# Liste von E-Bassisten

Dies ist eine Liste bekannter E-Bassisten in alphabetischer Sortierung.

## A

* Barry Adamson (Magazine, The Bad Seeds)
* Karl Alvarez (Descendents, ALL)
* Amin Ali (Music Revelation Ensemble)
* Farida Amadou (Cocaïne Piss, Thurston Moore, Moor Mother)
* Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam)
* Panagiotis Andreou (Now vs. Now, New York Gypsy All Stars)
* Dan Andriano (Alkaline Trio)
* Tom Angelripper (Sodom)
* Emma Anzai (Sick Puppies)
* Tom Araya (Slayer)
* Reginald Arvizu aka „Fieldy“ (Korn)
* Ron Asheton † (The Stooges)
* Jürgen Attig (Felix De Luxe, Rainbirds)
* Melissa Auf der Maur (Hole, The Smashing Pumpkins)
* Kevin Ayers † (Soft Machine)
* Karin Axelsson (Sonic Syndicate)

## B

* Bob Babbitt † (Funk Brothers)
* Ralph Bach (J.B.O.)
* Decebal Badila (SWR Big Band)
* Steve Bailey
* Victor Bailey † (u. a. Weather Report, The Zawinul Syndicate)
* Jimmy Bain † (Dio, Rainbow)
* Lindsey Ann Ballato-Way / „Lyn-Z“ (Mindless Self Indulgence)
* Pierluigi Balducci (* 1971) (Tavernanova)
* Peter Baltes (Accept)
* Michael Balzary aka „Flea“ (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
* Aston Barrett † (Bob-Marley)
* Colin Bass (u. a. Camel)
* Daniel Bätge (Clueso)
* Sean Beasly (Dying Fetus)
* Andreas „Becks“ Becker (Jupiter Jones)
* Jens Becker (Running Wild, Grave Digger)
* Nick Beggs (Kajagoogoo)
* Pol Belardi
* Andy Bell (Oasis)
* Frank Bello (Anthrax)
* Jay Bentley (Bad Religion)
* Jeff Berlin (u. a. Bill Bruford)
* Alex Bernard (u. a. Malavoi, Mario Canonge)
* Guy Berryman (Coldplay)
* Marc Bertaux (Daniel Goyone, Trilok Gurtu)
* Martina Berther (True, Sophie Hunger)
* Eric Bischoff (Heaven Shall Burn)
* Vickie Blue (The Runaways)
* Tim Bogert † (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice)
* Richard Bona (Joe Zawinul, Richard Bona-Band)
* Randy Bradbury (Pennywise)
* Nico Brandenburg
* Melvin Brannon (Dan Reed Network, Stevie Salas, Edgar-Winter-Band)
* Eik Breit (Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung)
* Rex Brown (Pantera)
* Jack Bruce † (Cream u. a.)
* Martin Brugger (Fazer)
* Bunny Brunel (u. a. CAB, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock)
* Francis Buchholz (Scorpions)
* Tony Bunn (Michał Urbaniak, Sun Ra, Gabrielle Goodman)
* Jean-Jacques Burnel (The Stranglers)
* Cliff Burton † (Metallica)
* Philippe Bussonnet (Magma)
* Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
* Kevin Butler (Thy Art Is Murder)
* Tery Butler (Six Feet Under, Death, Massacre)
* Tony Butler (Big Country)

## C

* Fred Calderon (Carnifex)
* Alain Caron (Uzeb)
* Daniel P. Carter (A und The Lucky Nine)
* Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
* Ralf Cetto
* Adalberto Cevasco
* Justin Chancellor (Tool)
* Chas Chandler † (The Animals)
* Johnny Christ (Avenged Sevenfold)
* Al Cisneros (Sleep)
* Kim Clarke (Defunkt)
* Stanley Clarke (u. a. Return to Forever)
* Les Claypool (u. a. Primus)
* Adam Clayton (U2)
* Bootsy Collins (James Brown, Parliament, Funkadelic)
* Tim Commerford (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave)
* Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
* Charlotte Cooper (The Subways)
* John Cooper (Skillet)
* Shane Cooper
* Glenn Cornick † (Jethro Tull)
* Billy Cox (Jimi Hendrix: Band of Gypsys)
* Gabe Crisp (Whitechapel)
* Holger Czukay † (Can)

## D

* Yuri Daniel (Jan Garbarek)
* Joe Dart (Vulfpeck)
* John Deacon (Queen)
* Kim Deal (Pixies)
* Victoria De Angelis (Måneskin)
* Matthias Debus (BUNT)
* Jorge Degas (Xiame)
* Dario Deidda (Ettore Fioravanti, Roberto Gatto)
* Theo de Jong (Rob Franken, Herman van Veen)
* Sascha Delbrouck (Birth Control, Major Heuser)
* Brad Delson (Linkin Park)
* Carlitos del Puerto (The Chick Corea + Steve Gadd Band)
* Joey DeMaio (Manowar)
* Carlos „D“ Dengler (Interpol)
* Paul S. Denman (Sade)
* David Desrosiers (Simple Plan)
* Mohini Dey (Ranjit Barot)
* Dr. Matt Destruction (The Hives)
* Paul Di Leo (Nena, Rage and Beyond, Fozzy)
* Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Iced Earth)
* Mike Dirnt (Green Day)
* Nils Dittmann (Chirrock)
* Gail Ann Dorsey (u. a. David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz)
* Donald Dunn † (u. a. Blues Brothers)
* Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle)

## E

* Nathan East (Fourplay)
* Kai Eckhardt (John McLaughlin, Steps Ahead)
* John „Rhino“ Edwards (Status Quo)
* Richie Edwards (The Darkness)
* Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree)
* Mark Egan (Gil Evans, Lew Soloff, Pat Metheny)
* Olve „Abbath Doom Occulta“ Eikemo (Immortal)
* David Ellefson (Megadeth)
* Reinier Elizarde (Pupy y Los que Son, Son)
* Martin Engelien (Klaus Lage, Go Music)
* John Entwistle † (The Who)
* * Kâmil Erdem (Oriental Wind, Asiaminor)
* Joe Escalante (The Vandals)
* Tobin Esperance (Papa Roach)
* Roy Estrada (Frank Zappa, Little Feat)
* Mark Evans (AC/DC)

## F

* Antoine Fafard (Spaced Out, Mystery)
* Falco † (Drahdiwaberl, Hallucination Company)
* David „Phoenix“ Farrell (Linkin Park)
* Johannes Felscher
* Douglas Ferguson (Camel)
* Jennifer Finch (L7)
* Claus Fischer (Stefan Raabs Heavytones)
* John Norwood Fisher (Fishbone)
* Nicolas Fiszman (Pili Pili, Chris Hinze)
* Jackie Flavelle † (Chris Barber)
* Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
* David Flinn (Chelsea Grin)
* Mike Flores (Origin)
* Brandon Flowers (The Killers)
* Herbie Flowers (u. a. T. Rex)
* Carl-Johan „Peter Crispin“ Fogelklou (Mando Diao)
* Foley (Miles Davis, George Clinton)
* Bill Folwell † (Albert Ayler, The Insect Trust)
* Derek Forbes (Simple Minds, Propaganda)
* Tom Fowler † (Frank Zappa)
* Jackie Fox (The Runaways)
* Bruce Foxton (The Jam, Stiff Little Fingers)
* Nikolai Fraiture (The Strokes)
* Andy Fraser † (Free)
* Matt Freeman (Rancid)
* Markus Fritsch

## G

* Henning Gailing
* Jon Gallant (Billy Talent)
* Simon Gallup (The Cure)
* Jochen Gargitter (Frei.Wild)
* Ralf Gauck (u. a. Herman’s Hermits)
* Max Gerl
* Rinus Gerritsen (Golden Earring)
* Marcello Giuliani (Erik Truffaz)
* John Glascock † (u. a. Jethro Tull)
* Chris Glen (Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Ian Gillan, Michael Schenker)
* Roger Glover (Deep Purple)
* Kinga Głyk
* Žiga Golob
* Rodrigo González (Die Ärzte)
* Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)
* Billy Gould (Faith No More)
* Kenny Gradney (Little Feat)
* Larry Graham (Sly & The Family Stone, Graham Central Station)
* Paul Gray (The Damned, UFO)
* Paul Gray † (Slipknot)
* Tony Grey
* Markus Großkopf (Helloween)
* Kelly Groucutt † (Electric Light Orchestra (ELO))
* Geddy Lee (Rush)
* Chuck Garric (Alice Cooper, Beasto Blanco)

## H

* Ivan Habernal (Marta Kubišová, Jason Schneider)
* Nikolai Hængsle (BigBang, The National Bank)
* Eugen Hahn (Modern Soul Band, Klaus Lenz)
* Stuart Hamm (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani)
* Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (Jethro Tull)
* Steve Hanley (The Fall, The Lovers)
* Bob Hardy (Franz Ferdinand)
* Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
* Jimmy Haslip (Yellowjackets)
* Evil Jared Hasselhoff (Bloodhound Gang)
* Hellmut Hattler (Kraan, Tab Two, Hattler)
* Michel Hatzigeorgiou (Aka Moon)
* Jukka Haavisto (Bossapoika, Beat, Bass & Bone)
* Heath (X Japan)
* Mikael Hedlund (Hypocrisy)
* Lorenz Heigenhuber (The Moonband)
* Eero Heinonen (The Rasmus)
* Richard Hell (Television, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers)
* Jonas Hellborg (u. a. Mahavishnu Orchestra)
* Andreas „Dedi“ Herde (Juli)
* Louise van den Heuvel (Dishwasher, The Gallands, Sonic Hug, Melting Pot)
* Marco Hietala (Nightwish)
* Dusty Hill † (ZZ Top)
* Maximilian Hirning (Jazzrausch Bigband, LBT)
* Colin Hodgkinson (u. a. Back Door, Whitesnake, Ten Years After)
* Kurt Holzkämper
* Calum Hood (5 Seconds of Summer)
* Peter Hook (ehemals Joy Division und New Order)
* Hugh Hopper † (Soft Machine)
* Mark Hoppus (blink-182)
* Munir Hossn (The Zawinul Syndicate, Iyexá)
* Jepharee Howard (The Used)
* Litschie Hrdlička (Departure, Oktagon)
* Benjamin Hüllenkremer (u. a. Interzone)
* Glenn Hughes (u. a. Deep Purple)
* Thomas Hödtke (u. a. Matthias Reim,Jürgen Drews, Live Entertainment Award)

## I

* Illorca (Timoria, Miura)
* Ines (Broilers)
* John Illsley (Dire Straits)

## J

* Anthony Jackson
* Jean-Marc Jafet
* James Jamerson † (Studiomusiker bei Motown)
* Jason „Jay“ James (Bullet for My Valentine)
* Oneida James (u. a. Joe Cocker)
* Michael Janisch
* Hervé Jeanne (Roger Cicero)
* Thomas Jenkinson (Squarepusher)
* Robin Jermer (The Ark)
* Prakash John (div.)
* Alphonso Johnson
* Louis Johnson † (u. a. The Brothers Johnson, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones)
* Alan Jones (The Shadows)
* Darryl Jones (u. a. Miles Davis, Sting, Bill Evans, Rolling Stones)
* John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
* Percy Jones (Brand X, Tunnels)
* Thomy Jordi (Intergalactic Maidenballet, Rosenstolz, Helge Schneider)
* Heiko Jung (Panzerballett)

## K

* Tony Kanal (No Doubt)
* Mick Karn †
* Alex „Dirk Lance“ Katunich (Incubus)
* Carol Kaye (Phil Spector)
* Jan Kazda (Tom Mega)
* Tom Kennedy (Dave Weckl Band)
* Ben Kenney (Incubus)
* Tom Kennedy (Musiker) (Steps Ahead, Tania Maria, Dave Weckl)
* Lemmy Kilmister † (Motörhead)
* Dave King (u. a. Embryo, Snowball)
* Mark King (Level 42)
* Kiro (Cinema Bizarre)
* Maarja Kivi (Vanilla Ninja)
* Walter Kohn (Sixtyfive Cadillac)
* Herbie Kopf (George Gruntz Trio)
* Jason Köhnen (Celestial Season, The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble u. a.)
* Markus Kössler (Die Fantastischen Vier)
* Julian Köster (aVid*)
* Greg Kriesel (The Offspring)
* Mike Kroeger (Nickelback)
* Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian)
* Mischa Krausz
* Michael „Micha“ Kunzi (Münchener Freiheit)
* Brent Kutzle (OneRepublic)

## L

* Abe Laboriel (u. a. Koinonia, Ron Kenoly)
* Greg Lake † (u. a. King Crimson und Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
* Alan Lancaster † (Status Quo)
* Hajo Lange (Horst Jankowski)
* Willi Langer (u. a. Count Basic)
* Dave LaRue (Steve Morse Band, John Petrucci)
* Bill Laswell (u. a. Praxis und Material)
* Steve Lawson
* Jim Lea (Slade)
* Michael League (Snarky Puppy)
* Frédéric Leclercq (DragonForce)
* Geddy Lee (Rush)
* John Lee (Chris Hinze, Dizzy Gillespie)
* Will Lee (Tonight Show)
* Tim Lefebvre (Tedeschi Trucks Band, Michael Wollny)
* Michael LePond (Symphony X)
* Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)
* Tony Levin (u. a. King Crimson, Peter Gabriel und Pink Floyd)
* Richard Keith „Cass“ Lewis (Skunk Anansie)
* Christian Liebig (Karat)
* Hagen Liebing † (Die Ärzte)
* Georg Listing (Tokio Hotel)
* David Lock (The Black Dahlia Murder)
* Andrea Lombardini (Mario Biondi, Malika Ayane, Red Canzian und Annalisa Scarrone)
* Peter London (Crashdiet)
* Dick Lövgren (Meshuggah)
* Ted Lundström (Amon Amarth)
* Kay Lutter (In Extremo)
* Matthew Lux
* Phil Lynott † (Thin Lizzy)
* Leo Lyons (Ten Years After)
* John Levén (Europe)

## M

* Hans Maahn (Hoelderlin, Gianna Nannini u. v. a.)
* Graham Maby (Joe Jackson)
* Al MacDowell (Ornette Coleman)
* Edward Maclean (Denyo, Ron Spielman, Dendemann, Söhne Mannheims)
* Ralf Mähnhöfer (Cem Karaca, Anatology, Angela Brown, De Schlapphööt, Compania Bataclan u. v. a.)
* Musa Manzini
* Alex Malheiros (Azymuth)
* Robbee Mariano (Söhne Mannheims)
* Brian Marshall (Creed, Alter Bridge)
* Ryan Martinie aka „Ryknow“ (Mudvayne)
* Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols)
* Charly Maucher (u. a. Jane, Harlis)
* John Maurer (Social Distortion)
* Nathen Maxwell (Flogging Molly)
* Spencer Mbadu (McCoy, Hotep Idris Galeta, Abdullah Ibrahim, 46664)
* Étienne M’Bappé
* Francis Mbappe (Manu Dibango)
* Laurie McAllister (The Runaways)
* Gerry McAvoy (Rory Gallagher)
* Paul McCartney (u. a. The Beatles)
* Jason „Cone“ McCaslin (Sum 41)
* Eric McCredie † (Middle of the Road)
* Danny McCulloch † (Eric Burdon and the Animals)
* Hugh McDonald (u. a. Bon Jovi, Cher)
* Duff McKagan (u. a. Guns N’ Roses)
* Gordon McPherson (I Declare War)
* Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters)
* Zack Merrick (All Time Low)
* Dave Meros (Spock’s Beard, Eric Burdon)
* Andreas „Andi“ Meurer (Die Toten Hosen)
* Bernhard Meyer (MELT-Trio, MSV Brecht)
* Marc Mezgolits (Phraim, Sarah Chaksad)
* Fat Mike (NOFX)
* Marcus Miller (u. a. Miles Davis, David Sanborn, Al Jarreau)
* Mike Mills (R.E.M.)
* Moeh (The Inchtabokatables, Motomatic, Potentia Animi)
* Frédéric Monino
* Jan Müller (Tocotronic)
* Max Mucha (SBB)
* Ivan Munguia (Brain Drill)
* John Myung (Dream Theater)

## N

* Mitsuru Nasuno, Improvisationsmusiker
* Me’shell Ndegeocello
* Raki Neidhardt (The Wohlstandskinder)
* Jason Newsted (Metallica, Voivod)
* Andy Nicholson (Arctic Monkeys)
* Ida Nielsen (Prince)
* Greg Norton (Hüsker Dü)
* Krist Novoselić (Nirvana)
* Jonathan Noyce (Jethro Tull)

## O

* Shavo Odadjian (System of a Down)
* Brian Odgers (Apollo 100, Georgie Fame, Lou Reed, Al Stewart, Vangelis)
* Nick Oliveri (Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age)
* Jerry Only (The Misfits)
* Stefan Olsdal (Placebo)
* Nick O’Malley (Arctic Monkeys)
* Paula O’Rourke (Eric Burdon)
* Patrick O’Hearn (Frank Zappa)
* Ox (Samer el Nahhal) (Lordi)

## P

* Mikko Heinrik Julius Paananen (HIM)
* Pino Palladino (u. a. Paul Young, The Who)
* Felix Pastorius (Cindy Blackman, Yellowjackets)
* Jaco Pastorius † (u. a. Paul Bley, Weather Report)
* John Patitucci (u. a. B. B. King, Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter)
* Matt Pegg (Procol Harum)
* Florian Penner (u. a. Reaktor)
* Alain Pérez (u. a. Celia Cruz)
* Dieter Petereit (u. a. Passport)
* Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick)
* Kristen Pfaff † (Hole)
* Dudley Phillips (Ryder)
* Jeff Pilson (Dokken, Dio)
* Doug Pinnick (King’s X)
* Michael Pipoquinha
* P-Nut (Aaron Charles Wills) (311)
* Lee Pomeroy (Take That)
* Mike Porcaro † (Toto)
* Dougie Poynter (McFly)
* Manfred Praeker † (Nina Hagen Band, Spliff)
* Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd, The Transit Kings)
* Jaime Preciado (Pierce the Veil)
* Pino Presti (Astor Piazzolla, Gerry Mulligan, Shirley Bassey, Wilson Pickett)
* Rocco Prestia † (Tower of Power)
* Steve Priest † (The Sweet)
* Joe Principe (Rise Against)
* Ashley Purdy (Black Veil Brides)

## Q

* Suzi Quatro
* Queen Sylvia (Lefty Dizz, Louisiana Red)

## R

* Stefan Rademacher (Axel Fischbacher, Billy Cobham)
* Rollo Radford (Siegel-Schwall Band, Sun Ra)
* Max Rafferty (The Kooks)
* Chuck Rainey (u. a. Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin)
* Twiggy Ramirez (Jeordie White) (Marilyn Manson, A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Nails)
* C. J. Ramone (Ramones)
* Dee Dee Ramone (Ramones)
* Sven „Eddie“ Räther (Slime)
* Philipp Rauenbusch (Reamonn)
* Dexter Redding (The Reddings)
* Noel Redding † (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
* Scott Reeder (Kyuss, Unida)
* Keanu Reeves (Dogstar, Becky)
* Jonas Reingold (The Flower Kings)
* Reita (The Gazette)
* Tom Relleen (The Oscillation, Tomaga)
* Stefan Rey (Radius)
* Hans-Jürgen „Jäcki“ Reznicek (u. a. Silly, Pankow)
* Stuart Richardson (Lostprophets)
* Matthias „Hiasl“ Richter (Schandmaul, Weto)
* Oliver Riedel (Rammstein)
* Sam Rivers (Limp Bizkit)
* Magnus Rosén (Hammerfall)
* Paolo Rossi (Fleshgod Apocalypse)
* Andy Rourke † (The Smiths)
* John Rostill † (The Shadows)
* Mike Rutherford (Genesis)
* Raul Ruutu (Sunrise Avenue)
* Florian Rynkowski (Luciel)

## S

* Sahnie (Hans Runge) (Die Ärzte)
* Takashi „Saga“ Sakamoto (Alice Nine)
* Troy Sanders (Mastodon)
* Nikola Sarcevic (Millencolin)
* Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne)
* Fernando Saunders (u. a. Jan Hammer Group, Lou Reed)
* Mel Schacher (Grand Funk Railroad)
* Hannes Schäfer (Fury in the Slaughterhouse)
* Carsten „Kiro“ Schäfer (Cinema Bizarre)
* Jerry Scheff (u. a. Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, The Doors)
* Stefan Scheib (Liquid Penguin Ensemble)
* Dirk Schlächter (Gamma Ray)
* Torsten Scholz (Beatsteaks)
* Jerry „Wyzard“ Seay (Mother’s Finest)
* Robbie Shakespeare † (Reggae, Sly & Robbie)
* Billy Sheehan (u. a. David Lee Roth, Mr. Big)
* Wolfgang Schmid (Jazz, Funk, Fusion; auch Komponist und Produzent)
* Leo Schmidthals (Selig, Heinz Rudolf Kunze)
* Timothy B. Schmit (Eagles)
* Kai Sichtermann (Ton Steine Scherben)
* Günther Sigl (Spider Murphy Gang)
* Gene Simmons (Kiss)
* Paul Simonon (The Clash)
* Ryan Sinn (Angels & Airwaves, The Distillers)
* Mat Sinner (Sinner, Primal Fear, Voodoo Circle)
* Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe)
* Leland Sklar (u. a. Billy Cobham, Phil Collins, The Section)
* Tim Skold (Marilyn Manson, MDFMK, KMFDM)
* Rhonda Smith (Prince)
* Paul Speckmann (u. a. Master, Abomination, Krabathor)
* Florian „Flo“ Speer (Revolverheld)
* Ferruccio Spinetti (Avion Travel)
* Chris Squire † (Yes)
* Rob Statham
* Michael Steele (The Bangles)
* Peter Steele † (Carnivore, Type O Negative)
* T. M. Stevens †, Heavy Metal Funk
* Thomas Stieger (Sarah Connor)
* Sting (u. a. The Police)
* Tommy Stinson (Guns N’ Roses)
* Mark Stoermer (The Killers)
* Johannes Stolle (Silbermond)
* Alec John Such † (Bon Jovi)
* Steve Swallow, (Carla Bley, Gary Burton)
* Lloyd Swanton (The Necks, The Catholics)

## T

* Jamaaladeen Tacuma
* Simon Tailleu
* Taka (Galneryus)
* Garry Tallent (E Street Band)
* Mark Tavassol (Wir sind Helden)
* Ares Tavolazzi (Area)
* John Taylor (Duran Duran)
* Larry Taylor † (Canned Heat, John Mayall)
* Jason Thirsk † (Pennywise)
* Paul Anthony Thomas (Good Charlotte)
* Dougie Thomson (Supertramp)
* Mike Tiner (All Shall Perish)
* Victory Tischler-Blue (The Runaways)
* Wayman Tisdale
* Toshiya (Dir en grey)
* Pete Trewavas (Marillion)
* Robert Trujillo (Metallica, Suicidal Tendencies, Ozzy Osbourne, Infectious Grooves)
* Janno Trump
* Martin Turner (Wishbone Ash)
* Robert Turner, Pseudonym von Robert Levon Been (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)

## U

* Terry Uttley (Smokie)

## V

* Gerald Veasley, Fusionjazz-Bassist
* Alex Venturella (Slipknot)
* Laurent Vernerey (Didier Lockwood, Manau)
* Sid Vicious † (Sex Pistols)
* Alejandra Villarreal (The Warning)
* David Vincent (Morbid Angel)
* Susanne Vogel (u. a. Sabrina Setlur, Inga Rumpf)
* Klaus Voormann (Manfred Mann, Plastic Ono Band)
* Goran Vujić (LaFee, Phishbacher)

## W

* Matthew Wachter (Angels & Airwaves)
* Chris Wagner (Oceano)
* Jon Walker (Panic at the Disco)
* Reggie Washington (Ronald Shannon Jackson, Steve Coleman)
* Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
* Mike Watt (Minutemen, Firehose)
* Mikey Way (My Chemical Romance)
* Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse)
* Dallon Weekes (Panic! at the Disco, The Brobecks)
* Stephan Weidner (Böhse Onkelz, Der W)
* Martin Weinert (Susan Weinert)
* Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy)
* Wess (Wesley Johnson) †
* John Wetton † (u. a. King Crimson, Wishbone Ash)
* Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads)
* Jeordie White (Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle)
* Mark White (Spin Doctors)
* Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
* Tal Wilkenfeld (u. a. Jeff Beck, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock)
* Ryan „Bart“ Williams (The Black Dahlia Murder)
* Cliff Williams (AC/DC)
* Gary Willis (Tribal Tech)
* Mark Wilson (Jet)
* Doug Wimbish (Sugarhill Gang, Living Colour)
* Nicky Wire (Manic Street Preachers)
* Jah Wobble (Public Image Ltd.)
* Tom Wolk † ( Hall & Oates)
* Chris Wolstenholme (Muse)
* Victor Wooten (u. a. Béla Fleck and the Flecktones)
* D’arcy Wretzky (Smashing Pumpkins)
* Rob Wright (No Means No)
* Lisa-Rebecca Wulff (Goetz Steeger)
* Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones)

## Y

* Bruce Yaw (u. a. Lou Reed, Everyman Band)

## Z

* Igor Zakus (u. a. VIA Gra)
* Stuart Zender (u. a. Jamiroquai)
* Martin Ziaja (u. a. Popolski)
* Daniel Ziegler, Solist
* Fabio Zuffanti (u. a. Höstsonaten)
* Félix Zurstrassen (u. a. LG Jazz Collective)
* Wolfgang Zwiauer (Züri West, Swiss Jazz Orchestra, Enders Room)