Bassist Robert Levon Been and guitarist Peter Hayes met at high school in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Lafayette and quickly formed a band ; Hayes having recently left The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

It is also home to Welsh band Lostprophets which was formed in 1997 by three pupils of the Hawthorn Comprehensive School Ian Watkins ( vocalist ) and Mike Lewis, ( Bassist ) lee gaze ( lead guitar )

When Paul and George — both firefighters for the Miami-Dade Fire Department — originally formed the band, it was composed almost entirely of firefighters ( with the exception of Bassist Mark Harris, who is now one of the most sought after studio musicians in Nashville ).

Bassist Milan Hlavsa formed the band which was heavily influenced by Frank Zappa (" Plastic People " being a song by Zappa and the Mothers of Invention ) and the Velvet Underground in 1968.

Bassist Alajos Németh, his brother, drummer Gábor Németh and guitarist Gábor Szűcs Antal joined them and formed Bikini.

Originally formed by Bassist Joey Coffin ( Tunnel Dogs / String of Coincidence ) and Drummer Lantz Stephenson ( Broadcast / String of Coincidence ) they had several lead guitarists until ending up with Jeff whose Jimmy Page-like abilities gave musical credibility to the proceedings.

LUZER was formed by four students -- Singer / guitarist / songwriter " Timmy Sean " Mahoney, drummer Dan Seeth, lead guitarist R. Dan Salyerds ( known as Sally ), and Bassist Chris Volk -- at Steinert High School in 1999.

Bassist Joe Gittleman played with local hardcore band Gang Green, while vocalist Dicky Barrett was a member of Impact Unit and, later on, the Cheap Skates.

Bassist Dick Diamonde moved to the New South Wales north coast and retired from performing, after some years of singing and playing in local pubs.

Bassist Ellis had been a founding member of the local disbanded funk rock band Psychefunkapus, and Jonathan Segel was a former member of local indie-faves Camper Van Beethoven.

Bassist Doug Keyser and drummer Rick Colaluca joined colorful local rock / funk / rap outfit Retarded Elf who released the album Trick Quigger on Pony Canyon in Japan.

Bassist Randy Rand knew Plunkett from their days together in Wolfgang, a prominent club band in Los Angeles, California, and which has been described as a local legend, of which Kevin Dubrow, ( lead singer of Quiet Riot ) once said, " They smoked us all ... they got a better response than us and Van Halen ".

* The Enemy, a band featuring Journey drummer Deen Castronovo, Guitarist Don Palmer, and Bassist Rik Bartel.

Bassist John Rees completed the band.

* 1971 – Justin Chancellor, Bassist for the band Tool

" Bassist Jeff Jensen of Boston's Real Kids reports of a show that year, " A reviewer for one of the free entertainment magazines of the time caught the act and gave us a great review, calling us a ' punk band.

* Nikki Sixx – Bassist and founder of the Glam metal band Mötley Crüe

Bassist Mario Cipollina left the band in early 1995 shortly after completing the first leg of the tour for 1994's Four Chords and Several Years Ago album.

Motley Crue is a band that consist of Bassist Nikki Sixx, Guitarist Mick Mars and Vince Neil Wharton and drummer Kevin Lee aka Tommy Lee.

Bassist James Kirkland, drummer Richie Frost, and pianist Gene Garf completed the band.

Bassist Lewie Steinberg, who was from a family of musicians, recorded with the band through 1965, including their second album 1965's Soul Dressing.

Bassist / lyricist Bob Daisley made his return to Osbourne's band after the two had a falling out in 1985.

Bassist Arnold Loyocano joined forces with the growing band and thus began the group ’ s engagement at the Friar ’ s Inn that lasted 17 months beginning in 1921.

Bassist Krist Novoselic explained, " We just wanted to make him feel at home in the band.

Bassist Grant Matthews has also written a number of songs for the band, though his lyrics primarily focus on sociopolitical themes.

Bassist Jeff Ament joined the band after arriving in Seattle with his band Deranged Diction.

Bassist Kim Deal did not initially move with the rest of her band mates due to tension within the band.

Bassist Paul Robinson joined the band in 1999 and two years later, they added another guitarist, Phil Cholosky.

After Jake had moved on from SLF, he had a short stint at a band with former Jam Bassist Bruce Foxton, who later joined SLF.

Bassist Dhilorz was a member of the Italian melo-death metal band Infliction and released several albums with them.

Bassist Thomas Miller left the band and was replaced by Michael Lepond in that year.

Bassist Marklew was replaced by Danny Lambert, the singer in Yates ' band Blunderbuss, which was by then inactive.

* Bassist Phil Lipscomb is part of a side project called The Toques.

In 1987, T-Square's Guitarist Masahiro Andoh, and T-Square's Drummer Hiroyuki Noritake, had met Issei Noro ( guitarist of Casiopea ) and current KORENOS guitarist Hirokuni Korekata, and created a Supergroup called Ottottrio, and added in keyboardists Chizuko Yoshihiro and Shotoku Sasaji, and Bassist Chiharu Mikuzuki to make the band whole.

Bassist John Land was previously in a band called Coyote Pudding.

Bassist Alan Robert started a punk band called Spoiler NYC.

Bassist Mike Patton went on to produce The Adolescents ' first album, guitarist Mike Atta now owns and operates a vintage furniture and clothing shop in Fullerton, California called " Out Of Vogue ," Jeff Atta runs an art gallery next door, and drummer Bruce Atta went on to UCLA to major in Philosophy and now teaches philosophy at Cal State University at Los Angeles.

Bassist / singer Tony Lewis, guitarist / keyboardist and songwriter John Spinks, and drummer Alan Jackman played together in the late-70s in a straightforward power pop band called Sirius B.

Bassist Peter Hook has said the key to the title " 5 8 6 " can be found in another of the group's songs, " Ecstasy "; 5, 8 then 6 is the song's bar structure.

Bassist Mike Watt replaced bassist Martyn LeNoble partway through the recording of the album, and then played on the tour in support of the album.

Like Domino Line, the first recording of " Galactic Funk " was also in " Cross Point ", featuring a solo from the Guitarist and Keyboardist, then the Drummer and Bassist trading solos.

Bassist Mike " Jr ." Christopher and drummer Josh McLane were then added to complete the lineup.

Bassist Fletcher then left The Flatmates prior to their fifth and final single " Heaven Knows ".