sosickwithjoy asked: in the past decade who are some bass players that you can look up to? who are you more influenced by?

past decade:

juan alderete (the mars volta)

nick thieneman (breather resist / young widows) 

nate newton (converge)

willy graves (the plot to blow up the eiffel tower)

george rebelo (hot water music / the draft)

influenced:

mike watt (the minutemen)

joe lally (fugazi)

cliff burton (metallica)

matt freeman (op ivy / rancid)

tony kanal (no doubt)

dave soloway (saves the day) 

royce nunley (the suicide machines)

mike dirnt (green day)

theres probably more i just can’t think of that many right now.