# List of female bass guitarists

This is a list of notable female bass guitarists.
* 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

## A

* Gaye Advert (from The Adverts)
* Kianna Alarid (from Tilly and the Wall)
* Chloe Alper (from Pure Reason Revolution)
* Stephanie Ashworth (from Something for Kate)
* Talena Atfield (formerly of Kittie)
* Melissa Auf der Maur (formerly of Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins)
* Carla Azar (from autolux)

## B

* Laura Ballance (from Superchunk)
* Jo Bench (from Bolt Thrower)
* Christina Billotte (formerly of Autoclave)
* Gina Birch (from The Raincoats)
* Lori Black (from Melvins)
* Vicki Blue (formerly of The Runaways)
* Joanna Bolme (from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
* Butterfly Boucher
* Fallon Bowman (formerly of Kittie)
* Shanne Bradley (founding member of The Nips and The Men They Couldn't Hang)
* Beverly Breckenridge (from Fifth Column and Phono-Comb)
* Rosemary Butler (formerly of The Daisy Chain and Birtha)

## C

* Yolanda Charles
* Tish Ciravolo (sASSafrASS, Rag Dolls, The Velvets, They Eat Their Own, Shiksa and the Sluts, Lypstik). Founder of Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, who supply guitars made for females
* Sheryl Crow played bass on her second album, Sheryl Crow, and frequently plays bass during her live performances

## D

* Kimberley Dahme (from Boston)
* Victoria De Angelis (bassist of Italian rock band Måneskin, winner of Sanremo 2021 and Eurovision 2021)
* Kim Deal (formerly of Pixies, also lead singer/guitarist of The Breeders)
* Blu DeTiger
* Mohini Dey
* Jane Dodd (formerly of The Chills, Verlaines and Able Tasmans)
* Gail Ann Dorsey (session bassist for David Bowie and many other musicians, and toured with Lenny Kravitz)
* Donna Dresch (bassist and guitarist from Team Dresch)
* Stefanie Drootin (bass for The Good Life, also lead singer/guitarist for Consafos)

## E

* Islam Elbeiti

## F

* Alla Fedynitch
* Jennifer Finch (from L7)
* Nicole Fiorentino (from The Smashing Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, Spinnerette)
* Theresa Flaminio
* Sharin Foo (from The Raveonettes)
* Maya Ford a.k.a. "Donna F" (from The Donnas)
* Kathy Foster (from The Thermals)
* Jackie Fox (from The Runaways)
* Misia Furtak (from Très.b)
* Miki Furukawa (from Supercar)

## G

* Manou Gallo (Côte d'Ivoire, formerly of Zap Mama)
* Eva Gardner (formerly of The Mars Volta, now with Lyra and toured with Pink)
* Inara George (from The Bird and the Bee)
* Debbie Googe (from My Bloody Valentine)
* Kim Gordon (from Sonic Youth)
* Ellie Goulding
* Gail Greenwood (from Belly and formerly of L7)
* Camila Grey (Uh Huh Her)

## H

* Rachel Haden (from The Rentals; formerly of That Dog)
* Janine Hall (formerly of The Saints; later Weddings Parties Anything and Young Charlatans)
* Bianca "Butthole" Halstead (from Betty Blowtorch; formerly of Butt Trumpet)
* 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)

## I

* Joyce Irby (from Klymaxx)

## J

* Joan Jett (from Joan Jett & the Blackhearts; normally plays rhythm guitar, but played bass for The Runaways in 1977)

## K

* Carol Kaye (One of the most recorded bass players in history)
* Charlotte Kemp Muhl (from The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger)
* Kerri Kenney-Silver (formerly of Cake Like)
* Debra Killings
* Holly Knight (formerly of Device) handled the bass parts on the band's lone album 22B3

## L

* Mai Leisz
* Laura Lee (from Khruangbin)
* Sara Lee (from Gang of Four, The B-52's, Robert Fripp's League of Gentlemen) and Indigo Girls
* Paz Lenchantin (from Pixies, formerly of The Entrance Band, A Perfect Circle and Zwan. She has also contributed to songs for Queens of the Stone Age)
* Jenny Lewis (from Rilo Kiley)
* Jenny Lee Lindberg (from Warpaint)

## M

* Michelle Mae (from Weird War and formerly of The Make-Up)
* Leslie Mah (from Tribe 8 and formerly of Anti-Scrunti Faction)
* Natalie Maines (from the Dixie Chicks) periodically plays bass during their live shows
* Aimee Mann (founding member of 'Til Tuesday)
* Zia McCabe (from The Dandy Warhols)
* Molly McGuire
* Mitski
* Patricia Morrison (The Sisters of Mercy, The Gun Club, The Damned)
* Robin Moulder (from TCR and Jack Off Jill)

## N

* Michie Nakatani (formerly of Shonen Knife)
* Johnette Napolitano (from Concrete Blonde)
* Kate Nash
* Meshell Ndegeocello (Grammy-winning bassist and singer)
* Danielle Nicole (Trampled Under Foot)
* Ida Nielsen (of Zap Mama, Michael Learns to Rock, 3rdeyegirl and The New Power Generation)
* Kim Nielsen (from Phantom Blue)

## O

* Tomomi Ogawa (from Scandal)
* Cait O'Riordan (The Pogues)
* Wanda Ortiz (from The Iron Maidens)
* Yuko Oshima (from AKB48)
* Catherine Owen

## P

* Kristen Pfaff (formerly of Hole and Janitor Joe)
* Britta Phillips (from Luna and Dean and Britta)
* Tessa Pollitt (from The Slits)
* Ginger Pooley (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins, Halo Friendlies)
* Catherine Popper (formerly of Ryan Adams & the Cardinals and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals)

## Q

* Suzi Quatro (leads an unnamed backing band. Formerly of Cradle, The Pleasure Seekers, and The Art Quatro Trio)

## R

* Leah Randi
* Julianne Regan (formerly of Gene Loves Jezebel)
* Regina Zernay Roberts (from Scarlet Fever, formerly of Cowboy Mouth and Méchant)
* Kira Roessler (from Dos and formerly of Black Flag)
* Share Ross (from Vixen, formerly of Contraband, Havana 3 A.M. and the Dogs D'Amour)
* Nicole Row (from Incubus and formerly of Panic! at the Disco)
* Divinity Roxx (toured with Beyoncé, Victor Wooten, 2NE1)

## S

* Jeanne Sagan (from The Acacia Strain, All That Remains)
* Anna Sentina
* Kim Shattuck (formerly of The Pandoras, filled in as touring bassist for Pixies, later singer/guitarist for The Muffs)
* Shingai Shoniwa (from Noisettes)
* Melanie Sisneros (from Crescent Shield, Whole Lotta Rosies, Hangar 18, Mz Led formerly of The Iron Maidens, Sinergy, New Eden)
* Grace Slick (formerly of Jefferson Starship, Starship, Jefferson Airplane, The Great Society); primarily a singer, but sometimes played bass for The Great Society
* Debbie Smith (from Echobelly)
* Esperanza Spalding
* Donita Sparks (from Donita Sparks and the Stellar Moments and L7)
* Malka Spigel (from Githead and Minimal Compact)
* Micki Steele (from The Bangles, formerly of The Runaways)
* Eliot Sumner
* Sunmi (primarily a singer but previously played for the Wonder Girls)

## T

* Ritsuko Taneda (from Shonen Knife)
* Rachel Trachtenburg (from Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
* Abby Travis
* Iracema Trevisan (from Cansei de Ser Sexy)
* Shonna Tucker (Previously of Drive-by Tuckers)

## V

* Kathy Valentine (from The Go-Go's, also lead singer/guitarist for The BlueBonnets and the Delphines)
* Alejandra Villarreal
* Ivana "Ivy" Vujic (formerly with Kittie)

## W

* Kim Warnick (co-founder of Fastbacks; formerly of Visqueen)
* Tina Weymouth (founding member of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)
* Josephine Wiggs (from The Breeders)
* Kathi Wilcox (from Bikini Kill)
* Tal Wilkenfeld (formerly toured with Jeff Beck, solo)
* Anka Wolbert (formerly of Clan of Xymox a/k/a Xymox)
* Tracy Wormworth (The Waitresses, The B-52's, Sting)
* D'arcy Wretzky (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins)

## Y

* Atsuko Yamano (from Shonen Knife)
* Naomi Yang (from Galaxie 500, Magic Hour, and Damon & Naomi)
* Toko Yasuda (from Enon)
* Jennifer York (formerly of Rachel Rachel)
* Sean Yseult (formerly of White Zombie)

## Z

* Annette Zilinskas (The Bangles)