Question: Were Fred Schneider and Thomas Anders bassists?

Context articles: Thomas Anders
Songs Forever
Destination... Christmas!
Fred Schneider
Barcos de Cristal
Judy (Thomas Anders song)
Candy DeRouge
Down on Sunset
Es war die Nacht der ersten Liebe
Fred Schneider and the Shake Society

Thomas Anders (born Bernd Weidung, 1 March 1963) is a German singer, composer, and record producer.
 Anders was the lead singer of Germany's popular pop-duo Modern Talking in 1983–1987 and in 1998–2003.
Songs Forever is the title of the 2006 studio album by German singer-songwriter & producer Thomas Anders, consisting mainly of popular swing covers.
 In this album Thomas Anders opens new sides of the solo career.
Destination... Christmas!
 is the first full-length studio album by comedy synthpop band The Superions, a side project of Fred Schneider of The B-52s.
 The album was released October 25, 2010 on New York-based record label Fanatic Records distributed by EMI/Caroline Distribution on CD, LP and as a digital download.
 Schneider says the 11 original tracks "cover all the Christmas themes: yetis, avalanches, fruitcake.
 It's not traditional."
 The single "Fruitcake" was released on iTunes on September 21, 2010.
Frederick William Schneider III (born July 1, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, arranger, and musician, best known as the frontman of the rock band The B-52's, of which he is a founding member.
Barcos de Cristal (Spanish for "Crystal Ships") is the title of the fifth studio album by singer-songwriter & producer Thomas Anders.
 It is his first solo album to be sung in Spanish.
 It was released in 1994 in the United States for Latin America, and was produced by Ralf Stemmann and Christian De Walden (Marta Sánchez).
 Some tracks were co-written by Thomas Anders aka Chris Copperfield.
 A title track was used for the Argentine TV-series and reached No.1 in Argentina.
 "Tu Chica Es Mi Chica" was recorded as a duet with Glenn Medeiros.
 "Una Mañana De Sol" is a cover in Spanish on "When Will I See You Again" by The Three Degrees.
 "Luna De Plata" was covered by Kiara in 1995.
Judy is a schlager ballad by German singer Thomas Anders.
 It was Thomas Anders' first single, released in 1980 on Columbia Records.
Wolfgang Detmann, better known as Candy de Rouge (sometimes credited as Alexandre DeRouge), is a German (born in Bad Neustadt an der Saale) producer and songwriter.
 He has worked extensively with the likes of Jennifer Rush, Celine Dion, Bonnie Bianco, Laura Branigan, Thomas Anders, Chris Norman, Falco, Helen Schneider, Sally Oldfield, The Window Speaks, Sue Schell and other international artists.
 He has been credited with co-writing "The Power of Love," which became a massive international success as a single for Rush, Branigan and Dion.
Down on Sunset is the title of the third studio album by singer-songwriter & producer Thomas Anders, released in 1992.
 It is produced by Ralf Stemmann and Christian De Walden (Brigitte Nielsen) and contains Neil Sedaka's classics Laughter in the Rain.
 Several songs were co-written by Thomas Anders aka Chris Copperfield.
Es war die Nacht der ersten Liebe (English: It Was The Night of The First Love ) is a German ballad by singer Thomas Anders.
 It was Thomas Anders' third single, released in 1981.
Fred Schneider and the Shake Society is an album by Fred Schneider.
 It was the first of two solo albums, and was re-released in 1991 as Fred Schneider (self-titled).