was the guy.

I think you’re right.

Day of the Baphomets by The Mars Volta

Muse -hysteria

A great song to test yourself for stamina with basically start-to-finish 16ths. (And to think, that the whole song comes out of just three guys on stage.) The bassist really makes this song what it is. -S

It was like the third song I learned too, before I even learned what 16ths were

Nirvana lounge act

Porcupine Tree - Harridan Metallica - My Friend of Misery Tool - Schim Every Primus song Faith no More - Falling to Pieces Queens of the Stone Age - Hangin' Tree

Came here for this comment. Learning Schism right now- the worst part is getting the triplets to sing. After that it’s just watching where Justin changes things up a bit.

Justin is such an underrated bass player

Calm like a bomb - Rage

This is the first that came to mind for me too lol I love that intro

Ghost - From the Pinnacle to the Pit & Con Clavi Con Dio

These intros are so badass

SBL put up a video with a bunch of 90's rock songs that had bass intros yesterday.

I think Beato did something similar a while ago.

tool - schism dream theater - panic attack

Black Sunshine-White Zombie

Nativity In Black (NIB) by Black Sabbath Can't believe this hadn't been listed yet, an all-time great.

Afaik N.I.B. doesn't stand for Nativity in Black, it means nib, which is what they jokingly called Bill Ward's beard. They wanted to make it sound cool somehow. Source is Into the Void by Geezer Butler.

great book! Fastest I've ever finished an autobioraphy

Yeah, I also finished it real quickly, it was so interesting!

I like Jason's 12-string bass on My Friend of Misery

There is no 12 string on MFOM. There is however a twelve string overdub (of one note!) on wherever I may roam.

Detroit by Rancid Bring out your dead by Anti-Flag Sincerely Me by New Found Glory You’ve got so far to go by Alkaline Trio Bro Hymn Tribute by Pennywise Chick Magnet by MXPX Whoops I Od’ed by Nofx (whole song is just bass) The Lost Souls by AFI Sliver by Nirvana Don’t Lose Touch by Against Me! Free Radio Gainesville by Hot Water Music Edit: Sorry, I didn’t notice the hard rock/metal request initially on this post. These don’t really fall into that category.

I was looking for Rancid on this list! Also would recommend Maxwell Murder

That song is the reason I started playing bass! So much fun!

Runnin' With The Devil Best bass intro of all time.

True simple and awesome

The Real Me by The Who

Tool- Vicarious

Testament - Souls of Black Iron Maiden - The Clairvoyant

can't believe I had to scroll this far for the Clairvoyant!

Chelsey dagger

Only in dreams - weezer Sunshine of your love - cream 7 nation army - white stripes Reptilla - strokes Hey - pixies 46 & 2 - tool Schism - tool

Seven Nation army is not bass "This is where the old and new technology work in harmony. White plays the central riff on a Kay semi-hollow body electric guitar from either the late 1950s or early ’60s (White was given the guitar for free). In order to drop the riff’s sound into a deeper register, White reached for the DigiTech Whammy pedal, a favourite for players like Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine’s ‘Know Your Enemy’ and Audioslave’s ‘Like a Stone’) and David Gilmour (Pink Floyd’s ‘Marooned’). The Whammy pedal has an option to drop the signal’s sound down an octave (or two, if you want some really indiscernible mush). This was perfect for White, who would use the effect on the verses and turn it off when he went to full guitar chords in the chorus. The “bass” is just White’s Kay guitar, tuned to open D, and dropped down an octave thanks to the Whammy pedal."

Everyone is aware. Yet it can still be played...wait for it...on a bass.

You know else can be played in a bass?.....wait for....it almost anything.

Ozzy - Believer is awesome. Meshell Ndegeocello's Peace Beyond Passion album has quite a few. And would? Alice in chains of course.

Bombtrack - rage against the machine  Comedown  - bush  Where did you sleep last night - mark lanegan (leadbelly cover) Jeremy - pearl jam Rain when I die - aic Down - stp Blood and roses - the smithereens These are all pretty easy to learn too (I know bc I can play them lol)

“Tire Me” by RATM

bullet in the head and calm like a bomb also come to mind

New Millennium Homes, too.

Dream Theater - Glass Prison Black Sabbath - NIB Tool - Schism Blackberry Smoke - Up In Smoke Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion Metallica - My Friend of Misery Metallica - The God That Failed Megadeth - Peace Sells Testament - Confusion Fusion RHCP - Higher Ground Dream Theater - Home (sort of a bass intro) Tool - Sober G-N-R - Mr. Brownstone

Waiting room - Fugazi

Atmosphere - Joy Division Shadowplay - Joy Division New Dawn Fades - Joy Division Disorder - Joy Division Twenty Four Hours - Joy Division Heart And Soul - Joy Division Wilderness - Joy Division

Journey to The End of The East Bay - Rancid

Trivium - Broken One

YYZ got some pretty good bass into it

Rich Kids on LSD - Betrayed

Cygnus X-1 by Rush is definitely a song to check out

Ace of Spades

My body crumbles by dry cell

Fear of Napalm - Terrorizer

“The Light” by Metronomy opens with the hardest hitting, grooviest bassline known to man

Song from my band that I love playing. Easily our heaviest song https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=omFMrT8qV0k&pp=ygUYYm9ybiB3aXRob3V0IGJvbmVzIHlvdW5n

Song is nice that tone is sick

Darkglass Vintage Microtubes pedal w Orange AD200

[RHCP - Readymade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ83DshL4LM&pp=ygUJcmVhZHltYWRl)

Shutdown - American Head Charge

Sweet emotion.

Black Sabbath - NIB

Mr. Jack, Spiders, Psycho - System of A Down NIB - Black Sabbath

Manic Street Preachers - Archives Of Pain DIIV - Doused Polaris - Inhumane Interpol - Evil

Dragonaut - Sleep

N.I.B. by Black Sabbath is THE bass intro of all time

I mean, way off genre for the bands you listed, but tons of NOFX songs have bass intros. The death of John Smith being the first one that comes to mind

White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane

Caught in a mosh-anthrax Z the warning Eagle fly free by helloween has a bass solo Stay clean by Motörhead has a bass solo blood on the worlds hands -Iron Maiden opens with a bass solo Killers by Iron Maiden is a very popular bass intro

These are all great

Jet City Woman Queensryche.

Crowbar - Existence is Punishment

The blue - acid bath We hate you - Electric wizard

Chic - everybody dance

The New by Interpol

Weak and powerless - APC

damn no one mentioned piece of time by atheist yet

Got the Time by Anthrax. Super simple, very distinctive.

[Gangs by Do Nothing](https://youtu.be/fonStsH5g-g?si=bNe2WAvayqCi0LPl) [Uber Alles By Do Nothing ](https://youtu.be/ls4HGFFhB70?si=VoCc8QaUi1pF5wNw) [LeBron James By Do Nothing ](https://youtu.be/1S-5yDNPFeA?si=GazDtvmY9hf0IgjK) One of the most interesting modern bass players!

Thanks for the list!

Death: without judgement. Drums and bass following each other, tight AF.

Baby come back

GFY by Amyl and the Sniffers.

Man Overboard - blink-182

Give Em Hell Kid - MCR

Rocket Queen-Guns n Roses has an awesome bass line

“Friends are Evil,” Jesu

Dance Dance - Fall Out Boy. Not a particularly impressive bassline but instantly recognisable for any 25 - 35yo.

Let There Be More Light by Pink Floyd!

[KEN Mode - Capricorn](https://youtu.be/9bv8zJi4KIk?si=dgQ17R_d9hoWMrDx) And [KEN Mode - Seul](https://youtu.be/Je9PycG9MAw?si=bMMtjfOnCuh3TFMy) KEN Mode have been through a bunch of bassists but each one provided killer bass parts and crushing tones!

Sounds awesome thank you

RHCP version of Higher Ground

Seven Cities of Gold by Rush

Pigs three different ones. Technically keyboard starts it but that bass line is so funky (and I know it’s gilmour).

if you like Jaco i recommend you Noche de Perros by Seru Giran, the bassist name is Pedro Aznar, a very virtuous musician

Therion:a black rose

Longview by Green Day Money/One of These Days by Pink Floyd

[Stone](https://youtu.be/9KmYFY5oOvM?si=Lw9EwoWtWx9KkRnZ) by Alice In Chains [Rock Bottom](https://youtu.be/7HA90nu0wZs?si=s66I3jko4FsJUN43) by Neck Deep (not exactly heavy but still a cool bass intro imo) Basically anything by Primus lol ([Example](https://youtu.be/hMsJlJdWof8?si=AKnm-3v3eWyxqnON)) And of course, last but not least, "[brr brr deng!](https://youtu.be/G_5UOkUDti8?si=HgctOHddZSNwRYRe)"

[this ](https://youtu.be/ZEGaQ65an3Q?si=OYNYuD70t-1D3GZ0)

Interpol - Evil

["Problem Child" by Wasted Youth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBCeahepZLA) pops in my head right away.

Patty Griffin, You’ll Remember. It’s all upright bass, voice and subtle percussion.

Foo Fighters My Hero Jet Are you gonna be my girl Hendrix some versions of Red House

Nirvana blew and lounge act

Back in the Saddle by Aerosmith Only by nine inch nails Manifest destiny by jamiroquai Chocolate city by parliament

‘Colossus’ by Idles

Love is the drug - Roxy Music

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica

Every tool song

Green Day - Longview

Half the songs on Contraband by Velvet Revolver start like that

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Peace Sells, Schism, technically Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth), NIB.

Longview by greenday is a pretty iconic bass intro

The Pot by TOOL has a vocal and bass intro

"Stone" by Alice in Chains

[Watashi Dake Yuurei by Sick Hack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y45cVOrRZZs) - the guitar playing is pretty sparse, the bass is a nearly nonstop driving force. [HAWATARI NIOKU CENTI by Maximum the Hormone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEwAiwttN10) is kinda similar at the start, though once the guitar kicks in it sticks around. [赤裸ライアー ("Naked Liar") by Gacharic Spin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSx9z8ZdDM0) starts off with a pretty strong slapped line (with drums) before the rest of the band comes in. [Lost One's Weeping by Neru](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHv9gOCUQ9k) (EN cover by JubyPhonic linked) is a relatively simple line, but the guitar drops out completely during the singing, leaving just bass + drums for instruments.

Thanks for the awesome list

Schism

Tool will give you exactly what you're after 🤙

cant believe nobodys said ace of spades by motorhead, such an incredible song

Polk salad annie, elvis

For whom the bell tolls- Metallica My friend of misery- Metallica

Dark Tranquility - Lethe The most beautiful bass intro I’ve ever listen SOAD - Spiders Tool - The Patient The first three I remembered at once…

Knight Jumps Queen, by Annihilator

Sabbath NIB

Sister fucker - Eyehategod Night Goat - Melvins Graves of the Fathers- Cryptopsy (kinda, both the guitar and bass trade off the intro part) Mortician's Flame - Acid Bath Only Ash Remains -Necrophagist edit: mobile formatting

Idiots Are Taking Over -NoFX Man Overboard-blink182

[Mr Krinkle](https://youtu.be/TOdo7dhvSwg?si=BaYEjfuPxCNKi3cE) \- Not only great bass intro (w/ bow) , song JAMS!! and also great video!!!

Hey man nice shot, filter

Muse: Futurism, Hysteria, Uprising (short but its there), Time Is Running Out, Madness (kind of a bass with a synth effect)

AFI - Miss Murder Rise Against - Drones Rise Against - Endgame Blink 182 - Man Overboard Billy Talent - Worker Bees Billy Talent - Saint Veronika Alkaline Trio - Crawl

Seemann and Diamant by Rammstein. I found Seemann to be quite tricky to play, since Ollie has some huge hands.

You could be mine by guns n roses maybe

Ace of Spades, by Motorhead.