List of female bass guitarists

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Contents
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

• Gaye Advert (from The Adverts)
• Jennifer Arroyo (formerly of Kittie)
• Stephanie Ashworth (from Something for Kate)
• Johanna Asplund (from Sahara Hotnights)
• Talena Atfield (formerly of Kittie)
• Melissa Auf der Maur (formerly of Hole and Smashing Pumpkins)
• Carla Azar (from autolux)

[edit] B

• Laura Ballance (from Superchunk)
• Jo Bench (from Bolt Thrower)
• Gina Birch (from The Raincoats)
• Vicki Blue, (formerly of The Runaways)
• Joanna Bolme (from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
• Beverly Breckenridge (from Fifth Column and Phono-Comb)
• Butterfly Boucher

[edit] C

• Tanya Candler (formerly of Kittie)
• Kim Chi (from The Distillers)
• Charlotte Cooper (from The Subways)
• Sheryl Crow frequently plays bass during her live performances

[edit] D

• Patricia Day (from HorrorPops)
• Kim Deal (from Pixies, also lead singer/guitarist of The Breeders)
• Candy del Mar (formerly of The Cramps)
• Trish Doan (from Kittie)
• Lorna Doom (from The Germs)
• Gail Ann Dorsey (session bassist for David Bowie and many other musicians)
• Stefanie Drootin (bass for The Good Life, also lead singer/guitarist for Consafos)
• Donna Dresch (bassist and guitarist from Team Dresch)

[edit] E

• Jill Emery (from Mazzy Star, Shadow Project, Super Heroines and Hole)

[edit] F

• Jennifer Finch (from L7)
• Maya Ford a.k.a. "Donna F" (from The Donnas)
• Rayna Foss-Rose (formerly of Coal Chamber)
• Kathy Foster (from The Thermals)

[edit] G

• Eva Gardner (formerly of The Mars Volta, now with Lyra)
• Debbie Googe (from My Bloody Valentine)
• Kim Gordon (from Sonic Youth)
• Gail Greenwood (from Belly and formerly of L7)

[edit] H

• Rachel Haden (from The Rentals; formerly of that dog.)
• Leslie Hardy (formerly of Hole)
• Juliana Hatfield (formerly of Blake Babies, played bass on The Lemonheads' It's a Shame about Ray; currently singer/guitarist)
• Maureen Herman (from Babes in Toyland)
• Annie Holland (formerly of Elastica)

[edit] I

[edit] K

• Carol Kaye (One of the most recorded bass players in history)
• Kerri Kenney-Silver (formerly of Cake Like)
• Marjolein Kooijman (from the Gathering)

[edit] L

• Sara Lee (from Gang of Four, The B-52s and Robert Fripp's League of Gentlemen)
• Paz Lenchantin (formerly of A Perfect Circle and Zwan)
• Michelle Leon (from Babes in Toyland)
• Jenny Lewis (from Rilo Kiley)
• Lyn-Z (from Mindless Self Indulgence)
• Lynn Louise Lowrey (from Vixen)

[edit] M

• Michelle Mae (from Weird War and formerly of The Make-Up)
• Leslie Mah (from Tribe 8 and formerly of Anti-Scrunti Faction)
• Pia Maiocco (formerly of Vixen)
• Natalie Maines (from the Dixie Chicks) periodically plays bass during their live shows
• Satomi Matsuzaki (from Deerhoof)
• Zia McCabe (from The Dandy Warhols)
• Patricia Morrison (The Sisters of Mercy,Gun Club,The Damned)
• Robin Moulder (from TCR and Jack Off Jill)

[edit] N

• Michie Nakatani (formerly of Shonen Knife)
• Johnette Napolitano (from Concrete Blonde)
• Meshell Ndegeocello (Grammy-winning bassist and singer)
• Hilma Nikolaisen (from Serena Maneesh)

[edit] O

[edit] P

• Share Pedersen (formerly of Vixen, Havana 3 A.M. and the Dogs D'Amour)
• Nadja Peulen (from Coal Chamber)
• Kristen Pfaff (formerly of Hole and Janitor Joe)
• Tessa Pollitt (from The Slits)

[edit] Q

• Suzi Quatro

[edit] R

• Kira Roessler (From Dos and formerly of Black Flag)

[edit] S

• Kim Shattuck (formerly of The Pandoras, now singer/guitarist for The Muffs)
• Debbie Smith (from Echobelly)
• Malka Spigel (from Githead and Minimal Compact
• Micki Steele (from The Bangles, formerly of The Runaways)
• Suzanne Sterne (from Ruby Bullet

[edit] T

• Rachel Trachtenburg (from Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
• Iracema Trevisan (from Cansei de Ser Sexy)
• Abby Travis

[edit] V

• Kathy Valentine (from The Go-Gos)

[edit] W

• Kim Warnick (co-founder of Fastbacks; formerly of Visqueen)
• Meredith Webster (from Daysend)
• Tina Weymouth (founding member of Talking Heads)
• Josephine Wiggs (formerly of The Breeders)
• Kathi Wilcox (from Bikini Kill)
• Tal Wilkenfeld (toured with Jeff Beck)
• Tracy Wormworth (The Waitresses, The B-52's, Sting)
• D'arcy Wretzky (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins)

[edit] Y

• Atsuko Yamano (from Shonen Knife)
• Naomi Yang (co-founder of Galaxie 500)
• Toko Yasuda (from Enon)
• Sean Yseult (formerly of White Zombie)

[edit] Z

• Annette Zilinskas (formerly of The Bangles)

[edit] External links

• BassGirls Web Magazine